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M. Audrey Burnam

M. Audrey Burnam

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27262
World Ranking
19767
National Ranking
9842

Overview

M. Audrey Burnam is affiliated with the RAND Corporation in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including psychology, medicine, and health professions, with a focus on social psychology, general health professions, clinical psychology, psychiatry and mental health, and sociology and political science. The primary topics of their work include mental health treatment and access, homelessness and social issues, racial and ethnic identity research, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, cannabis and cannabinoid research, substance abuse treatment and outcomes, and primary care and health outcomes.

Their recent papers cover a variety of subjects related to mental health and substance use. These include:

  • Racial-Ethnic Differences in Mental Health Stigma and Changes Over the Course of a Statewide Campaign (2021, Psychiatric Services)
  • State medical marijuana laws, cannabis use and cannabis use disorder among adults with elevated psychological distress (2020, Drug and Alcohol Dependence)
  • Mental Health Services and Personal Recovery in California: A Population-Based Analysis (2020, Psychiatric Services)
  • Distress, Impairment, and Racial/Ethnic Differences in Perceived Need for Mental Health Treatment in a Nationally Representative Sample (2020, Psychiatry)
  • Contact With Persons With Mental Illness and Willingness to Live Next Door to Them: Two Waves of a California Survey of Adults (2020, Psychiatric Services)

Some frequent co-authors collaborating with Burnam include Ryan K. McBain, Joshua Breslau, Eunice C. Wong, Rebecca L. Collins, and Elizabeth Röth.

Burnam has contributed to publications in several key venues. Among these are:

  • Psychiatric Services (3 publications)
  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence (1 publication)
  • Psychiatry (1 publication)
  • Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences (1 publication)

In addition to journal articles, Burnam has authored books published by RAND Corporation eBooks. Titles include:

  • How to Transform the U.S. Mental Health System: Evidence-Based Recommendations (2021)
  • Transforming Mental Health Care in the United States (2021)
  • Mental Health Systems Solutions Explorer (2021)

Best Publications

  • The functioning and well-being of depressed patients. Results from the Medical Outcomes Study

    Kenneth B. Wells;Anita L. Stewart;Ron D. Hays;M. Audrey Burnam

  • The Epidemiology of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Five US Communities

    Marvin Karno;Jacqueline M. Golding;Susan B. Sorenson;M. Audrey Burnam

  • Psychiatric Disorders and Drug Use Among Human Immunodeficiency Virus–Infected Adults in the United States

    Eric G. Bing;M. Audrey Burnam;Douglas Longshore;Douglas Longshore;John A. Fleishman

  • The Functioning and Well-Being of Depressed Patients

    Kenneth B. Wells;Anita Stewart;Ron D. Hays;M. Audrey Burnam

  • Psychiatric disorder in a sample of the general population with and without chronic medical conditions.

    Wells Kb;Golding Jm;Burnam Ma

  • Evaluating quality-of-life and health status instruments: development of scientific review criteria

    Kathleen N. Lohr;Neil K. Aaronson;Jordi Alonso;M. Audrey Burnam

  • Development of a brief screening instrument for detecting depressive disorders.

    M. Audrey Burnam;Kenneth B. Wells;Barbara Leake;John Landsverk

  • The course of depression in adult outpatients. Results from the Medical Outcomes Study.

    Kenneth B. Wells;M. Audrey Burnam;Williams Rogers;Ron Hays

  • Somatization in the Community

    Javier I. Escobar;M. Audrey Burnam;Marvin Karno;Alan Forsythe

  • Detection of depressive disorder for patients receiving prepaid or fee-for-service care. Results from the Medical Outcomes Study

    Kenneth B. Wells;Ron D. Hays;M. Audrey Burnam;William H. Rogers

  • Substance use and Mental health correlates of nonadherence to antiretroviral medications in a sample of Patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection

    Joan S Tucker;M.Audrey Burnam;Cathy D Sherbourne;Fuan-Yue Kung

  • The prevalence of specific psychiatric disorders among homeless individuals in the inner city of Los Angeles.

    Paul Koegel;M. Audrey Burnam;Rodger K. Farr

  • The prevalence of alcohol consumption and heavy drinking among people with HIV in the United States: results from the HIV Cost and Services Utilization Study.

    Frank H Galvan;Eric G Bing;John A Fleishman;Andrew S London

  • Six-month prevalence of specific psychiatric disorders among Mexican Americans and non-Hispanic whites in Los Angeles.

    M. Audrey Burnam;Richard L. Hough;Javier I. Escobar;Marvin Karno

  • Impact of Teen Depression on Academic, Social, and Physical Functioning

    Lisa H. Jaycox;Bradley D. Stein;Susan M. Paddock;Jeremy N. V. Miles

  • Utilization of Health and Mental Health Services by Los Angeles Mexican Americans and Non-Hispanic Whites

    Richard L. Hough;John A. Landsverk;Marvin Karno;M. Audrey Burnam

  • The design of the Epidemiologic Catchment Area surveys. The control and measurement of error.

    William W. Eaton;Charles E. Holzer;Michael Von Korff;James C. Anthony

  • Agreement between face-to-face and telephone-administered versions of the depression section of the NIMH diagnostic interview schedule

    Kenneth B. Wells;M.Audrey Burnam;Barbara Leake;Lee N. Robins

  • Underdiagnosis of depression in HIV: who are we missing?

    Steven M. Asch;Steven M. Asch;Amy M. Kilbourne;Allen L. Gifford;M. Audrey Burnam

  • Somatization in the community: relationship to disability and use of services.

    J I Escobar;J M Golding;R L Hough;M Karno

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenneth B. Wells
Kenneth B. Wells University of California, Los Angeles
Paul Koegel
Paul Koegel RAND Corporation
Sally C. Morton
Sally C. Morton Arizona State University
Terri Tanielian
Terri Tanielian RAND Corporation
Joshua Breslau
Joshua Breslau RAND Corporation
Cathy D. Sherbourne
Cathy D. Sherbourne RAND Corporation
Rebecca L. Collins
Rebecca L. Collins RAND Corporation
Martin F. Shapiro
Martin F. Shapiro Cornell University
Lisa S. Meredith
Lisa S. Meredith RAND Corporation
Andrew S. London
Andrew S. London Syracuse University

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