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Psychology, Clinical
Meredith L. C. Williamson, Mariah M. Stickley, Trey W. Armstrong, Kaylee Jackson, Katie Console
Summary: This study evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of PC-PTSD-5 in identifying PTSD, demonstrating strong diagnostic accuracy within a civilian primary care sample.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
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Psychology, Clinical
Joan M. Cook, John E. Zeber, Vanessa Simiola, Rebecca Rossom, Jeffrey F. Scherrer, Ashli A. Owen-Smith, Brian K. Ahmedani, Kiumars Zolfaghari, Laurel A. Copeland
Summary: The study compared the clinical characteristics and health care utilization of PTSD patients diagnosed in primary care versus specialty mental health care. Patients diagnosed by specialty mental health care providers had higher rates and longer duration of psychotherapy, while prescription fill levels for psychotropics were generally higher for patients in specialty mental health care. Strategies are needed to better align patient needs with access and treatment modality in primary care settings.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY IN MEDICAL SETTINGS
(2021)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Brandon T. Sanford, Alana M. Rojewski, Amanda M. Palmer, Nathaniel L. Baker, Matthew J. Carpenter, Tracy T. Smith, Benjamin A. Toll
Summary: This study examined the screening rates for E-cigarette use during routine primary care visits and found that the rates were significantly lower than those for tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drugs. Additionally, it was found that patients who used combustible tobacco or illicit substances, as well as younger patients, were more likely to be screened for E-cigarette use.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
(2023)
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Psychiatry
Carolina Muniz Carvalho, Bruno Messina Coimbra, Gabriela Xavier, Amanda V. G. Bugiga, Tamiris Fonseca, Miranda Olff, Renato Polimanti, Andrea Feijo Mello, Vanessa Kiyomi Ota, Marcelo Feijo Mello, Sintia Iole Belangero
Summary: Shorter baseline telomere length is associated with early stage of PTSD re-experiencing symptoms in recently sexually assaulted women.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY
(2022)
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Psychiatry
Khaya D. Clark, Summer Newell, Emily A. Kenyon, Elizabeth Karras, Joseph A. Simonetti, Martha Gerrity, Steven K. Dobscha
Summary: Primary care clinicians and staff in VHA perceive conducting firearms storage safety discussions in primary care as acceptable, and have outlined five tools and processes to facilitate these discussions effectively.
GENERAL HOSPITAL PSYCHIATRY
(2021)
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Medicine, General & Internal
Maria E. Garcia, Ladson Hinton, John Neuhaus, Mitchell Feldman, Jennifer Livaudais-Toman, Leah S. Karliner
Summary: This study examined the depression screening rates among populations at risk for undertreatment of depression after implementing a general screening policy. Results showed that over time, depression screening increased dramatically for at-risk groups, and most disparities had disappeared.
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Health Care Sciences & Services
Kyle Possemato, Emily Johnson, Kimberly Barrie, Sharfun Ghaus, Delilah Noronha, Michael Wade, Mark A. Greenbaum, Craig Rosen, Marylene Cloitre, Jason Owen, Shaili Jain, Gregory Beehler, Annabel Prins, Karen Seal, Eric Kuhn
Summary: This study tested the effectiveness of a brief primary care-based treatment in reducing the severity of PTSD and improving patient satisfaction. The results showed that the treatment resulted in more patient-reported symptom relief and higher treatment satisfaction, but did not show a significant improvement in clinician-rated PTSD severity.
JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE
(2023)
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Psychiatry
Peng Cheng, Nicholas Jasinski, Wanhong Zheng, Aradhita Yadava, Lirong Wang, Lingjiang Li, Lizhi Xu, Ying Zhou, Li Zhang, WeiHui Li
Summary: Gender and the type of work undertaken by medical staff in the family have potential impacts on the PTSD symptoms of medical staff's family members. The Cronbach's alpha coefficient of the PC-PTSD-5 was 0.83, indicating high reliability. By calculating the Youden index, a cutoff score of 2 was found to be optimal in our study, with a sensitivity of 80.74% and specificity of 88.43%.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY
(2021)
Article
Psychiatry
R. Saar-Ashkenazy, S. Naparstek, Y. Dizitzer, N. Zimhoni, A. Friedman, I. Shelef, H. Cohen, H. Shalev, L. Oxman, V. Novack, G. Ifergane
Summary: This study found that blast-exposure may lead to traumatic brain injury and result in post-concussion syndrome (PCS) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Blast-exposed individuals reported higher levels of PTSD and PCS symptoms, as well as white-matter hypoconnectivity. These findings suggest a combined biopsychological disorder with a wide range of symptoms.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
A. Caroline Rudisill, Meredith G. A. Eicken, Deeksha Gupta, Mark Macauda, Stella Self, Ann Blair Kennedy, Darin Thomas, Elise Kao, Mia Jeanty, Jackson Hartley
Summary: This study identified key issues in the implementation of SDOH screening in primary care, including the completeness of screening and its correlation with patient and care team characteristics.
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Health Care Sciences & Services
Brittany Chatterton, Alicia Agnoli, Eleanor Bimla Schwarz, Joshua J. Fenton
Summary: Unhealthy alcohol use among US adults is not adequately screened and counseled during primary care visits. Interventions are needed to increase uptake of alcohol screening recommendations.
JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE
(2022)
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Immunology
Marianne A. Messelink, Paco M. J. Welsing, Giovanna Devercelli, Jan Willem N. Marsden, Helen L. Leavis
Summary: The study aimed to clinically validate and optimize a PAD screening algorithm by applying it to a primary care database in the Netherlands in order to reduce diagnostic delay.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Lauren Bifulco, Daren R. Anderson, Mary L. Blankson, Veena Channamsetty, Jacquelyn W. Blaz, Tam T. Nguyen-Louie, Sarah Hudson Scholle
Summary: This study evaluated a 2-step process for chronic pain screening and follow-up in primary care, finding that this systematic screening method can help identify patients with previously undocumented chronic pain.
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Criminology & Penology
Rachel Wamser-Nanney, Hannah E. Walker, John T. Nanney
Summary: The study found that trauma exposure and PTSD symptoms were related to anger and verbal aggression, while physical aggression was associated with trauma exposure. Additionally, PTSD symptoms may better account for some aspects of aggression in trauma-exposed women.
JOURNAL OF INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE
(2021)
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Psychology, Clinical
Shannon E. McCaslin, Colleen Becket-Davenport, Julie Dinh, Brooke Lasher, Minsu Kim, Gerard Choucroun, Ellen Herbst
Summary: This study investigated veterans' perceptions of military culture and the impact of military service on veterans' values, beliefs, and behaviors. Results showed that many veterans continue to identify with various aspects of military culture. Seven broad themes related to military culture emerged from the study, including military values, relationships, occupational habits and practices, acquired skills, communication, affiliation, and psychological health and well-being.
PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA-THEORY RESEARCH PRACTICE AND POLICY
(2021)