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Harold Pincus

Harold Pincus, M.D.

Dr. Pincus has edited or co-authored 23 books and over 300 scientific publications in health services research, science policy, research career development and the diagnosis, classification and treatment of mental disorders. He has had a particular research interest in the practice of evidence-based medicine, quality improvement and the relationships among general medicine, mental health, and substance abuse, developing and empirically testing models of those relationships.

Positions

  • Senior Scientist and Director, RAND-University of Pittsburgh Health Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Executive Vice Chairman and Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, PA
  • National Program Director, Depression in Primary Care: Linking Clinical and Systems Strategies, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, NJ
  • Director, John A. Hartford Foundation National Program Building Interdisciplinary Research Centers in Geriatrics, New York, NY

 

Education

  • B.A. 1972, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, Sociology
  • M.D., 1975, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, Medicine

 

Relevant Publications

  • Eisenman DP, Stein BD, Tanielian TL, Pincus HA: Terrorism's psychological effects and the challenge for primary care: Implications for policy and research. J Gen Intern Med 20:772-776, 2005.
  • Watkins K, Hunter S, Burnam M, Pincus HA, Nicholson G: Review of treatment recommendations for persons with a co-occurring affective or anxiety and substance use disorder. Psychiatr Serv 56:913-926, 2005.
  • Pincus HA, Knox-Houtsinger J, Bachman J, Keyser D: Depression in primary care: Bringing behavioral health care into the mainstream. Health Aff 24:271-276, 2005.
  • Kessler RC, Demler O, Frank RG, Olfson M, Pincus HA, Walters EE, Wang P, Wells KB, Zaslavsky AM: Prevalence, and treatment of mental disorders, 1990 to 2003. N Engl J Med 352:2515-2523, 2005.
  • Reynolds CF, Pilkonis PA, Kupfer DJ, Dunn L, Pincus HA: Training future generations of mental health professionals: Devising strategies for tough times. Acad Psychiatry, in press.

 

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