A5067279804- Mental Health Research Topics
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Anesthesia and Pain Management
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
- Pharmaceutical studies and practices
- Family Support in Illness
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
- Diverse Music Education Insights
- Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Music Therapy and Health
- Sperm and Testicular Function
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Laser and Thermal Forming Techniques
- Alcoholism and Thiamine Deficiency
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Neurological Complications and Syndromes
- Reproductive Biology and Fertility
- Poisoning and overdose treatments
- Analytical Methods in Pharmaceuticals
Central Texas Veterans Health Care System
2021-2025
Center for Occupational Research and Development
2024-2025
VA Heart of Texas Health Care Network
2024
Veterans Health Administration
2021
The University of Texas at Austin
2014-2020
Texas Research Institute
2016
Cleveland Clinic
2015
University of California, San Francisco
2011-2014
Harold Wood Hospital
1976-2006
Queen Mary University of London
2006
Abstract Background Some Internet interventions are regarded as effective treatments for adult depression, but less is known about who responds to this form of treatment. Method An elastic net and random forest were trained predict depression symptoms related disability after an 8-week course intervention, Deprexis, involving adults ( N = 283) from across the USA. Candidate predictors included psychopathology, demographics, treatment expectancies, usage, environmental context obtained...
To examine the effectiveness of an Internet intervention for depression with a randomized, controlled trial in large sample adults recruited from United States.The current study examines Deprexis, treatment that was provided relatively minimal support. There were 376 treatment-seeking (mean age = 32 years; 74% female; 77% Caucasian, 7% Asian, multiple races, 4% African American, and 11% Hispanic/Latino) elevated (Quick Inventory Depressive Symptoms-Self-Report [QIDS-SR] > 10) who randomized...
This year marks the centenary of clinical application contact lens. Although previous writers had speculated as to possibility directly neutralizing cornea with a variety often-impractical optical devices,<sup>1</sup>it was Adolf Eugen Fick (Figure) who first described process fabricating and fitting scleral lenses—first on rabbits, then himself, finally small group volunteer patients.<sup>2</sup> Fick's article originally published in German journal<i>Archiv für Augenheilkunde</i>(current...
Temperature and blood flow studies were performed in the upper limbs of six patients with reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD), nine repetitive strain injury (RSI) 12 control subjects using thermography, laser Doppler flowmetry, infrared photoplethysmography venous occlusion gauge plethysmography. The contralateral responses symptomatic asymptomatic examined after being subjected, separately, to mild cold stress (20 degrees C for 1 min). Altered thermoregulation haemodynamics evident RSD....
The study objective was to compare vibration perception and patterns of blood flow in outpatients with diffuse upper limb pain disorder (ULPD), carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) age sex matched healthy controls. Vibration discrimination thresholds were compared subjects ULPD (n = 27), CTS 27) controls 54). measurements taken bilaterally at three sites: (a) over the dorsum second (b) fifth metacarpals (c) palmar aspect first metacarpals, corresponding innervation territories radial, ulnar median...
<h3>Abstract</h3> The balance between hematopoietic progenitors and differentiated hemocytes is finely tuned during development. In the larval organ of <i>Drosophila</i>, called lymph gland, receptor tyrosine kinase Pvr signals from cells to maintain a pool undifferentiated progenitors. However, little known about processes that support function. small GTPase Ral involved in regulation several membrane trafficking events. <i>Drosophila</i> has single protein, Rala, which been implicated...
Environmental risk and protective factors in schizophrenia play a significant role the development course of disorder. The following article reviews current state evidence linking variety environmental their impact on emergence psychotic disorders. include pre- perinatal insults, stress trauma, family environment, cannabis use. review is followed by case examples clinical applications to facilitate integration into practice.
Background Depression is a heterogeneous collection of symptoms. Prior meta-analyses using symptom sum scores have shown the Internet intervention, Deprexis, to be an efficacious treatment for depression. However, no prior research has investigated how Deprexis (or any other intervention depression) impacts specific symptoms The current study utilizes symptom-level analyses examine which are directly, indirectly, or minimally influenced by treatment. Methods Network analysis and mean-level...
In-vitro tests for the long-term safety evaluation of drugs offer certain advantages. Specific properties can be identified including mutagenic and carcinogenic effects. The mechanisms leading to toxkity assessed. Tissue from several species, man, examined. These should reduce number animal required screening new drugs.
Negative mental health outcomes are prevalent among veterans exposed to military-related stressors and associated with social isolation. Limited research exists on resilience following military separation its impact isolation in veterans. We examined against 2-year longitudinal associations indicators; gender differences were also explored. U.S. (N = 351, 70.4% men) who deployed the wars around Iraq Afghanistan September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks (9/11) recruited as part of a assessment...
Thirteen hypertensive patients entered a double-blind crossover trial of guanethidine and oxprenolol in combination. In nine who completed the there was an additive effect on blood pressure, but combination had smaller heart rate than expected from individual effects, side effects were not increased. During treatment with plasma potassium concentration rose 3.6 mmol (mEq)/1 to 3.9 (mEq)/1. No correlation found between changes pressure or response injected isoprenaline, measurements...
Summary Fifteen hypertensive patients entered a single-blind study to examine the effects of metoprolol (100 mg twice daily) on fasting plasma lipids. In 12 who completed study, non-esterified fatty acid concentrations fell, but cholesterol and triglyceride levels were unchanged after weeks' treatment. These results conflict with earlier reports effect concentrations.
A case is reported of probable subdural injection bupivacaine during attempted extradural analgesia for an operative obstetric procedure.