Departmental Affiliations
Primary
Center & Institute Affiliations
Contact Info
624 N. Broadway, Hampton House 797
Baltimore
Maryland
21205
US
(410) 614-7469
Research Interests
mental heath services; substance use disorder services; mental health treatment seeking
Experiences & Accomplishments
Education
MPH
Columbia University
2002
PhD
University of Tulsa
1996
MA
University of Tulsa
1994
MD
Tehran University of Medical Sciences
1988
Overview
Mental health services research including trends and correlates of treatment seeking for depression, other common mental and substance use disorders, barriers to accessing services including stigma, process and outcome of treatments of common mental and substance use disorders in usual care settings and pharmacoepidemiology of antidepressants and other psychiatric drugs.
Honors & Awards
Klerman Award, National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD) Laughlin Award, American College of Psychiatrists
Select Publications
Selected publications from recent years
- Mojtabai, R., Olfson, M. (2017). Management of common medical conditions by office-based psychiatrists. Psychiatric Services. DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.201700255
- Mojtabai, R. Olfson, M., Han, B. (2016). National trends in the prevalence and treatment of depression in adolescents and young adults. Pediatrics, 138(6). pii: e20161878
- Mojtabai, R. (2014). Diagnosing depression in older adults in primary care. New England Journal of Medicine, 370:1180-1182
- Mojtabai, R. (2017). National trends in long-term use of prescription opioids. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety. DOI: 10.1002/pds.4278
- Jorm, A. F., Patten, S. B., Brugha, T. S., Mojtabai, R. (2017). Has increased provision of treatment reduced the prevalence of common mental disorders? Review of the evidence from four countries. World Psychiatry, 16: 90-99