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An item response theory analysis of DSM-IV criteria for hallucinogen abuse and dependence in adolescents.

Wu LT, Pan JJ, Yang C, Reeve BB, Blazer DG.

Addict Behav. 2009 Oct 22. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19896773 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

The variety of ecstasy/MDMA users: results from the National Epidemiologic Survey on alcohol and related conditions.

Wu LT, Parrott AC, Ringwalt CL, Yang C, Blazer DG.

Am J Addict. 2009 Nov-Dec;18(6):452-61.PMID: 19874166 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Protection from late life depression.

Blazer DG.

Int Psychogeriatr. 2009 Sep 28:1-3. [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available. PMID: 19781109 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

The epidemiology of at-risk and binge drinking among middle-aged and elderly community adults: National Survey on Drug Use and Health.

Blazer DG, Wu LT.

Am J Psychiatry. 2009 Oct;166(10):1162-9. Epub 2009 Aug 17.PMID: 19687131 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Religious attendance reduces cognitive decline among older women with high levels of depressive symptoms.

Corsentino EA, Collins N, Sachs-Ericsson N, Blazer DG.

J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2009 Dec;64(12):1283-9. Epub 2009 Aug 12.PMID: 19675176 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Association of MDMA/ecstasy and other substance use with self-reported sexually transmitted diseases among college-aged adults: a national study.

Wu LT, Ringwalt CL, Patkar AA, Hubbard RL, Blazer DG.

Public Health. 2009 Aug;123(8):557-64. Epub 2009 Aug 4.PMID: 19656538 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Identifying a national death index match.

Fillenbaum GG, Burchett BM, Blazer DG.

Am J Epidemiol. 2009 Aug 15;170(4):515-8. Epub 2009 Jun 30.PMID: 19567777 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Trajectories of mobility and IADL function in older patients diagnosed with major depression.

Hybels CF, Pieper CF, Blazer DG, Fillenbaum GG, Steffens DC.

Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2009 Jun 22. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19548209 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Hallucinogen-related disorders in a national sample of adolescents: the influence of ecstasy/MDMA use.

Wu LT, Ringwalt CL, Weiss RD, Blazer DG.

Drug Alcohol Depend. 2009 Sep 1;104(1-2):156-66. Epub 2009 Jun 4.PMID: 19500920 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Religion, spirituality, and mental health: what we know and why this is a tough topic to research.

Blazer DG.

Can J Psychiatry. 2009 May;54(5):281-2. No abstract available. PMID: 19497159 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Nonprescription use of pain relievers by middle-aged and elderly community-living adults: National Survey on Drug Use and Health.

Blazer DG, Wu LT.

J Am Geriatr Soc. 2009 Jul;57(7):1252-7. Epub 2009 May 21.PMID: 19486199 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The epidemiology of substance use and disorders among middle aged and elderly community adults: national survey on drug use and health.

Blazer DG, Wu LT.

Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2009 Mar;17(3):237-45.PMID: 19454850 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The construct and measurement equivalence of cocaine and opioid dependences: a National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network (CTN) study.

Wu LT, Pan JJ, Blazer DG, Tai B, Brooner RK, Stitzer ML, Patkar AA, Blaine JD.

Drug Alcohol Depend. 2009 Aug 1;103(3):114-23. Epub 2009 May 6.PMID: 19423244 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Clinical outcomes of molecularly confirmed clear cell sarcoma from a single institution and in comparison with data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results registry.

Blazer DG 3rd, Lazar AJ, Xing Y, Askew RL, Feig BW, Pisters PW, Pollock RE, Lev D, Hunt KK, Cormier JN.

Cancer. 2009 Jul 1;115(13):2971-9.PMID: 19402173 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Profiles of depressive symptoms in older adults diagnosed with major depression: latent cluster analysis.

Hybels CF, Blazer DG, Pieper CF, Landerman LR, Steffens DC.

Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2009 May;17(5):387-96.PMID: 19390296 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

An item response theory modeling of alcohol and marijuana dependences: a National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network study.

Wu LT, Pan JJ, Blazer DG, Tai B, Stitzer ML, Brooner RK, Woody GE, Patkar AA, Blaine JD.

J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2009 May;70(3):414-25.PMID: 19371493 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The high prevalence of substance use disorders among recent MDMA users compared with other drug users: Implications for intervention.

Wu LT, Parrott AC, Ringwalt CL, Patkar AA, Mannelli P, Blazer DG.

Addict Behav. 2009 Aug;34(8):654-61. Epub 2009 Apr 1.PMID: 19361931 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

The complex relationship between depressive symptoms and functional limitations in community-dwelling older adults: the impact of subthreshold depression.

Hybels CF, Pieper CF, Blazer DG.

Psychol Med. 2009 Oct;39(10):1677-88. Epub 2009 Apr 9.PMID: 19356260 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Heterogeneity of stimulant dependence: a national drug abuse treatment clinical trials network study.

Wu LT, Blazer DG, Patkar AA, Stitzer ML, Wakim PG, Brooner RK.

Am J Addict. 2009 May-Jun;18(3):206-18.PMID: 19340639 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Construct and differential item functioning in the assessment of prescription opioid use disorders among American adolescents.

Wu LT, Ringwalt CL, Yang C, Reeve BB, Pan JJ, Blazer DG.

J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2009 May;48(5):563-72.PMID: 19318987 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Smoking cessation behavior in older adults by race and gender: the role of health problems and psychological distress.

Sachs-Ericsson N, Schmidt NB, Zvolensky MJ, Mitchell M, Collins N, Blazer DG.

Nicotine Tob Res. 2009 Apr;11(4):433-43. Epub 2009 Mar 18.PMID: 19299410 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Depressive symptoms moderate the influence of the apolipoproteine epsilon4 allele on cognitive decline in a sample of community dwelling older adults.

Corsentino EA, Sawyer K, Sachs-Ericsson N, Blazer DG.

Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2009 Feb;17(2):155-65.PMID: 19155747 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Pathologic response to preoperative chemotherapy: a new outcome end point after resection of hepatic colorectal metastases.

Blazer DG 3rd, Kishi Y, Maru DM, Kopetz S, Chun YS, Overman MJ, Fogelman D, Eng C, Chang DZ, Wang H, Zorzi D, Ribero D, Ellis LM, Glover KY, Wolff RA, Curley SA, Abdalla EK, Vauthey JN.

J Clin Oncol. 2008 Nov 20;26(33):5344-51. Epub 2008 Oct 20.PMID: 18936472 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

How do you feel about...? Health outcomes in late life and self-perceptions of health and well-being.

Blazer DG.

Gerontologist. 2008 Aug;48(4):415-22. Review.PMID: 18728291 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Infrequent illicit methadone use among stimulant-using patients in methadone maintenance treatment programs: a national drug abuse treatment clinical trials network study.

Wu LT, Blazer DG, Stitzer ML, Patkar AA, Blaine JD.

Am J Addict. 2008 Jul-Aug;17(4):304-11.PMID: 18612886 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Racial differences in the influence of the APOE epsilon 4 allele on cognitive decline in a sample of community-dwelling older adults.

Sawyer K, Sachs-Ericsson N, Preacher KJ, Blazer DG.

Gerontology. 2008;55(1):32-40. Epub 2008 Jun 5.PMID: 18525196 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Cerebrospinal fluid dehydroepiandrosterone levels are correlated with brain dehydroepiandrosterone levels, elevated in Alzheimer's disease, and related to neuropathological disease stage.

Naylor JC, Hulette CM, Steffens DC, Shampine LJ, Ervin JF, Payne VM, Massing MW, Kilts JD, Strauss JL, Calhoun PS, Calnaido RP, Blazer DG, Lieberman JA, Madison RD, Marx CE.

J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2008 Aug;93(8):3173-8. Epub 2008 May 13.PMID: 18477662 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The influence of lifetime depression on self-reported memory and cognitive problems: results from the National Comorbidity Survey-Replication.

Sachs-Ericsson N, Joiner T, Blazer DG.

Aging Ment Health. 2008 Mar;12(2):183-92.PMID: 18389398 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Social support in older individuals: the role of the BDNF Val66Met polymorphism.

Taylor WD, Züchner S, McQuoid DR, Steffens DC, Blazer DG, Krishnan KR.

Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet. 2008 Oct 5;147B(7):1205-12.PMID: 18384075 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The course of depressive symptoms in older adults with comorbid major depression and dysthymia.

Hybels CF, Pieper CF, Blazer DG, Steffens DC.

Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2008 Apr;16(4):300-9.PMID: 18378555 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Depression in long-term care.

Thakur M, Blazer DG.

J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2008 Feb;9(2):82-7. Review.PMID: 18261699 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Distal pancreatectomy for isolated metastasis of endometrial carcinoma to the pancreas.

Blazer DG 3rd, Ramirez PT, Wang H, Fleming JB.

JOP. 2008 Jan 8;9(1):56-60.PMID: 18182745 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Geographical segregation and IL-6: a marker of chronic inflammation in older adults.

Purser JL, Kuchibhatla MN, Miranda ML, Blazer DG, Cohen HJ, Fillenbaum GG.

Biomark Med. 2008;2(4):335-348.PMID: 19655043 [PubMed]Related articlesFree article

Religious and spiritual factors and the consequences of trauma: a review and model of the interrelationship.

Schaefer FC, Blazer DG, Koenig HG.

Int J Psychiatry Med. 2008;38(4):507-24. Review.PMID: 19480362 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Application of assessing care of vulnerable elders-3 quality indicators to patients with advanced dementia and poor prognosis.

Wenger NS, Solomon DH, Amin A, Besdine RK, Blazer DG, Cohen H, Fulmer T, Ganz PA, Grunwald M, Hall WJ, Katz PR, Kitzman DW, Leipzig RM, Rosenthal RA; ACOVE-3 Clinical Committee.

J Am Geriatr Soc. 2007 Oct;55 Suppl 2:S457-63.PMID: 17910571 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Body mass index and depressive symptoms in older adults: the moderating roles of race, sex, and socioeconomic status.

Sachs-Ericsson N, Burns AB, Gordon KH, Eckel LA, Wonderlich SA, Crosby RD, Blazer DG.

Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2007 Sep;15(9):815-25.PMID: 17804833 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Traumatic events and posttraumatic stress in cross-cultural mission assignments.

Schaefer FC, Blazer DG, Carr KF, Connor KM, Burchett B, Schaefer CA, Davidson JR.

J Trauma Stress. 2007 Aug;20(4):529-39.PMID: 17721967 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The relationship between spirituality and depressive symptoms: testing psychosocial mechanisms.

Mofidi M, DeVellis RF, DeVellis BM, Blazer DG, Panter AT, Jordan JM.

J Nerv Ment Dis. 2007 Aug;195(8):681-8.PMID: 17700301 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Spirituality and depression: a case study.

Blazer DG.

South Med J. 2007 Jul;100(7):759-60. No abstract available. PMID: 17639773 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Section introduction: spirituality, depression & suicide.

Blazer DG.

South Med J. 2007 Jul;100(7):733-4. No abstract available. PMID: 17639761 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Maternal prenatal pregnancy-related anxiety and spontaneous preterm birth in Baltimore, Maryland.

Orr ST, Reiter JP, Blazer DG, James SA.

Psychosom Med. 2007 Jul-Aug;69(6):566-70. Epub 2007 Jul 16.PMID: 17636150 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Surgical therapy of cutaneous melanoma.

Blazer DG 3rd, Sondak VK, Sabel MS.

Semin Oncol. 2007 Jun;34(3):270-80. Review.PMID: 17560989 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Inguinal node dissection for melanoma in the era of sentinel lymph node biopsy.

Sabel MS, Griffith KA, Arora A, Shargorodsky J, Blazer DG 3rd, Rees R, Wong SL, Cimmino VM, Chang AE.

Surgery. 2007 Jun;141(6):728-35.PMID: 17560249 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Depressive symptoms and indicators of maternal health status during pregnancy.

Orr ST, Blazer DG, James SA, Reiter JP.

J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2007 May;16(4):535-42.PMID: 17521257 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Religious beliefs, practices and mental health outcomes: what is the research question?

Blazer DG.

Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2007 Apr;15(4):269-72. No abstract available. PMID: 17384311 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Perception of unmet basic needs as a predictor of depressive symptoms among community-dwelling older adults.

Blazer DG, Sachs-Ericsson N, Hybels CF.

J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2007 Feb;62(2):191-5.PMID: 17339645 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Effect of cancer screening and desirable health behaviors on functional status, self-rated health, health service use and mortality.

Fillenbaum GG, Burchett BM, Kuchibhatla MN, Cohen HJ, Blazer DG.

J Am Geriatr Soc. 2007 Jan;55(1):66-74.PMID: 17233687 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Spirituality and depressive symptoms in a racially diverse US sample of community-dwelling adults.

Mofidi M, Devellis RF, Blazer DG, Devellis BM, Panter AT, Jordan JM.

J Nerv Ment Dis. 2006 Dec;194(12):975-7.PMID: 17164640 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Spirituality, depression, and the elderly.

Blazer DG.

South Med J. 2006 Oct;99(10):1178-9. No abstract available. PMID: 17100063 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Perception of unmet basic needs as a predictor of physical functioning among community-dwelling older adults.

Sachs-Ericsson N, Schatschneider C, Blazer DG.

J Aging Health. 2006 Dec;18(6):852-68.PMID: 17099137 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles