Selected recent publications (also see here)

2025:

Rodríguez-Putnam, A., He, S., Bondarenko, I. Kalesnikava V., Dang L., Johns L., Thulin E., Bezares-Salinas M., Zavala-Zegarra D.E., Mezuk B. Exploring social, economic, and environmental correlates of suicide in Puerto Rico, 2017–2022: an ecological cross-sectional study. Injury Epidemiology. doi: 10.1186/s40621-025-00632-7

Lane A., Dang L., Qin W., Burgard S., Mezuk B. Expectations regarding transitioning into long-term care, social connectedness, and mental health of older adults. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. doi: 10.1007/s00127-025-02975-4

Dang L., Antonucci T., Mendes de Leon C., Mezuk B. Work expectations, employment patterns, and psychological distress during the Great Recession among older Americans and South Koreans. Gerontologist. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnaf193

Mezuk B., Mannor K., Hebert R., Kouassi L., Flores B., Spring E., Rodriguez-Putnam A. Psychological Care Needs and Mental Health Service Use Among Adults with Diabetes: Evidence from the Diabetes, Distress, and Disparities (3D) Study. Healthcare Special Issue Psychosocial Aspects in Chronic Conditions: Implications for Clinical Practice and Healthcare Delivery. doi: 10.3390/healthcare13121427

Trudel-Fitzgerald C., O’Loughlin J., Mezuk B., Bouizegarene N., Sauvageau E., Sylvestre M.P. Individual, intergenerational, and contextual factors associated with coping strategies, coping variability, and perceived coping efficacy among young adults. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. doi: 10.1007/s00127-025-02926-z

DeVries C., Rodriguez-Putnam A., Ewen A., Flores B., Choudhary P., Spring E., Miller A., Zhong C., Mannor K., Messina R., Mezuk B. Protocol for the diabetes, distress and disparities (3D) study: an explanatory sequential mixed-methods design. BMJ Open. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-088082

Khosrovaneh K., Kalesnikava V., Mezuk B. Diabetes beliefs, perceived risk and health behaviours: an embedded mixed-methods analysis from the Richmond Stress and Sugar Study. BMJ Open. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-089922

Kalesnikava V., Kahsay E., Zhong C., Spring E., Bagge C., Burgard S., Mezuk B., Clarke P. Area Socioeconomic Inequality and Suicide Mortality: Contasting Common Measures using National Violent Death Reporting System and Linked Administrative Data. American Journal of Epidemiology. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwaf021

2024:

Mezuk B., Kalesnikava V., Ananthasubramaniam A., Lane A., Johns L., Bagge C., Burgard S., Zivin K. Psychosocial and pandemic-related circumstances of suicide deaths in 2020: Evidence from the National Violent Death Reporting System. PLOS One. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0312027

Johns L., Mezuk B. Patients as Consumers: Reflections on the FDA’s new rule on direct-to-consumer advertising. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2024.08.013

Zivin K., Zhong C., Rodríguez-Putnam A., Spring E., Cai Q., Miller A., Johns L., Kalesnikava V., Courant A., Mezuk B. Suicide Mortality During the Perinatal Period. JAMA Network Open. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.18887

Mannor K., Needham B. The study of ableism in population health: a critical review. Frontiers in Public Health. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1383150

Ananthasubramaniam A., Jurgens D., Kahsay E., Mezuk B. Characteristics of and Variation in Suicide Mortality Related to Retirement during the Great Recession: Perspectives from the National Violent Death Reporting System. Gerontologist. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnae015

Qin W., Kalesnikava V., Dang L., Sneed R., Messina R., Rucci P., Mezuk B. Coordinated Care Experiences Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults with Multiple Chronic Conditions: Characteristics, Correlates, and Consequences for Health and Healthcare Utilization. Gerontologist. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnae024

Redding A., Kalesnikava V., Bergmans R., Redding S., Dent K., Mezuk B. Medically unexplained pain and suicidal ideation among US adults. Journal of Affective Disorders. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2024.01.192

2023:

Mezuk B., Zhong C., Firestone M. Integrative approaches to methods training for early-career scientists: Rationale and process evaluation of the first cohort of the Michigan Integrative Well-Being and Inequality Training Program. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science. doi: 10.1017/cts.2023.595

Mezuk B., Sin N., Stanton M., Szabo Y., Tomiyama J., White K. The American Psychosomatic Society Antiracism Task Force: Implementation, Activities, and Lessons Learned. Psychosomatic Medicine. doi: 10.1097/PSY.0000000000001222

Chatters L., Taylor R., Neighbors H., Bowman P., Williams D., Mezuk B., Caldwell C. James S. Jackson and the Program for Research on Black Americans: Contributions to Psychology and the Social Sciences. American Psychologist. doi: 10.1037/amp0001067

Dang L., Kahsay E., James L., Johns L., Rios I., Mezuk B. (2023). Research utility and limitations of textual data in the National Violent Death Reporting System: a scoping review and recommendations. Injury Epidemiology. doi: 10.1186/s40621-023-00433-w

Mezuk B., Kelly K., Bennion E., Concha J. (2023). Leveraging a genetically-informative study design to explore depression as a risk factor for type 2 diabetes: Rationale and participant characteristics of the Mood and Immune Regulation in Twins Study. Frontiers in Clinical Diabetes and Healthcare. doi: 10.3389/fcdhc.2023.1026402

Johns L., Zhong C., Mezuk B. (2023). Understanding Suicide over the Life Course Using Data Science Tools within a Triangulation Framework. Journal of Psychiatry and Brain Science. doi: 10.20900/jpbs.20230003

2022:

Kahsay E., Mezuk B. (2022). The Association between John Henryism and Depression and Suicidal Ideation Among African-American and Caribbean Black Adolescents in the United States. Journal of Adolescent Health. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2022.07.006

Qin W., Clarke P., Ehrlich J. (2022). Self-Reported Visual Difficulty and Daily Activity Limitations: The Moderating Role of Neighborhood Characteristics. Gerontologist. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnac143

Mezuk B., Dang L., Jurgens D., Smith J. (2022) Work expectations, depressive symptoms, and passive suicidal ideation among older adults: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study. Gerontologist. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnac110

Dang L., Ananthasubramaniam A., Mezuk B. (2022) Spotlight on the Challenges of Depression following Retirement and Opportunities for Interventions. Clinical Interventions in Aging. doi:10.2147/CIA.S336301

Mezuk B., Maust D., Zivin K. (2022). A Response to the President’s Call to Support Public Mental Health. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2022.05.009

Sneed R., Stubblefield A., Gardner G., Jordan T., Mezuk B. Chronic Disease, Functional Limitations, and Workforce Participation Among Medicaid Enrollees Over 50: The Potential Impact of Medicaid Work Requirements Post-COVID-19. Journal of Aging & Social Policy. doi: 10.1080/08959420.2023.2226291

Dong L., Mezuk B., Lisabeth L.D. (2022). Trends in Prevalence of Serious Psychological Distress and Depression Among Adults with Stroke in the United States. Journal of Stroke Cerebrovascular Diseases. doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2021.106235.

Eastman M.R., Kalesnikava V.A., Mezuk B. (2022). Experiences of care coordination among older adults in the United States: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study. Patient Education and Counseling. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2022.03.015.

Dong L., Mezuk B., Williams L.S., Lisabeth L.D. (2022). Trends in Outpatient Treatment for Depression in Survivors of Stroke in the United States, 2004-2017. Neurology. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000200286.

Mezuk B., Kalesnikava V., Spears E., Kirk K., Rafferty J., Del Toro J. (2022). Self-Regulatory Coping Behaviors and Stress Reactivity: Exploring the Environmental Affordance Model of Health Disparities. Journal of Aging and Health. doi: 10.1177/08982643221085403.

Qin, W. (2022). Health Behavior Changes after a Diabetes Diagnosis: The Moderating Role of Social Support. Behavioral Medicine. 

Qin, W. (2022). Technology Learning and the Adoption of Telehealth among Community-Dwelling Older Adults During the COVID-19 Outbreak. Journal of Applied Gerontology.

Qin, W. (2022). A diagnosis of diabetes and health behavior maintenance in middle-aged and older adults in the United States: The role of self-efficacy and social support. Preventive Medicine.

2021:

Dong L., Mezuk B., Lisabeth L.D. (2021). Trends in Prevalence of Serious Psychological Distress and Depression Among Adults with Stroke in the United States. Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases. doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2021.106235

Mezuk B., Allen J.O. (2021). Rethinking the Goals of Diabetes Prevention Programs. Diabetes Care. doi: 10.2337/dci21-0038

Lohman C. M., Ko T.M., Rapp A., Bennion E., Mezuk B. (2021). State Variation in Long-Term Care Availability, Regulation, and Cost and Suicide Mortality Among Older Adults in the United States: 2010-2015. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2021.02.008

Fleming J., Nguyen K., Winston J., Allen J.O., Smith J., Thornton W., Mejia Ruiz M.J., Mezuk B. (2021). Promoting sustained diabetes management: Identifying challenges and opportunities in developing an alumni peer support component of the YMCA Diabetes Control Program. Patient Education and Counseling. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2021.09.005

Mezuk B., Del Toro J., Gough Courtney M., Kirk K.F., Zhang X., Spears E.C., Green T., Lee H., Hudson D. (2021). Theory and empiricism: A comment on “Interrogating the environmental affordances model” by Pamplin and colleagues. Social Science & Medicine. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114281

Bergmans R.S., Larson P., Bennion E., Mezuk B., Wozniak M.C., Steiner A.L., Gronlund C.J. (2021). Short-term exposures to atmospheric evergreen, deciduous, grass, and ragweed aeroallergens and the risk of suicide in Ohio, 2007-2015: Exploring disparities by age, gender, and education level. Environmental Research. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.111450

Ko T.M., Kalesnikava V.A., Jurgens D., Mezuk B. (2021). A Data Science Approach to Estimating the Frequency of Driving Cessation Associated Suicide in the US: Evidence From the National Violent Death Reporting System. Frontiers in Public Health. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.689967

Kelly K., Smith J. A., Mezuk B. (2021). Depression and interleukin-6 signaling: A Mendelian Randomization Study. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2021.02.019

2020:

Allen J.O., Watkins D.C., Mezuk B., Chatters, L., Johnson-Lawrence, V. (2020). Mechanisms of Racial Health Disparities: Relationships between Coping and Psychological and Physiological Stress Responses. Ethnicity & Disease. doi: 10.18865/ed.30.4.563

Allen J.O., Concha J.B., Mejía Ruiz M.J., Rapp A., Montgomery J., Smith J., Wolfson J.A., Thornton W., Mezuk B. (2020). Engaging Underserved Community Members in Diabetes Self-Management: Evidence From the YMCA of Greater Richmond Diabetes Control Program. The Diabetes Educator. doi: 10.1177/0145721720907059

Bergmans R.S., Rapp K. M., Kelly K. M., Weiss D., Mezuk B. (2020). Understanding the relationship between type 2 diabetes and depression: lessons from genetically informative study designs. Systematic review or meta-analysis. doi: 10.1111/dme.14399

Green T.L., Son Y.K., Simuzingili M., Mezuk B., Bodas M., Hagiwara N. (2020). Pregnancy-Related Weight and Postpartum Depressive Symptoms: Do the Relationships Differ by Race/Ethnicity? Journal of Women’s Health. doi: 10.1089/jwh.2019.8175

Griffin S.C., Mezuk, B., Williams, A.B., Perrin, P.B., Rybarczyk, B.D. (2020). Isolation, Not Loneliness or Cynical Hostility, Predicts Cognitive Decline in Older Americans. Journal of Aging and Health. doi: 10.1177/0898264318800587

Mattingly D.T., Fleischer N. L., Colston D. C., Mezuk B. (2020). Perceived racial discrimination and polysubstance use among African American and Afro-Caribbean adults: Results from the National Survey of American Life. Journal of ethnicity in substance abuse. doi: 10.1080/15332640.2020.1836700

Mezuk B., Tarraf W., Johnson-Lawrence V., Ilardo J., Lightenberg P. A., Jackson J. S. (2020). Analytic Training for Junior Investigators in Minority Aging Research: The Michigan Model. Gerontologist. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnaa001

Mezuk B., Lexima E., Kalesnikava V.A., Fleming J., Montgomery J., Wanderimam T., Winston J., Perrin P. B., Green T., Wheeler D.C. (2020). Stress Reactivity as a Contributor to Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities: Rationale and Baseline Results From the Richmond Stress and Sugar Study. Psychosomatic Medicine. doi: 10.1097/PSY.0000000000000830

Tam J., Mezuk B., Zivin K., Meza R. (2020). U.S. Simulation of Lifetime Major Depressive Episode Prevalence and Recall Error. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2020.03.021

2019:

Bergmans R.S., Kelly K.M., Mezuk B. (2019). Inflammation as a unique marker of suicide ideation distinct from depression syndrome among U.S. adults. Journal of Affective Disorders. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2018.11.046

Bergmans R.S., Zivin K., Mezuk B. (2019). Depression, food insecurity and diabetic morbidity: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2018.12.007

Bergmans R.S., Zivin, K., Mezuk B. (2019). Perceived sleep quality, coping behavior, and associations with major depression among older adults. Journal of Health Psychology. doi: 10.1177/1359105319891650

Currao A. and Mezuk B. (2019). Association between unintended pregnancy and internalizing disorders among Latina and Asian American mothers. Journal of Affective Disorders. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2019.07.068

Dang L., Dong L., Mezuk B. (2019). Shades of Blue and Gray: A Comparison of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale and the Composite International Diagnostic Interview for Assessment of Depression Syndrome in Later Life. The Gerontologist. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnz044

Dong L., Eaton W.W., Spira A.P., Agnew J., Surkan P.J., Mojtabai R. (2019). Job strain and cognitive change: the Baltimore Epidemiologic Catchment Area follow-up study. Occupational & Environmental Medicine. doi: 10.1136/oemed-2018-105213

Dong L., Freedman V.A., Sánchez B.N., Mendes de Leon C.F. (2019). Racial and Ethnic Differences in Disability Transitions Among Older Adults in the United States. The Journals of Gerontology. Series A, Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences. doi: 10.1093/gerona/gly052

Dong L., Kalesnikava V.A., Gonzalez R., Mezuk B. (2019). Beyond Depression: Estimating 12-Months Prevalence of Passive Suicidal Ideation in Mid- and Late-Life in the Health and Retirement Study. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. doi: 10.1016/j.jagp.2019.06.015

Gicquelais R.E., Mezuk B., Foxman B., Thomas L., Bohnert A. (2019). Justice involvement patterns, overdose experiences, and naloxone knowledge among men and women in criminal justice diversion addiction treatment. Harm Reduction Journal. doi: 10.1186/s12954-019-0317-3

Hagiwara N., Elston Lafata J., Mezuk B., Vrana S.R., Fetters M.D. (2019). Detecting implicit racial bias in provider communication behaviors to reduce disparities in healthcare: Challenges, solutions, and future directions for provider communication training. Patient Education and Counseling. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2019.04.023

Kelly, K.M., Ratliff, S, Mezuk, B. (2019). Allergies, asthma, and psychopathology in a nationally-representative US sample. Journal of Affective Disorders. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2019.03.026

Mezuk B., Ohlsson H., Cederin K., Sundquist J., Kendler K.S., Sundquist K. (2019). Immigrant enclaves and risk of drug involvement among asylum-seeking immigrants in Sweden: A quasi-experimental study. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.107666

Mezuk, B. (2019). Becoming a Statistic in the Middle of an Epidemic-A Call to Consider Alternate Risk Factors for Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer. JAMA Oncology. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2019.1320

Mezuk B., Ko T. M., Kalesnikava V. A., Jurgens D. (2019). Suicide Among Older Adults Living in or Transitioning to Residential Long-term Care, 2003 to 2015. JAMA Network Open. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.5627

2018:

Brown K.L., JaRose J.G., Mezuk B. (2018) The relationship between body mass index, binge eating disorder, and suicidality. BMC Psychiatry. doi: 10.1186/s12888-018-1766-z

Dong L., Sánchez B.N., Skolarus L.E., Morgenstern L.B., Lisabeth L.D. (2018). Ethnic Differences in Prevalence of Post-stroke Depression. Circulation. Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. doi: 10.1161/circoutcomes.117.004222

Gall S., Phan H., Madsen T.E., Reeves M., Rist P., Jimenez M., Lichtman J., Dong L., Lisabeth L.D. (2018). Focused Update of Sex Differences in Patient Reported Outcome Measures After Stroke. Stroke. doi: 10.1161/strokeaha.117.018417

Griffin S.C., Mezuk B., Williams A.B., Perrin P.B., Rybarczyk B.D. (2018) Isolation, not loneliness or cynical hostility, predicts cognitive decline in older Americans. Journal of Aging and Health. doi: 10.1177/0898264318800587

Mezuk B., Thornton W., Sealy-Jefferson S., Montgomery J., Smith J., Lexima E., Mejia Ruiz M.J., Concha J.B. (2018) Successfully managing diabetes in a community setting: Evidence from the YMCA of Greater Richmond Diabetes Control Program. The Diabetes Educator. doi: 10.1177/0145721718784265

2017:

Kelly K.M. and Mezuk B. (2017). Predictors of remission from Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Major Depressive Disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders.

Mezuk B., Concha J.B., Perrin P., Green T. (2017). Reconsidering the role of context in diabetes prevention. Ethnicity & Disease.

Mezuk B., Ratliff S., Concha J.B., Abdou C.M., Rafferty J., Lee H., Jackson J.S. (2017). Stress, self-regulation, and context: Evidence from the health and retirement survey. SSM – Population Health.

Montgomery J., Lu J., Ratliff S., Mezuk B. (2017). Food Insecurity and Depression Among Adults With Diabetes: Results From the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). The Diabetes Educator.

2015-2016:

Jaggi L., Mezuk B., Watkins D.C., Jackson J.S. (2016). The relationship between trauma, arrest, and incarceration history among Black Americans: Findings from the National Survey of American Life. Society & Mental Health. doi: 10.1177/2156869316641730

Brown M.J., Cohen S.A., Mezuk B. (2015). Duration of US residence and suicidality among racial/ethnic minority immigrants. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. doi: 10.1007/s00127-014-0947-4

Concha J.B. and Mezuk B. (2015). Neighborhoods and Risk of Diabetes Mellitus: Person and Place or Person in Place? JAMA Intern Med. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.6686

Lohman M., & Mezuk B. (2015). Depression and Frailty in Late Life: Evidence for a Common Vulnerability. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbu180

Lohman M., Mezuk B., & Dumenci L. (2015). Depression and frailty: Concurrent risks for adverse health outcomes. Aging & Mental Health. doi: 10.1080/13607863.2015.1102199

Mezuk B., Heh V., Prom-Wormley E., Kendler K.S., Pedersen N.L. (2015). Association between major depression and type 2 diabetes in midlife: findings from the Screening Across the Lifespan Twin Study. Psychosomatic Medicine. doi: 10.1097/psy.0000000000000182

Mezuk B., Li X., Cederin K., Concha JB., Kendler KS, Sundquist J., & Sundquist K. (2015). Ethnic enclaves and risk of psychiatric disorders among first- and second-generation immigrants in Sweden. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. doi: 10.1007/s00127-015-1107-1

Mezuk B., Lohman M., Leslie M., Powell V. (2015). Suicide Risk in Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities: 2003-2011. American Journal of Public Health. doi: 10.2105/ajph.2015.302573

Needham B.L., Mezuk B., Bareis N., Lin J., Blackburn E.H., Epel E.S. (2015). Depression, anxiety and telomere length in young adults: evidence from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Molecular Psychiatry. doi: 10.1038/mp.2014.89

Earlier papers:

Moscati A., Mezuk B. (2014). Losing faith and finding religion: Religiosity over the life cource and substance use and abuse. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2013.12.018

Engeda J., Mezuk B., Ratliff S., Ning Y. (2013). Association between duration and quality of sleep and the risk of pre-diabetes: evidence from NHANES. Diabetic Medicine. doi: 10.1111/dme.12165

Mezuk B., Gallo J.J. (2013). Depression and medical illness in late life: Race, resources, and stress. In Depression in Late Life. Levretsky H, Sajatovic M, Reynolds CF, eds. Oxford University Press: New York, 2013, pp. 270-294.

Mezuk B., Johnson-Lawrence V., Lee H., Rafferty J.A., Abdou C.M., Uzogara E.E., Jackson J.S. (2013). Is ignorance bliss? Depression, antidepressants, and the diagnosis of prediabetes and type 2 diabetes. Health Psychology. doi: 10.1037/a0029014

Mezuk B. (2011). Depression and type 2 diabetes mellitus: a call to explore the common cause hypothesis. Archives of Internal Medicine. doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.221