A5048298318- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
- Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
- EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
- Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study
- Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
- Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
- Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
- Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Memory and Neural Mechanisms
- Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
- Traumatic Brain Injury Research
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
University of California, Los Angeles
2018-2025
Neurobehavioral Systems
2024
University of Southern California
2018-2021
California State University, San Bernardino
2018
Massachusetts General Hospital
2014-2017
Harvard University
2014
Jacobi Medical Center
2013
American Medical Student Association
2006
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
2006
Abstract While reducing the burden of brain disorders remains a top priority organizations like World Health Organization and National Institutes (BRAIN, 2013), development novel, safe effective treatments for has been slow. In this paper, we describe state science an emerging technology, real time functional magnetic resonance imaging (rtfMRI) neurofeedback, in clinical neurotherapeutics. We review scientific potential rtfMRI outline research strategies to optimize application neurofeedback...
Treatment for youth who are at clinical high risk psychosis (CHR-P) presents an opportunity early intervention with the capacity to decrease burden associated a potential psychotic disorder later in life. However, significant barriers prevent CHR-P from accessing speciality mental health services. Few studies have examined pathways care within U.S. system. The present study reports results of codebook thematic analysis qualitative interviews conducted caregivers (primarily parents) 15 (ages...
Adolescents and young adults who affiliate with friends engage in impulsive behavior are more likely to behaviors themselves, those associate prosocial (i.e. prudent, future oriented) peers behavior. However, it is difficult disentangle the contribution of peer influence vs. selection (i.e., whether individuals choose similar traits) when interpreting social behaviors. In this study, we combined a novel manipulation well-validated delay discounting task assessing create task, which...
Smoking is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Understanding the neurobiology of rewarding effects nicotine promises to aid treatment development for dependence. Through its actions on mesolimbic dopaminergic systems, engenders enhanced responses drug-related cues signaling rewards, a mechanism hypothesized underlie maintenance addiction.We evaluated acute neural anticipatory (nondrug) monetary reward or loss among 11 nonsmokers who had no prior history tobacco smoking. In...
To carry out and evaluate a communications campaign (La CLAve) to reduce the duration of untreated psychosis (DUP) in U.S. Latinx community.We employed evidence-based messaging multiple media outlets. We recruited 132 Latinxs with first-episode (FEP) caregivers seeking mental health care within high-density community. evaluated campaign's dissemination, extent which community received message, outcome. tested whether DUP (number weeks) changed across three time periods (16-month baseline,...
The study examined psychosis literacy among Latinos with first-episode (FEP) and their caregivers. authors tested a model that knowledge of attribution illness to predicted professional help seeking in cross-sectional design.The sample (N=148) consisted 79 Latino consumers who met criteria for clinical diagnosis psychotic disorder 69 family Participants watched four-minute narrative about woman were asked identify the symptoms serious mental (knowledge psychosis), describe character's...
Though decades of research have shown that people are highly influenced by peers, few studies directly assessed how the value social conformity is weighed against other types costs and benefits. Using an effort-based decision-making paradigm with a novel influence manipulation, we measured affected individuals' decisions to allocate effort for monetary rewards during trials either high or low probability receiving reward. We found information about effort-allocation peers modulated...
Abstract Aim Initiatives aimed at reducing the duration of untreated psychosis (DUP) attempt to increase community's level literacy. Most these efforts, however, have failed reduce DUP. One plausible explanation is that campaigns do not actually To date, there been few efforts assess whether campaign messaging does indeed literacy prior or during campaign. This study evaluated message La CLAve DUP reduction program delivered increased a U.S. Latinx community. Methods The sample consisted 81...
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<h3></h3> India, with all of its beautiful culture and rich history, is facing an epidemic that rapidly spreading to rates may soon be uncontrollable. The first case HIV in the virus has plagued millions people dozens countries, was reported 1986 Chennai. Recent estimates hold 5.1 million are positive, upper limit 8.5 estimated infected. This makes India second largest population living HIV/AIDS, only after South Africa. Currently, a number nongovernmental organizations along...