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Substance Use and Substance Use Disorders as Foster Youth Transition to Adulthood
(Children and Youth Services Review, 01/01/10)Little research has previously examined substance use and substance use disorders as youth age out of foster care. This study examined rates of getting drunk, marijuana use, and substance use disorders over time for a ... -
Perspectives on Psychotropic Medication Treatment Among Young Adults Formerly Served in Public Systems of Care: A Thematic and Narrative Analysis
(Journal of the Society for Social Work Research, 01/26/15)This study examines the perspectives of psychotropic medications held by young adults with mood disorder diagnoses. This article presents an analysis of qualitative interviews with 52 young adults who had been involved ... -
Using an Arts-Informed Eclectic Approach to Photovoice Data Analysis
(International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 02/02/18)Arts-informed approaches in qualitative research are gaining more recognition as being a critical research approach in the social sciences. Using arts in research is most commonly seen in the data collection process and ... -
Post High School Service Use for Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorders
(Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, 02/07/11)Objectives: To produce nationally representative population estimates of rates of service use among young adults with an autism spectrum disorder during their first few years after leaving high school and to examine ... -
Religious coping style and cultural worldview are associated with suicide ideation among African American adults
(Archives of Suicide Research, 03/01/17)The purpose of this study was to examine whether specific religious coping styles and cultural worldview would be associated with thoughts of suicide given higher levels of stress in a community-based sample of African ... -
A randomized controlled trial of a web-based, personalized normative feedback alcohol intervention for young-adult veterans
(Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 03/13/17)Objective: Young adult American veterans are at-risk for problematic alcohol use. However, they are unlikely to seek care and may drop out from lengthy multicomponent treatments when they do get care. This randomized ... -
Comorbidity of alcohol and gambling problems in emerging adults: A bifactor model conceptualization
(Journal of Gambling Studies, 03/22/17)Addictive disorders, such as pathological gambling and alcohol use disorders, frequently co-occur at greater than chance levels. Substantive questions stem from this comorbidity regarding the extent to which shared variance ... -
Consolidation rather than termination: Rethinking how psychologists label the final phase of psychological treatment
(Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 04/01/14)Some clinicians and theorists have noted that termination is an ill-advised choice for labeling and potentially conceptualizing the final, but critical phase of psychotherapy. The adoption of termination is believed to ... -
Socioeconomic status and symptoms of depression and anxiety in African American college students: The mediating role of hopelessness
(Journal of Black Psychology, 04/25/13)Factors such as socioeconomic status (SES) and hopelessness, a dimension of cognitive vulnerability, have been associated with the onset of depression and anxiety pathology in primarily European American study samples. The ... -
A Longitudinal Study of Racial Discrimination and Risk for Death Ideation in African American Youth
(Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 05/03/16)Although multiple studies have found that African Americans commonly experience racial discrimination, available studies have yet to examine how perceived racism might be related to suicide vulnerability in African American ... -
Adherence to Behavioural Interventions in Multiple Sclerosis: Follow-Up Meeting Report (AD@MS-2)
(Multiple Sclerosis Journal: Experimental, Translational and Clinical, 05/12/15)After an initial meeting in 2013 that reviewed adherence to disease modifying therapy, the AD@MS group conducted a follow-up meeting in 2014 that examined adherence to behavioural interventions in MS (e.g. physical activity, ... -
Development and Piloting of a Treatment Foster Care Program for Older Youth with Psychiatric Problems
(Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 06/26/15)Background: Older youth in out-of-home care often live in restrictive settings and face psychiatric issues without sufficient family support. This paper reports on the development and piloting of a manualized treatment ... -
Postsecondary Employment Experiences among Young Adults with an Autism Spectrum Disorder
(Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 07/31/13)Objective: We examined postsecondary employment experiences of young adults with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and compared these outcomes with those of young adults with different disabilities. Method: Data were from ... -
Social Support and Religion: Mental Health Service Use and Treatment of Schizophrenia
(Community Mental Health Journal, 08/01/13)The perceptions and religious beliefs held by family members, mental health and health care professionals, and the community may affect the treatment of individuals with schizophrenia. To better identify and understand the ... -
Implicit alcohol associations, especially drinking identity, predict drinking over time
(Health Psychology, 08/01/16)There is considerable excitement about implicit alcohol associations (IAAs) as predictors of college-student hazardous drinking; however, few studies have investigated IAAs prospectively, included multiple assessments, or ... -
Underlying Motives, Moral Agendas and Unlikely Partnerships: The Formulation of the U.S. Trafficking in Victims Protection Act through the Data and Voices of Key Policy Players
(Advances in Social Work, 08/07/12)In response to the overwhelming amount of attention to human trafficking, the debates surrounding its definition, and its focus on the sex industry, the purpose of this study was to understand the motivations behind the ... -
Prevalence and Correlates of Bullying Involvement among Adolescents with an Autism Spectrum Disorder
(Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, 09/03/12)Objectives: Produce nationally representative estimates for rates of bullying involvement among adolescents with an autism spectrum disorder, compare population estimates to adolescents with other developmental disabilities, ... -
Cervico-Ocular Reflex in Normal Subjects and Patients with Unilateral Vestibular Hypofunction
(Otology & Neurotology, 1/1/2004)Objective: To determine whether the cervico-ocular reflex contributes to gaze stability in patients with unilateral vestibular hypofunction. Study Design: Prospective study. Setting: Tertiary referral center. Patients: ... -
Nucleotide modification at the ?-phosphate leads to the improved fidelity of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase
(Nucleic Acids Research, 1/1/2005)The mechanism by which HIV-1 reverse transcriptase (HIV-RT) discriminates between the correct and incorrect nucleotide is not clearly understood. Chemically modified nucleotides containing 1-aminonaphthalene-5-sulfonate ... -
Crystals in the Public Domain
(Boston College Law Review, 1/1/2009)The law increasingly treats copyright as if it were any other form of property, and numerous writers decry this trend. In particular, scholars who express solicitude for the public domain fear that the propertization of ...