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Richard Schulz, PhD Organized by: All - Ascending Date --------------------------------------- only Aging & Health only Aging & Technology only Bereavement only Cancer only Caregiving only Control only Dementia only Depression only End of Life only Intervention Downloadable Published Articles - by Year 1970s 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. (1976). Effects of control and predictability on the physical and psychological well-being of the institutionalized aged. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 33(5), Clinical research and the stage of dying. Omega, 5(2), 137-143. 1980s Schulz, R., & Curnow, C. (1988). Age and peak performance among superathletes: Evidence for biological limits on plasticity. The Gerontologist, 28, 135A. 1990s 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. Schulz, R., & Heckhausen, J. (1996). A Life span model of successful aging. American Psychologist, 51(7), 702-714. 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. 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. 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. 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. (1999). Caregiving as a risk factor for mortality. The caregiver health effects study. Journal of the American Medical Association, 282, 2215-2219. 2000s 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. 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. Yee, J., & Schulz, R. (2000). Gender differences in psychiatric morbidity among family caregivers: A review and analysis. The Gerontologist, 40(2), 147-164. 2001s 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. 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., 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. 2002s 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. Kilbourne, A. M., Justice, A. C., Rollman, B. L., Rabeneck, L., Weissman, S., Smola, S., Herron, N., Schulz, R., Rodriguez-Barradas, M. (2002). Clinical importance of HIV-related symptoms among depressed and non-depressed HIV+ patients. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 17, 512-520. Rotondi, A. J., Chelluri, L., Sirio, C., Mendelsohn, A., Schulz, R., Belle, S., Im, K., Donahoe, M., Pinsky, M. R. (2002). Patients’ recollections of stressful experiences while receiving prolonged mechanical ventilation in an intensive care unit. Critical Care Medicine, 30(4), 746-752. 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. Schulz, R., Lustig, A., Handler, S., Martire, L. (2002). Technology-based caregiver intervention research: Current status and future directions. Gerontechnology, 2(1), 15-47. 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. 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. 2003s 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. Chelluri, L., Mendelsohn, A. B., Belle, S. H., Rotondi, A. J., Angus, D. C., Donahoe, M. P., Sirio, C. A., Schulz, R., & Pinksy, M. R. (2003). Hospital costs in patients receiving prolonged mechanical ventilation. Does age have an impact? Critical Care Medicine, 31, 1746-1751. 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. 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. 2004s 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. 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. 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. 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. 2005s 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. 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. 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. 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. Schulz, R., Guest Editor (2005). Dementia care and quality of life in assisted living and nursing homes. The Gerontologist, 45(Special Issue 1). 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. 2006s 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. 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. 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., 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., 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 2007s 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 2008s 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. 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. Lingler, J.H., Hirschman, K. B., Garand, L, Dew, M.A, Becker, J.T., Schulz, R., & DeKosky, S.T. (2008). Frequency and correlates of advance planning among cognitively impaired older adults. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 16(8), 643-649. Martire, L.M., Schulz, R., Keefe, F.J., Rudy, T.E., & Starz, T.W. (2008). Couple-Oriented Education and Support Intervention for Osteoarthritis: Effects on Spouses’ Support and Responses to Patient Pain. Families, Systems, & Health, 26(2), 185-195. Martire, L.M., Schulz, R., Reynolds, C.F. III, Morse, J.Q., Butters, M.A., & Hinrichsen, G.A. (2008). Impact of close family members on older adults´ early response to depression treatment. Psychology and Aging, 23(2), 447-452. Schulz, R., Hebert, R., & Boerner, K. (2008). Bereavement after caregiving. Geriatrics, 63(10), 20-22. 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. Sherwood, P., Given, B.A., Donovan, H., Baum, A., Given, C.W., Bender, C.M., & Schulz, R., (2008). Guiding research in family care: A new approach to oncology caregiving. Wrosch, C., & Schulz, R. (2008). Health-engagement control strategies and 2-year changes in older adults´ physical health. Psychological Sciences, 19(6), 537-541. 2009s Beach, S., Schulz, R., Downs, J., Matthews, J., Barron, B., & Seelman, K. (2009). Disability, Age, and Informational Privacy Attitudes in Quality of Life Technology Applications: Results from a National Web Survey. ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing, 2(1), Article 5:1-21. Brown, S.L., Smith, D.M., Schulz, R., Kabeto, M.U., Ubel, P.A., Poulin, M., Yi, J., Kim, C., & Langa, K.M. (2009). Caregiving behavior is associated with decreased mortality risk. Psychological Science, 20(4), 488-494. Cruz, M., Schulz, R., Pincus, H.A., Houck, P.R., Bensasi, S., & Reynolds C.F. III. (2009). The association of public and private religious involvement with severity of depression and hopelessness in older adults treated for major depression. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 17(6), 503-507. Czaja, S.J., Gitlin, L.N., Schulz, R., Zhang, S., Burgio, L.D., Stevens, A.B., Nichols, L.O., & Gallagher-Thompson, D. (2009). Development of the risk appraisal measure: A brief screen to identify risk areas and guide interventions for dementia caregivers. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 57(6), 1064-1072. Hebert, R.S., Schulz, R., Copeland, V.C., & Arnold, R.M. (2009). Pilot testing of a question prompt sheet to encourage family caregivers of cancer patients and physicians to discuss end-of-life issues. American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Medicine, 26(1), 24-32. Hebert, R.S., Schulz, R., Copeland, V.C., & Arnold, R.M. (2009). Preparing family caregivers for death and bereavement. Insights from caregivers of terminally ill patients. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 37(1), 3-12. Hebert, R.S., Zdaniuk, B., Schulz, R., & Scheier, M.F. (2009). Positive and negative religious coping and well-being in women with breast cancer. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 12(6), 537-545. Lingler, J. H., Martire, L. M., Hunsaker, A. E., Greene, M. G., Dew, M. A., & Schulz, R. (2009). Feasibility of a patient-driven approach to recruiting older adults, caregivers, and clinicians for provider-patient communication research. Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, 21, 377-383. Martire, L.M., Hinrichsen, G.A., Morse, J.Q., Reynolds III, C.F., Gildengers, A.G., Mulsant, B.H., Schulz, R., Frank, E., & Kupfer, D.J. (2009). The Mood Disorder Burden Index: A scale for assessing the burden of caregivers to adults with unipolar or bipolar disorder. Psychiatry Research, 168(1), 67-77. Monin, J.K., Martire, L.M., Schulz, R., & Clark, M.S. (2009). Willingness to express emotions to caregiving spouses. Emotion, 9(1), 101-106. Monin, J.K., & Schulz, R. (2009). Interpersonal effects of suffering in older adult caregiving relationships. Psychology and Aging, 24(3), 681-695. Musa, D., Schulz, R., Harris, R., Silverman, M., & Thomas S.B. (2009). Trust in the health care system and the use of preventive health services by older Black and White adults. American Journal of Public Health, 99(7), 1293-1299. Pressman, S.D., Matthews, K.A., Cohen, S., Martire, L.M., Scheier, M., Baum, A., & Schulz, R. (2009). The association of enjoyable leisure activities with psychological and physical well-being. Psychosomatic Medicine, 71(7), 725-732. Schmidt, K.L., Lingler, J.H., & Schulz, R. (2009). Verbal communication among Alzheimer’s disease patients, their caregivers, and primary care physicians during primary care office visits. Patient Education and Counseling. Schulz, R., Beach, S.R., Hebert, R.S., Martire, L.M., Monin, J.K., Tompinks, C.A., & Albert, S.M. (2009). Spousal suffering and partner´s depression and cardiovascular disease: The Cardiovascular Health Study. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 17(3), 246-254. Schulz, R., Czaja, S.J., Lustig, A., Zdaniuk, B., Martire, L.M., & Perdomo, D. (2009). Improving the quality of life of caregivers of persons with spinal cord injury: A randomized controlled trial. Rehabilitation Psychology, 54(1), 1-15. Spencer, S M., Schulz, R., Rooks, R.N., Albert, S.M., Thorpe, Jr., R.J., Brenes, G.A., Harris, T.B., Koster, A., Satterfield, S., Ayonayon, H.N., & Newman, A.B. (2009). Racial differences in self-rated health at similar levels of physical functioning: An examination of health pessimism in the Health, Aging and Body Composition Study. Journals of Gerontology: Social Sciences, 64(1), 87-94. PMID: 19176485 Wrosch, C., Miller, G.E., & Schulz, R. (2009). Cortisol secretion and functional disabilities in old age: The importance of using adaptive control strategies. Psychosomatic Medicine, 71, 996-1003.