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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"behavioral medicine"”.
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Presurgical Behavioral Medicine Evaluation for Implantable Devices for Pain Management: Clinical Effectiveness for Predicting Outcomes
… drug delivery systems. The Presurgical Behavioral Medicine Evaluation (PBME) algorithm was designed to evaluate patients prior to spine surgery. The algorithm showed strong outcome predictability in previous studies (Block et al., 2003). A PBME was administered to 60 patients being …
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Dysphagic patient compliance with thickened liquid recommendations
… adherence/compliance research from the field of behavioral medicine, the results of this study revealed a complex interplay of factors that lead to dysphagic patient adherence (or non-adherence) with thickened liquid recommendations. Finally, the data suggest directions for future research and …
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Psychological Profiles in a Female Bariatric Surgery Sample
… measures: specific scales on the Millon Behavioral Medicine Diagnostic (MBMD), the Beck Depression Inventory II (BDI-II), and the Outcome Questionnaire version 45.2 (OQ 45.2), (2) determine if there are any significant differences both within and between groups on post-surgery body mass …
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Attributional Outcomes: The Subtle Messages of Treatments for Attention Deficit Disorder
… attributions measures or on measures of behavioral or cognitive improvements. The motivational effects of combining medication with psychotherapy or other behavior change procedures were emphasized. Implications for combined treatment tactics in clinical and research settings were …
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Association Between Stress Mindset, Psychological Symptoms, and Psychosocial Risk in Liver Transplant Patients
… target for intervention within transplant behavioral medicine.</p>
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Stage Two Outpatient Adolescent Recovery Program
… that lead to self-harm. Loma Linda University’s Behavioral Medicine Center offers intensive outpatient DBT stage one treatment for adolescents. Stage Two Outpatient Recovery Program (SOAR) was developed at Loma Linda University’s Behavioral Health Institute to provide additional support and stage …
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Implementation and Evaluation of the "Human Trafficking 201 Workshop" Pilot conducted in partnership with Seattle Children's Center for Diversity and Health Equity
… participant knowledge among the Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine Unit (PBMU) care team participants compared to the Odessa Brown Children’s Clinic (OBCC) care team participants. A mixed-methods evaluation was conducted to address these aims and utilized a pre/post-workshop self-assessment …
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Manual Development and Pilot Testing of a Mindfulness- and Acceptance-Based Intervention for Increasing Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Sedentary Adults
… the usefulness of ACT in the field of behavioral medicine, particularly with health behavior change.
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Improving Medication Administration and Patient Outcomes by Decreasing Avoidable Interruptions
… Bay Area, on a 34-bed Medical Surgical, Behavioral Medicine and Acute Care for the Elderly (ACE) Specialty Unit. The goal was to improve the adverse events made during medication administration, which in turn reduces medical error costs and improves patient outcomes and patient safety. A …
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Examining the Base Rates of Atrial Fibrillation in Eastern North Carolina: Community Screening, Associated Risk Factors, and Psychological Correlates of Disease
… or modifiers of increased disease burden. Behavioral medicine providers recognize the importance of screening for psychological stress as it relates to cardiovascular disease as a way to reduce disease burden and advancement. Therefore, mobile-ECG screening for atrial fibrillation and …
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Severity of Illness Among Police-Escorted Psychiatric Emergency Room Patients Before and After the Implementation of a Regional, Public-Sector Managed Behavioral Health Care Program
Managed behavioral health care organizations are growing, but the clinical impact of managed care policies is largely unknown. The following study examines the clinical characteristics of police-escorted patients seen in the psychiatric emergency room of a large public hospital in metropolitan …
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Exploring the relationship between anxiety sensitivity and heart rate variability
… predictive of fear responding in the context of behavioral challenge paradigms whereby individuals with elevated AS demonstrate higher fear and sympathetic nervous system activation. To date, few studies have investigated AS alongside heart rate variability (HRV), a biomarker of autonomic …
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Migraines and Mindfulness Meditation: Does Engaging Spirituality Make A Difference?
Studies suggest that mindfulness training improves quality of life among persons with chronic pain (e.g., Kabat-Zinn, Lipworth & Burney, 1985), and researchers have begun examining how and why mindfulness training may be effective in this regard (e.g., Sauer & Baer, 2010). This is one of the first …
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Clarity and inclusivity as precursors to disseminate, implement, and translate yoga principles for behavioral health
… for translation of yoga principles for behavioral health. The first study is a systematic review that used a novel qualitative synthesis to examine how yoga is defined and described in peer-reviewed mental health and wellbeing literature. Of 5206 studies identified, we included and …
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Trajectory of Quality of Life in Advanced Parkinson's Patients Receiving Bilateral Subthalamic Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation
<p>Quality of Life (QOL) in Parkinson's disease (PD) patients after Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) neurosurgery generally improves between 3 to 24 months post-operatively. However, QOL beyond 2 year follow-up is generally unknown. This study examined the QOL in 16 advanced PD patients who received …
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Post-stroke Depression Among Stroke Survivors in the Acute Stroke Phase
<p><strong>Purpose:</strong> The purpose of this study is to describe relationships between sociodemographics, clinical characteristics, length of stay, depression screening (Patient Health Questionnaire-2 [PHQ-2] or Patient Health Questionnaire-9 [PHQ-9]) and the likelihood of post-stroke …
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Exploring the Relationship between Dietary Self-Monitoring with a Mobile App and Weight Change
<p><strong>Background:</strong> Approximately 70% of the adult population in the United States has overweight or obesity and increased risk for developing chronic diseases. Dietary self-monitoring adherence using a paper diary is associated with weight loss; however, few studies have examined this …
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Psychotherapy and Pharmacotherapy for Social Anxiety Disorder: A Comprehensive Meta-Analysis
… psychotherapeutic, specifically cognitive behavioral, and pharmacologic approaches have been found efficacious for social anxiety disorder. A number of meta-analyses have been conducted since 1995 examining the efficacy of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and/or pharmacotherapy for social …