Behavioral health

About

Our research addresses a wide range of topics in behavioral health including suicide prevention, opioid use disorder, serious mental illness, and postpartum depression. Our research includes single-site studies and multi-site collaborations as part of the Mental Health Research Network (MHRN). We are also conducting research to support health and well-being. We aim to improve the prevention, screening, and treatment of behavioral health disorders and to understand the relationship between serious mental illness and other health outcomes.

Affiliation

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Faculty Position
  • Crain, Lauren, PhD, Sr. Research Investigator
  • Hooker, Stephanie A., PhD, MPH, MS, Investigator
  • Miley, Kate, PhD, CNP, PMHNP-BC, Assistant Research Investigator 2022 -
  • Rossom, Rebecca C., MD, MS, Sr. Investigator

    • Publications While At HealthPartners

    selected publications

    Journal Article
  • 'Do they care?': a qualitative examination of patient perspectives on primary care clinician communication related to opioids in the USA. 
    BMJ open. 2025
  • Applying self-determination theory to internalized weight stigma and mental health correlates among young and middle adult women: a structural equation model. 
  • COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and uptake among firefighters: an application of the Health Belief Model. 
    Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2025
    Article has an altmetric score of 1
  • Clinical decision support to improve primary care obesity management in adults with diabetes: clinic-randomized study design. 
    Contemporary Clinical Trials. 2025
  • Factors associated with suicide mortality among reproductive age women: a case-control study. 
    • Editorial Article
  • Screening for suicide risk is predicting the future, not diagnosing the present [editorial]. 
    Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety.  49. 2023
  • Reporting on and reviewing for race/racialization, ethnicity, and culture [editorial]. 
  • Bring back the notepads: drawing as an underutilized approach to improving patient comprehension and recall [editorial]. 
    Patient Education and Counseling.  103. 2020
    Article has an altmetric score of 2
  • A body of work, a missed opportunity: dyadic research in older adults [editorial]. 
  • Managing mental health disorders requires attending to both primary care and its specialty mental health collaborators [editorial]. 
    • Conference Paper
  • Changes in physical activity and nutrition in a behavioral intervention pilot study: Passport to Brain Wellness
    2010
  • Does comorbid bipolar condition affect diabetes quality of care measures?
    2007
  • Maintaining physical activity among older adults: six months outcomes of the Keep Active Minnesota (KAM) randomized controlled trial
    2007
  • Research integrity and the social and psychological environments of science
    2007
  • Should diabetes accountability measures be adjusted for mental health diagnosis? The case of schizophrenia
    2007
    • Conference Poster
  • Understanding COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among firefighters: application of the Health Belief Model [poster]
    2023
  • A clinical decision support system promotes shared decision-making and cardiovascular risk factor management [poster]
    2017
  • Aspirin for primary prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: challenges to appropriate use [poster]
    2017
  • Can prioritized clinical decision support in primary care reduce cardiovascular risk? [poster]
    2017
  • Clinical decision support impact on overuse and underuse of aspirin for primary prevention of cardiovascular events [poster]
    2017
    • Report
  • Comparing telehealth and clinic-based care for lowering uncontrolled high blood pressure
    2021
    Article has an altmetric score of 6
  • Screening for depression in adults: an updated systematic evidence review for the US Preventive Services Task Force: Evidence Synthesis No. 128
    2016
  • Screening for cognitive impairment in older adults: an evidence update for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
    2013
  • Delirium: screening, prevention, and diagnosis – a systematic review of the evidence [Internet]
    2011
    • Review
  • Factors associated with increased health care utilization for patients with dementia with Lewy bodies: a narrative review [review]. 
  • Screening for cognitive impairment in older adults: updated evidence report and systematic review for the US Preventive Services Task Force [systematic review]. 
  • The role of the patient-centered medical home in treating depression [review]. 
  • Priorities Wizard: multisite web-based primary care clinical decision support improved chronic care outcomes with high use rates and high clinician satisfaction rates [review]. 
  • Harnessing centred identity transformation to reduce executive function burden for maintenance of health behaviour change: the Maintain IT model [review]. 
    • Policy Briefs
  • Health and well-being
    2018
    • Abstract
  • Comparing change in systolic blood pressure with clinic-based care versus telehealth care in a pragmatic cluster-randomized trial (Hyperlink 3) [abstract]. 
  • Comparing two approaches to implementing suicide risk identification models [abstract]. 
  • Demographic and psychosocial factors associated with suicide mortality among childbearing-age individuals: a case-control study [abstract]. 
  • Health diagnoses and service utilization in the year prior to youth and young adult suicide [abstract]. 
  • Trauma diagnoses and risk for suicide mortality in a health system patient population [abstract]. 
    • Document
  • Depression diagnosis is related to number of outpatient visits in diabetes and non-diabetes patients
    2007
  • Diabetes care is no better in clinics that use electronic medical records (EMR)
    2007
  • Does diabetes double the risk of depression?
    2007
  • EMR (Electronic Medical Record) is not associated with better diabetes care
    2007
  • EMR (Electronic Medical Record) use is not associated with better diabetes care
    2007
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  • Include exercise in your weight loss plans
    2023

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