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| Labs: | CSPS/PHP | LPD | LIV | LDMC |
Mission
of The Laboratory of Depression and
Medical Comorbidity Lab
The Laboratory of Depression and Medical Comorbidity conducts research examining
the relationships between depression and medical comorbidity in later life,
including descriptive, etiologic model-testing, and intervention studies.
Faculty & Staff
| Director: | Jeffrey M. Lyness, MD |
| Investigators: | Eric D. Caine, MD, Deborah A. King, PhD, Linda Travis, PsyD |
| Research Staff: | Karen Gibson, MSEd Andra M. Niculescu, MD Constance Bowen, MS James S. Evinger, M.Div. Jean M. Sauvain, BS Jill L. Scheltz, BA |
Projects
- "Depression outcome in older primary care patients" (R01
MH61429);
J.M. Lyness, PI; 3/1/01-2/28/05. This study will examine the 3-4 year course of depression in older primary care patients, including psychiatric, medical, functional, and psychosocial variables as both predictors and outcomes. The focus is on major, minor, and subsyndromal depressions in these patients, to test theoretical models (e.g., the cerebrovascular model just described) by a risk factor approach as well as to identify those most at risk for chronicity, to better target future intervention efforts.