Richard Schulz Articles by Category

AGING & HEALTH
AGING & TECHNOLOGY
BEREAVEMENT
CANCER
CAREGIVING
CONTROL
DEMENTIA
DEPRESSION
END OF LIFE
INTERVENTION

AGING & HEALTH

Fine, M. J., Stone, R. A., Singer, D. E., Marrie, T. J., Coley, C. M., Hough, L. J., Obrosky, D. S., Lave, J. R., Schulz, R., Ricci, E. M., Rogers, J. C., Kapoor, W. N. (1999). Processes and outcomes of care for patients with community-acquired pneumonia:  Results from the Pneumonia Patient Outcomes Research Team (PORT) Cohort study.  Archives of Internal Medicine, 159, 970-980.

Scheier, M. R., Matthews, K. A., Owens, J. F., Schulz, R., Bridges, M. W., Magovern, G. J., & Carver, C. S. (1999).  Optimism and rehospitalization following coronary artery bypass graft surgery.  Archives of Internal Medicine, 159, 829-834.

Schulz, R., Beach, S. R., Ives, D. G., Martire, L. M., Ariyo, A. A., & Kop, W J. (2000).  Association between depression and mortality in older adults:  The Cardiovascular Health Study.  Archives of Internal Medicine, 160, 1761-1768.

Diez Rouz, A. V., Kiefe, C. I., Jacobs, Jr., D. R., Haan, M., Jackson, S. A., Nieto, F. J., Paton, C. C., & Schulz, R. (2001). Area characteristics and individual-level socioeconomic position indicators in three population-based epidemiologic studies. Annals of Epidemiology, 11, 395-405.

Lenze, E.J., Rogers, J.C., Martire, L.M., Mulsant, B.H., Rollman, B.L., Dew, M.A., Schulz, R., & Reynolds III, C.F.  (2001).  The association of late-life depression and anxiety with physical disability: A review of the literature and prospects for future research.  American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 9(2), 113-135.

Schulz, R., Drayer, R. A., Rollman, B. L.  (2002).  Depression as a risk factor for non-suicide mortality in the elderly.  Biological Psychiatry, 52(3), 205-225. 

Bookwala, J., Zdaniuk, B., Burton, L., Lind, B., Jackson, S., & Schulz, R.  (2004).  Concurrent and long-term predictors of older adults’ use of community-based long-term care services.  Journal of Aging and Health, 16(1), 88-115.

Chelluri, L., Im, K. A., Belle, S. H., Schulz, R., Rotondi, A. J., Donahoe, M. P., Sirio, C. A., Mendelsohn, A.B., & Pinsky, M. R.  (2004). Long-term mortality and quality of life after prolonged mechanical ventilation.  Critical Care Medicine, 32(1), 61-69.

Diez Roux, A. V., Borrell, L. N., Haan, M., Jackson, S. A., & Schulz, R.  (2004).  Neighborhood environments and mortality in an elderly cohort: Results from the Cardiovascular Health Study.  Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 58, 917-923.

Lenze, E. J., Schulz, R., Martire, L. M., Zdaniuk, B., Glass, T., Kop, W. J., Jackson, S. A., & Reynolds, C. F.  (2005). The course of functional decline in persistently depressed elderly: Longitudinal findings from the Cardiovascular Health Study.  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 53, 569-575.

Schulz, R., Guest Editor (2005).  Dementia care and quality of life in assisted living and nursing homes.  The Gerontologist, 45(Special Issue 1).

Lingler, J.H., Nightingale, M.C., Erlen, J.A., Kane A., Reynolds, C. F., Schulz, R., & DeKosky, S.T.  (2006). Making sense of mild cognitive impairment: A qualitative exploration of the patient’s experience.  The Gerontologist, 46(6), 791-800.

Ruiz, J. M., Matthews, K. A., Scheier, M. F., & Schulz, R.  (2006).  Does who you marry matter for your health? Influence of patients’ and spouses’ personality on their partners’ psychological well-being following coronary artery bypass surgery. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 91(2), 255-267.

Nordstrom, C.K., Diez Roux, A.V., Schulz, R., Haan, M.N., Jackson, S.A., & Balfour, J.L.  (2007).  Socioeconomic position and incident mobility impairment in the Cardiovascular Health Study.  BMC Geriatrics, 7(11), 1-8.

Wrosch, C., & Schulz, R.  (2008).  Health-engagement control strategies and 2-year changes in older adults' physical health.  Psychological Sciences, 19(6), 537-541.

AGING & TECHNOLOGY

Schulz, R., Lustig, A., Handler, S., Martire, L.  (2002).  Technology-based caregiver intervention research: Current status and future directions.  Gerontechnology, 2(1), 15-47.

BEREAVEMENT

Schulz, R., Mendelsohn, A.B., Haley, W.E., Mahoney, D., Allen, R.S., Zhang, S., Thompson, L., & Belle, S.H.  (2003).  End of life care and the effects of bereavement on family caregivers of persons with dementia.  New England Journal of Medicine, 349(20), 1936-1942.

Boerner, K., Schulz, R. & Horowitz, A.  (2004).  Positive aspects of caregiving and adaptation to bereavement.  Psychology and Aging, 19(4), 668-675.

Hebert, R.S., Dang, Q., & Schulz, R. (2006).  Preparedness for the death of a loved one and mental health in bereaved caregivers of patients with dementia: Findings from the REACH study. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 9(3), 683-693.

Schulz, R., Boerner, K., Shear, K., Zhang, S., & Gitlin, L.N.  (2006).  Predictors of complicated grief among dementia caregivers: A prospective study of bereavement.  American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 14(8), 650-658.

Hebert, R.S., Schulz, R., Copeland, V., & Arnold, R.M.  (2008).  What questions do family caregivers want to discuss with health care providers in order to prepare for the death of a loved one?  An ethnographic study of caregivers of patients at end of life.  Journal of Palliative Medicine, 11(3), 476-483.

CANCER

Helgeson, V. S., Cohen, S., Schulz, R., & Yasko, J. (1999).  Effects of education and peer discussion group interventions on 6-month adjustment to stage I and II breast cancer.  Archives of General Psychiatry, 340-347.

Scheier, M.F., Helgeson, V.S., Schulz, R., Colvin, S., Berga, S., Bridges, M.W., Knapp, J., Gerszten, K., & Pappert, W.S.  (2005).  Interventions to enhance physical and psychological functioning among younger women who are ending nonhormonal adjuvant treatment for early-stage breast cancer.  Journal of Clinical Oncology, 23(19), 4298-4311.

Kim, Y., Schulz, R., & Carver, C.S.  (2007).  Benefit finding in the cancer caregiving experience.  Psychosomatic Medicine, 69, 283-291.

Scheier, M., Helgeson, V., Schulz, R., Colvin, S., Berga, S., Knapp, J., & Gerszten, K.  (2007). Moderators of Interventions Designed to Enhance Physical and Psychological Functioning Among Younger Women with Early Stage Breast Cancer.  Journal of Clinical Oncology, 25(36), 5710-5714.

Kim, Y., & Schulz, R.  (2008).  Family caregivers’ strains: Comparative analysis of cancer caregiving with dementia, diabetes, and frail elderly caregiving.  Journal of Aging and Health, 20(5), 483-503.

CAREGIVING

Schulz, R., O’Brien, A, T., Bookwala, J., & Fleissner, K. (1995).  Psychiatric and physical morbidity effects of Alzheimer’s Disease caregiving: Prevalence, correlates, and causes.  The Gerontologist, 35, 771-791.

Williamson, G.M., Shaffer, D.R., & Schulz, R.  (1998).  Activity restriction and prior relationship history as contributors to mental health outcomes among middle-aged and older spousal caregivers.  Health Psychology, 17(2), 152-162.

Schulz, R., & Beach, S. (1999).  Caregiving as a risk factor for mortality.  The caregiver health effects study.  Journal of the American Medical Association, 282, 2215-2219.

Beach, S. R., Schulz, R., Yee, J. L., & Jackson, S. (2000).  Negative and positive health effects of caring for a disabled spouse:  Longitudinal findings from the Caregiver Health Effects Study.  Psychology and Aging, 15, 259-271.

Yee, J., & Schulz, R. (2000).  Gender differences in psychiatric morbidity among family caregivers: A review and analysis.  The Gerontologist, 40(2), 147-164.

Burgio, L., Corcoran, M., Lichstein, K. L., Nichols, L., Czaja, S., Gallagher-Thompson, D., Bourgeois, M., Stevens, A., Ory, M., & Schulz, R., for the REACH Investigators (2001).  Judging outcomes in psychosocial interventions for dementia caregivers:  The problem of treatment implementation.  The Gerontologist, 41, 481-490.

Schulz, R., Beach, S.R., Lind, B., Martire, L. M., Zdaniuk, B., Hirsch, C., Jackson, S., & Burton, L. (2001).  Involvement in caregiving and adjustment to death of a spouse: Findings from the Caregiver Healths Effects Study.  Journal of the American Medical Assocation, 285(24), 3123-3129.

Bourgeois, M. S., Schulz, R., Burgio, L., & Beach, S. R.  (2002).  Skills training for spouses of patients with Alzheimer’s disease: Outcomes of an intervention study.  Journal of Clinical Geropsychology, 8(1), 53-73.

Brodaty, H., Green, A., Banerjee, S., Mittelman, M., Schulz, R., Whitehouse, P., Harvey, R., Powell, M., Prince, M., Rios, D., Zarit, S.  (2002). Towards harmonisation of caregiver outcome measures.  Brain Aging, 2(4), 3-12.

Schulz, R, O’Brien, A., Czaja, S., Ory, M., Norris, R., Martire, L. M., Belle, S. H., Burgio, L., Gitlin, L., Coon, D., Burns, R., Gallagher-Thompson, D., Stevens, A.  (2002).  Dementia caregiver intervention research:  In search of clinical significance.  The Gerontologist, 42(5), 589-602.

Charney, D. S., Reynolds, C. F., Lewis, L., Lebowitz, B. D., Sunderland, T., Alexopoulos, G. S.…Schulz, R., Schwenk, T. L., Scolnick, E., Unutzer, J., Weissman, M. M., & Young, R. C.   (2003).  Depression and bipolar support alliance consensus statement on the unmet needs in diagnosis and treatment of mood disorders in late life.  Archives of General Psychiatry, 60, 664-672.

Czaja, S. J., Schulz, R., Lee, C. C., & Belle, S. H.  (2003).  A methodology for describing and decomposing complex psychosocial and behavioral interventions.  Psychology and Aging, 18(3), 385-395.

Gitlin, L., Belle, S. H., Burgio, L., Czaja, S. J., Mahoney, D., Gallagher-Thompson, D., Burns, R., Hauck, W. W., Zhang, S., Schulz, R., & Ory, M. G.  (2003).   Effect of multicomponent interventions on caregiver burden and depression: The REACH multisite initiative at 6-month follow-up.  Psychology and Aging, 18(3), 361-374.

Schulz, R., Burgio, L., Burns, R., Eisdorfer, C., Gallagher-Thompson, D., Gitlin, L., & Mahoney, D. F.   (2003).  Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer’s Caregiver Health (REACH): Overview, site-specific outcomes, and future directions. The Gerontologist, 43(4), 514-520.

Schulz, R., Mendelsohn, A.B., Haley, W.E., Mahoney, D., Allen, R.S., Zhang, S., Thompson, L., & Belle, S.H.  (2003).  End of life care and the effects of bereavement on family caregivers of persons with dementia.  New England Journal of Medicine, 349(20), 1936-1942.

Wisniewski, S., Belle, S. H., Coon, D. W., Marcus, S. M., Ory, M. G., Burgio, L., Burns, R., Schulz, R.  (2003).  The Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer’s Caregiver Health (REACH): Project design and baseline characteristics. Psychology and Aging, 18(3), 375-384.

Belle, S., Zhang, S., Czaja, S., Burns, R., & Schulz, R.  (2004).  Use of cognitive enhancement medication in persons with Alzheimer’s Disease who have a family caregiver: Results from the Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer’s Caregiver Health (REACH) project.  American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 12(3), 250-257.

Boerner, K., Schulz, R. & Horowitz, A.  (2004).  Positive aspects of caregiving and adaptation to bereavement.  Psychology and Aging, 19(4), 668-675.

Im, K.A., Belle, S. H., Schulz, R., Mendelsohn, A. B., & Chelluri, L.  (2004). Prevalence and outcomes of caregiving after prolonged (> 48 hours) mechanical ventilation (MV) in the intensive care unit (ICU).  CHEST, 125, 597-606.

Schulz, R., Belle, S. H., Czaja, S. J., McGinnis, K. A., Stevens, A., & Zhang, S.  (2004).  Long-term care placement of dementia patients and caregiver health and well-being.  Journal of the American Medical Association, 292(8), 961-967.

Schulz, R., & Martire, L.M.  (2004).  Family caregiving in persons with dementia: Prevalence, health effects, and support strategies.  American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 12(3), 240-249.

Schulz, R., & Patterson, T. (2004). Editorial. Caregiving in geriatric psychiatry. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 12(3), 234-237.

Beach, S. R., Schulz, R., Williamson, G. M., Miller, L. S., Weiner, M. F., & Lance, C. E.  (2005). Risk factors for potentially harmful informal caregiver behavior.  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 53, 255-261.

Lingler, J., Martire, L. M., & Schulz, R.  (2005).  Caregiver-specific outcomes in anti-dementia clinical drug trials: A systematic review and meta-analysis.  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 53, 983-990.

Schulz, R., Martire, L., & Klinger, J.  (2005).  Evidence-based caregiver interventions in geriatric psychiatry.  Psychiatry Clinics of North America, 28(4), 1007-1038.

Williamson, G.M., Martin-Cook, K., Weiner, M.F., Svetlik, D.A., Saine, K., & Hynan, L.S.  (2005).  Caregiver resentment: Explaining why care recipients exhibit problem behavior.  Rehabilitation Psychology, 50(3), 215-223.

Czaja, S.J., Schulz, R., Belle, S.H., Burgio, L.D., Armstrong, N., Gitlin, L.N., Coon, D.W., Martindale-Adams, J., Klinger, J., & Stahl, S.M.  (2006).  Data and safety monitoring in social behavioral intervention trials: The REACH II experience.  Clinical Trials, 3, 107-118.

Hebert, R.S., Weinstein, E., Martire, L.M., & Schulz, R. (2006).  Religion, spirituality and the well-being of informal caregivers: A review, critique, and research prospectus. Aging and Mental Health, 10(5), 1-24.

Lingler, J.H., Parker, L.S., DeKosky, S.T., & Schulz, R.  (2006).  Caregivers as subjects of clinical drug trials: a review of research ethics practices in published studies of Alzheimer’s pharmacotherapies.  IRB: Ethics & Human Research, 28(3), 11-18.

McGinnis, K.A., Schulz, R., Stone, R.A., Klinger, J., Mercurio, R.  (2006).  Concordance of race or ethnicity of interventionists and caregivers of dementia patients: Relationship to attrition and treatment outcomes in the REACH study.  The Gerontologist, 46(4), 449-455.

Miller, L.S., Lewis, M.S., Williamson, G.M., Lance, C.E., Dooley, W.K., Schulz, R., & Weiner, M.F. (2006). Caregiver cognitive status and potentially harmful caregiver behavior.  Aging and Mental Health, 10(2), 125-133.

Mitrani, V.B., Lewis, J., Feaster, D.J., Czaja, S.J., Eisdorfer, C., Schulz, R., & Szapocznik, J.  (2006).  The role of family functioning in the stress process of dementia caregivers: A structural family framework.  The Gerontologist, 46(1), 97-105.

Schulz, R. (corresponding author for REACH II investigators).  (2006).  Enhancing the quality of life of dementia caregivers from different ethnic or racial groups.  Annals of Internal Medicine, 145(10), 727-738.

Schulz, R., Boerner, K., Shear, K., Zhang, S., & Gitlin, L.N.  (2006).  Predictors of complicated grief among dementia caregivers: A prospective study of bereavement.  American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 14(8), 650-658.

Finkel, S., Czaja, S.J., Schulz, R., Martinovich, Z., Harris, C., & Pezzuto, D.  (2007).  E-Care: A telecommunications technology intervention for family caregivers of dementia patients.  American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 15, 443-448.

Hebert, R.S., Arnold, R.M., & Schulz, R. (2007).  Improving well-being in caregivers of terminally ill patients. Making the case for patient suffering as a focus for intervention research.  Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 34(5), 539-546.

Hebert, R.S., Dang, Q., & Schulz, R. (2007). Religious beliefs and practices are associated with better mental health in family caregivers of patients with dementia: Findings from the REACH study.  American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 15(4), 292-300.

Kim, Y., Schulz, R., & Carver, C.S.  (2007).  Benefit finding in the cancer caregiving experience.  Psychosomatic Medicine, 69, 283-291.

Martire, L.M. & Schulz, R.  (2007).  Involving family in psychosocial interventions for chronic illness.  Current Directions in Psychological Science, 16(2), 90-94.

Martire, L.M., Schulz, R., Keefe, F.J., Rudy, T.E., & Starz, T.W.  (2007). Couple-oriented education and support intervention: Effects on individuals with osteoarthritis and their spouses.  Rehabilitation Psychology, 52(2), 121-132.

Mausbach, B.T., Patterson, T.L., Rabinowitz, Y.G., Grant, I., & Schulz, R.  (2007).  Depression and distress predict time to cardiovascular disease in dementia caregivers.  Health Psychology, 26(5), 539-544.

Schulz, R., Hebert, R.S., Dew, M.A., Brown, S.L., Scheier, M.F. Beach, S.R., Czaja, S.J., Martire, L.M., Coon, D., Langa, K.M., Gitlin, L.N., Stevens, A.B., & Nichols, L.  (2007).  The Forum - Patient suffering and caregiver compassion: New opportunities for research, practice, and policy.  The Gerontologist, 47(1), 4-13.

Van Pelt, D.C., Milbrandt, E.B., Qin, L., Weissfeld, L.A., Rotondi, A.J., Schulz, R., Chelluri, L., Angus, D.C., & Pinsky, M.R.  (2007).  Informal caregiver burden among survivors of prolonged mechanical ventilation.  American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 175(2), 167-173.

Kim, Y., & Schulz, R.  (2008).  Family caregivers’ strains: Comparative analysis of cancer caregiving with dementia, diabetes, and frail elderly caregiving.  Journal of Aging and Health, 20(5), 483-503.

Schulz, R., McGinnis, K.A., Zhang, S., Martire, L.M., Hebert, R.S., Beach, S.R., Zdaniuk, B., Czaja, S.J., & Belle, S.H.  (April/June 2008).  Dementia patient suffering and caregiver depression.  Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders, 22(2), 170-176.

Schulz, R., & Sherwood, P.   (2008).  Physical and mental health effects of family caregiving.  American Journal of Nursing, 108(9-Supplement), 23-27.


CONTROL

Schulz, R., & Heckhausen, J.  (1996).  A Life span model of successful aging.  American Psychologist, 51(7), 702-714.

Wrosch, C., Schulz, R., & Heckhausen, J.  (2002).  Health stresses and depressive symptomatology in the elderly: The importance of health engagement control strategies.  Health Psychology, 21(4), 340-348.

Wrosch, C., Schulz, R., & Heckhausen, J. (2004).  Health stresses and depressive symptomatology in the elderly: A control-process approach.  Current Directions, 13(1), 17-20.

Gitlin, L., Hauck, W., Winter, L., Dennis, M., & Schulz, R.  (2006). Effect of an in-home occupational and physical therapy intervention on reducing mortality in functionally vulnerable elders: Preliminary findings.  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 54, 950-955.

Scheier, M. F., Wrosch, C., Baum, A., Cohen, S., Martire, L.M., Matthews, K.A., Schulz, R., & Zdaniuk, B.  (2006).  The Life Engagement Test: Assessing purpose in life.  Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 29(3), 291-298.

Wrosch, C., Dunne, E., Scheier, M.F., & Schulz, R.  (2006).  Self-regulation of common age-related challenges: Benefits for older adults’ psychological and physical health.  Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 29(3), 299-306.

Wrosch, C., Schulz, R., Miller, G., Lupien, S., & Dunne, E.  (2007).  Physical health problems, depressive mood, and Cortisol secretion in old age: Buffer effects of health engagement control strategies.  Health Psychology, 26(3), 341-349.

Wrosch, C., & Schulz, R.  (2008).  Health-engagement control strategies and 2-year changes in older adults' physical health.  Psychological Sciences, 19(6), 537-541.

DEMENTIA

Schulz, R., O’Brien, A, T., Bookwala, J., & Fleissner, K. (1995).  Psychiatric and physical morbidity effects of Alzheimer’s Disease caregiving: Prevalence, correlates, and causes.  The Gerontologist, 35, 771-791.

Burgio, L., Corcoran, M., Lichstein, K. L., Nichols, L., Czaja, S., Gallagher-Thompson, D., Bourgeois, M., Stevens, A., Ory, M., & Schulz, R., for the REACH Investigators (2001).  Judging outcomes in psychosocial interventions for dementia caregivers:  The problem of treatment implementation.  The Gerontologist, 41, 481-490.

Bourgeois, M. S., Schulz, R., Burgio, L., & Beach, S. R.  (2002).  Skills training for spouses of patients with Alzheimer’s disease: Outcomes of an intervention study.  Journal of Clinical Geropsychology, 8(1), 53-73.

Schulz, R, O’Brien, A., Czaja, S., Ory, M., Norris, R., Martire, L. M., Belle, S. H., Burgio, L., Gitlin, L., Coon, D., Burns, R., Gallagher-Thompson, D., Stevens, A.  (2002).  Dementia caregiver intervention research:  In search of clinical significance.  The Gerontologist, 42(5), 589-602.

Schulz, R., Belle, S. H., Czaja, S. J., Gitlin, L., Wisniewski, S., Ory, M. G.  (2003).  Introduction to the special section on Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer’s Caregiver Health (REACH).  Psychology and Aging, 18(3), 357-360.

Schulz, R., Burgio, L., Burns, R., Eisdorfer, C., Gallagher-Thompson, D., Gitlin, L., & Mahoney, D. F.   (2003).  Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer’s Caregiver Health (REACH): Overview, site-specific outcomes, and future directions. The Gerontologist, 43(4), 514-520.

Schulz, R., Mendelsohn, A.B., Haley, W.E., Mahoney, D., Allen, R.S., Zhang, S., Thompson, L., & Belle, S.H.  (2003).  End of life care and the effects of bereavement on family caregivers of persons with dementia.  New England Journal of Medicine, 349(20), 1936-1942.

Wisniewski, S., Belle, S. H., Coon, D. W., Marcus, S. M., Ory, M. G., Burgio, L., Burns, R., Schulz, R.  (2003).  The Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer’s Caregiver Health (REACH): Project design and baseline characteristics. Psychology and Aging, 18(3), 375-384.

Belle, S., Zhang, S., Czaja, S., Burns, R., & Schulz, R.  (2004).  Use of cognitive enhancement medication in persons with Alzheimer’s Disease who have a family caregiver: Results from the Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer’s Caregiver Health (REACH) project.  American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 12(3), 250-257.

Schulz, R., Belle, S. H., Czaja, S. J., McGinnis, K. A., Stevens, A., & Zhang, S.  (2004).  Long-term care placement of dementia patients and caregiver health and well-being.  Journal of the American Medical Association, 292(8), 961-967.

Schulz, R., & Martire, L.M.  (2004).  Family caregiving in persons with dementia: Prevalence, health effects, and support strategies.  American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 12(3), 240-249.

Lingler, J., Martire, L. M., & Schulz, R.  (2005).  Caregiver-specific outcomes in anti-dementia clinical drug trials: A systematic review and meta-analysis.  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 53, 983-990.

Schulz, R., Guest Editor (2005).  Dementia care and quality of life in assisted living and nursing homes.  The Gerontologist, 45(Special Issue 1).

Lingler, J.H., Nightingale, M.C., Erlen, J.A., Kane A., Reynolds, C. F., Schulz, R., & DeKosky, S.T.  (2006). Making sense of mild cognitive impairment: A qualitative exploration of the patient’s experience.  The Gerontologist, 46(6), 791-800.

Hebert, R.S., Dang, Q., & Schulz, R. (2006).  Preparedness for the death of a loved one and mental health in bereaved caregivers of patients with dementia: Findings from the REACH study. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 9(3), 683-693.

Lingler, J.H., Parker, L.S., DeKosky, S.T., & Schulz, R.  (2006).  Caregivers as subjects of clinical drug trials: a review of research ethics practices in published studies of Alzheimer’s pharmacotherapies.  IRB: Ethics & Human Research, 28(3), 11-18.

McGinnis, K.A., Schulz, R., Stone, R.A., Klinger, J., Mercurio, R.  (2006).  Concordance of race or ethnicity of interventionists and caregivers of dementia patients: Relationship to attrition and treatment outcomes in the REACH study.  The Gerontologist, 46(4), 449-455.

Mitrani, V.B., Lewis, J., Feaster, D.J., Czaja, S.J., Eisdorfer, C., Schulz, R., & Szapocznik, J.  (2006).  The role of family functioning in the stress process of dementia caregivers: A structural family framework.  The Gerontologist, 46(1), 97-105.

Schulz, R. (corresponding author for REACH II investigators).  (2006).  Enhancing the quality of life of dementia caregivers from different ethnic or racial groups.  Annals of Internal Medicine, 145(10), 727-738.

Schulz, R., Boerner, K., Shear, K., Zhang, S., & Gitlin, L.N.  (2006).  Predictors of complicated grief among dementia caregivers: A prospective study of bereavement.  American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 14(8), 650-658.

Finkel, S., Czaja, S.J., Schulz, R., Martinovich, Z., Harris, C., & Pezzuto, D.  (2007).  E-Care: A telecommunications technology intervention for family caregivers of dementia patients.  American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 15, 443-448.

Hebert, R.S., Dang, Q., & Schulz, R. (2007). Religious beliefs and practices are associated with better mental health in family caregivers of patients with dementia: Findings from the REACH study.  American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 15(4), 292-300.

Mausbach, B.T., Patterson, T.L., Rabinowitz, Y.G., Grant, I., & Schulz, R.  (2007).  Depression and distress predict time to cardiovascular disease in dementia caregivers.  Health Psychology, 26(5), 539-544.

Schulz, R., McGinnis, K.A., Zhang, S., Martire, L.M., Hebert, R.S., Beach, S.R., Zdaniuk, B., Czaja, S.J., & Belle, S.H.  (April/June 2008).  Dementia patient suffering and caregiver depression.  Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders, 22(2), 170-176.

DEPRESSION

Lenze, E.J., Rogers, J.C., Martire, L.M., Mulsant, B.H., Rollman, B.L., Dew, M.A., Schulz, R., & Reynolds III, C.F.  (2001).  The association of late-life depression and anxiety with physical disability: A review of the literature and prospects for future research.  American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 9(2), 113-135.

Schulz, R., Drayer, R. A., Rollman, B. L.  (2002).  Depression as a risk factor for non-suicide mortality in the elderly.  Biological Psychiatry, 52(3), 205-225. 

Wrosch, C., Schulz, R., & Heckhausen, J.  (2002).  Health stresses and depressive symptomatology in the elderly: The importance of health engagement control strategies.  Health Psychology, 21(4), 340-348.

Arean, P. A., Cook, B. L., Gallagher-Thompson, D., Hegal, M. T., Schulberg, H., & Schulz, R.  (2003).  Guidelines for conducting geropsychotherapy research.  American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 11(1), 9-16.

Belle, S. H., Czaja, S. J., Schulz, R., Zhang, S., Burgio, L., Gitlin, L., Jones, R., Mendelsohn, A., & Ory, M.  (2003).  Using a new taxonomy to combine the uncombinable: Integrating results across diverse caregiving interventions.  Psychology and Aging, 18(3), 396-405.

Lenze, E. J., Mulsant, B. H., Mohlman, J., Shear, M. K., Dew, M. A., Schulz, R., Miller, M. C., Tracey, B., & Reynolds III, C. F.  (2005). Generalized anxiety disorder in late life: Lifetime course and comorbidity with major depressive disorder.  American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 13(1), 77-80.

Lenze, E. J., Schulz, R., Martire, L. M., Zdaniuk, B., Glass, T., Kop, W. J., Jackson, S. A., & Reynolds, C. F.  (2005). The course of functional decline in persistently depressed elderly: Longitudinal findings from the Cardiovascular Health Study.  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 53, 569-575.

END OF LIFE

Schulz, R., & Aderman, D. (1973).  Effect of residential change on the temporal distance to death of terminal cancer patients.  Omega, 4(2), 157-162.

Schulz, R., & Aderman, D. (1974).  Clinical research and the stage of dying.  Omega, 5(2), 137-143.

Schulz, R., Mendelsohn, A.B., Haley, W.E., Mahoney, D., Allen, R.S., Zhang, S., Thompson, L., & Belle, S.H.  (2003).  End of life care and the effects of bereavement on family caregivers of persons with dementia.  New England Journal of Medicine, 349(20), 1936-1942.

Hebert, R.S., Dang, Q., & Schulz, R. (2006).  Preparedness for the death of a loved one and mental health in bereaved caregivers of patients with dementia: Findings from the REACH study. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 9(3), 683-693.   

Hebert, R.S., Prigerson, H.G., Schulz, R., & Arnold, R.M.  (2006).  Preparing Caregivers for the Death of a Loved One: A Theoretical Framework and Suggestions for Future Research. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 9(5), 1164-1171.

Hebert, R.S., & Schulz, R. (2006).  Caregiving at End-of-Life. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 9(5), 1174-1187.

Hebert, R.S., Arnold, R.M., & Schulz, R. (2007).  Improving well-being in caregivers of terminally ill patients. Making the case for patient suffering as a focus for intervention research.  Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 34(5), 539-546.

Hebert, R.S., Schulz, R., Copeland, V., & Arnold, R.M.  (2008).  What questions do family caregivers want to discuss with health care providers in order to prepare for the death of a loved one?  An ethnographic study of caregivers of patients at end of life.  Journal of Palliative Medicine, 11(3), 476-483.

INTERVENTION

Helgeson, V. S., Cohen, S., Schulz, R., & Yasko, J. (1999).  Effects of education and peer discussion group interventions on 6-month adjustment to stage I and II breast cancer.  Archives of General Psychiatry, 340-347.

Burgio, L., Corcoran, M., Lichstein, K. L., Nichols, L., Czaja, S., Gallagher-Thompson, D., Bourgeois, M., Stevens, A., Ory, M., & Schulz, R., for the REACH Investigators (2001).  Judging outcomes in psychosocial interventions for dementia caregivers:  The problem of treatment implementation.  The Gerontologist, 41, 481-490.

Bourgeois, M. S., Schulz, R., Burgio, L., & Beach, S. R.  (2002).  Skills training for spouses of patients with Alzheimer’s disease: Outcomes of an intervention study.  Journal of Clinical Geropsychology, 8(1), 53-73.

Schulz, R, O’Brien, A., Czaja, S., Ory, M., Norris, R., Martire, L. M., Belle, S. H., Burgio, L., Gitlin, L., Coon, D., Burns, R., Gallagher-Thompson, D., Stevens, A.  (2002).  Dementia caregiver intervention research:  In search of clinical significance.  The Gerontologist, 42(5), 589-602.

Arean, P. A., Cook, B. L., Gallagher-Thompson, D., Hegal, M. T., Schulberg, H., & Schulz, R.  (2003).  Guidelines for conducting geropsychotherapy research.  American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 11(1), 9-16.

Belle, S. H., Czaja, S. J., Schulz, R., Zhang, S., Burgio, L., Gitlin, L., Jones, R., Mendelsohn, A., & Ory, M.  (2003).  Using a new taxonomy to combine the uncombinable: Integrating results across diverse caregiving interventions.  Psychology and Aging, 18(3), 396-405.

Charney, D. S., Reynolds, C. F., Lewis, L., Lebowitz, B. D., Sunderland, T., Alexopoulos, G. S.…Schulz, R., Schwenk, T. L., Scolnick, E., Unutzer, J., Weissman, M. M., & Young, R. C.   (2003).  Depression and bipolar support alliance consensus statement on the unmet needs in diagnosis and treatment of mood disorders in late life.  Archives of General Psychiatry, 60, 664-672.

Czaja, S. J., Schulz, R., Lee, C. C., & Belle, S. H.  (2003).  A methodology for describing and decomposing complex psychosocial and behavioral interventions.  Psychology and Aging, 18(3), 385-395.

Gitlin, L., Belle, S. H., Burgio, L., Czaja, S. J., Mahoney, D., Gallagher-Thompson, D., Burns, R., Hauck, W. W., Zhang, S., Schulz, R., & Ory, M. G.  (2003).   Effect of multicomponent interventions on caregiver burden and depression: The REACH multisite initiative at 6-month follow-up.  Psychology and Aging, 18(3), 361-374.

Pillemer, K., Czaja, S., Schulz, R., & Stahl, S. M.  (2003).  Finding the best ways to help: Opportunities and challenges of intervention research on aging.  In K. Pillemer, S. J. Czaja, & R. Schulz (Guest Eds.), Challenges of translational research on aging: The experience of the Roybal Centers.  The Gerontologist, 43 (Special Issue I), 5-8.