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Keisha-Gaye O'Garo

Keisha-Gaye O'Garo

Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Adult Psychiatry & Psychology
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Educational Intervention Based on the Health Belief Model to Modify Risk Factors of Cardiovascular Disease in Police Officers in Iran: A Quasi-experimental Study.

Journal Article J Prev Med Public Health · July 2020 OBJECTIVES: Police officers may be at a greater risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) than the general population due to their highstress occupation. This study evaluated how an educational program based on the health belief model (HBM) may protect police ... Full text Link to item Cite

Screening for Moral Injury: The Moral Injury Symptom Scale - Military Version Short Form.

Journal Article Mil Med · November 1, 2018 INTRODUCTION: To develop a short form (SF) of the 45-item multidimensional Moral Injury Symptom Scale - Military Version (MISS-M) to use when screening for moral injury and monitoring treatment response in veterans and active duty military with PTSD. METHO ... Full text Link to item Cite

Moral injury, posttraumatic stress disorder, and religious involvement among U.S. veterans.

Journal Article Ann Clin Psychiatry · May 2018 BACKGROUND: Traumatic experiences can cause ethical conflicts. "Moral injury" (MI) has been used to describe this emotional/cognitive state, and could contribute to the development of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or block its recovery. We examine t ... Link to item Cite

Associations amongst disease severity, religious coping and depression in a cohort of Jamaicans with sickle-cell disease

Journal Article Mental Health, Religion and Culture · October 21, 2014 The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between disease severity (sickle-cell type and hospital, emergency room and clinic emergency visits (CEU)), religious coping (positive and negative) and depression. This was accomplished through ... Full text Cite

Chronic Pain Biofeedback Program for Active Duty Service Members

Journal Article APPLIED PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY AND BIOFEEDBACK · June 1, 2010 Link to item Cite