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Lai Antipsychotics Vs. Oral Antipsychotics: Treatment Adherence, Relapses, And Readmissions, Natalie N. Lewis Bsn, Rn, Mallory F. Johnson Bsn, Rn-Bc, Tyler N. Halle-Todd Bsn, Rn, Natalie N. Ragland Bsn, Rn, Sharon H. Little Dnp, Aprn, Fnp-Bc, Jacqueline Sharp Dnp, Aprn,Pmhnp-Bc

Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects

Purpose/Background

Schizophrenia is a lifelong illness with recurrent and often debilitating symptoms that may impair daily functioning, cognition, behaviors, socialization, emotions, and expression. It is recognized as a global mental health burden that affects the individual, their family, and society. Medication nonadherence and resulting relapse detrimentally affect the patient’s physical and mental health and quality of life. They are associated with increased hospitalization and emergency room visits, substance use, suicide, and homelessness. Current guidelines endorse second-generation antipsychotics such as Risperidone and Aripiprazole as the first-line treatment for most cases of psychosis. However, long-acting injectable (LAIs) atypical antipsychotics are a promising …

Pd_Ngsatlas: A Reference Database Combining Next-Generation Sequencing Epigenomic And Transcriptomic Data For Psychiatric Disorders, Zheng Zhao, Yongsheng Li, Hong Chen, Jianping Lu, Peter M. Thompson, Juan Cheng, Zishan Wang, Juan Xu, Chun Xu, Xia Li

Health & Biomedical Sciences Faculty Publications and Presentations

Background: Psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia (SZ) and bipolar disorder (BP) are projected to lead the global disease burden within the next decade. Several lines of evidence suggest that epigenetic- or genetic-mediated dysfunction is frequently present in these disorders. To date, the inheritance patterns have been complicated by the problem of integrating epigenomic and transcriptomic factors that have yet to be elucidated. Therefore, there is a need to build a comprehensive database for storing epigenomic and transcriptomic data relating to psychiatric disorders.

Description: We have developed the PD_NGSAtlas, which focuses on the efficient storage of epigenomic and transcriptomic data based …

Issues For Dsm-V: The Role Of Culture In Psychiatric Diagnosis, Renato D. Alarcón, Anne E. Becker, Roberto Lewis-Fernández, Robert C. Like, Prakash Desai, Edward Foulks, Junius Gonzales, Helena Hansen, Alex Kopelowicz, Francis G. Lu, María A. Oquendo, Annelle Primm

Publications from Provost Junius J. Gonzales

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Identifying Schizophrenia: Paradigm Shift ‘The Uhr Research’, Amresh Srivastava

Psychiatry Presentations

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