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Overview

Ramin Mojtabai is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Psychology, with a significant focus on Clinical Psychology, General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology, and Social Psychology.

The scientist's work addresses a range of topics related to mental health and treatment outcomes. Key areas of research include:

  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Healthcare Policy and Management

Their recent papers demonstrate involvement in significant studies published in leading journals such as JAMA Psychiatry, Addiction, The Lancet Global Health, and the American Journal of Psychiatry. Notable recent publications include:

  • "National Trends in Mental Health Care for US Adolescents," 2020, JAMA Psychiatry
  • "Opioid agonist treatment and fatal overdose risk in a state-wide US population receiving opioid use disorder services," 2020, Addiction
  • "Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of group support psychotherapy delivered by trained lay health workers for depression treatment among people with HIV in Uganda: a cluster-randomised trial," 2020, The Lancet Global Health
  • "The American Psychiatric Association Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients With Schizophrenia," 2020, American Journal of Psychiatry
  • "The American Psychiatric Association Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients With Schizophrenia," 2020, FOCUS The Journal of Lifelong Learning in Psychiatry

Mojtabai collaborates frequently with several researchers, reflecting a diverse network of co-authors in their field. Frequent collaborators include Masoumeh Amin-Esmaeili, Ryoko Susukida, Elizabeth A. Stuart, Kira E. Riehm, and Mark Olfson.

The researcher often publishes in venues focused on psychiatric and addiction medicine. Their most common publication outlets include:

  • Psychiatric Services
  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • JAMA Psychiatry
  • Addiction
  • Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Best Publications

  • National Trends in the Prevalence and Treatment of Depression in Adolescents and Young Adults

    Ramin Mojtabai;Mark Olfson;Mark Olfson;Beth Han

  • Barriers to mental health treatment: results from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication.

    Ramin Mojtabai;Mark Olfson;Nancy A. Sampson;Robert Jin

  • Psychometric properties of a Persian-language version of the Beck Depression Inventory--Second edition: BDI-II-PERSIAN.

    Habibollah Ghassemzadeh;Ramin Mojtabai;Narges Karamghadiri;Narges Ebrahimkhani

  • Perceived need and help-seeking in adults with mood, anxiety, or substance use disorders.

    Ramin Mojtabai;Mark Olfson;Mark Olfson;David Mechanic

  • The American Psychiatric Association Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients With Schizophrenia.

    George A Keepers;Laura J Fochtmann;Joan M Anzia;Sheldon Benjamin

  • Neuropsychological Function and Dysfunction in Schizophrenia and Psychotic Affective Disorders

    Abraham Reichenberg;Philip D. Harvey;Christopher R. Bowie;Ramin Mojtabai

  • National Trends in Psychotropic Medication Polypharmacy in Office-Based Psychiatry

    Ramin Mojtabai;Mark Olfson

  • Has increased provision of treatment reduced the prevalence of common mental disorders? Review of the evidence from four countries

    Anthony F. Jorm;Scott B. Patten;Traolach S. Brugha;Ramin Mojtabai

  • Association between public views of mental illness and self-stigma among individuals with mental illness in 14 European countries.

    Sara Evans-Lacko;Elaine Brohan;R. Mojtabai;Graham Thornicroft

  • Medication Costs, Adherence, And Health Outcomes Among Medicare Beneficiaries

    Ramin Mojtabai;Mark Olfson

  • Associations Between Time Spent Using Social Media and Internalizing and Externalizing Problems Among US Youth

    Kira E. Riehm;Kenneth A. Feder;Kayla N. Tormohlen;Rosa M. Crum

  • Dropout From Outpatient Mental Health Care in the United States

    Mark Olfson;Ramin Mojtabai;Nancy A. Sampson;Irving Hwang

  • National trends in psychotherapy by office-based psychiatrists.

    Ramin Mojtabai;Mark Olfson

  • Americans' attitudes toward mental health treatment seeking: 1990-2003.

    Ramin Mojtabai

  • Proportion Of Antidepressants Prescribed Without A Psychiatric Diagnosis Is Growing

    Ramin Mojtabai;Mark Olfson

  • National trends in child and adolescent psychotropic polypharmacy in office-based practice, 1996-2007

    Jonathan S. Comer;Mark Olfson;Ramin Mojtabai

  • Epidemiology of Illicit Drug Use Disorders in Iran: Prevalence, Correlates, Comorbidity and Service Utilization Results from the Iranian Mental Health Survey

    Masoumeh Amin-Esmaeili;Afarin Rahimi-Movaghar;Vandad Sharifi;Ahmad Hajebi

  • Major depression in community-dwelling middle-aged and older adults: prevalence and 2- and 4-year follow-up symptoms.

    Ramin Mojtabai;Mark Olfson

  • Role of Psychosocial Treatments in Management of Schizophrenia: A Meta-Analytic Review of Controlled Outcome Studies

    Ramin Mojtabai;Robert A. Nicholson;Bruce N. Carpenter

  • National trends in long-term use of antidepressant medications: results from the U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

    Ramin Mojtabai;Mark Olfson

  • Body mass index and serum folate in childbearing age women

    Ramin Mojtabai

Frequent Co-Authors

Rosa M. Crum
Rosa M. Crum Johns Hopkins University
Mark Olfson
Mark Olfson Columbia University
William W. Eaton
William W. Eaton Johns Hopkins University
Elizabeth A. Stuart
Elizabeth A. Stuart Johns Hopkins University
Adam P. Spira
Adam P. Spira Johns Hopkins University
Evelyn J. Bromet
Evelyn J. Bromet Stony Brook University
Kerry M. Green
Kerry M. Green University of Maryland, College Park
Colleen L. Barry
Colleen L. Barry Johns Hopkins University
G. Caleb Alexander
G. Caleb Alexander Johns Hopkins University
Melanie M. Wall
Melanie M. Wall Columbia University

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