Publications

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The following reports from leading public health organizations may be of special interest to our Web site visitors:

• Mental Health, United States 2004
  Copies may be obtained free of charge from SAMHSA’s National Mental Health Information Center at 1-877-SAMHSA-7 (1-877-726-4727). Request inventory number SMA-06-4195

• America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2007.The mental health feature can be found at: http://www.childstats.gov/
   
• President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health
   
• Reducing Suicide: A National Imperative (2002), Institute of Medicine*
   
• Mental Health: Culture, Race, and Ethnicity.
  A Supplement to Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General 2001
   
• Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General 1999

The following CDC publications on mental health topics may be of special interest to our Web site visitors:

• Safran MA. Achieving recognition that mental health is part of the mission of CDC. Psychiatric Services 2009;60(11):1532-1534.
   
• Safran MA, Mays RA, Huang LN, McCuan R, Pham PK, Fisher SK, McDuffie KY, Trachtenberg A. Mental health disparities. American Journal of Public Health 2009;99(11):1962-1966.
   
• Safran MA, Strine TW, Dhingra SS, Berry JT, Manderscheid R, Mokdad AH. Psychological distress and mental health treatment among persons with and without active duty military experience, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, United States, 2007. Int J Public Health 2009;54 Suppl 1:61-67.
   
• Paulose-Ram R, Safran MA, Jonas BS, Gu Q, Orwig D. Trends in psychotropic medication use among U.S. adults. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Safety 2007;16(5):560-70.
   
• Chapman DP, Williams SM, Strine TW, Anda RF, Moore MJ. Dementia and its implications for public health. Prev Chronic Dis (serial online) 2006 Apr (March 15, 2006). Available from URL:
  http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2006/apr/05_0167.htm
   
• Chapman DP, Perry GS, Strine TW. The vital link between chronic disease and depressive disorders. Preventing Chronic Disease 2005;2:1–10.
   
• The Role of Public Health in Mental Health Promotion, MMWR 2005, 54(34);841–842.
   
• Chapman DP, Whitfield CL, Felitti VJ, Dube SR, Edwards VJ, Anda RF. Adverse childhood experiences and the risk of depressive disorders in adulthood. J Affect Disorder 2004;82:217–225.
   
• Self-Reported Frequent Mental Distress Among Adults—United States, 1993–2001. MMWR 2004;53:963–966.
   
• Kobau R, Safran MA, Zack MM, Moriarty DG, Chapman DG. Sad, blue, or depressed days, health behaviors and health–related quality of life, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 1995–2000. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2004;2:40 doi:10.1186/1477–7525–2–40
  http://www.hqlo.com/content/2/1/40.*
   
• Strine TW, Chapman DP, Kobau R, Balluz L, Mokdad A. Depression, anxiety, and physical impairments and quality of life in the U.S. noninstitutionalized population. Psychiatric Services 2004;55(12):1408–1413.
   
• Strine TW, Greenlund KJ, Brown DW, Mokdad A, Balluz L. Characteristics of People Aged 45 Years or Older with Heart Disease by Frequent Mental Distress Status, 2001. Preventive Medicine 2004;39:191–196.
   
• Chapman DP, Currier GW, Miller JK, Anda RF. Medication-induced emergency hospitalizations for psychiatric disorders among older adults in the U.S. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 2003;18:185–186.
   
• Simpson, GA, Colpe L, and Greenspan S. (2003) Measuring functional developmental delay in infants and young children: prevalence rates from the NHIS-D. Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology;17:68–80.
   
• Community Needs Assessment of Lower Manhattan Residents Following the World Trade Center Attacks—Manhattan, New York City, 2001. MMWR 2002;51:10–13.
   
• Impact of September 11 Attacks on Workers in the Vicinity of the World Trade Center—New York City. MMWR 2002;51:8–10.
   
• Psychological and Emotional Effects of the September 11 Attacks on the World Trade Center—Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York, 2001. MMWR 2002;51(35);784–786
   
• Safran MA, Waller RR. Mental health-related calls to the CDC National AIDS Hotline. AIDS Educ Prev February 1996;8(1):37–43.
   
• Self-Reported Frequent Mental Distress Among Adults—United States, 1993-1996. MMWR 1998;47:325–31. 
  (Also available in Portable Document Format, PDF 310K.)

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Page last reviewed: 09/03/2009
Page last updated: 11/05/2009
Content source: Division of Adult and Community Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion