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Care Management For Depression And Osteoarthritis Pain In Older Primary Care Patients: A Pilot Study, Ju ̈Rgen Unu ̈Tzer, Melinda Hantke, Diane Powers, Lori Higa, Elizabeth Lin, Steven D. Vannoy, Stephen Thielke, Ming-Yu Fan
Care Management For Depression And Osteoarthritis Pain In Older Primary Care Patients: A Pilot Study, Ju ̈Rgen Unu ̈Tzer, Melinda Hantke, Diane Powers, Lori Higa, Elizabeth Lin, Steven D. Vannoy, Stephen Thielke, Ming-Yu Fan
Steven D Vannoy
Objective To establish the feasibility of and to generate preliminary evidence for the efficacy of a care management program addressing both physical and emotional pain associated with late-life depression and osteoarthritis. Methods Treatment development pilot study in three university affiliated primary care clinics. Participants were patients 60 years or older with depression and osteoarthritis pain. The intervention entailed a nurse administered care management program supporting depression and arthritis treatment by primary care physicians. Outcomes include depression, pain severity and functional impairment from pain assessed at baseline and 6 months. Results Fourteen patients participated in the pilot program. Between baseline and …
Professional Perspectives On Sexual Sadism, Julia E. Mclawsen, Rebecca L. Jackson, Steven D. Vannoy, Gregg J. Gagliardi, Mario J. Scalora
Professional Perspectives On Sexual Sadism, Julia E. Mclawsen, Rebecca L. Jackson, Steven D. Vannoy, Gregg J. Gagliardi, Mario J. Scalora
Steven D Vannoy
Significant controversy surrounds the diagnosis of sexual sadism. Research suggests that many characteristics attributed to sexual sadists fail to differentiate sexual offenders with and without this diagnosis. Furthermore, when there are differences between sadists and nonsadists, “sadistic” features are frequently associated with nonsadists. Finally, diagnosticians appear to use idiosyncratic methods to diagnose sexual sadism. These findings raise concerns about the reliability and validity of a diagnosis of sexual sadism, particularly with respect to how professionals conceptualize this diagnosis. This study examines how professionals understand the relative importance of behaviors associated with sadistic versus nonsadistic sexual offending. Professionals rated behaviors according …