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Daniel Blalock

Daniel Blalock

Medical Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Behavioral Medicine & Neurosciences
daniel.blalock@duke.edu
Dept of Psychiatry, Box 102505, Durham, NC 27701
411 West Chapel Hill St, Suite 600, Durham, NC 27701

Selected Publications

Zinc levels in severe eating disorders.

Journal Article J Eat Disord · February 4, 2025 PURPOSE: Severe eating and feeding disorders including Anorexia Nervosa of both restricting (AN-R) and binge-purge (AN-BP) subtypes and Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) lead to multiple macronutrient and micronutrient deficiencies, includi ... Full text Link to item Cite

Weight gain in anorexia nervosa across age groups in higher levels of care.

Journal Article Psychol Aging · February 2025 Eating disorders (EDs) have historically been thought of as afflictions of younger women, but EDs do occur in midlife/older adults, and the incidence of EDs among older women may be increasing. The present study sought to examine outcomes for patients with ... Full text Link to item Cite

The Reliability and Construct Validity of a Single-Item Assessment of Suicidal Ideation Among Patients With Mood and Anxiety Disorders.

Journal Article J Clin Psychol · January 9, 2025 OBJECTIVE: Single-item questionnaire assessments may be summarily dismissed by some, but it is unclear if this is warranted. We suggest here that the answer to that question depends on their reliability and construct validity. Reliability of a single-item ... Full text Link to item Cite

Anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive, and Depressive Symptom Presentation and Change Throughout Routine Eating Disorder Treatment.

Journal Article Eur Eat Disord Rev · November 28, 2024 OBJECTIVE: The present study examined whether patients with binge/purge and restricting anorexia nervosa (AN-BP and AN-R), bulimia nervosa (BN), binge eating disorder (BED), avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID), and other specified feeding and ... Full text Link to item Cite

Does 24/7 care result in better outcomes for adults with eating disorders? A comparison of inpatient/residential care to partial hospitalization/intensive outpatient care for patients at low BMIs.

Journal Article J Eat Disord · November 18, 2024 BACKGROUND: Higher level of care (HLOC) treatment for eating disorders (EDs) is sometimes necessary, but research is lacking on whether HLOCs are actually more effective than less structured, lower levels of care. The purpose of the current study was to co ... Full text Link to item Cite

Misuse of Prescribed and Nonprescribed Substances Among U.S. Cancer Survivors.

Journal Article J Gen Intern Med · November 2024 BACKGROUND: Substance misuse is common among cancer survivors and can negatively impact cancer outcomes. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional study using National Survey on Drug Use and Health data for 2015 to 2020. We included adult respondents with a ... Full text Link to item Cite

Demographic, Social, Behavioral, and Clinical Characteristics Associated with Long-Term Opioid Therapy and Any Opioid Prescription in High-Risk VA Patients.

Journal Article J Gen Intern Med · October 22, 2024 BACKGROUND: Social risks (individual social and economic conditions) have been implicated as playing a major role in the opioid epidemic and may be more prevalent in the most medically vulnerable patients. However, the extent to which specific social risks ... Full text Link to item Cite

Predictors of treatment outcome in higher levels of care among a large sample of adolescents with heterogeneous eating disorders.

Journal Article Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health · October 17, 2024 BACKGROUND: Despite widespread use of higher levels of care in treating eating disorders in adolescents, research supporting the use of these treatments remains limited by small sample sizes and a predominant focus on anorexia nervosa. Further, existing da ... Full text Link to item Cite

Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire: Norms for Adults in Higher Levels of Care.

Journal Article Assessment · September 2024 Establishing normative data for questionnaires is essential for the accurate interpretation of scores, given that these norms can vary according to different subpopulations and treatment contexts. The purpose of this study was to establish norms for the Ea ... Full text Link to item Cite

Weight gain and eating disorder symptoms among individuals with atypical anorexia nervosa.

Journal Article Eur Eat Disord Rev · September 2024 OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to examine the association between weight gain and eating disorder (ED) symptoms among adults receiving treatment for atypical anorexia nervosa (AAN), to determine whether those who had a higher percent of expected ... Full text Link to item Cite

Comparing eating disorder treatment outcomes of transgender and gender diverse adolescents with those of cisgender adolescents.

Journal Article Int J Eat Disord · July 2024 OBJECTIVE: Eating disorder (ED), depression, and anxiety symptoms at admission and discharge were compared, as were admission-to-discharge changes, for transgender and gender diverse (TGD), and cisgender adolescents receiving intensive treatment for EDs. M ... Full text Link to item Cite

Empirical Investigation of Different Factor Structures for the Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire in Adult Women With Anorexia Nervosa.

Journal Article Assessment · June 2024 The Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire (EDE-Q) is a widely used self-report measure of eating pathology. Despite widespread use, investigations of its factor structure have proved inconclusive and rarely supported the "original" interpretation. The ... Full text Link to item Cite

Characterising use of recovery record among a large, transdiagnostic sample of adults with eating disorders across higher levels of care.

Journal Article Eur Eat Disord Rev · May 2024 OBJECTIVE: Smartphone applications (i.e., apps) designed to target mental health symptoms have received increasing public and empirical attention, including in eating disorder|eating disorders (EDs) treatment. While some data have begun to characterise app ... Full text Link to item Cite

A brief examination of treatment outcomes in higher levels of care for individuals with eating disorders across age groups.

Journal Article Eur Eat Disord Rev · May 2024 OBJECTIVE: Although eating disorders (EDs) occur throughout the lifespan, little research has been conducted with midlife/older adults, particularly those in higher levels of care (HLOC). The current study examined outcomes among 2009 patients with EDs rec ... Full text Link to item Cite

Associations Between a Primary Care-Delivered Alcohol-Related Brief Intervention and Subsequent Opioid-Related Outcomes.

Journal Article Am J Psychiatry · May 1, 2024 OBJECTIVE: The co-occurrence of unhealthy alcohol use and opioid misuse is high and associated with increased rates of overdose, emergency health care utilization, and death. The current study examined whether receipt of an alcohol-related brief interventi ... Full text Link to item Cite

An examination of adults with atypical anorexia nervosa at admission to treatment at higher levels of care: An attempt to increase diagnostic clarity.

Journal Article Int J Eat Disord · April 2024 OBJECTIVE: Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a serious illness with a high mortality rate and multiple physiological complications. The vague definition of atypical AN allows for subjective interpretation. This retrospective study aimed to focus future research on ... Full text Link to item Cite

Association Between a National Behavioral Weight Management Program and Veterans Affairs Health Expenditures.

Journal Article Med Care · April 1, 2024 OBJECTIVE: The association between participation in a behavioral weight intervention and health expenditures has not been well characterized. We compared Veterans Affairs (VA) expenditures of individuals participating in MOVE!, a VA behavioral weight loss ... Full text Link to item Cite

"Terminal anorexia nervosa" may not be terminal: An empirical evaluation.

Journal Article J Psychopathol Clin Sci · April 2024 Gaudiani et al. (2022) presented terminal anorexia nervosa (T-AN) as a potential new specifier to the anorexia nervosa (AN) diagnosis, with criteria including (a) AN diagnosis, (b) age > 30 years, (c) previously participated in high-quality care, and (d) t ... Full text Link to item Cite

Real World Use of Anti-Obesity Medications and Weight Change in Veterans.

Journal Article J Gen Intern Med · March 2024 BACKGROUND: Anti-obesity medications (AOMs) can be initiated in conjunction with participation in the VA national behavioral weight management program, MOVE!, to help achieve clinically meaningful weight loss. OBJECTIVE: To compare weight change between Ve ... Full text Link to item Cite

Association between patient-reported social and behavioral risks and health care costs in high-risk Veterans health administration patients.

Journal Article Health Serv Res · February 2024 OBJECTIVE: Social risks complicate patients' ability to manage their conditions and access healthcare, but their association with health expenditures is not well established. To identify patient-reported social risk, behavioral, and health factors associat ... Full text Link to item Cite

A descriptive study of treatment-seeking adults with avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder at residential and inpatient levels of care.

Journal Article Eat Disord · January 2, 2024 Most research on avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) has been with children and adolescents, while the limited research on adults with ARFID has been in the domain of outpatient treatment. This descriptive study sought to explore psychologica ... Full text Link to item Cite

An open trial for adults in a residential program for binge eating spectrum disorders.

Journal Article Eat Disord · 2024 The current study assessed treatment outcome for 99 adult admissions to a residential program specifically designed for binge eating spectrum disorders (BESD). Participants completed self-report measures at admission, discharge, and 12-month follow-up and ... Full text Link to item Cite

Eating disorder virtual intensive outpatient program: patient satisfaction according to age group.

Journal Article Eat Disord · 2024 The COVID-19 pandemic has required a shift to telehealth services. However, not all patients are similarly satisfied with this shift, with some studies finding that midlife and older adults are less comfortable with telehealth. The current study examined p ... Full text Link to item Cite

Pelvic Floor Dysfunction in People with Eating Disorders and the Acute Effect of Different Interventions – A Retrospective Cohort Study

Journal Article Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics and Gynecology · January 1, 2024 Background: Studies suggest that there is an association between eating disorders and pelvic floor dysfunction (PFD), although the contribution of PFD toward symptomatology and interventions to improve these symptoms in the eating disorder population is po ... Full text Cite

Association between a national behavioral weight management program and real-world weight change.

Journal Article Obes Res Clin Pract · 2024 OBJECTIVE: In a national cohort of Veterans, weight change was compared between participants in a US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) behavioral weight management program (MOVE!) and matched non-participants, and between high-intensity and low-intensity ... Full text Link to item Cite

Are Suicide-Specific Interventions Required to Reduce Suicidal Ideation? An Empirical Examination in a Clinical Sample of Eating-Disorder Participants

Journal Article Clinical Psychological Science · January 1, 2024 In this research, we examined whether non-suicide-specific treatments effectively reduced suicidal ideation (SI) among a clinical sample of eating-disorder (ED) patients (N = 3,447, of whom 50.9% presented with SI). All participants met criteria for a curr ... Full text Cite

Atypical antipsychotic use does not impact weight gain for individuals with extreme anorexia nervosa: a retrospective case-control study.

Journal Article J Eat Disord · December 6, 2023 BACKGROUND: There are no U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved medications for the treatment of anorexia nervosa (AN). Various medication classes have been evaluated for benefits in this population, including antipsychotics. Studies focused on u ... Full text Link to item Cite

Health-related quality of life profiles in adolescents and young adults with chronic conditions.

Conference Qual Life Res · November 2023 PURPOSE: To assess health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with chronic conditions. METHODS: AYAs (N = 872) aged 14-20 years completed NIH's Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System® (PROMIS®) measur ... Full text Link to item Cite

A review of implementation intentions as a tool to benefit high-need patients and healthcare systems: U.S. veterans affairs as an exemplar.

Journal Article Patient Educ Couns · November 2023 Implementation intentions (if-then plans) are an evidence-based behavior change strategy designed to translate behavioral intentions into habits [1]. Despite extensive evidence of its potential utility, this behavior change strategy is underutilized and un ... Full text Link to item Cite

Association of Unmet Social Needs With Metformin Use Among Patients With Type 2 Diabetes.

Journal Article Diabetes Care · November 1, 2023 OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the relationship between social needs and metformin use among adults with type 2 diabetes (T2D). RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: In a prospective cohort study of adults with T2D (n = 722), we linked electronic health record (EHR) and Su ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Mobile health contingency management for smoking cessation among veterans experiencing homelessness: A comparative effectiveness trial.

Journal Article Prev Med Rep · October 2023 Tobacco cessation is reduced in U.S. military veterans experiencing homelessness. Mobile contingency management (mCM) is a promising treatment for tobacco use among populations experiencing homelessness, but past CM studies have largely been small, have re ... Full text Link to item Cite

Videoconferencing of Movement-Based and Psychologically Informed Interventions for Chronic Pain: A Systematic Review and Horizon Scan.

Journal Article Telemed J E Health · September 2023 Introduction: With the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, use of telehealth technology increased dramatically. Nonpharmacological approaches to pain management may be well suited for virtual care. Yet, it is not widely understood if this treatme ... Full text Link to item Cite

Applying latent profile analysis to identify adolescents and young adults with chronic conditions at risk for poor health-related quality of life.

Journal Article J Biopharm Stat · May 14, 2023 The impact of chronic diseases on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in adolescents and young adults (AYAs) is understudied. Latent profile analysis (LPA) can identify profiles of AYAs based on their HRQOL scores reflecting physical, mental, and social ... Full text Link to item Cite

BMI Trends for Veterans Up to 10 Years After VA Enrollment Following Military Discharge.

Journal Article J Gen Intern Med · May 2023 BACKGROUND: Obesity (body mass index [BMI]≥30kg/m2) among US adults has tripled over the past 45 years, but it is unclear how this population-level weight change has occurred. OBJECTIVE: We sought to identify distinct long-term BMI trajectories and examine ... Full text Link to item Cite

Association between patient-reported social, behavioral, and health factors and emergency department visits in high-risk VA patients.

Journal Article Health Serv Res · April 2023 RESEARCH OBJECTIVE: To identify patient-reported social risk, behavioral, and health factors associated with emergency department (ED) utilization in high-risk Veterans Affairs (VA) patients. DATA SOURCES: Patient survey, VA, Medicare data. STUDY DESIGN: P ... Full text Link to item Cite

Barriers and facilitators to the implementation and adoption of improvement coaching: A qualitative evidence synthesis.

Journal Article J Clin Nurs · January 2023 BACKGROUND: Healthcare organisations and teams perform improvement activities to facilitate high-quality healthcare. The use of an improvement coach who provides support and guidance to the healthcare team may facilitate improvement activities; however, no ... Full text Link to item Cite

Adherence to FDA-Approved Medications for Alcohol Use Disorder

Conference INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PHARMACY · 2023 Cite

Care utilization in eating disorders: for whom are multiple episodes of care more likely?

Journal Article Eat Weight Disord · December 2022 PURPOSE: The current study aimed to determine baseline clinical features among adults receiving varied levels of care for transdiagnostic eating disorders (N = 5206, 89.9% female, mean age 29 years old) that may be associated with increased care utilizatio ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Comparing eating disorder treatment outcomes of transgender and nonbinary individuals with cisgender individuals.

Journal Article Int J Eat Disord · November 2022 OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to compare symptom severity of eating disorders (EDs), depression and anxiety at admission and discharge for transgender and nonbinary (TNB) individuals and cisgender adult individuals receiving treatment for EDs at ... Full text Link to item Cite

Avoidant restrictive food intake disorder and suicidal ideation.

Journal Article Psychiatry Res · November 2022 Most DSM-5 eating disorder diagnoses are associated with elevated suicide risk; however, little is known about the relationship between Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) and suicidal ideation. The aim of the current study was to examine sui ... Full text Link to item Cite

Eating disorder behaviors as predictors of suicidal ideation among people with an eating disorder.

Journal Article Int J Eat Disord · October 2022 OBJECTIVE: Suicidality is known to be elevated among people with an eating disorder. The aim of the current study was to examine whether any of three specific behavioral facets of eating disorders (i.e., purging, binge eating, restricting) would be the str ... Full text Link to item Cite

CLL-517 Hypertension as an Adverse Event of Ibrutinib: Does Age Matter?

Journal Article Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk · October 2022 CONTEXT: Ibrutinib and other Bruton-tyrosine kinase inhibitors (BTKi) have transformed treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)/small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL) and improved overall survival. However, cardiovascular and other non-CLL progression rel ... Full text Link to item Cite

RESISTING VS. PERSISTING: DIFFERENT TYPES OF SELF-CONTROL PREDICT DIFFERENT OUTCOMES FOLLOWING INCARCERATION

Journal Article Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology · October 1, 2022 Introduction: Trait self-control is one of the most robust predictors of important life outcomes. Recent evidence suggests at least two domains of self-control: inhibitory self-control (refraining from more attractive but goal-inconsistent behaviors) and i ... Full text Cite

How can equitable video visit access be delivered in primary care? A qualitative study among rural primary care teams and patients.

Journal Article BMJ Open · August 5, 2022 OBJECTIVE: The COVID-19 pandemic sparked exponential growth in video visit use in primary care. The rapid shift to virtual from in-person care exacerbated digital access disparities across racial groups and rural populations. Moving forward, it is critical ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Cardiometabolic Comorbidities in Cancer Survivors: JACC: CardioOncology State-of-the-Art Review.

Journal Article JACC CardioOncol · June 2022 There are nearly 17 million cancer survivors in the United States, including those who are currently receiving cancer therapy with curative intent and expected to be long-term survivors, as well as those with chronic cancers such as metastatic disease or c ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Treatment Outcome for Adults in a Residential Program for Binge Eating Spectrum Disorders: Protocol for a Prospective Pragmatic Single-Arm Trial.

Journal Article JMIR Res Protoc · May 24, 2022 BACKGROUND: Most studies reporting treatment outcomes for eating disorders at higher levels of care focus on anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. No studies have been published with a singular focus on examining treatment outcomes for adults receiving res ... Full text Link to item Cite

Adverse childhood experiences among adults with eating disorders: comparison to a nationally representative sample and identification of trauma.

Journal Article J Eat Disord · May 20, 2022 BACKGROUND: Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are prevalent, impact long-term physical and mental health, and are associated with eating disorders (EDs) in adulthood. The primary objectives of the current study were: (1) to examine and compare ACEs betw ... Full text Link to item Cite

Effects of Alcohol Reduction Interventions on Blood Pressure.

Journal Article Curr Hypertens Rep · April 2022 PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Much of alcohol's purported negative impact on a population's health can be attributed to its association with increased blood pressure, rates of hypertension, and incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Less attention, however, has b ... Full text Link to item Cite

Effectiveness of Quality Improvement Coaching on Process Outcomes in Health Care Settings: A Systematic Review.

Journal Article J Gen Intern Med · March 2022 BACKGROUND: A culture of improvement is an important feature of high-quality health care systems. However, health care teams often need support to translate quality improvement (QI) activities into practice. One method of support is consultation from a QI ... Full text Link to item Cite

Adverse childhood experiences among a treatment-seeking sample of adults with eating disorders.

Journal Article Eur Eat Disord Rev · March 2022 OBJECTIVE: The purpose of the current study was to examine the prevalence of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) among adults with eating disorders (EDs), to assess whether experiencing a greater number of ACEs is associated with more severe ED psychopath ... Full text Link to item Cite

A Real-World Evaluation of a Smokeless Tobacco Cessation Text Message Program for Veterans: Outcomes and Comparison to Cigarette Smokers.

Journal Article Nicotine Tob Res · February 1, 2022 INTRODUCTION: Smokeless tobacco (ST) use and cessation rates have remained unchanged while cigarette smoking has declined, and cessation rates have increased. Text message programs have proved effective for cigarette smokers but have not been evaluated for ... Full text Link to item Cite

Understanding non-routine discharge: Factors that are associated with premature termination from higher levels of care in adults with anorexia nervosa.

Journal Article Eat Disord · 2022 This study sought to replicate and extend associations between clinical and demographic features at admission and types of premature treatment termination for adults diagnosed with anorexia nervosa (AN) in higher-level-of-care settings. Secondary data anal ... Full text Link to item Cite

Financial interventions to improve medication adherence: a narrative review

Conference INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PHARMACY · 2022 Cite

Expressed emotion and long-term outcome among adolescents with anorexia nervosa.

Journal Article Int J Eat Disord · November 2021 OBJECTIVE: The purpose of the current study is to examine expressed emotion (EE) and long-term treatment outcome among adolescents participating in a randomized controlled trial (RCT) for treatment of anorexia nervosa (AN). It was hypothesized that patient ... Full text Link to item Cite

An Adaptable Framework for Factors Contributing to Medication Adherence: Results from a Systematic Review of 102 Conceptual Frameworks.

Journal Article J Gen Intern Med · September 2021 OBJECTIVE: To summarize the available conceptual models for factors contributing to medication adherence based on the World Health Organization (WHO)'s five dimensions of medication adherence via a systematic review, identify the patient groups described i ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Motivation to recover for adolescent and adult eating disorder patients in residential treatment.

Journal Article European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · July 2021 ObjectiveThis study aimed to assess how baseline motivation to recover impacts eating disorder (ED) and comorbid symptoms at end-of-treatment (EOT) for adolescents and adults in inpatient/residential treatment.MethodTwo hundred and three ... Full text Cite

Impact of financial medication assistance on medication adherence: a systematic review.

Journal Article J Manag Care Spec Pharm · July 2021 BACKGROUND: The prevalence of financial medication assistance (FMA), including patient assistance programs, coupons/copayment cards, vouchers, discount cards, and programs/pharmacy services that help patients apply for such programs, has increased. The imp ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

The association of alcohol use with all-cause and cardiovascular disease-related hospitalizations or death in older, high-risk Veterans.

Journal Article Alcohol Clin Exp Res · June 2021 BACKGROUND: The prevalence of alcohol misuse among older adults has grown dramatically in the past decade, yet little is known about the association of alcohol misuse with hospitalization and death in this patient population. METHODS: We examined the assoc ... Full text Link to item Cite

Exploring the role of anger in nonsuicidal self-injury in veterans.

Journal Article J Psychiatr Res · May 2021 Up to 14% of veterans engage in nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) in their lifetime and this behavior is a relatively strong predictor of suicidal behavior compared to other identified risk factors. Further, NSSI is a clinically relevant behavior in its own r ... Full text Link to item Cite

Subgroups of High-Risk Veterans Affairs Patients Based on Social Determinants of Health Predict Risk of Future Hospitalization.

Journal Article Med Care · May 1, 2021 OBJECTIVE: Population segmentation has been recognized as a foundational step to help tailor interventions. Prior studies have predominantly identified subgroups based on diagnoses. In this study, we identify clinically coherent subgroups using social dete ... Full text Link to item Cite

Posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and trauma-informed care in higher levels of care for eating disorders.

Journal Article Int J Eat Disord · April 2021 OBJECTIVE: The purpose of the current study was to examine the prevalence and trajectory of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms among patients with eating disorders (EDs) in higher level of ED care with trauma-informed components, but without a f ... Full text Link to item Cite

Gender identity, race/ethnicity and eating pathology in a treatment-seeking community sample.

Journal Article J Behav Cogn Ther · March 2021 Despite the wide-reaching impact of eating disorders (EDs), less is known about eating pathology among individuals across racial/ethnic groups whose gender identity differs from the binary categorization. Examining ED pathology both across binary and minor ... Full text Link to item Cite

General Behavioral Engagement and Changes in Clinical and Cognitive Outcomes of Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Using the Time2Focus Mobile App for Diabetes Education: Pilot Evaluation.

Journal Article J Med Internet Res · January 20, 2021 BACKGROUND: Type 2 diabetes affects 30 million Americans, representing a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. Self-management support is an important component of chronic illness care and is a key pillar of the chronic care model. Face-to-face tea ... Full text Link to item Cite

Regulatory Focus and Substance Use in Adolescents: Protective Effects of Prevention Orientation.

Journal Article Subst Use Misuse · 2021 Substance use is a major risk factor for negative health and functioning outcomes among middle schoolers. The purpose of this study was to assess whether individual differences in the adolescents' goal orientation are associated with elevated or attenuated ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

EFFECTIVENESS OF QUALITY IMPROVEMENT COACHING: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

Conference JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE · 2021 Cite

Pilot Cohorts for Development of Concurrent Mobile Treatment for Alcohol and Tobacco Use Disorders.

Journal Article Subst Abuse · 2021 Alcohol and tobacco are the 2 most frequently used drugs in the United States and represent the highest co-occurrence of polysubstance use. The objective of this study was to refine an intervention combining mobile contingency management with cognitive-beh ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Pilot assessment of a virtual intensive outpatient program for adults with eating disorders.

Journal Article Eur Eat Disord Rev · November 2020 Access to evidence-based treatment for eating disorders is severely limited by patient barriers and available clinician training. While clinical parameters often point to the need for a high level of care, patients may resist pursuing higher levels of care ... Full text Link to item Cite

Measurement Properties of Existing Patient-Reported Outcome Measures on Medication Adherence: Systematic Review.

Journal Article J Med Internet Res · October 9, 2020 BACKGROUND: Medication adherence is essential for improving the health outcomes of patients. Various patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) have been developed to measure medication adherence in patients. However, no study has summarized the psychometri ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Development of an Item Bank to Measure Medication Adherence: Systematic Review.

Journal Article J Med Internet Res · October 8, 2020 BACKGROUND: Medication adherence is important in managing the progression of chronic diseases. A promising approach to reduce cognitive burden when measuring medication adherence lies in the use of computer-adaptive tests (CATs) or in the development of sh ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Patient-Reported Social and Behavioral Determinants of Health and Estimated Risk of Hospitalization in High-Risk Veterans Affairs Patients.

Journal Article JAMA Netw Open · October 1, 2020 IMPORTANCE: Despite recognition of the association between individual social and behavioral determinants of health (SDH) and patient outcomes, little is known regarding the value of SDH in explaining variation in outcomes for high-risk patients. OBJECTIVE: ... Full text Link to item Cite

Is QTc-Interval Prolongation an Inherent Feature of Eating Disorders? A Cohort Study.

Journal Article Am J Med · September 2020 BACKGROUND: Anorexia nervosa is associated with a markedly increased risk of sudden cardiac death, but the mechanism has not been elucidated. Whether QT prolongation is an intrinsic feature of eating disorders is uncertain because previous studies are limi ... Full text Link to item Cite

The Personality Assessment Inventory Alcohol Scale in Veterans With PTSD: Convergent and Discriminant Relations With the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test.

Journal Article Assessment · June 2020 In this study, we examined the validity of the Personality Assessment Inventory Alcohol (ALC) scale in 736 male veterans presenting for formal evaluation of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The ALC scale exhibited convergence with other measures of al ... Full text Link to item Cite

Barriers and facilitators to implementation of epilepsy self-management programs: a systematic review using qualitative evidence synthesis methods.

Journal Article Syst Rev · April 25, 2020 BACKGROUND: Epilepsy affects nearly 50 million people worldwide. Self-management is critical for individuals with epilepsy in order to maintain optimal physical, cognitive, and emotional health. Implementing and adopting a self-management program requires ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Measurement Properties of Existing Patient-Reported Outcome Measures on Medication Adherence: Systematic Review (Preprint)

Journal Article · April 11, 2020 BACKGROUNDMedication adherence is essential for improving the health outcomes of patients. Various patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) have been developed to measure medication adhe ... Full text Open Access Cite

Development of an Item Bank to Measure Medication Adherence: Systematic Review (Preprint)

Journal Article · April 7, 2020 BACKGROUNDMedication adherence is important in managing the progression of chronic diseases. A promising approach to reduce cognitive burden when measuring medication adherence lies in th ... Full text Cite

Bone density status in a large population of patients with anorexia nervosa.

Journal Article Bone · February 2020 Anorexia nervosa (AN) is associated with multiple medical complications. One of the rare permanent complications of AN is the deleterious effect that it has on a patient's bone mineral density (BMD). We report on the Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DXA) ... Full text Link to item Cite

General Behavioral Engagement and Changes in Clinical and Cognitive Outcomes of Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Using the Time2Focus Mobile App for Diabetes Education: Pilot Evaluation (Preprint)

Journal Article · December 18, 2019 BACKGROUNDType 2 diabetes affects 30 million Americans, representing a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. Self-management support is an important component of chronic illness c ... Full text Cite

Content Validity and Reliability of a Self-Report Measure of Medication Nonadherence in Hepatitis C Treatment.

Journal Article Dig Dis Sci · October 2019 BACKGROUND: Nonadherence to direct-acting agents (DAAs) for hepatitis C (HCV) decreases viral response. To measure nonadherence to DAAs, a reliable, valid, and easily implemented method is needed. AIMS: The goals of this study were to refine a previously v ... Full text Link to item Cite

Self-management of Epilepsy: A Systematic Review.

Journal Article Ann Intern Med · July 16, 2019 BACKGROUND: Although self-management is recommended for persons with epilepsy, its optimal strategies and effects are uncertain. PURPOSE: To evaluate the components and efficacy of self-management interventions in the treatment of epilepsy in community-dwe ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Who tells the truth? Former inmates' self-reported arrests vs. official records

Journal Article Journal of Criminal Justice · July 1, 2019 Purpose: Self-reports are integral to the understanding of a variety of behavioral phenomena, with arrest history being no exception. The current study investigated how accurate self-reports of arrest are when compared to official arrest records, and we al ... Full text Cite

Telehealth Treatment for Alcohol Misuse: Reviewing Telehealth Approaches to Increase Engagement and Reduce Risk of Alcohol-Related Hypertension.

Journal Article Curr Hypertens Rep · June 17, 2019 PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Telehealth interventions for alcohol misuse may be especially impactful in hypertensive populations because of the increased blood pressure associated with alcohol overconsumption. This review examines emerging telehealth interventions f ... Full text Link to item Cite

Distress tolerance in romantic relationships: A daily diary exploration with methodological considerations

Journal Article Motivation and Emotion · June 15, 2019 Despite growing research interest in distress tolerance (DT), studies have routinely neglected the role that DT plays in close, interpersonal relationships and how DT fluctuates from 1 day to the next. In addition, an understanding of DT hinges on the pres ... Full text Cite

Co-occurring reasons for medication nonadherence within subgroups of patients with hyperlipidemia.

Journal Article J Behav Med · April 2019 Medication nonadherence is a significant clinical problem among individuals taking statins. Poor adherence is often attributable to several reasons, yet most adherence interventions target a single reason. Baseline data were examined from a randomized clin ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Gratitude’s role in adolescent antisocial and prosocial behavior: A 4-year longitudinal investigation

Journal Article Journal of Positive Psychology · March 4, 2019 Is gratitude developmentally related to improvements in social behavior? This study examined 566 adolescents (51.6% female, M age = 11.95 years at baseline, 68.0% White, 11.0% African-American, 9.9% Asian-American, 1.9% Hispanic, 8.8% ‘Other’) from middle ... Full text Cite

Self-reported medication nonadherence predicts cholesterol levels over time.

Journal Article J Psychosom Res · March 2019 OBJECTIVE: Self-report measures of medication nonadherence are frequently adapted to new clinical populations without evidence of validity. We evaluated the predictive validity of a medication nonadherence measure previously validated in patients with hype ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Personal Strivings to Understand Anxiety Disorders: Social Anxiety as an Exemplar

Journal Article Clinical Psychological Science · March 1, 2019 People with anxiety disorders tend to make decisions on the basis of avoiding threat rather than obtaining rewards. Despite a robust literature examining approach-avoidance motivation, less is known about goal pursuit. The present study examined the conten ... Full text Cite

A cultural adaptation and validation study of a self-report measure of the extent of and reasons for medication nonadherence among patients with diabetes in Singapore.

Journal Article Patient Prefer Adherence · 2019 BACKGROUND: This self-report measure is a new instrument to measure the extent of and reasons for medication adherence separately. However, few studies have assessed its psychometric properties in diabetic patients and also in Asian populations. OBJECTIVES ... Full text Link to item Cite

The role of psychological science in efforts to improve cardiovascular medication adherence.

Journal Article Am Psychol · November 2018 Poor adherence to cardiovascular disease medications carries significant psychological, physical, and economic costs, including failure to achieve therapeutic goals, high rates of hospitalization and health care costs, and incidence of death. Despite much ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Medical findings in 1,026 consecutive adult inpatient-residential eating disordered patients.

Journal Article Int J Eat Disord · April 2018 OBJECTIVE: Eating disorders are associated with multiple medical complications. We report contemporary medical data, for newly admitted adult inpatient and residential level of care patients. METHOD: Medical records of a transdiagnostic sample of 1,026 pat ... Full text Link to item Cite

High risk, high reward: Daily perceptions of social challenge and performance in social anxiety disorder.

Journal Article J Anxiety Disord · March 2018 Individuals with Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) have difficulty engaging in social situations because their actions are predicated on minimizing the subjectively biased high potential for rejection. That is, individuals with SAD frequently perceive social s ... Full text Link to item Cite

Personality strengths in romantic relationships: Measuring perceptions of benefits and costs and their impact on personal and relational well-being.

Journal Article Psychol Assess · February 2018 Three studies using samples of people in romantic relationships were conducted to create a new individual difference measure of partner strengths in couples. The 2 perceptions of partner strengths included (1) appreciation of their use and effectiveness an ... Full text Link to item Cite

Acceptance and psychological change at the higher levels of care: A naturalistic outcome study.

Journal Article Eat Disord · 2018 This naturalistic outcome study reports on psychological change among a large (N = 617), transdiagnostic sample of eating disordered adults treated at higher levels of care at a private facility. Patients were assessed at admission and discharge for eating ... Full text Link to item Cite

The new landscape of medication adherence improvement: where population health science meets precision medicine.

Journal Article Patient Prefer Adherence · 2018 Despite the known health and economic benefits of medications, nonadherence remains a significant, yet entirely preventable public health burden. Over decades, there have been numerous research studies evaluating health interventions and policy efforts aim ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Predicting treatment course and outcome using a promotion and prevention framework in a community sample of arthritis sufferers.

Journal Article Patient Prefer Adherence · 2018 OBJECTIVE: The present study examined the proposition that patients need to focus on something beyond simply "getting better". In a sample of arthritis sufferers, we distinguished individuals by the goals that motivated them - moving toward aspirational go ... Full text Link to item Cite

The effect of parental monitoring on trajectories of disordered eating attitudes and behaviors among adolescents: An individual growth curve analysis.

Journal Article Appetite · December 1, 2016 The primary aim of the present study was to examine whether parental monitoring, as reported by adolescents and their parents, predicts more or less favorable trajectories of disordered eating behavior and attitudes over the course of one year in a sample ... Full text Link to item Cite

The effects of parental mental health and social-emotional coping on adolescent eating disorder attitudes and behaviors.

Journal Article J Adolesc · October 2016 This study examined whether social-emotional coping skills moderate the association between parental mental health symptoms and adolescent disordered eating attitudes and behaviors in a clinical sample of adolescents with internalizing and/or externalizing ... Full text Link to item Cite

Changes in inmates' substance use and dependence from pre-incarceration to one year post-release

Journal Article Journal of Criminal Justice · September 1, 2016 Purpose To assess changes in inmates' misuse of substances from pre- to post-incarceration. Methods In Study 1, professionals (n = 162) and laypersons (n = 50) predicted how jail inmates' substance misuse would change from pre-incarceration to post-release ... Full text Cite

Trait and Daily Emotion Regulation in Social Anxiety Disorder

Journal Article Cognitive Therapy and Research · June 1, 2016 Emotion regulation strategies vary widely in use and effectiveness across psychological diagnostic categories. However, little data exists on (1) the use of these strategies in social anxiety disorder (SAD), and (2) how trait measures compare with actual d ... Full text Cite

Anxiety symptoms and functional impairment: A systematic review of the correlation between the two measures.

Journal Article Clin Psychol Rev · April 2016 Researchers and clinicians assume a strong, positive correlation between anxiety symptoms and functional impairment. That assumption may be well-justified since diagnostic criteria typically include functional impairment. Still, the relationship remains la ... Full text Link to item Cite

Academic achievement at the cost of ambition: The mixed results of a supportive, interactive environment on socially anxious teenagers

Journal Article Personality and Individual Differences · January 1, 2016 Social anxiety impacts functional impairment in several life domains; in children, the most notable effect is a decline in academic performance. Socially anxious children report that communicating with peers and teachers, as well as public speaking are the ... Full text Cite

Attachment style and self-regulation: How our patterns in relationships reflect broader motivational styles

Journal Article Personality and Individual Differences · December 1, 2015 Individuals orient themselves in relationships using different goals and preoccupations, often conceptualized as four distinct attachment styles (Bartholomew & Horowitz, 1991). Individuals also orient themselves in the social world more broadly using diffe ... Full text Open Access Cite

Stability amidst turmoil: Grit buffers the effects of negative life events on suicidal ideation.

Journal Article Psychiatry Res · August 30, 2015 The goal of the current study is to examine the role of grit as a resilience factor that reduces the risk for suicidal ideation conferred by negative life events. Participants (N=209) completed measures of negative life events and grit at baseline and a me ... Full text Link to item Cite

Happy and unhappy adolescent bullies: Evidence for theoretically meaningful subgroups

Journal Article Personality and Individual Differences · March 1, 2015 Are all bullies unhappy and socially disconnected? The majority of theorists argue that bullies are a homogeneous group, such that their aggression is linked to less happiness and a greater probability of social exclusion. Recent findings, however, indicat ... Full text Cite

Levetiracetam versus (fos)phenytoin for seizure prophylaxis in pediatric patients with intracranial hemorrhage.

Journal Article J Neurosurg Pediatr · February 2014 OBJECT: Seizure prophylaxis is used in a variety of conditions, including supratentorial intracranial hemorrhage (ICH). In adults, studies have demonstrated phenytoin as the drug of choice for seizure prophylaxis; in children, levetiracetam is often provid ... Full text Link to item Cite

The ketogenic diet: initiation at goal calories versus gradual caloric advancement.

Journal Article Pediatr Neurol · January 2014 BACKGROUND: Inpatient initiation of the ketogenic diet has historically involved fasting followed by gradual advancement of calories and/or diet ratio. Complications during this initiation period are common. We sought to determine if the initiation of the ... Full text Link to item Cite