Michael R. Von Korff ScD CURRICULUM VITAE

Michael R. Von Korff ScD
CURRICULUM VITAE
Revised June 15, 2005
Senior Investigator
Center for Health Studies
Group Health Cooperative
1730 Minor Avenue, Suite 1600
Seattle WA, 98101
206-287-2874 (Phone)
206-287-2871 (Fax)
[email protected] (email)
EDUCATION
Antioch College; Yellow Springs OH; B.A.; Sociology; 1972.
Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health; Baltimore MD; Sc.D.; Health Operations Research;
1978.
Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health; Baltimore MD; Post-doctoral fellowship; Mental
Disorder Epidemiology. 1979-80.
LANGUAGES Reading knowledge of Dutch
HONORS AND AWARDS
National Research Service Award for doctoral studies, 1974-78.
John Hume Award for outstanding doctoral dissertation in Health Services Administration, 1979.
Delta Omega, honorary public health society, elected 1979.
National Research Service award for postdoctoral studies, 1979-80.
The Dlin/Fischer Clinical Research Award. with Wayne Katon, Elizabeth Lin, Greg Simon, and others for
“Collaborative Management of Depressive Illness to Achieve Treatment Guidelines in Primary
Care”. Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine. 1994.
American Council for Headache Education Lecture Award, “Measuring Pain and Disability in
Headache”, American Association for the Study of Headache, Boston MA, 1995
The Dlin/Fischer Clinical Research Award. with Wayne Katon, Elizabeth Lin, Greg Simon and others for
“Cost-effectiveness of a Collaborative Intervention for Primary Care Treatment of Major
Depression”. Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine. 1996.
Fellow, Association for Health Services Research, elected 1997. Society for Behavioral Medicine,
elected 1997.
The Dlin/Fischer Clinical Research Award. with Wayne Katon, Evette Ludman, Elizabeth Lin, Greg
Simon and others for “A Randomized Trial of a Relapse Prevention Intervention in Primary Care “.
Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine. 2000.
Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) Highly Cited Researcher in Psychiatry and Behavioral Science,
2002.
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EMPLOYMENT
Senior Investigator, Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, Seattle, 1983present, promotion to Associate Investigator in 1986; promotion to Senior Investigator in 1993.
Associate Director for Research, Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative, 1992-1996 and
1999-2005.
Professor, Affiliate appointment, Department of Health Services and Department of Psychiatry,
University of Washington.
Assistant Professor, Department of Mental Hygiene, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public
Health, Baltimore 1980-3.
OTHER EXPERIENCE
Statistical Consultant, ADAMHA, Mental and Nervous Disorder Cost and Utilization Study, 1979.
Co-Investigator and Project Coordinator, Johns Hopkins, NIMH Epidemiologic Catchment Area
Program. 1979-1983.
Member, Inter-Site Methods Committee, NIMH Epidemiologic Catchment Area Program, 1981-1983.
Co-organizer, First NIMH International Conference on Mental Disorder in General Health Care Settings.
Held in Seattle WA June 25-26, 1987 (this conference has been continued annually by NIMH
subsequently).
Consultant, National Center for Health Statistics Evaluation of Pain Data, 1987-88.
Study Advisor, World Health Organization, International Collaborative Study on Psychological Problems
in General Health Care Settings, 1989-present.
Study Advisor, World Health Organization, Working Group on the Development of the WHO Disability
Assessment Schedule II. 1997-present.
Co-organizer, Temporomandibular Disorders Research Diagnostic Crieteria Conference, Department of
Oral Medicine, University of Washington, with Samuel Dowrkin and Linda Le Resche, Funded by
NIDR.
Co-organizer, Critical Next Steps to Improve Collaborative Management of Chronic Illness. Conference
funded by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation held in Seattle WA, June 28-28, 1996.
Conference organizer, “Working Meeting of the Investigators of the World Health Organization
Collaborative Study of Psychological Problems in General Health Care, First meeting September
1995, second meeting October 1997.
Conference Organizer, “ Improving Care for Depression in Organized Health Care Systems “, funded by
the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the National Institute of Mental Health and the Hartford
Foundation. Seattle WA, February 24-26, 1999.
Member, NIH Study Section, National Institute of Mental Health Health Services Study Section,
February 1998-1999. NIMH Intervention study section 1999-2001.
MAJOR RESEARCH GRANTS (as Principal or Co-Principal Investigator)
Co-Principal Investigator, A Randomized Trial of Liaison Psychiatry in Primary Care. (Consultation
intervention with distressed high utilizers of medical care) 1987-90, Wayne Katon PI, Funded by
NIMH. GHC direct+indirect costs: $317,027.
First Renewal: Co-Principal Investigator. A Randomized Trial of Liaison Psychiatry in Primary Care
(Evaluation of primary care interventions for depressed patients) 1991-1995, GHC direct+indirect
costs: $1,100,404.
Second renewal: Co-Principal Investigator. A Randomized Trial of Liaison Psychiatry in Primary Care
1995-2000, GHC direct+indirect costs: $1,545,707.
Third renewal; Co-Principal Investigator. A Randomized Trial of Liaison Psychiatry in Primary Care
2000-2004, GHC direct+indirect costs: $2,423,124.
Co-Principal Investigator, Epidemiologic Studies of Temporomandibular Disorders; Samuel Dworkin, PI.
1985-88, Funded by NIDR. GHC direct+indirect costs: $165,489.
Co-Principal Investigator, Program Project: TMD Longitudinal Studies: Clinical/Chronic Pain
Syndromes; Samuel Dworkin, PI. 1989-93, Funded by NIDR. GHC direct+indirect costs: $606,654.
First renewal: Co-Principal Investigator, Program Project: TMD Longitudinal Studies: Clinical/Chronic
Pain Syndromes; Linda Leresche, PI. 1994-1999, funded by NIDR. GHC direct+indirect costs:
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$936,942. [Principal Investigator of Project on Chronic Pain and Chronic Episodes of Care within
program project].
Second renewal: Co-principal Investigator, Program Project: TMD Longitudinal Studies:
Clinical/Chronic Pain Syndromes; Linda Le Resche, PI. 1999-2004, funded by NIDR. GHC
Direct+indirect costs: $1,353,287. [Principal Investigator of Project on Chronic Pain Management in
Primary Care within Program Project].
Principal Investigator, Medical Care and Risks of Dysfunctional Chronic Pain. 1989-1992, Funded by
AHCPR. GHC direct+indirect costs: $834,503.
First renewal: Principal Investigator, Medical Care and Risks of Dysfunctional Chronic Pain. Funded by
AHCPR.1993-94 GHC direct+indirect costs $398,778.
Principal Investigator, Studies of migraine and other common forms of headache, Funded by Glaxo
Research Institute. 1994-95, GHC direct+indirect costs: $44,098.
Principal Investigator, Costs of Care of Chronic Conditions in Managed Care. Funded by Glaxo Research
Institute. 1995-98, GHC direct+indirect costs $533,767.
Co-Principal Investigator, Enhancing Self-Management of Back Pain in Primary Care. James Moore,
Principal Investigator, Funded by the Boeing Foundation. 1997-99, GHC direct+indirect costs:
$118,680.
Principal Investigator, Conference grant, “Requirements for Effective Chronic Disease Management”,
funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. 1996, GHC direct+indirect costs: $28,978.
Principal Investigator, Conference Grants, “Working Meeting of the Investigators of the World Health
Organization Collaborative Study of Psychological Problems in General Health Care, Funded by
Synthelabo. First meeting September 1995 $80,000, second meeting October 1997 $80,000.
Co-Principal Investigator, Conference Grants, “Improving Care for Depression in Organized Health Care
Systems”. February 25-26, 1999. Funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation ($20,000), the
National Institute of Mental Health ($15,000) and the Hartford Foundation ($15,000).
Principal Investigator, “Evaluation of a Depression Telephone Follow-up System Packaged for
Dissemination to Non-Profit HMO’s”. 1998-2000. GHC direct+indirect costs $28,000.
Co-Principal Investigator. “Costs of Care of Irritable Bowel Syndrome”. 1999-2000. Funded by Glaxo
Wellcome. GHC direct+indirect costs $147,900.
Co Principal Investigator (Rona Levy, PI). “Intergeneration transmission of illness behavior”. Funded by
National Institute of Child Health and Development. 1999-2002. GHC direct+indirect costs
$215,307.
Co-Principal investigator (Judy Turner, PI). “Male Pelvic Pain Problems”. Funded by Paul Allen
Foundation. 1998-2002. GHC direct+indirect costs $399,353.
Principal Investigator. “Social Role Disability and Mental-Physical Co-Morbidity”. Funded by the
National Institute of Mental Health. 2004-2007. GHC direct +indirect costs $1,268,593.
Principal Investigator. “Integrated Care for Depression and Chronic Back Pain”. Funded by the National
Institute of Mental Health. 2004-2006. GHC direct +indirect costs $711,000.
Principal Investigator. “Depression-Diabetes Care Disparities, Adverse Outcomes”. Funded by the
National Institute of Mental Health. 2005-2009. GHC direct +indirect costs $2,247,657.
PUBLICATIONS
Papers in peer reviewed journals (in chronological order)
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Pope B, Nudler S, Von Korff MR, McGhee JP. The experienced professional interviewer versus
the complete novice. J Consult Clin Psychol. 1974 Oct; 42:680-690.
Von Korff M. A statistical model of the duration of mental hospitalization: the mixed
exponential distribution. J Math Sociology 1979; 6:169-75.
Von Korff M and Parker RD. The dynamics of the prevalence of chronic episodic disease. J
Chronic Diseases 1980; 33:79-85.
Kramer M, Von Korff M and Kessler LG. The lifetime prevalence of mental disorders:
Estimation, uses and limitations. Psychological Medicine 1980; 12:429-435.
Reuter J and Von Korff M. Chronic patients in mental health centers. Administration in Mental
Health 1980; 7:187-99.
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Von Korff M and Anthony JC. The NIMH diagnostic interview schedule modified to record
current mental status. J Affective Disorders 1982; 4:365-71.
Anthony JC, LeResche LA, Niaz U, Von Korff M and Folstein M. Limits of the ‘mini-mental
state’ as a screening test for dementia and delirium among hospital patients. Psychological
Medicine 1982; 12:397-404.
Eaton WW, Holzer C, Von Korff M, et al. The design of the Epidemiologic Catchment Area
surveys: the control and measurement of error. Arch Gen Psychiatry 1984; 41:942-948.
Shapiro S, Skinner EA, Kessler LG, Von Korff M, et al. Utilization of health and mental health
services at three ECA sites. Arch Gen Psychiatry 1984; 41:971-78.
Von Korff M, Eaton WW, Keyl P. The epidemiology of panic attacks and panic disorder:
Results of three community surveys. Am J Epidem 1985; 122:970-981.
Von Korff M, Nestadt G, Romanoski A, et al. Prevalence of treated and untreated schizophrenia:
Results of a two-stage community survey. J Nervous and Ment Dis 1985; 173:577-581.
Anthony JC, LeResche L, Von Korff M, et al. Screening for delirium on a general medical ward.
Gen Hosp Psychiatry 1985; 7:36-42.
Anthony JC, Folstein M, Romanoski A, Von Korff M et al. Comparison of the lay diagnostic
interview schedule and a standardized psychiatric diagnosis. Arch Gen Psychiatry 1985;
42:667-675.
Kramer M, German PS, Anthony JC, Von Korff M and Skinner EA. Patterns of mental disorders
among the elderly residents of Eastern Baltimore. J Am Geriatrics Assoc 1985; 33:236-245.
German PS, Shapiro S, Skinner EA, Von Korff M et al. Detection and management of mental
health problems of older patients by primary care providers. JAMA 1987; 257:489-493.
Shapiro S, German PS, Skinner EA, Von Korff M, et al. An experiment to change detection and
management of mental morbidity in primary care. Med Care 1987; 25:327-339.
Von Korff M, Katon W, Lin EHB and Wagner EH. Evaluation of psychiatric consultation liaison
in primary care settings. Gen Hosp Psychiatry 1987; 9:102-110.
Von Korff M, Myers L.The primary care physician and psychiatric services. Gen Hosp Psychiatry
1987; 9:235-240.
Von Korff, M, Shapiro S, Burke JD, et al. Anxiety and depression in a primary care clinic:
Comparison of the DIS, GHQ, and practitioner assessments. Arch Gen Psychiatry 1987;
44:152-156.
Von Korff M, Dworkin SF, Le Resche L and Kruger A. An epidemiologic comparison of pain
complaints. Pain 1988; 32:173-183.
Von Korff M, Howard JA, Truelove EL, Wagner E and Dworkin S. Temporomandibular
disorders: Variation in clinical practice. Medical Care 1988; 26:307-314.
Lin EHB, Von Korff M, Wagner EW. Identifying suicide potential in primary care: Limitations
of crisis intervention. J General Internal Medicine 1989; 4:1-6.
Cheadle A, Psaty B, Wagner E, Diehr P, Koepsell T, Curry S, Von Korff M. Evaluating
community-based nutrition programs: assessing the validity and reliability of a survey of
grocery store product displays. Am J Public Health 1990; 80:709-711.
Katon W, Von Korff M, Lin E, Lipscomb P, Russo J, Wagner E, Polk E. Distressed high utilizers
of medical care: DSM-III-R diagnoses and treatment needs. General Hospital Psychiatry
1990; 12:355-362.
Dworkin SF, Von Korff MR, Le Resche L. Multiple pains and psychiatric disturbance: an
epidemiologic investigation. Archives General Psychiatry 1990; 47:239-244.
Dworkin SF, Huggins KH, Le Resche LA, Von Korff M, Howard J, Truelove E, Sommers E.
Epidemiology of signs and symptoms in temporomandibular disorders: I. clinical signs in
cases and controls. J Am Dental Association 1990; 120:273-281.
Von Korff M, Dworkin SF, Le Resche L. Graded chronic pain status: an epidemiologic
evaluation. Pain 1990; 40:279-291.
Dworkin SF, Le Resche L, DeRouen T, Von Korff M. Assessing clinical signs of
temporomandibular disorders: reliability of clinical examiners. J Prosthetic Dentistry 1990;
63:574-579.
Dworkin SF, Le Resche L, Von Korff M. Diagnostic studies of temporomandibular disorders:
challenges from an epidemiologic perspective. Anesthesia Progress 1990; 37:147-154.
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Wagner EH, Koepsell TD, Anderman C, and 12 others including Von Korff M. The evaluation of
the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation’s Community Health Promotion Grant Program:
Design. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 1991; 7:685-699.
Psaty B, Cheadle A, Curry S, McKenna T, Koepsell TD, Wickizer T, Von Korff M, Diehr P,
Perrin E, Wagner, EH. Sampling elderly in the community: a comparison of commerical
telemarketing lists and random-digit dialing techniques for asessing health behaviors and
health status. Am J Epidemiology 1991; 134:96-106.
Reidy R and Von Korff M. Is battered women’s help-seeking connected to their level of abuse?
Public Health Reports 1991; 106: 360-364.
Katon W, Lin E, Von Korff M, Russo J, Lipscomb P and Bush T. Somatization: a spectrum of
severity. Am J Psychiatry 1991; 148:34-40.
Lin E, Katon W, Von Korff M, Bush T, Lipscomb P, Russo J, Wagner E. Frustrating patients:
physician and patient perspectives among distressed high users of medical services. General
Internal Medicine 1991; 6:241-246.
Von Korff M, Wagner EH, Dworkin SF, Saunders K. Chronic pain and use of ambulatory health
care. Psychosomatic Medicine 1991; 53:61-79.
Simon G and Von Korff M. Somatization and psychiatric disorder in the NIMH Epidemiologic
Catchment Area study. Am J Psychiatry 1991; 148:1494-1500.
Von Korff M and Marshall J. High cost HMO enrollees:Analysis of one physician’s panel. HMO
Practice 1992; 6:20-25.
Von Korff M, Wagner E and Saunders K. A chronic disease score from automated pharmacy
data. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 1992; 45:197-203.
Von Korff M, Koepsell T, Curry S and Diehr P. Multilevel analysis in epidemiologic research on
health behaviors and outcomes. Am J Epidemiology 1992; 135:1077-1082.
Von Korff M, Wickizer T, Maeser J, O’Leary P, Pearson D, Beery W. Community activation and
health promotion: Identification of key organizations. Am J Health Promotion 1992; 7:110117.
Katon W, Von Korff M, Lin E, Bush T and Ormel J. Adequacy and duration of antidepressant
treatment in primary care. Medical Care 1992; 30:67-76.
Von Korff M, Ormel J, Katon W and Lin EHB. Disability and depression among high utilizers of
health care: a longitudinal analysis. Archives of General Psychiatry 1992; 49:91-100.
Katon W, Von Korff M, Lin E, Bush T and Lipscomb P, Russo J. A randomized trial of
psychiatric consultation with distressed high utilizers. General Hospital Psychiatry 1992;
14:86-98.
Von Korff M. Case definitions in primary care: the need for clinical epidemiology. General
Hospital Psychiatry 1992; 14:293-295.
Simon G and Von Korff M. Reevaluation of secular trends in depression rates. Am J
Epidemiology 1992; 135:1411-1422.
Dworkin SF, Von Korff M and Le Resche L. Epidemiologic studies of chronic pain: A dynamicecologic perspective. Annals of Behavioral Medicine 1992; 14:3-11.
Truelove T, Sommers EE, Le Resche L, Dworkin SF, and Von Korff M. Clinical diagnostic
criteria for TMD: new classification permits multiple diagnoses. J Am Dental Association
1992; 123:47-54.
Von Korff M, Ormel J, Keefe F and Dworkin SF. Grading the severity of chronic pain. Pain
1992; 50:133-149.
Whitney C and Von Korff M. Regression to the mean in treated versus untreated chronic pain.
Pain 1992; 50:281-285.
Von Korff MR, Dworkin SF, Fricton J and Orhbach R. Research Diagnostic Criteria for
Temporomandibular Disorders: review, criteria, examinations and specifications, critique:
Axis II: Pain-related disability and psychological status. . J Craniomandibular Disorders
Facial and Oral Pain 1992; 4:327-334.
Von Korff M, Deyo RA, Cherkin D, and Barlow W. Back pain in primary care: outcomes at one
year. Spine 1993; 18:855-862.
Von Korff M, Le Resche L and Dworkin SF. First onset of common pain symptoms: A
prospective study of depression as a risk factor. Pain 1993: 55:251-258.
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Wickizer TM, Von Korff M, Cheadle A, Maeser J, Pearson D, Beery W, Wagner EH, Psaty BM.
Activating communities for health promotion: a process evaluation method. Am J Public
Health 1993; 83:561-567.
Ormel J, Von Korff M, Van Den Brink W, Katon W, Brilman E and Oldehinkel T. Depression,
anxiety and social disability show synchrony of change in primary care patients. Am J Public
Health 1993; 83:385-390.
Sartorius N, Ustun TB, Costa e Silva JA, Goldberg D, Lecrubier Y, Ormel H, Von Korff M,
Wittchen HU. An International Study of Psychological Problems in Primary Care. Arch Gen
Psychiatry 1993; 50:819-824.
Simon GE, Von Korff M, Wagner EH and Barlow W. Patterns of antidepressant use in
community practice. General Hospital Psychiatry 1993: 15:399-408.
Simon GE, Revicki D, Von Korff M. Telephone assessment of depression severity. J Psychiatric
Research 1993: 27:247-252.
Psaty B, Cheadle A, Koepsell TD, Diehr P, Wickizer T, Curry S, Von Korff M, Perrin EB,
Pearson DC, Wagner EH. Race- and ethnicity-specific characteristics of participants lost to
follow-up in a telephone cohort. Am J Epidemiology 1994; 140:161-171.
Katon W, Von Korff M, Lin E, Walker E, Simon G, Robinson P, Bush T, Irvin S. Methodologic
issues in randomized trials of liaison psychiatry in primary care. Psychsomatic Medicine
1994; 56:97-103.
Simon GE, Von Korff M, Durham ML. Predictors of outpatient mental health utilization by
primary care patients in a Health Maintenance Organization. Am J Psychiatry 1994; 151:908913.
Wagner EH, Von Korff M, Simon GE. Anxious and depressed patients in primary care: the need
for more clinical epidemiology. J General Internal Medicine 1994; 9:34-535.
Ormel J, Von Korff M, Ustun TB, Pini S, Korten A, Oldehinkel T. Common mental disorders and
disability across cultures: Results from the WHO Collaborative Study on psychological
problems in general health care. JAMA 1994; 272:1741-1748.
Katon W, Lin E, Von Korff M, Bush T, Walker E, Simon G and Robinson P. The predictors of
persistence of depression in primary care. J Affective Disorders 1994; 31:81-90.
Stang PE and Von Korff M. The diagnosis of headache in primary care: factors in the agreement
of clinical and standardized diagnoses. Headache 1994: 34:138-142.
Turner JA, Deyo RA, Loeser JD, Von Korff M, Fordyce WE. The importance of placebo effects
in pain treatment and research. JAMA, 1994; 271:1609-1614.
Von Korff M, Lipton R, Stewart WE. Assessing headache severity: new directions. Neurology
1994; 44(suppl 6) S40-S46.
Von Korff M, Barlow W, Cherkin D, Deyo RA. Effects of practice style in managing back pain.
Annals of Internal Medicine 1994; 121:187-195.
Lipton RB, Stewart WF, Von Korff M. The burden of migraine. Pharmacoeconomics 1994:
6:215-221.
Von Korff M. Studying the natural history of back pain. Spine 1994; 19:2041S-2046S.
Simon G, Ormel J, Von Korff M, Barlow W. Health care costs associated with depressive and
anxiety disorders in primary care. Am J Psychiatry 1995; 152:352-357.
Lin E, Von Korff M, Katon W, Bush T, Simon GE, Walker E, Robinson P. The role of the
primary care physician in patients’ adherence to antidepressant therapy. Medical Care 1995;
33:67-74.
Simon GE, Wagner E, Von Korff M. Cost-effectiveness comparisons using “real-world”
randomized trials: the case of new antidepressant drugs. J Clinical Epidemiology 1995;
48:363-373.
Katon W, Von Korff M, Lin E, Walker E, Simon G, Bush T, Robinson P, Russo J. Collaborative
management to achieve treatment guidelines: impact on depression in primary care. JAMA,
1995; 273:1026-1031.
Robinson P, Bush T, Von Korff M, Katon W, Lin E, Simon GE, Walker E. Primary care
physician use of cognitive behavioral techniques with depressed patients. J Family Practice
1995; 40:352-357.
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Von Korff M, Galer B, Stang P. Chronic use of symptomatic headache medications. Pain 1995;
62:179-186.
76*. Clark DO, Von Korff M, Saunders K, Baluch B. A chronic disease score with empirically derived
weights. Medical Care 1995; 33:783-795.
77. Simon GE and Von Korff M. Recall of psychiatric history in cross-sectional surveys: implications
for epidemiologic research. Epidemiologic Reviews 1995; 17:221-227.
78. Simon GE, Von Korff M, Ustun TB, Gater R, Gureje O, Sartorius N. Is the lifetime risk of
depression actually increasing? J Clin Epidemiology 1995; 48:1109-1118.
79. Simon GE and Von Korff M. Recognition, management and outcomes of depression in primary
care. Arch Family Medicine 1995; 4:99-105.
80. Simon GE, Von Korff M, Barlow W. Health care costs of primary care patients with recognized
depression. Arch Gen Psychiatry 1995: 52:850-856.
81. Simon GE, Lin EHB, Katon W, Saunders K, Von Korff M, Walker E, Bush T, Robinson P.
Outcomes of “inadequate” antidepressant treatment. J Gen Internal medicine 1995; 10:663670.
82*. Dionne C, Koepsell TD, Von Korff M, Deyo RA, Barlow WE, Checkoway H. Formal education
and back-related disability: in search of an explanation. Spine 1995; 20:2721-2730.
83. Simon GE, Von Korff M. Delivery of services to mood disordered patients. Current Opinion in
Psychiatry 1996; 9:30-34.
84. Simon GE, Grothaus L, Durham M, Von Korff M, Pabiniak C. Impact of visit copayments on
outpatient mental health utilization by members of a Health Maintenance Organization. Am J
Psychiatry 1996; 153:331-338.
85. Wagner EH, Austin BT, Von Korff M. Improving Outcomes in Chronic Illness. Managed Care
Quarterly 1996; 4:12-25.
86. Simon GE, Von Korff M, Heiligstein J, Revicki D, Grothaus L, Katon WJ, Wagner EH. Initial
antidepressant choice in primary care: effectiveness and cost of fluoxetine vs. tricyclic
antidepressants. JAMA 1996; 275:1897-1902.
87. Von Korff M, Ustun TB, Ormel J, Kaplan I, and Simon G. Self-report disability in an
international primary care study of psychological illness. J Clin Epidemiology 1996; 49:297303.
88*. Engel CC, Von Korff M, Katon WJ. Back pain in primary care: predictors of high health care
costs. Pain 1996; 65:197-204.
89. Von Korff M and Simon G. The relationship between pain and depression. British Journal of
Psychiatry 1996; 168:supplement 30:101-108.
90. Simon GE, Von Korff M, Barlow W, Pabiniak C, Wagner E. Predictors of chronic
benzodiazapine use in a Health Maintenance Organization sample. J Clin Epidemiology
1996; 49:1067-1073.
91. Katon W, Robinson P, Von Korff M, Lin E, Bush T, Ludman E, Simon G, Walker E. A
multifaceted intervention to improve treatment of depression in primary care. Archives Gen
Psychiatry 1996; 53:924-932.
92. Wagner EH, Austin BT, VonKorff M. Organizing care for patients with chronic illness. The
Milbank Quarterly 1996; 74:511-544.
93. Von Korff M and Saunders K. The course of back pain in primary care. Spine 1996; 21:28332837.
94. Von Korff M and Simon GE, The prevalence and impact of common psychological disorders in
primary care: HMO research needed to improve care. HMO Practice 1996; 10:150-155.
95. LeResche L, Saunders K, Von Korff M, Barlow W, Dworkin SF. Use of exogenous hormones
and risk of temporomandibular disorder pain. Pain 1997; 69:153-160.
96*. Dionne C, Koepsell TD, Von Korff M, Deyo RA, Barlow WE, Checkoway H. Predicting longterm functional limitations among back pain patients in primary care settings. J Clin
Epidemiology 1997; 50:31-44.
97. Lipton RB, Stewart WF, Von Korff M. Burden of migraine: societal costs and therapeutic
opportunities. Neurology 1997; 48 (suppl 3): S4-S9.
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Robinson P, Katon W, Von Korff M, Bush T, Simon G, Lin E, Walker E. The education of
depressed primary care patients: what do patients think of interactive booklets and a video? J
Family Practice 1997; 44:562-571.
99. Ormel J, Lindenberg S, Steverink N, Von Korff M. Quality of life and social production
functions: a framework for understanding health effects. Social Science and Medicine 1997;
45:1051-1063.
100. Fishman P, Von Korff M, Lozano P, Hecht J. Chronic care costs in managed care. Health Affairs
1997; 16:239-247.
101. Lozano P, Fishman P, Von Korff, M, Hecht J. Health care utilization and cost among children
with asthma who were enrolled in a Health Maintenance Organization. Pediatrics 1997; 99:
757-764.
102. Russo J, Katon W, Lin E, Von Korff M, Bush T, Simon G, Walker E. Neuroticism and
extraversion as predictors of health outcomes in depressed primary care patients.
Psychosomatics 1997; 38:339-348.
103. Katon W, Von Korff M, Lin E, Unützer J, Simon G, Walker E, Ludman E, Bush T. Populationbased care of depression: effective disease management strategies to decrease prevalence.
General Hospital Psychiatry 1997; 19:169-178.
104. Simon G, Von Korff M. Prevalence, burden, and treatment of insomnia in primary care. Am J of
Psychiatry 1997; 154:1417-1423.
105. Von Korff M, Gruman J, Schaefer J, Curry S, Wagner EH. Collaborative Management of Chronic
Illness. Annals of Internal Medicine 1997; 127:1097-1102.
106. Gruman J and Von Korff M. The patient as a co-manager in the health care system. Seminars in
Dialysis 1997; 10:329-334.
107. Von Korff M. Forward to: Subcutaneous sumatriptan and its impact on quality of life,
productivity and patient satisfaction: a multinational study. Pharmaceconomics 1997; 11
(supplement 1): v-vii.
108. Lin E, Katon W, Simon G, VonKorff M, Bush T, Rutter C, Saunders K, Walker E. Achieving
guidelines for the treatment of depression in primary care: Is physician education enough?
Med Care 1997; 35:831-842.
109. Katon W, Von Korff M, Lin E, Simon G, Walker E, Bush T, Ludman E. Collaborative
management to achieve depression treatment guidelines. C Clin Psychiatry. 1997; 58:suppl
1:20-23.
110. Wickizer TM, Wagner EH, Cheadle A, Pearson D, Beery W, Maeser J, Psaty B, Von Korff M,
Koepsell T, Diehr P, Perrin EB. Implementation of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation’s
Community Health Promotion Grant Program: A process evaluation. Milbank Q 1998;76 (1)
121-47.
111. Gruman J, Von Korff M, Reynolds J, Wagner EH. Organizing health care for people with
seizures and epilepsy. J Ambulatory Care Management 1998; 21:1-17.
112. Von Korff M, Katon W, Bush T, Lin E, Simon GE, Saunders K, Ludman E, Walker E, Unützer J.
Treatment costs, cost offset and cost-effectiveness of collaborative management of
depression. Psychosomatic Medicine 1998; 60:143-149.
113. Stang PE, Von Korff M, Galer BS. Reduced Labor Force Participation Among Primary Care
Patients with Headache. J General Internal Medicine 1998; 13:296-302.
114. Simon GE, Revicki DA, Grothaus L, Von Korff M. SF-36 summary scores: are physical and
mental health truly distinct? Medical Care 1998; 36:567-572.
115. Simon GE, Von Korff M. Suicide mortality among patients treated for depression in an insured
population. American Journal of Epidemiology 1998; 147:155-160.
116. Simon G, Katon W, Von Korff M, Lin E, Robinson P, Bush T, Walker E, Ludman E, Russo J,
Rutter C. Impact of improved depression treatment in primary care on daily functioning and
disability. Psychological Medicine 1998; 28:693-701.
117*. Gureje O, Von Korff M, Simon GE, Gater R. Persistent pain and well being: A World Health
Organization study in primary care. JAMA 1998; 280:147-151.
118. Turner J, Le Resche L, Von Korff M, Saunders K, Ehrlich K Back pain in primary care: Patient
characteristics, content of initial visit, and short-term outcomes.. Spine 1998; 23:463-469.
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119. Von Korff M, Stewart WF, Lipton RB. Migraine and reduced work performance: a populationbased diary study. Neurology 1998; 50:1741-1745.
120. Lin EHB, Katon WJ, Von Korff M, Russo JE, Simon GE, Bush TM, Rutter CM, Walker EA,
Ludman,E. Relapse of Depression in Primary Care: Rate and Clinical Predictors. Arch
Family Med 1998; 7:443-449.
121. Deyo RA, Battie M, Roland M, Beurkins AJHM, Bombarier C, Croft P, Koes B, Malmivaara A,
Roland M, Von Korff M, Waddell G. Outcome measures for low back pain research: A
proposal for standardized use. Spine 1998; 23:2003-2013.
122. Von Korff M, Moore JE, Lorig K, Cherkin DC, Saunders K, Gonzales VM, Laurent D, Rutter C,
Comite F. A randomized trial of a lay person-led self-management group intervention for
back pain patients in primary care. Spine 1998; 23:2608-2615.
123. Gruman J, Von Korff M. Employee self-management of health: techniques that improve
outcomes and cut costs. Managing Employee Health Benefits 1998; 23:2608-2615.
124. Stewart WF, Lipton RB, Simon D, Liberman J, Von Korff M. Validity of an illness severity
measure for headache in a population sample of migraine sufferers. PAIN 1999; 79:291301.
125. Stewart WF, Lipton RB, Simon D, Von Korff M, Liberman J. Reliability of an illness severity
measure for headache in a population sample of migraine sufferers. Cephalagia 1998; 18:4451.
126*. Tiemens BG, Von Korff M, Lin EHB. Diagnosis of depression by primary care physicians versus
a structured diagnostic interview. Understanding discordance. General Hospital Psychiatry
1999; 21:87-96.
127*. Walker EA, Unützer J, Rutter C, Gelfand A, Saunders K, Von Korff M, Koss MP, Katon W.
Costs of health care use by women HMO members with a history of childhood abuse and
neglect. Arch Gen Psychiatry 1999; 56:609-613.
128. Lin EHB, Simon GE, Katon WJ, Russo JE, Von Korff M, Bush TM, Ludman EJ, Walker EA.
Can Enhanced Acute Phase Treatment of Depression Improve Long-Term Outcomes? A
Report of Randomized Trials in Primary Care. Am.J Psychiatry 1999; 156:643-645.
129. Simon GE, Heiligenstein J, Revicki D, VonKorff M, Katon WJ, Ludman E, Grothaus L, Wagner
E. Long-term outcomes of initial antidepressant drug choice in a “real world” randomized
trial. Arch Fam Med 1999; 8:319-325.
130. Ormel J, Von Korff M, Simon G, Tiemens BG, Oldehinkel AJ, Ustun TB. Onset of disability in
depressed and non-depressed primary care patients. Psychological Medicine 1999;29(4):84753.
131. Wagner EH, Davis C, Schaefer J, Von Korff M, Austin B. A survey of leading chronic disease
management programs: Are they consistent with the literature? Managed Care Quarterly
1999; 7:56-66.
132. Gruman J and Von Korff M. Self-management services: their role in disease management.
Disease Management and Health Outcomes 1999; Sept 6, 151-158.
133. Simon GE, Von Korff M, Piccinelli M, Fullerton C, Ormel J. An international study of the
relation between somatic symptoms and depression. New England Journal of Medicine 1999;
341:1329-1325.
134. Saunders K, Von Korff M, Pruitt S, Moore JE. Self-care orientation: prediction of physician visits
and prescription medicine use for back pain. Pain 1999; 83:369-377.
135. Katon W, Von Korff M, Lin EHB, Simon G, Walker E, Unützer J, Bush T, Russo J, Ludman E.
Stepped Collaborative Care for Primary Care Patients with Persistent Symptoms of
Depression: a randomized trial. Archives of General Psychiatry 1999; 56:1109-1115.
136*. Dionne CE, Von Korff M, Koepsell TD, Deyo RA, Barlow WE, Checkoway H. A comparison of
pain, functional limitations, and work status indices as outcome measures in back pain
research. Spine 1999; 24:2339-2345.
137. Von Korff M, Black LK, Saunders K and Galer BS. Headache medication use among primary
care headache patients in a health maintenance organization. Cephalagia 1999; 19:575-80.
138. Walker EA, Gelfand A, Katon WJ, Koss MP, Von Korff M, Bernstein D, Russo J. Adult health
status of women with histories of childhood abuse and neglect. Am J Medicine 1999;
107:332-339.
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139. Von Korff M and Tiemens B. Individualized stepped care of chronic illness. Western Journal of
Medicine 2000; 172:133-137.
140. Simon GE, Von Korff M, Rutter C, Wagner E. Randomised trial of monitoring, feedback and
management of care by telephone to improve treatment of depression in primary care. British
Medical Journal 2000; 320: 550-554.
141. Moore JE, Von Korff M, Cherkin D, Saunders K, Lorig K. A randomized trial of a cognitivebehavioral program for enhancing back pain self-care in a primary care setting. Pain 2000;
88:145-153.
142. Saunders KW, Von Korff M, Grothaus LC. Predictors of participation in primary care groupformat back pain self-care interventions. Clinical Journal of Pain 2000; 16:236-243.
143. Von Korff M, Jensen M, Karoly M. Assessing global pain severity by self-report in clinical and
health services research. Spine 2000; 25:3140-3151.
144. Walker EA, Katon WJ, Russo JE, Von Korff M, Lin EHB, Simon GE, Bush TM, Ludman EJ,
Unützer J. Predictors of outcome in a primary care depression trial. J General Internal
Medicine 2000; 15:859-867.
145. Wagner EH, Wickizer TM, Cheadle A, Psaty BM, Koepsell TD, Diehr P, Curry SJ, Von Korff M,
Anderman C, Beery WL, Pearson DC, Perrin EB. The Kaiser Family Foundation
Community Health Promotion Grants Program: Findings from an outcome evaluation.
Health Services Research 2000; 35:561-589.
146. Katon W, Rutter CM, Lin E, Simon G, Von Korff M, Bush T, Walker E, Ludman E. Are there
detectable differences in quality of care or outcome of depression across primary care
providers? Medical Care 2000; 38:552-561.
147. Lin EHB, Von Korff M, Russo J, Katon W, Simon GE, Bush T, Ludman E. Does Depression
Treatment in Primary Care Improve Function? Archives of Family Medicine 2000; 22:78-83.
148. Levy RL, Whitehead WE, Von Korff MR, Feld AD. Intergenerational transmission of
gastrointestinal illness behavior. Am J Gastroenterology 2000; 95:451-456.
149. Simon GE, Revicki D, Heiligenstein J, Grothaus, L, Von Korff M, Katon WJ, Hylan TR.
Recovery from depression, work productivity, and health care costs among primary care
patients. General Hospital Psychiatry 2000; 22(3)L153-62.
150. Lin EH, Von Korff M, Russo J, Katon W, Simon GE, Unützer J, Bush T, Walker E, Ludman E.
Can depression treatment in primary care reduce disability? A stepped care approach. Arch
Fam Med 2000: 9(10):1052-8.
151. Ludman E, Von Korff M, Katon W, Lin EHB, Simon G, Walker E, Unützer J, Bush T, Wahab S.
The Design, Implementation and Acceptance of a Primary Care-Based Intervention to
Prevent Depression Relapse. International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine 2000; 30:229245.
152. Ormel H and Von Korff M. Synchrony of change in depression and disability: what next?
Invited commentary. Archives of General Psychiatry 2000; 57:381-382.
153. Lin EHB, Katon WJ, Simon GE, Von Korff M, Bush TM, Walker EA, Unützer J, Ludman EJ.
Low-intensity treatment of depression in primary care: Is it problematic? General Hospital
Psychiatry 2000; 22:78-83.
154. Von Korff M, Jensen MP, Karoly P. Assessing global pain severity by self-report in clinical and
health services research. Spine. 2000; 25:3140-3151.
155. Von Korff M and Moore JE. Stepped care for back pain: Activating approaches for primary care.
Annals of Internal Medicine 2001; 134:911-917.
156. Katon W, Rutter C, Ludman EJ, Von Korff M, Lin EHB, Simon G, Walker E, Unützer J, Bush T.
A randomized trial of relapse prevention of depression in primary care. Arch Gen Psychiatry.
2001; 58:241-247.
157. Gureje O, Simon GE, Von Korff M. A cross-national study of the course of persistent pain in
primary care. Pain 2001; 92:195-200.
158. Katon W, Von Korff M, Lin E, Simon G. Rethinking practitioner roles in chronic illness: the
specialist, primary care physician and the practice nurse. General Hospital Psychiatry 2001;
23:138-144.
159*. Dionne CE, Von Korff M, Koepsell TD, Deyo RA, Barlow WE, Checkoway H. Formal education
and back pain: a review. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2001; 55:455-68.
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160. Simon GE, Von Korff M, Rutter CM, Peterson DA. Treatment process and outcomes for
managed care patients receiving new antidepressant prescriptions from psychiatrists and
primary care physicians. Archives of General Psychiatry 2001; 58:395-401.
161. Von Korff M, Unützer J, Katon W, Wells K. Improving care for depression in organized health
care systems: A conference report. J Family Practice 2001; 50:530-1.
162. Von Korff M, Katon W, Unutzer J, Wells K, Wagner EH. Improving depression care: barriers,
solutions, and research needs. J Fam Pract 2001;50:E1.
163. Levy RL, Von Korff M, Whitehead WE, Stang P, Saunders K, Jhingran P, Barghout V, Feld AD.
Costs of care for Irritable Bowel Syndrome patients in a health maintenance organization.
Gastroenterology 2001; 96:3122-3129.
164. Von Korff M and Goldberg DP. Improving outcomes in depression. British Medical Journal.
Editorial 2001: 323:948-949.
165. Simon GE, Katon WJ, VonKorff M, Unützer J, Lin EHB, Walker EA, Bush T, Rutter C, Ludman
E. Cost-effectiveness of a collaborative care program for primary care patients with persistent
depression. Am J Psychiatry 2001 Oct;158(10):1638-44.
166. Von Korff M, Jensen M, Karoly P. Assessing global pain severity by self-report. The Economics
of Neuroscience. 2002; 4:34-39.
167. Turner JA, Hauge S, Von Korff M, Saunders K, Lowe M, Berger R, Primary care and urology
patients with male pelvic pain syndrome: Symptoms and Quality of Life. Journal of
Urology. 2002; 167:1768-1773.
168. Von Korff, M. Recall of back pain symptoms: Better than we thought. Point of View. Spine
2002;27:994.
169. Bonomi AE, Wagner EH, Glasgow RE, Von Korff M. Assessment of Chronic Illness Care
(ACIC): A practical tool to measure quality improvement. Health Services Research;
2002;37:791-820.
170. Simon GE, Goldberg DP, Von Korff M, Ustün TB, Understanding cross-national differences in
depression prevalence. Psychological Medicine 2002;32:585-94.
171. Von Korff M, Glasgow RE, Sharpe M. Organizing care for chronic illness. British Medical
Journal 2002;325:92-94.
172. Simon GE, VonKorff M, Ludman EJ, Katon W, Rutter C, Unutzer J, Lin EHB, Bush T, Walker
E. Cost-effectiveness of a program to prevent depression relapse in primary care. Medical
Care 2002;40:941-50.
173 Katon W, Russo J, Von Korff M, Lin E, Simon G, Bush T, Ludman E, Walker E. Long-term
effects of a collaborative care intervention in persistently depressed primary care patients.
Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2002;17:741-8.
174. Pincus T, Vlaeyen JW, Kendall NA, Von Korff MR, Kalauokalani DA, Reis S. Cognitivebehavioral therapy and psychosocial factors in low back pain: directions for the future.
Spine. 2002;27:E133-8.
175. Turner JA, Ciol MA, Von Korff M, Berger R. Validity and responsiveness of the National
Institutes of Health Chronic Prostatitis Symptom Index. J Urology 2003; 169:580-583.
176. Unutzer J, Katon W, Russo J, Simon G, Von Korff M, Lin E, Walker E, Ludman E, Bush T.
Willingness to pay for depression treatment in primary care. Psychiatric Services 2003;
54:340-345.
177. Ludman E, Katon W, Bush T, Rutter C, Lin E, Simon G, Von Korff M, Walker E. Behavioral
factors associated with symptom outcomes in a primary care-based depression prevention
intervention trial. Psychological Medicine 2003, 33:1061-1070.
178. Von Korff M. Can medical practice adapt to a changed world? [Invited editorial]. World
Psychiatry 2003; 2:158-159.
179.* Chwastiak L, Von Korff M. Disability in depression and back pain: Evaluation of the WHO
Disability Assessment Schedule (WHO DAS II) in a primary care setting. J Clinical
Epidemiology 2003;56:507-14.
180. Katon W, Von Korff M, Lin E, Simon G, Ludman E, Bush T, Walker E, Ciechanowski P, Rutter
C. Improving primary care treatment of depression among patients with diabetes mellitus:
The design of the Pathways trial. General Hospital Psychiatry 2003;25:158-68.
181. Unutzer J, Katon WJ, Russo J, Simon G, Von Korff M, Lin E, Walker E, Ludman E, Bush T.
Psychopharmacology plus psychotherapy for depression treatment. Psychiatr Serv. 2003
Jul;54(7):1042-3.
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182. John M, Miglioretti D, Le Resche L, Von Korff M, Critchlow C. Widespread pain as a risk factor
for dysfunctional temporomandibular disorder pain. Pain 2003;102:257-63.
183. Lin EH, Von Korff M, Ludman EJ, Rutter C, Bush TM, Simon GE, Unutzer J, Walker E, Katon
WJ. Enhancing adherence to prevent depression relapse in primary care. Gen Hosp
Psychiatry. 2003;25:303-10.
184. Lin EHB, Katon W, Von Korff M, Tang L, Williams JW, Kroenke K, Hunkeler E, Harpole L,
Hegel M, Arean P, Hoffing M, Penna RD, Langston C, Unutzer J for the IMPACT
Investigators. Effect of improving depression care on pain and function among older adults
with arthritis: a Randomized Controlled Trial. JAMA 2003; 290:2428-2434.
185. Von Korff M, Katon W, Rutter C, Ludman E, Simon G, Lin EHB, Bush T. Effect on disability
outcomes of a depression relapse prevention program. Psychosomatic Medicine 2003;65
938-943.
186. Von Korff M. Meta-analysis and medical decision-making: Do evidence-based guidelines limit
or enhance informed medical judgment? [Invited editorial] Spine Journal 2003 ; 3:329-30.
187. Von Korff M and Deyo R. Potent opioids for chronic musculoskeletal pain: Flying blind?
[Invited editorial]. Pain 2004;109: 207-209.
188. Von Korff M. Acute low back pain improves rapidly, however recovery is not complete and
recurrence is common. (Invited commentary). Australian Journal of Physiotherapy
2004;50:58.
189. Demyttenaere K, Bruffaerts R, Posada-Villa J, Gasquet I, Kovess V, Lepine JP, Angermeyer MC,
Bernert S, de Girolamo G, Morosini P, Polidori G, Kikkawa T, Kawakami N, Ono Y,
Takeshima T, Uda H, Karam EG, Fayyad JA, Karam AN, Mneimneh ZN, Medina-Mora ME,
Borges G, Lara C, de Graaf R, Ormel J, Gureje O, Shen Y, Huang Y, Zhang M, Alonso J,
Haro JM, Vilagut G, Bromet EJ, Gluzman S, Webb C, Kessler RC, Merikangas KR,
Anthony JC, Von Korff MR, Wang PS, Brugha TS, Aguilar-Gaxiola S, Lee S, Heeringa S,
Pennell BE, Zaslavsky AM, Ustun TB, Chatterji S; WHO World Mental Health Survey
Consortium. Prevalence, severity, and unmet need for treatment of mental disorders in the
World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys. JAMA. 2004 Jun 2;291(21):258190.
190. Katon W, Von Korff M, Ciechanowski P, Russo J, Lin EHB, Simon G, Ludman E, Walker E,
Bush T, Young B. Behavioral and Clinical Factors Associated with depression among
individuals with diabetes. Diabetes Care 2004; 27:914-920.
191. Lin EHB, Katon W, Von Korff M, Rutter C, Simon GE, Oliver M, Ciechanowski P, Ludman E,
Bush T and Young B. Relationship of depression and diabetes self-care, medication
adherence and preventive care, 2004, Diabetes Care, 27(9):2154-60.
192. Von Korff M. Can care management enhance integration of primary and specialty care? [Invited
commentary.] BMJ 2004;329:605.
193. Simon GE, Ludman LJ, Tutty S, Operskalski B, Von Korff M. Telephone psychotherapy and
telephone care management for primary care patients starting antidepressant treatment: A
randomized controlled trial. JAMA 2004; 292:935-942.
194. Katon W, Lin EHB, Russo J, Von Korff M, Ciechanowski P, Simon G, Ludman E, Bush T, Young B.
Cardiac risk factors in patients with diabetes mellitus and major depression.
J Gen Intern Med 2004; 19:1192-9.
195. Whitehead WE, Levy RL, Von Korff M, Feld A, Palsson OS, Turner M, Drossman DA. Usual
medical care for irritable bowel syndrome. Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics 2004;
20:1305-1315.
196. Levy RL, Whitehead WE, Walker LS, Von Korff M, Feld AD, Garner M, Christie D. Increased
somatic complaints and health-care utilization in children: effects of parent IBS status and parent
response to gastrointestinal symptoms. Am J Gastroenterol 2004;99:2442-51.
197. Ludman EJ, Katon W, Russo J, Von Korff M, Simon G, Ciechanowski P, Lin E, Bush T, Walker E,
Young B. Depression and diabetes symptom burden. Gen Hosp Psychiatry 2004;26:430-6.
198. Katon WJ, Simon G, Russo J, Von Korff M, Lin EH, Ludman E, Ciechanowski P, Bush T. Quality of
depression care in a population-based sample of patients with diabetes and major depression.
Medical Care 2004;42:1222-9.
199. The Pathways Study: a randomized trial of collaborative care in patients with diabetes and depression.
Arch Gen Psychiatry 2004;61:1042-9.
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200. Ciechanowski P, Russo J, Katon W, Von Korff M, Ludman E, Lin E, Simon G, Bush T. Influence of
patient attachment style on self-care and outcomes in diabetes. Psychosom Med 2004;66:720-8.
201. Turner JA, Ciol MA, Von Korff M, Rothman I, Berger RE. Health Care Use and Costs of
primary and secondary care patients with prostatitis. Urology 2004; 63:1031-5.
202. Turner JA, Ciol MA, Von Korff M, Berger R. Prognosis of patients with new prostatitis/pelvic
pain syndrome episodes. J Urology 2004; 172:538-41.
203. Bush T, Rutter C, Simon G, Von Korff M, Katon W, Walker E, Lin E, Ludman E. Who benefits from
more structured depression treatment? The International J of Psychiatry in Medicine 2004;
34:247-58.
204. Young BA, Katon W, Von Korff M, Simon G, Lin E, Ciechanowski P, Bush T, Oliver M, Ludman EJ,
Boyko EJ. Racial and Ethnic Differences in Microalbuminuria Prevalence in a Diabetes
Population: The Pathways Study. J Am Soc Nephrology 2005;16:219-28.
205. Von Korff M, Balderson BHK, Saunders K, Miglioretti DL, Lin EHB, Berry S, Moore JE, Turner JA.
A Trial of an Activating Intervention for Chronic Back Pain in Primary Care and Physical
Therapy Settings. Pain 2005; 113:323-330.
206. Von Korff M, Crane P, Lane M, Miglioretti D, Simon G, Saunders K, Stang P, Brandenburg N,
Kessler R. Chronic spinal pain and physical-mental comorbidity in the United States: Results
from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication. Pain 2005; 113:331-339.
207. Von Korff M, Katon W, Lin EHB, Simon G, Ludman E, Oliver M, Ciechanowski P, Rutter C, Bush T.
Potentially Modifiable Factors Associated with Disability Among Persons with Diabetes.
Psychosomatic Medicine 2005;67:233-240.
208. Simon GE, VonKorff M, Lin E. Clinical and functional outcomes of depression treatment in
patients with and without chronic medical illness. Psychological Medicine 2005; 35:271279.
209. Turner JA, Ciol MA, Von Korff M, Berger R. Health Concerns of Patients with Nonbacterial
Prostatitis/Pelvic Pain. Archives of Internal Medicine 2005; 165:1054-1059.
210. Von Korff M, Katon W, Lin EHB, Simon G, Ciechanowski P, Ludman E, Oliver M, Rutter C, Young
B. Work disability among persons with diabetes. Diabetes Care 2005; 28:1326-1332.
211. Turner JA, Ciol MA, Von Korff M, Liu L, Berger R. Men with Pelvic Pain: Perceived Helpfulness
of Medical and Self-Management Strategies. Clinical Journal of Pain, In press.
Books
1. Katon W, Ludman E, Simon GE, Lin E, Walker E, Bush T, Von Korff M. The Depression
Helpbook, Bull Publishing Company. 2002.
2. Moore JE, Lorig K, Von Korff M, Laurent D, Gonzales G. The Back Pain Helpbook. Perseus Press,
Boston MA, 1999.
3. Crombie IK, Croft PR, Linton SJ, LeResche L, Von Korff M (Editors). Epidemiology of Pain.
IASP Press, Seattle WA, 1999
Book chapters and monographs
1. Von Korff M., Cottler L, George L, et al. Nonresponse and nonresponse bias in the ECA surveys. In
Epidemiologic Field Methods in Psychiatry: The NIMH ECA Program. Eaton WW and Kessler
LG (Eds.) Orlando: Academic Press 1985, pp 85-98.
2. Boyd JH, Robins LN, Holzer CE, Von Korff M et al. Making diagnoses from DIS data. In
Epidemiologic Field Methods in Psychiatry: The NIMH ECA Program. Eaton WW and Kessler
LG (Eds.) Orlando: Academic Press 1985, pp 209-234.
3. Folstein MF, Romanoski A, Chahal R, Anthony JC, Von Korff MR, et al. Eastern Baltimore Mental
Health Survey Clinical Reappraisal. In Epidemiologic Field Methods in Psychiatry: The NIMH
ECA Program. Eaton WW and Kessler LG (Eds.) Orlando: Academic Press 1985, pp 253-284.
4. Anthony JC, Ritter CJ, Von Korff M, et al. Descriptive epidemiology of adult cocaine use in four
U.S. communities. Problems of Drug Dependence, 1985, Proceedings of the 47th Annual
Scientific Meeting, Committee on Drug Dependence. National Institute of Drug Abuse Research
Monograph, 1986.84
5. Katon, W, Kamerow D, Von Korff M. Conference proceedings: Mental Disorders in General Health
Care Settings: A Research Conference. Seattle, WA, June 25-26, 1987.
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Von Korff M, Dworkin SF, Le Resche LA and Kruger A. Epidemiology of temporomandibular
disorders: II. TMD pain compared to other common pain sites. in Dubner R, Gebhardt GF, and
Bond MR (Eds.), Pain Research and Clinical Management, Vol. 3 (Proceedings of the Vth World
Congress on Pain, Hamburg, 2-7 August 1987), Amsterdam: Elsevier Science Publishers 1988.
pp 506-511.
Dworkin SF, Von Korff M, Le Resche LA and Truelove E. Epidemiology of temporomandibular
disorders: I. Initial clinical and self-report findings. in Dubner R, Gebhardt GF, and Bond MR
(Eds.), Pain Research and Clinical Management, Vol. 3 (Proceedings of the Vth World Congress
on Pain, Hamburg, 2-7 August 1987), Amsterdam: Elsevier Science Publishers 1988, pp 499-505.
Von Korff M, Dworkin SF. Problems in measuring pain by survey: The classification of chronic
pain in field research. in Chapman CR and Loeser JD (Eds) Issues in Pain Measurement, New
York: Raven Press Ltd 1989, pp 519-533.
Von Korff M and Katon W. The DIS and primary care research. The DIS Newsletter Spring 1987, 78.
Von Korff M, Eaton WW. Epidemiologic findings on panic. in Baker R (Ed) Panic Disorder, West
Sussex, England: John Wiley 1989, pp 35-50.
Von Korff M, Katon W, Lin E. Psychological distress, physical symptoms, utilization and the costoffset effect. in Sartorius N (Ed) Psychological Disorders in General Medical Settings, Bern:
Hans Huber AG Buchlandlung Verlag 1990, pp 159-169.
Katon W and Von Korff M. Caseness criteria for major depression.: The primary care clinican and
the psychiatric epidemiologist. in Attkisson CC and Zich JM (Eds) Depression in Primary Care:
Screening and Detection. New York: Routledge, 1990, pp 41-62.
Dworkin SF, LeResche L, Von Korff M. Studying the natural history of TMD: epidemiologic
perspectives on physical and psychosocial findings. in Clinical Research as the Basis of Clinical
Practice. Vig KD and Vig PS (Eds) Craniofacial Growth Series 25, Center for Human Growth
and Development, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1991, pp 39-60.
Von Korff M. Epidemiologic and survey methods: chronic pain assessment. in Turk DC and
Melzack R (Eds) Handbook of Pain Assessment, New York, Guilford Press, 1992, pp 391-408.
Von Korff M. Perspectives on management of back pain in primary care. in GF Gebhardt, DL
Hammond, TS Jensen (Eds) Proceedings of the 7th World Congress on Pain. Seattle, IASP Press,
1994, pp 97-112.
Von Korff M. Methodologic perspective: Getting answers to the most important questions. in
Miranda J, Hohmann AA, Attkisson C and Larson D (Eds) Mental Disorders in Primary Care,
San Francisco, Jossey-Bass, 1994, pp 421-447.
Lipton RB, Stewart WF, Von Korff MR. Individual and Societal Impact of Migraine. in J Olesen
(Ed) Frontiers in Headache Research: Headache Classification and Epidemiology. New York,
Raven Press, 1994, pp. 327-334.
Von Korff M and Stang P. Prediction of the Psychosocial Outcomes of Headache. in J Olesen (Ed)
Frontiers in Headache Research: Headache Classification and Epidemiology. New York, Raven
Press, 1994, pp. 367-372.
Stang P and Von Korff M. The Stability of Reported Headache Symptoms Over Time. in J Olesen
(Ed) Frontiers in Headache Research: Headache Classification and Epidemiology. New York,
Raven Press, 1994, pp. 45-49.
Saunders KW, Stergachis A and Von Korff M. Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound. in BL
Strom (Ed), Pharmacoepidemiology, 2nd edition. John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1994.
Von Korff M. Health Services Research and Temporomandibular Pain. in BJ Sessle, PS Bryant and
RA Dionne (Eds) Temporomandibular Disorders and Related Pain Conditions, Progress in Pain
Research and Management: Volume 4. IASP Press, Seattle, 1995, pp. 227-236.
Von Korff M, Ustun TB. Methods of the WHO Collaborative Study on ‘Psychological Problems in
General Health Care’. in Ustun TB and Sartorius N TB (Eds) Mental Illness in General Health
Care; An International Study. John Wiley and Sons, 1995, pp. 19-38.
Ustun TB, Von Korff M. Primary mental health services: Access and Provision of Care. in Ustun TB
and Sartorius N TB (Eds) Mental Illness in General Health Care; An International Study. John
Wiley and Sons, 1995, pp. 345-360.
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24. Simon GE, Von Korff M. Results from the Seattle Center. in Ustun TB and Sartorius N TB (Eds)
Mental Illness in General Health Care; An International Study. John Wiley and Sons, 1995, pp.
265-284.
25. Ustun TB, Sartorius N, Costa e Silva JA, Goldberg DP, Lecrubier Y, Ormel J, Von Korff M,
Wittchen H-U on behalf of the collaborating investigators. Conclusions. in Ustun TB and
Sartorius N TB (Eds) Mental Illness in General Health Care; An International Study. John Wiley
and Sons, 1995, pp. 371-375.
26. Loeser J, Galer B and Von Korff M. Neuropathic pain. A report on epidemiology and health services
use prepared for the National Institutes of Health, 1995.
27. LeResche L and Von Korff M. Frequency of chronic temporomandibular joint and muscle pain and
associated health care utilization. A report on epidemiology and health services use prepared for
the National Institutes of Health, 1995.
28. Von Korff M and Wagner EH. The role of the older person in managing illness. in E. Calkins and
EH Wagner (Eds) Better Ways to Care for Older People: Building Systems Based on Evidence.
Springer Publishing Co., New York, 1999.
29. Von Korff M. Pain management in primary care: an individualized stepped care approach. In
Gatchel R and Turk D (Eds.) Psychosocial Factors in Pain: Evolution and Revolutions. Guilford
Press, New York, 1999.
30. Von Korff M. Disability and psychological illness in primary care. Common Mental Disorders in
Primary Care: Essays in Honour of Professor Sir David Goldberg. Tansella M and Thornicroft G
(Eds). Routledge Press, London, 1999.
31. Von Korff M. Epidemiologic Methods. in Epidemiology of Pain. IK Crombie, PR Croft, SJ Linton,
L Leresche, M Von Korff (Eds). IASP Press, Seattle, 1999.
32. Le Resche L and Von Korff M. Epidemiology of Chronic Pain. In A.R. Block, E.F. Kremer and E.
Fernandez (eds.). Handbook of Pain Syndromes: Biopsychosocial Perspectives. Lawrence
Erlbaum Associates, Mahwah, NJ, 1999.
33. Von Korff M. Epidemiologic and survey methods: chronic pain assessment. in Turk DC and
Melzack R (Eds) Handbook of Pain Assessment Second Edition Second Edition New York,
Guilford Press, 2001, pp 603-618.
34. Balderson BHK and Von Korff M. The Stepped Care Approach to Chronic Back Pain. In New
Avenues for the Prevention of Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain and Disability: Pain Research and
Clinical Management, Vol 12. SJ Linton (Ed) Amsterdam, Elsevier, 2002, pp 238-243.
35. Pruitt SD and Von Korff M. Improving the management of low back pain: A paradigm shift for
primary care. In Psychological Approaches to Pain Management: A Practitioner’s Handbook: 2nd
Edition. Turk DC and Gatchel RJ (Eds), New York, Guilford Press, 2002, pp 301-316.
36. Balderson, B.H.K., Lin Elizabeth HB, Von Korff, M. (2004) The management of pain-related fear in
primary care. In J.W.S. Vlaeyen, G. Asmundson & G. Crombez (Eds.) Understanding and
Treating Fear of Pain. p 267-92 Oxford University Press.
37. Von Korff M and Le Resche L. Epidemiology of Pain. in H Merskey (Ed) Proceedings of the 11th
World Congress on Pain: IASP 30th Anniversary Celebration Volume. Seattle, IASP Press, In
press.
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS AND SEMINARS
Society for Clinical Trials, Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, May, 1985, “Controlled assignment of
patients to practitioners: An approach to the evaluation of health care for common conditions”.
Workshop on Mental Health Liaison in Primary Care, National Institute of Mental Health, Washington
DC, October, 1985, “Methodologic considerations in evaluating the clinical effectiveness of mental health
liaison in primary care”.
Group Health Association meeting on Information Systems in Health Maintenance Organizations,
Minneapolis, MI, October, 1985, “Research data as management information”.
International Association for the Study of Pain, Vth World Congress, Hamburg Federal Republic of
Germany, August, 1987, “Epidemiology of TMD: TMD pain compared to other common pain sites”.
Workshop on Advances in the Epidemiologic Study of Pain, National Center for Health Statistics, San
Diego CA, February 1988. “Epidemiologic methods in the study of pain: Cross-cutting issues and
themes”.
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Combined Medical Staff Rounds, Group Health Cooperative Central Hospital, Seattle WA, April 11,
1988 “High Utilizers: Who are they and why do they keep coming back?”.
Conference on Pain Measurement, Seattle WA, April 11-14, 1988. “Problems in measuring pain by
survey: The classification of chronic pain in field research”.
Joint Canadian and American Pain Association Meetings, Toronto, Canada, November 10-13, 1988.
“Issues in longitudinal studies of chronic pain dysfunction”. Workshop on Pain Epidemiology.
University of Groningen, Netherlands, Invited seminar, April 17, 1989. “Psychological distress, chronic
pain and illness behaviors”.
World Psychiatric Association Section of Epidemiology and Community Psychiatry, Symposium on
Psychiatric Epidemiology and Primary Health Care. Toronto, Canada, May 30-June 2, 1989, “A
randomized trial of consultation-liaison psychiatry among distressed high utilizers in primary care:
psychiatric status and effects on psychiatric treatment”.
VIth World Congress on Pain, Adelaide, Australia, April 1-6, 1990. Invited speaker, Topical seminar:
Epidemiology of chronic pain.
National Institute of Mental Health Conference: The Classification and Treatment of Mental Disorders in
General Medical Settings: A Research Conference. Plenary presentation: Depression and functional
disability among high utilizers of health care services. Bethesda MD, June 11-12, 1990.
American Pain Society. The Clinical Epidemiology of Chronic Pain: Concepts, Methods and Recent
Findings. The relationship between chronic pain and depression. Invited session. . St. Louis MO, October
26, 1990.
Grand Rounds, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington. A
randomized Trial of Consultation Psychiatry with Distressed High Utilizers of Primary Care. Seattle,
WA. November 29, 1990.
Society for Behavioral Medicine. Depression and risk of onset of chronic pain: a 3 year follow-up of a
pain-free population sample. Washington D.C., March 21, 1991.
National Institute of Mental Health Conference: The Classification and Treatment of Mental Disorders in
General Medical Settings: A Research Conference. The likelihood of being asked about depression
among primary care back pain, headache and Temporomandibular Disorder pain patients. Bethesda MD,
September 23-24, 1991.
Canadian Pain Society. Management of Pain in Primary Care: Epidemiologic Perspectives. Invited
plenary lecture. October 20, 1991.
University of Luebeck, Germany. Pain Outcomes and Management in Primary Care: Epidemiologic
Perspectives. November 26, 1991.
National Institute of Mental Health Conference: The Classification and Treatment of Mental Disorders in
General Medical Settings: A Research Conference. Self-report of disability: The replicability of reliability
and validity in a multi-center, international study. Tysons Corners VA, October 18, 1992.
International Association for the Study of Pain. Seventh World Congress on Pain. Perspectives on Pain
Management in Primary Care. Invited Plenary Address. Paris, France, August 27, 1993.
Critical Issues in the Treatment of Affective Disorders. The Relationship between Pain and Depression.
Invited Speaker, Second International Conference on Mood Disorders, Symposium on Comorbidity,
Paris, France, March 12, 1994.
Health Services Research and Temporomandibular Pain. Invited speaker, International Workshop on
Temporomandibular Disorders, Baltimore, MD, April 18, 1994.
American Council for Headache Education (ACHE) Lecture Award. Measuring Pain and Disability in
Headache. American Association for the Study of Headache, Boston, MA, June 23, 1995.
Behavioral Health Care-Primary Care Summit. Invited plenary speaker. Mental Disorders in Primary
Care: Prevalence, Utilization, Management and Outcomes. San Diego CA, March 28, 1996.
NIH Technology Assessment Conference. Management of Temporomandibular Disorders. Health Care
Utilization and Economic Costs. Bethesda MD, April 29, 1996.
Association for Health Services Research. Session on Quality Improvement for Psychiatric Disorders in
Managed Care-Responding to the Challenge. Improving the Management of Depressive Illness in
Managed Care. Invited talk. Atlanta GA, June 10, 1996.
Tenth NIMH International Conference on Mental Health Problems in the General health Care Sector.
The Relationship Between Pain-Related Activity Limitation and Depression in Primary care. Plenary
address. Bethesda MD, July 16, 1996.
International Association for the Study of Pain, Eighth World Congress on Pain. A research program for
primary care pain management of back pain. Refresher course on the design of clinical trials of pain
treatments. Vancouver, BC, Canada, August 17, 1996.
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New Concepts in Migraine Clinical Trial Methodology Workshop. Measuring disability in headache.
Invited talk. Rome, Italy, Oct 28, 1996.
International Conference on Current Trends in Psychosocial rehabilitation and Family Intervention.
National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences. Disability in a changing health care scenario.
Invited talk. Bangalore, India, March 29, 1997.
Promotion of Hans Ormel to Professor and Chairman of the Department of Social Psychiatry, University
of Groningen. Population-based care of depression. Invited talk. Groningen, The Netherlands, April 1,
1997.
Second International Forum for Primary Care Research on Low Back Pain. Self-care for Back Pain in
Primary Care: a Randomized Controlled Trial. The Hague, The Netherlands, May 30, 1997.
University of Calgary. Back Pain Management and Outcomes in Primary Care: Can We Do Better?
Invited plenary lecture. Pain Management Conference. Calgary, Canada, December 5, 1997.
University of Manchester. Cross-National Comparisons of Somatization: Results of the WHO
Collaborative Study in Primary Care. Invited talk. 22nd European Conference on Psychosomatic
Research. September 3, 1998.
Trimbos Institute. Invited Seminar: Organizing Care for Depressive Illness. Utrecht, The Netherlands,
September 9, 1998.
Society for Behavioral Medicine. Self-Care Groups for Chronic-Recurrent Back Pain in Primary Care:
Results of Randomized Controlled Trials. Symposium presentation. San Diego, CA, March 6, 1999.
Trimbos Institute. Invited seminar. Population-based Care of Patients with Depressive Illness. Utrecht,
The Netherlands, May 3, 1999.
Third International Conference on Bipolar Disorder. Plenary address. Principles of Population-Based
Care of Patients with Bipolar Disorder (Lessons from Depression Care Research). Pittsburgh, PA, June
19, 1999.
Seventh Annual Regenstrief Conference. Symptom Research. Invited talk. Stepped Care Approaches for
Back Pain: Integrating Education and Activation into Routine Care. Turkey Run State Park, Indiana,
November 12, 1999.
The Fourth International Forum for Primary Care Research on Low Back Pain. Effects of educational,
activating interventions on health care use for back pain., March 12, 2000, Eilat, Israel
WHO conference of Chronic Low Back Pain. Invited talk. Grading Chronic Pain. Lubeck Germany, Feb
2, 2001.
Invited lecture. Health services research on depression in primary care. University of Freiberg, Freiberg,
Germany, Feb 8, 2002.
The European Society of Psychosomatic Research Annual Meeting. Pain and depression in primary care:
Research findings from the Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative. Invited talk, Lisbon,
Portugal, June 21, 2002.
The Scottish Pain Society. Reducing the Personal & Societal Costs of Chronic Back Pain:
Integrating Efforts of Health Care,Voluntary & Public Sectors. Glasgow, Scotland, Feb 29, 2004.
American Academy of Physician’s Assistants meeting on improving adherence. Organizational Supports
Needed To Improve Adherence. Washington DC, April 21, 2004.
Invited Lecture. Depression Care: Winning the Battles, Losing the War. Visiting Professorship, Institute
of Psychiatry, London England, November 3, 2004.
Stepped Care and Chronic Disease Management in the US. Invited Lecture, Rob Giel Symposium on
Mental Health Care, University of Groningen, The Netherlands, November 16, 2004.
Understanding and Addressing Chronic Back Pain as a Public Health Problem. Blaustein Pain Lecture, Johns
Hopkins Hospital and Bloomberg School of Public Health, May 6, 2005.
MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Association for Health Services Research (elected Fellow in 1997)
Society for Behavioral Medicine (elected Fellow in 1997)
International Association for the Study of Pain
EDITORIAL REVIEWS
American Journal of Epidemiology
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Analgesia
Annals of Behavioral Medicine
Annals of Internal Medicine
Archives of General Psychiatry
Biological Psychiatry
British Journal for Psychiatry
British Medical Journal
Clinical Journal of Pain
Diabetes Care
General Hospital Psychiatry
Health Services Research
HMO Practice
Journal of the American Medical Association
Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Medical Care
The Milbank Quarterly
Spine
Pain
Pharmacoeconomics
Psychological Medicine
Psychology of Addictive Behaviors
Psychosomatic Medicine
Psychiatric Services
GRANT REVIEWS
National Institute of Mental Health; National Institute of Dental Research; Agency for Health Care Policy
and Research; Kaiser Family Foundation; Dutch Cancer Society; NGO (Dutch National Research
Funding Council); Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.; NIMH Health Services Research Study
Section, February, 1998 to February 1999; NIMH Intervention Research Study Section, July 1999 to
present.