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Overview

Mark E. Kunik is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine in the United States and has a research portfolio spanning medicine and psychology, with particular focus on psychiatry and mental health, general health professions, clinical psychology, social psychology, and health. Their work covers a range of topics including dementia and cognitive impairment research, health disparities and outcomes, mental health treatment and access, geriatric care and nursing homes, cardiac health and mental health, COVID-19 and mental health, and frailty in older adults.

Their recent highly cited papers include:

  • Effect of Telehealth Treatment by Lay Counselors vs by Clinicians on Depressive Symptoms Among Older Adults Who Are Homebound (2020), published in JAMA Network Open
  • Decrease in Mobility during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Association with Increase in Depression among Older Adults: A Longitudinal Remote Mobility Monitoring Using a Wearable Sensor (2021), published in Sensors
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is Associated with further Increased Parkinson's Disease Risk in Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury (2020), published in Annals of Neurology
  • Toward Using Wearables to Remotely Monitor Cognitive Frailty in Community-Living Older Adults: An Observational Study (2020), published in Sensors
  • Digital Biomarkers of Cognitive Frailty: The Value of Detailed Gait Assessment Beyond Gait Speed (2021), published in Gerontology

Kunik has collaborated frequently with multiple researchers including Aanand D. Naik, Tracy Evans, Natalie E. Hundt, Namkee G. Choi, and C. Nathan Marti. This network reflects a consistent partnership in their fields of study.

The primary publication venues for their work include:

  • Innovation in Aging
  • Sensors
  • Journal of Applied Gerontology
  • American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
  • Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings

Their extensive publication record comprises 76 papers classified under medicine and 43 under psychology, with a substantial emphasis on psychiatry and mental health as well as general health and clinical psychology subfields.

Best Publications

  • Missed and delayed diagnosis of dementia in primary care: prevalence and contributing factors.

    Andrea Bradford;Mark E. Kunik;Paul Schulz;Susan P. Williams

  • Anxiety and Depression in COPD: Current Understanding, Unanswered Questions, and Research Needs

    Janet Maurer;Venkata Rebbapragada;Soo Borson;Roger Goldstein

  • Surprisingly High Prevalence of Anxiety and Depression in Chronic Breathing Disorders

    Mark E Kunik;Kent Roundy;Connie Veazey;Julianne Souchek

  • Psychometric properties of the Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale-21 in older primary care patients

    Andrew T. Gloster;Howard M. Rhoades;Diane M Novy;Jens Klotsche

  • Functional Impairment in COPD Patients: The Impact of Anxiety and Depression

    H. Florence Seung Kim;Mark E. Kunik;Victor A. Molinari;Stephany L. Hillman

  • Anxiety in dementia: A critical review

    Paul J. Seignourel;Mark E. Kunik;Lynn Snow;Lynn Snow;Nancy Wilson

  • Quality of life in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and comorbid anxiety or depression

    Jeffrey A. Cully;David P. Graham;David P. Graham;Melinda A. Stanley;Melinda A. Stanley;Chris J. Ferguson;Chris J. Ferguson

  • Psychiatric disorders among veterans with hepatitis C infection.

    Hashem B el-Serag;Mark Kunik;Peter Richardson;Linda Rabeneck

  • Pharmacologic approach to management of agitation associated with dementia.

    M. E. Kunik;S. C. Yudofsky;J. M. Silver;Robert E Hales

  • Cognitive behavior therapy for generalized anxiety disorder among older adults in primary care: a randomized clinical trial.

    Melinda A. Stanley;Nancy L. Wilson;Diane M. Novy;Howard M. Rhoades

  • COPD education and cognitive behavioral therapy group treatment for clinically significant symptoms of depression and anxiety in COPD patients: a randomized controlled trial.

    M. E. Kunik;C. Veazey;J. A. Cully;J. Souchek

  • One session cognitive behavioural therapy for elderly patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

    Mark E. Kunik;U. Braun;M. A. Stanley;K. Wristers

  • NOPPAIN: A Nursing Assistant- Administered Pain Assessment Instrument for Use in Dementia

    A. Lynn Snow;A. Lynn Snow;Jan B. Weber;Kimberly J. O'Malley;Kimberly J. O'Malley;Marisue Cody;Marisue Cody

  • Greater Prevalence and Incidence of Dementia in Older Veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

    Salah U. Qureshi;Timothy Kimbrell;Timothy Kimbrell;Jeffrey M. Pyne;Jeffrey M. Pyne;Kathy M. Magruder

  • Prevalence and Treatment of Depression in Parkinson’s Disease

    Connie Veazey;Sahinde Ozlem Erden Aki;Karon F. Cook;Eugene C. Lai

  • Racial disparities in diagnosis and treatment of depression: a literature review.

    Sherri M. Simpson;Laura L. Krishnan;Laura L. Krishnan;Mark E. Kunik;Mark E. Kunik;Pedro Ruiz

  • Does PTSD impair cognition beyond the effect of trauma

    Salah U. Qureshi;Mary E. Long;Major R. Bradshaw;Jeffrey M. Pyne

  • Technology-driven interventions for caregivers of persons with dementia: a systematic review.

    Kyler M. Godwin;Kyler M. Godwin;Whitney L. Mills;Jane A. Anderson;Jane A. Anderson;Mark E. Kunik;Mark E. Kunik

  • Six-month postintervention depression and disability outcomes of in-home telehealth problem-solving therapy for depressed, low-income homebound older adults.

    Namkee G. Choi;C. Nathan Marti;M.P.H. Martha L. Bruce Ph.D.;Mark T. Hegel

  • The Link Between Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Physical Comorbidities: A Systematic Review

    Salah U Qureshi;Jeffrey M Pyne;Kathy M Magruder;Kathy M Magruder;Paul E Schulz;Paul E Schulz

  • GERI-BD: A Randomized Double-Blind Controlled Trial of Lithium and Divalproex in the Treatment of Mania in Older Patients With Bipolar Disorder

    Robert C. Young;Benoit H. Mulsant;Martha Sajatovic;Ariel G. Gildengers

Frequent Co-Authors

Melinda A. Stanley
Melinda A. Stanley Baylor College of Medicine
Namkee G. Choi
Namkee G. Choi The University of Texas at Austin
Howard M. Rhoades
Howard M. Rhoades The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Diane M. Novy
Diane M. Novy The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Jennifer Moye
Jennifer Moye Boston University
Derek R. Hopko
Derek R. Hopko University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Gretchen J. Diefenbach
Gretchen J. Diefenbach Yale University
Herbert C. Schulberg
Herbert C. Schulberg Cornell University
Kenneth I. Pargament
Kenneth I. Pargament Bowling Green State University
Christopher J. Ferguson
Christopher J. Ferguson Stetson University

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