Dr. Daumit is a general internist whose research program is devoted to improving the physical health of persons with severe and persistent mental illnesses.

She is studying risk factors for premature mortality in persons with severe mental illnesses including whether this population is at a higher risk than persons without mental illness for patient safety concerns when hospitalized.

Dr. Daumit also is developing and testing behavioral weight loss interventions tailored to persons with mental disabilities in psychiatric rehabilitation settings.

severe mental illness, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, obesity, diabetes, patient safety, health services research

2005 Urmer Foundation Award for Research in Severe Mental Illness

Merenstein D, Daumit GL, Powe NR. Use and Costs of Non-recommended Diagnostic Tests During Routine Preventive Health Exams in the United States. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2006 Jun; 30(6):521-7.

Olsen Y, Daumit GL, Ford DE. Opioid prescriptions by U.S. primary care physicians from 1992 to 2001. The Journal of Pain, 2006, Apr; 7(4):225-35.

Dickerson FB, Brown CH, Daumit GL, Fang L, Goldberg RW, Wohlheiter, Dixon LB. Health status of individuals with serious mental illness. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 2006 Jul; 32(3):584-9.

Compton MT, Daumit GL, Druss BG. Adverse Health Behaviors among Individuals with Serious Mental Illnesses: A Preventive Medicine Perspective. Harvard Review of Psychiatry, 2006 Jul-Aug 14(4):212-222.

Daumit GL, Pronovost PJ, Anthony CB, Guallar E, Steinwachs DM, Ford DE. Adverse Events During Medical and Surgical Hospitalizations for Persons with Schizophrenia. Archives of General Psychiatry, 2006; 63(3):267-272.

Reiss-Brennan B, Briot P, Daumit G, Ford D. Evaluation of “Depression in

Primary Care” Innovations. Administration and Policy in Mental Health, 2006; 33(1):93-98.

Goff DC, Sullivan LM, McEvoy JP, Meyer JM, Nasrallah HA, Daumit GL,

Lamberti S, D’Agostino RB, Stroup TS, Davis S, Lieberman JA. A comparison of ten-year cardiac risk estimates in schizophrenia patients from the CATIE study and matched controls. Schizophrenia Research, 2005; 80(1):45-53.

Daumit GL, Goldberg RW, Anthony C, Dickerson F, Brown CH, Kreyenbuhl J,

Wohlheiter K, Dixon L. Physical Activity Pattern in Adults with Severe Mental Illness. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 2005; 193: (10); 641-646

Himelhoch S, Lehman A, Kreyenbuhl J, Daumit G, Brown C, Dixon L. Prevalence of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease among Those with

Serious Mental Illness. American Journal of Psychiatry, 2004; 161(12); 2317-2319.

Olsen Y, Daumit GL. Opioid Prescribing for Chronic Non-malignant Pain in Primary Care: Challenges and Solutions, Advances in Psychosomatic

Medicine, 2004; 25:138-50.

Daumit GL, Clark JM, Graham CM, Lehman A, Ford DE. Prevalence and Correlates of Obesity in a Community Sample of Individuals with Severe and Persistent Mental Illness, Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 2003; 191 (12). 799-805.

Himelhoch S, Daumit G. To Whom Do Psychiatrists Offer Smoking Cessation Counseling?, American Journal of Psychiatry, 2003; 160 (12) 2228-30.

Daumit GL, Crum RM, Guallar E, Powe NR, Primm AB, Steinwachs DM, Ford DE. Outpatient Prescriptions for Atypical Antipsychotics for African Americans, Hispanics and Whites in the United States, Archives of General Psychiatry, 2003; 60: 121-128.

Daumit GL, Crum RM, Guallar E, Ford DE. Factors Associated with Receipt of General Preventive Services at Psychiatric Visits for Patients with Severe Mental Illness. Psychiatric Services, 2002 Jul; 53(7): 884-887.

Daumit GL, Pratt LA, Crum RM, Powe NR, Ford DE. Characteristics of Primary Care Visits for Individuals with Severe Mental Illness in a National Sample, General Hospital Psychiatry, 2002 Nov-Dec; 24(6): 391-395.

Boulware LE, Daumit GL, Frick KD, Minkovitz CS, Lawrence RS, Powe NR. Quality of Clinical Reports on Behavioral Interventions for Hypertension. Preventive Medicine, 2002 Apr;34(4):463-75.

Boulware LE, Daumit GL, Frick KD, Minkovitz CS, Lawrence RS, Powe NR. An Evidence-Based Review Patient-Centered Behavioral Interventions for Hypertension. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. October 2001;21(3):221-32.

Daumit GL, Boulware E, Powe, NR, Frick KD, Minkovitz CS, Anderson L, Janes, G, Lawrence, R. A Computerized Tool for Evaluating the Effectiveness of Preventive Interventions. Public Health Reports, 2001 Supplement 1, Volume 116, 244-253.

Daumit GL, Powe, NR. Factors Influencing Access to Cardiovascular Procedures in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease: Race, Gender and Insurance. Seminars in Nephrology, Vol 21, No 4 (July), 2001: pp 367-376.

Daumit, GL, Powe, NR, Hermann, JA. Gender Disparity in Use of Cardiovascular Procedures in a National Cohort Over Time. Medical Care. 2000; 38: 354-365.

Daumit GL, Hermann JA, Coresh J, Powe, NR. Cardiovascular Procedure Use Among Blacks and Whites: A Seven-Year National Study in Patients with Renal Disease. Annals of Internal Medicine.1999; 130:173-182.