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Effects of alcoholism severity and smoking on executive neurocognitive function
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2009-01)
Aims Neurocognitive deficits in chronic alcoholic men are well documented. Impairments include memory, visual–spatial processing, problem solving and executive function. The cause of impairment could include direct effects ...
Striatal monoamine terminals in Lewy body dementia and Alzheimer's disease
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2004-06)
We used positron emission tomography (PET) with (+)-[ 11 C]dihydrotetrabenazine ([+]-[ 11 C]DTBZ) to examine striatal monoaminergic presynaptic terminal density in 20 patients with dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), 25 with ...
The Role of Clinical Information Technology in Depression Care Management
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, Inc., 2006-01)
We examine the literature on the growing application of clinical information technology in managing depression care and highlight lessons learned from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s national program “Depression in Primary ...
The mental health care context and patient characteristics: Implications for provider job satisfaction
(Springer-Verlag; Association of Behavioral Healthcare Management, NCCBH, 2002-08)
This research examines job satisfaction among 282 staff providing mental health care to 574 patients with serious mental illness. The mental health staff worked in 18 Department of Veterans Affairs inpatient and outpatient ...
The National Survey of American Life: a study of racial, ethnic and cultural influences on mental disorders and mental health
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2004-11)
The objectives of the National Survey of American Life (NSAL) are to investigate the nature, severity, and impairment of mental disorders among national samples of the black and non-Hispanic white (n = 1,006) populations ...
HPA axis activity in patients with panic disorder: review and synthesis of four studies
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2007)
Dysregulation of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis may play a role in panic disorder. HPA studies in patients with panic disorder, however, have produced inconsistent results. Seeking to understand the ...
Classification systems in psychiatry: diagnosis and global mental health in the era of DSM-5 and ICD-11.
(Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2013)
Cognitive-behavioral intervention for distress in patients with melanoma
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2003-08-15)
BACKGROUND Melanoma accounts for > 79% of skin cancer-related deaths, although it accounts for only 4% of skin cancer incidence. Given the potential for lethality, it is likely that patients with melanoma may experience ...
Do Special Occasions Trigger Psychological Distress among Older Bereaved Spouses? An Empirical Assessment of Clinical Wisdom.
(Oxford University Press, 2014)