Overcoming The Inner Critic: The Therapeutic Use Of Self-Portraits With Older Adults, 2023 Lesley University
Overcoming The Inner Critic: The Therapeutic Use Of Self-Portraits With Older Adults, Brenda Echeverry
Expressive Therapies Capstone Theses
Older adults are a growing and vulnerable population who experience discriminatory practices that impact their access to equitable housing, employment, and healthcare which was made even more obvious during the Coronavirus pandemic in the United States. A community engagement project was developed and facilitated by the writer to support older adults with the psychological effects of surviving the pandemic. This project also helped to increase accessibility to expressive arts therapy in the writer’s local community. Expressive arts therapy is an effective and accessible method to support mental health and wellness for people of all ages. Engagement with the arts helps …
Making Mindfulness More Accessible: A Practical Guide To Trauma-Informed Mindfulness, 2023 Lesley University
Making Mindfulness More Accessible: A Practical Guide To Trauma-Informed Mindfulness, Leslie Formby
Mindfulness Studies Theses
Mindfulness is currently embedded in a growing understanding of how trauma permeates and adversely impacts peoples’ physical and psychological well-being. Increased awareness of the prevalence of trauma and its harmful effects has led to renewed interest in mindfulness to help manage the challenges generated by the detrimental effects of trauma.
These effects may draw people to mindfulness and, in turn, may make the benefits of mindfulness out of reach. Mindfulness methods and practice adaptations have been found to help trauma survivors experience the benefits of what the Buddha taught. As a support for those engaging in mindfulness and meditation, this …
Expressive Arts Therapy To Support Positive Experiences Of Embodiment Among Rural Lgbtq+ Adults: A Literature Review, 2023 Lesley University
Expressive Arts Therapy To Support Positive Experiences Of Embodiment Among Rural Lgbtq+ Adults: A Literature Review, Ann Stromgren
Expressive Therapies Capstone Theses
This paper investigates the use of expressive arts therapy to support LGBTQ+ adult clients in rural communities. Caring professionals in rural areas often lack training on how to work with LGBTQ+ clients, and best practices for clinical mental health counseling with rural LGBTQ+ clients have yet to be defined. Some evidence suggests that using “metronormative” best practices with rural clients may be irrelevant or cause harm (Giano et al., 2020). Although some recommendations exist for using expressive therapies with LGBTQ+ clients, they are rarely evidence-based, as very few empirical studies exist evaluating the effectiveness of expressive therapy interventions with LGBTQ+ …
Tobacco, Alcohol And Diet As Mortality Risk Factors: The Secondary Analysis Of The 25-Year Cohort Study, 2023 Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
Tobacco, Alcohol And Diet As Mortality Risk Factors: The Secondary Analysis Of The 25-Year Cohort Study, Alina Egorova, Bulat Idrisov, Romany Redman, Stanislav Otstavnov, Sergey Soshnikov
Journal of Health Research
Background: Individual lifestyle risk factors have been linked to increased mortality globally; however, there is limited data on these associations in Russia. A secondary analysis of the Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (RLMS) data was conducted to close this gap.
Methods: The secondary data have been obtained from a nationally-representative annual cohort survey conducted by the Higher School of Economics (HSE). In this original study, for the first time in Russia, we extracted RRs for researched risk factors. Of additional original value, we made a prospective-retrospective cohort based on a representative longitudinal survey and provided the deaths as outcomes for survival …
A Causal Inference Study: The Impact Of The Combined Administration Of Donepezil And Memantine On Decreasing Hospital And Emergency Department Visits Of Alzheimer’S Disease Patients, 2023 Chapman University
A Causal Inference Study: The Impact Of The Combined Administration Of Donepezil And Memantine On Decreasing Hospital And Emergency Department Visits Of Alzheimer’S Disease Patients, Ehsan Yaghmaei, Albert Pierce, Hongxia Lu, Yesha M. Patel, Louis Ehwerhemuepha, Ahmad Rezaie, Seyed Ahmad Sajjadi, Cyril Rakovski
Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science Faculty Articles and Research
Alzheimer’s disease is the most common type of dementia that currently affects over 6.5 million people in the U.S. Currently there is no cure and the existing drug therapies attempt to delay the mental decline and improve cognitive abilities. Two of the most commonly prescribed such drugs are Donepezil and Memantine. We formally tested and confirmed the presence of a beneficial drug-drug interaction of Donepezil and Memantine using a causal inference analysis. We applied doubly robust estimators to one of the largest and high-quality medical databases to estimate the effect of two commonly prescribed Alzheimer’s disease (AD) medications, Donepezil and …
Effect Of Caffeine In Pattern Memory And Reaction Time Test Among College Students, 2023 Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville
Effect Of Caffeine In Pattern Memory And Reaction Time Test Among College Students, William T. Clark, Micheal Lawson, Garrett Garnto, Evan Smith, Kelly Massey
International Undergraduate Journal of Health Sciences
Caffeine is commonly used by college students to aid in staying alert throughout the day. The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of caffeine on visual memory and reaction time performance on college students aged 18-25 years old. The Human Benchmark (https://humanbenchmark.com) Visual Memory (VM) and Reaction Time (RT) tests were used to assess participant’s baseline scores and scores 15min post treatment. Five male (19.0y ± 1.26) and four female (20.3y ± 0.43) college students volunteered to be participants in a three-week long cross-over, counterbalanced study. Blood pressure (BP) and heart rate (HR) were assessed before each …
Theories Of Consciousness And A Life Worth Living, 2023 Tel Aviv University
Theories Of Consciousness And A Life Worth Living, Liad Mudrik, Myrto Mylopoulos, Niccolo Negro, Aaron Schurger
Psychology Faculty Articles and Research
What is it that makes a life valuable? A popular view is that life’s moral worth depends in some way on its relationship to consciousness or subjective experience. But a practical application of this view requires the ability to test for consciousness, which is currently lacking. Here, we examine how theories of consciousness (ToCs) can help do so, focusing especially on difficult cases where the answer is not clear (e.g. fetuses, nonhuman animals, unresponsive brain-injured patients, and advanced artificial systems). We consider five major ToCs and what predictions they offer: Integrated information theory, Higher-Order Thought Theory, Recurrent Processing Theory, Global …
Mapping Between Cognitive Theories And Psycho-Physiological Models Of Attention System Performance, 2023 Edith Cowan University
Mapping Between Cognitive Theories And Psycho-Physiological Models Of Attention System Performance, Oliver A. Guidetti, Craig P. Speelman, Peter Bouhlas
Research outputs 2022 to 2026
Declines in the capacity to sustain attention to repetitive, monotonous tasks is a phenomenon known as vigilance decrement (Endsley M, Kiris E. The out-of-the-loop performance problem and level of control in automation. 1995. Hum Factors. 37:32-64). This review compares cognitive theories with psycho-physiological models of vigilance decrement, and a gap is identified in mapping between the 2. That is, theories of vigilance decrement refer to "cognitive" resources; by contrast, psychophysiological models of the cerebral systems associated with attention explain performance functions according to neurochemical resources. A map does not currently exist in the literature that bridges the gap between cognitive …
Individual Difference Correlates Of Being Sexually Unrestricted Yet Declining An Hiv Test, 2023 Southeastern Louisiana University
Individual Difference Correlates Of Being Sexually Unrestricted Yet Declining An Hiv Test, Nicholas S. Holtzman, Stephen W. Carden, Stacy W. Smallwood, Janice Steirn, S. Mason Garrison
Department of Mathematical Sciences Faculty Publications
Which individual differences accurately predict one’s decision to get tested for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and do individuals who have regular short-term sex get tested at higher rates? Two studies—one lab study (total valid N = 69, with n = 20 who were tested) and one involving a student health center (valid N = 250, n = 4 who were tested)—involved participants (total valid N = 319, with n = 24 who got tested) taking a number of personality and individual difference measures, including the dark triad (Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy). Then, in both studies, participants had the opportunity to …
The Difficulty In The Diagnosis And Management Of Antidepressant Discontinuation Syndrome, 2023 The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
The Difficulty In The Diagnosis And Management Of Antidepressant Discontinuation Syndrome, Sidney Charm D. Reyes
School of Medicine Publications and Presentations
Background: Antidepressant discontinuation syndrome (ADS) is a condition that occurs in about 20% of patients following the abrupt reduction/stoppage of any antidepressant medication that has been taken continuously for at least one month.
Case Presentation: We present a 36-year-old Hispanic woman who initially presented for evaluation of flu-like symptoms (subjective fever, rhinorrhea) and worsening body aches, trouble sleeping, and headaches for the past three days. She also reported recent exposure to a sick co-worker. Rapid flu, strep, and COVID tests came back negative. Pt was diagnosed with a viral URI and was discharged with counseling on supportive treatment. The patient …
Prevalence Of Depression In Patients With Hematologic Diseases In Marrakesh, Morocco: A Single Center Experience, 2023 Department of Clinical Hematology & Bone Marrow Transplantation, University Hospital of Mohammed VI, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakesh, Morocco
Prevalence Of Depression In Patients With Hematologic Diseases In Marrakesh, Morocco: A Single Center Experience, Fatima Zahra Lahlimi, Oumaima Maghnouj, Khawla Khalil, Safaa Chaabane, Illias Tazi
Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives
Depression in patients with cancer influences negatively their physical symptoms, treatment success, coping, and their quality of life, and it is associated with increased mortality. Reported prevalence of emotional distress in patients followed in hematology varies widely across studies. The present study aimed to investigate the prevalence of depression, and to explore the possible associated factors in patients followed in a hematological department Method: in this descriptive cross-sectional study among patients admitted to the hematology department in the University Hospital Mohammed VI of Marrakech, between August 2020 and December 2020, depression symptoms were assessed using Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview test …
What To Expect As Children Transition To Young Adults, 2023 Andrews University
What To Expect As Children Transition To Young Adults, Melissa Ponce-Rodas
Lake Union Herald
No abstract provided.
Social And Cultural Processes That Impact Physical Activity Among South Asian Americans Managing Hypertension: A Mixed Methods Study, 2023 The Graduate Center, City University of New York
Social And Cultural Processes That Impact Physical Activity Among South Asian Americans Managing Hypertension: A Mixed Methods Study, Sugandha Gupta
Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
Cardiovascular disease (CVD), the number one cause of death in the U.S., disproportionately affects South Asian Americans (SAAs). Physical activity is a modifiable health behavior that can reduce cardiovascular risk. Health behaviors, such as physical activity, occur within specific social and cultural contexts and are influenced by multiple factors at multiple levels of the social ecological model. This dissertation aimed to provide a rich, culturally-informed understanding of the factors at multiple levels – individual, interpersonal, and cultural –associated with physical activity among SAAs at risk for CVD. A sequential exploratory mixed methods approach was employed to examine social and cultural …
Two Decades Of Coparenting Research: A Scoping Review, 2023 Boise State University
Two Decades Of Coparenting Research: A Scoping Review, Cynthia G. Campbell
Psychological Sciences Faculty Publications and Presentations
In response to recent theoretical advances in coparenting and increased scholarly interest, coparenting research in resident families has burgeoned in the past twenty years making it difficult to assess primary findings. This review integrates findings from the research and provides an overview of supported conclusions, offering access to the research in a manageable and approachable form. Research evidence demonstrates how the characteristics of each parent, the state of their romantic relationship, the contexts in which they reside, and their child’s characteristics all influence how they function as a coparental team. Positive coparenting, in turn, leads to better marital relationships, greater …
Disabilities And Medicine: From Stairs To Stares, 2023 Piedmont Macon Medical Center
Disabilities And Medicine: From Stairs To Stares, Christopher Denham
HCA Healthcare Journal of Medicine
The current state of medicine has done little to correct the imbalance of underrepresented groups in the physician workforce. In this editorial, a psychiatric resident physician retells his experience as an individual who is completing his medical training while being affected by a neuromuscular disorder and how it impacts his daily life. The primary goal of this paper is to elucidate the need for greater representation and understanding of the disabled physician workforce.
Exploring The Effects Of Christian Worldviews On Heart Rate, Stress, And Adjustment After Loss In Bereaved Individuals, 2023 University of Connecticut
Exploring The Effects Of Christian Worldviews On Heart Rate, Stress, And Adjustment After Loss In Bereaved Individuals, Emma Radini Ratnavel
Honors Scholar Theses
The objective of this study is to investigate the correlation between Christian values, perceptions of God, and physiological stress, assessed through heart rate, among individuals who are experiencing grief due to the loss of a loved one. Previous studies have analyzed various physiological effects on the body. There are very few studies that examine the correlation between Christian values and heart rate in bereaved participants. To explore these topics further, this study analyzes 59 undergraduate students who have recently lost a loved one, identify as a Christian, and are at least 18 years old. The participants' perceptions of God and …
Related Factors With Self-Management Behaviors Among Patients With Predialysis Chronic Kidney Disease: A Multicenter Study In Myanmar, 2023 Department of Nephrology, Mandalay General Hospital, Aungmyaethazan township 05011, Myanmar
Related Factors With Self-Management Behaviors Among Patients With Predialysis Chronic Kidney Disease: A Multicenter Study In Myanmar, Yoon Zarchi Wint, Jiraporn Lininger, Sirirat Leelacharas
Makara Journal of Health Research
Background: Self-management behavior is key to managing patients with predialysis chronic kidney disease (CKD) and is effective in slowing disease progression in impoverished Burmese patients with CKD. This study aimed to outline the association of personal and environmental factors with the self-management behaviors of people with predialysis CKD.
Methods: Using convenience sampling, this cross-sectional study included 84 individuals with predialysis CKD from two private hospitals in Myanmar. The interviewer-administered questionnaire included demographic information, the Health Literacy Short Form-12, the CKD knowledge questionnaire, the self-efficacy questionnaire, the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, and the self-management behavior questionnaire. This …
Reminiscence Therapy For Prevention Of Post-Stroke Anxiety And Depression In Adults, 2023 Thomas Jefferson University
Reminiscence Therapy For Prevention Of Post-Stroke Anxiety And Depression In Adults, Carly Porter
Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies Capstone Presentations (Center City)
Introduction
Anxiety and depression are prevalent after a stroke.1,2 Peer support is a non-pharmacologic intervention utilized to manage post-stroke anxiety and depression with inconsistent results.3 Reminiscence therapy is an intervention that has been studied in the dementia population but is a relatively new intervention for the stroke population and has the potential to impact the psychological care provided to stroke patients.4
Occupational Impacts Of The 2018 Camp Fire, 2023 University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences
Occupational Impacts Of The 2018 Camp Fire, Mimi H. Chuong, Karen Park
Summer 2023 Virtual OTD Capstone Symposium
This poster provides an overview of the results of the capstone project, which explored the occupational impacts of the 2018 Camp Fire. Data were collected through in-person and remote interviews over 21 weeks. The inclusion criteria for the study consisted of adults between 18 to 80 who could understand and answer questions in English, were affected by the fire, or had worked directly with the Camp Fire survivors. Among the total participants (n=14), ten were survivors, and four were providers. The research question was, “What modifiable factors are enabling or disabling Camp Fire survivors from engaging in their …
Identifying Ebp Using The Moho Framework To Address Generalized Anxiety Disorder (Gad): A Scoping Review, 2023 University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences
Identifying Ebp Using The Moho Framework To Address Generalized Anxiety Disorder (Gad): A Scoping Review, Alexus Njemanze, Karen Aranha, Angela Labrie Blackwell
Summer 2023 Virtual OTD Capstone Symposium
Individuals with Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) have poorer physical rehabilitation. Identifying this condition and providing targeted interventions is necessary better to address the needs of this population's rehabilitation. This study examined the literature to identify screens, assessments, and interventions to address GAD to improve Occupational Therapy (OT) rehabilitation outcomes.