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Jessica Jade Fulton

Jessica Jade Fulton

Assistant Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Adult Psychiatry & Psychology

Selected Publications

Social and Cultural Bases of Behavior

Chapter · January 1, 2024 Cite

Primary Care Engagement Among Individuals with Experiences of Homelessness and Serious Mental Illness: an Evidence Map.

Journal Article J Gen Intern Med · May 2022 BACKGROUND: Experiences of homelessness and serious mental illness (SMI) negatively impact health and receipt of healthcare. Interventions that promote the use of primary care services for people with both SMI and homelessness may improve health outcomes, ... Full text Link to item Cite

Adapting Cognitive Processing Therapy for PTSD for People With Disabilities: A Case Study With a U.S. Veteran

Journal Article Cognitive and Behavioral Practice · August 1, 2021 Many veterans receiving treatment for PTSD in the VA health care system are also living with a disability and utilize assistive technologies for communication and/or mobility. While evidence-based treatments for PTSD have been disseminated in VA hospitals ... Full text Cite

Implementing Remote Triage in Large Health Systems: A Qualitative Evidence Synthesis

Journal Article Research in Nursing and Health · February 1, 2021 Remote triage (RT) allows interprofessional teams (e.g., nurses and physicians) to assess patients and make clinical decisions remotely. RT use has developed widespread interest due to the COVID‐19 pandemic, and has future potential to address the needs of ... Full text Link to item Cite

Effectiveness of Acute Care Remote Triage Systems: a Systematic Review.

Journal Article J Gen Intern Med · July 2020 BACKGROUND: Technology-based systems can facilitate remote decision-making to triage patients to the appropriate level of care. Despite technologic advances, the effects of implementation of these systems on patient and utilization outcomes are unclear. We ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Emergency Department Interventions for Older Adults: A Systematic Review.

Journal Article J Am Geriatr Soc · July 2019 OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the effect of emergency department (ED) interventions on clinical, utilization, and care experience outcomes for older adults. DESIGN: A conceptual model informed, protocol-based systematic review. SETTING: Emergency Department (ED) ... Full text Link to item Cite

Integrated outpatient palliative care for patients with advanced cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Journal Article Palliat Med · February 2019 BACKGROUND:: Despite increasing emphasis on integration of palliative care with disease-directed care for advanced cancer, the nature of this integration and its effects on patient and caregiver outcomes are not well-understood. AIM:: We evaluated the effe ... Full text Link to item Cite

Effectiveness of Remote Triage: A Systematic Review

Report · 2019 The US health care system currently faces several challenges including caring for an increasing elderly population, a large numbers of patients with multiple chronic conditions, and an uneven distribution of primary care providers across the country. The f ... Link to item Cite

Life Program: Pilot Testing a Palliative Psychology Group Intervention.

Journal Article J Palliat Med · November 2018 BACKGROUND: Psychosocial interventions for palliative care populations, individuals with life-limiting illness, improve distress; however, less is known about these interventions among military Veterans. OBJECTIVES: This quality improvement project evaluat ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Psychotherapy Targeting Depression and Anxiety for Use in Palliative Care: A Meta-Analysis.

Journal Article J Palliat Med · July 2018 BACKGROUND: Research on the effectiveness of evidence-based practices in the treatment of depression and anxiety with palliative care populations is primarily limited to individuals having specific conditions such as cancer. OBJECTIVE: This meta-analysis e ... Full text Link to item Cite

Senior Women and Sexuality in the United States.

Chapter · April 21, 2016 his entry provides an overview of sex and sexuality in older adult women. Current prevalence rates within the United States, including details about facilitators and inhibitors to sexual activity and sexual interest in the aging are discussed. Furthermore, ... Full text Link to item Cite

The prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder in Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) Veterans: a meta-analysis.

Journal Article J Anxiety Disord · April 2015 Literature on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) prevalence among Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) veterans report estimates ranging from 1.4% to 60%. A more precise estimate is necessary for projecting healthcare needs and informi ... Full text Link to item Cite

The contribution of health anxiety to retrospectively-recalled emergency department visits within a sample of patients in residential substance abuse treatment.

Journal Article Cogn Behav Ther · 2015 With the burden of emergency department (ED) use increasing, research examining the factors associated with ED visits among individuals who use the ED most frequently is needed. Given that substance use is strongly linked to ED visits, this study sought to ... Full text Link to item Cite

Associations between Perceived Parental Overprotection, Experiential Avoidance, and Anxiety

Journal Article Journal of Experimental Psychopathology · June 2014 There has recently been increased attention focused on understanding the mechanisms through which parenting practices relate to anxiety in adulthood. Theoretical and empirical literature suggests that emotion regulation difficulties, particularly ... Full text Cite

Psychopathic personality traits, risky sexual behavior, and psychological adjustment among college-age women

Journal Article Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology · February 1, 2014 Psychopathic personality traits are associated with risky sexual behavior (RSB), which itself is associated with various negative consequences. The present study extended previous cross-sectional research by examining whether psychopathic personality trait ... Full text Cite

Injuries presenting to a walk-in clinic at a summer dance intensive program: a three-year retrospective data analysis.

Journal Article J Dance Med Sci · 2014 Summer dance intensive programs are an integral part of many serious dancers' training. The risk and rate of injury in this setting have not been well studied. The goal of this data analysis is to detail the epidemiology of dance injuries reported during a ... Full text Link to item Cite

Diagnostic efficiency of the AUDIT-C in U.S. veterans with military service since September 11, 2001.

Journal Article Drug Alcohol Depend · September 1, 2013 BACKGROUND: Alcohol screening with the 3-item alcohol use disorders identification test (AUDIT-C) has been implemented throughout the U.S. Veterans Health Administration. Validation of the AUDIT-C, however, has been conducted with samples of primarily olde ... Full text Link to item Cite

Lead and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) symptoms: a meta-analysis.

Journal Article Clin Psychol Rev · April 2013 This meta-analysis examined the association between Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) symptoms and lead exposure in children and adolescents. Thirty-three studies published between 1972 and 2010 involving 10,232 children and adolescents were ... Full text Link to item Cite

The two-factor model of psychopathic personality: evidence from the psychopathic personality inventory.

Journal Article Personal Disord · January 2013 Psychopathy or psychopathic personality disorder represents a constellation of traits characterized by superficial charm, egocentricity, irresponsibility, fearlessness, persistent violation of social norms, and a lack of empathy, guilt, and remorse. Factor ... Full text Link to item Cite

Is it the inventory, the meta-analysis, or the construct? Reply to the comments on Marcus, Fulton, and Edens.

Journal Article Personal Disord · January 2013 Replies to comments by Neumann et al. (see record 2013-01797-001), Patrick et al. (see record 2013-01797-002), Benning (see record 2013-01797-003), Lilienfeld (see record 2013-01797-004), and Blonigen (see record 2013-01797-005) on the original article by ... Full text Link to item Cite

The relationship between anxiety sensitivity and disordered eating: the mediating role of experiential avoidance.

Journal Article Eat Behav · April 2012 This study examined the role of experiential avoidance in the association between dimensions of anxiety sensitivity (AS) and disordered eating. A sample of 395 undergraduate students completed a series of questionnaires assessing the constructs of interest ... Full text Link to item Cite

Examining the association between emotion regulation difficulties and probable posttraumatic stress disorder within a sample of African Americans.

Journal Article Cogn Behav Ther · 2012 This study examined the associations between emotion dysregulation and probable posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among 180 African American undergraduates enrolled in a historically black college in the southern United States. Trauma-exposed participan ... Full text Link to item Cite

Discrepancies between explicit and implicit self-esteem: implications for mate retention strategies and perceived infidelity.

Journal Article J Soc Psychol · 2012 The purpose of the present study was to examine whether the association between explicit self-esteem and relationship outcomes was moderated by implicit self-esteem. This was accomplished by asking 210 undergraduates who were currently involved in romantic ... Full text Link to item Cite

The role of unstable self-esteem in the appraisal of romantic relationships

Journal Article Personality and Individual Differences · July 1, 2011 The relationship appraisals of individuals with stable and unstable forms of self-esteem were examined in two studies using undergraduate participants. Study 1 (N = 166) used indicators of relationship closeness and satisfaction whereas Study 2 (N = 125) e ... Full text Cite

Irrational health beliefs and health anxiety.

Journal Article J Clin Psychol · June 2011 The Irrational Health Belief Scale (IHBS) assesses the tendency to appraise health-related information in an irrational manner. Despite the central role that dysfunctional assumptions about health play in the cognitive-behavioral model of hypochondriasis a ... Full text Link to item Cite

Is risky sexual behavior continuous or categorical? A taxometric analysis of the Sexual Risk Survey.

Journal Article Psychol Assess · March 2011 Risky sexual behaviors are behaviors that involve the possibility of an adverse outcome, such as contracting a sexually transmitted infection or unwanted pregnancy. The question of whether risky sexual behavior exists as a discrete class (i.e., taxon) or a ... Full text Link to item Cite

Psychopathic personality traits and risky sexual behavior in college students

Journal Article Personality and Individual Differences · July 1, 2010 Risky sexual behavior (RSB) is associated with a variety of negative health and social consequences including STDs and unplanned pregnancies. The present study focused on the association between psychopathic personality traits and RSB. College students (N= ... Full text Cite

Lead and conduct problems: a meta-analysis.

Journal Article J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol · 2010 This meta-analysis examined the association between conduct problems and lead exposure. Nineteen studies on 8,561 children and adolescents were included. The average r across all 19 studies was .19 (p < .001), which is considered a medium effect size. Stud ... Full text Link to item Cite

Systematic Review: Computerized Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Adults with Depressive or Anxiety Disorders

Report Given the high rates of mental illness among Veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, it is not surprising that the demand for VA mental health services has increased 132% since 2006. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is effective in treating mild to ... Cite