Kristen Shirey

Journal Article Gen Hosp Psychiatry · 2021 OBJECTIVES: To describe the comorbidities, presentations, and outcomes of adults with incident psychosis and a history of COVID-19. METHODS: We completed a descriptive systematic review of case reports according to PRISMA guidelines, including cases of adu ... Full text Link to item Cite

Suicidal Ideation is Associated with Limited Engagement in HIV Care.

Journal Article AIDS Behav · June 2017 PHQ-9 data from persons living with HIV (PLWH, n = 4099) being screened for depression in three clinics in the southeastern USA were used to determine the prevalence of suicidal ideation (SI). SI was reported by 352 (8.6 %); associated with <3 years since ... Full text Link to item Cite

A Novel Strategy for Continuation ECT in Geriatric Depression: Phase 2 of the PRIDE Study.

Journal Article Am J Psychiatry · November 1, 2016 OBJECTIVE: The randomized phase (phase 2) of the Prolonging Remission in Depressed Elderly (PRIDE) study evaluated the efficacy and tolerability of continuation ECT plus medication compared with medication alone in depressed geriatric patients after a succ ... Full text Link to item Cite

Right Unilateral Ultrabrief Pulse ECT in Geriatric Depression: Phase 1 of the PRIDE Study.

Journal Article Am J Psychiatry · November 1, 2016 OBJECTIVE: The Prolonging Remission in Depressed Elderly (PRIDE) study evaluated the efficacy of right unilateral ultrabrief pulse electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) combined with venlafaxine for the treatment of geriatric depression. METHOD: PRIDE was a two- ... Full text Link to item Cite

Ongoing life stressors and suicidal ideation among HIV-infected adults with depression.

Journal Article J Affect Disord · January 15, 2016 BACKGROUND: Suicidal ideation is the most proximal risk factor for suicide and can indicate extreme psychological distress; identification of its predictors is important for possible intervention. Depression and stressful or traumatic life events (STLEs), ... Full text Link to item Cite

The effect of antidepressant treatment on HIV and depression outcomes: results from a randomized trial.

Journal Article AIDS · September 24, 2015 BACKGROUND: Depression is a major barrier to HIV treatment outcomes. OBJECTIVE: To test whether antidepressant management decision support integrated into HIV care improves antiretroviral adherence and depression morbidity. DESIGN: Pseudo-cluster randomize ... Full text Link to item Cite

Symptoms of depression among patients attending a diabetes care clinic in rural western Kenya.

Journal Article J Clin Transl Endocrinol · June 2015 OBJECTIVE: The prevalence of diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa is rising, but its relationship to depression is not well-characterized. This report describes depressive symptom prevalence and associations with adherence and outcomes among patients with diabet ... Full text Link to item Cite

Prevalence of psychiatric symptoms/syndromes in medical settings

Chapter · May 1, 2014 Mental health and substance use disorders, or behavioral health (BH) disorders, are common and associated with significant morbidity, disability, and health-care costs. However, BH services are not adequate to meet this need. BH care in the general medical ... Full text Cite

Child and Caregiver Concordance of Potentially Traumatic Events Experienced by Orphaned and Abandoned Children.

Journal Article Vulnerable Child Youth Stud · 2014 Exposure to trauma is associated with significant emotional and behavioral difficulties among children (Perepletchikova & Kaufman, 2010). Overall, reports of trauma and violence experienced by children are discrepant from those of their caregivers (Lewis e ... Full text Link to item Cite

Trauma History and Depression Predict Incomplete Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapies in a Low Income Country

Journal Article PLoS ONE · October 4, 2013 Background:As antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV becomes increasingly available in low and middle income countries (LMICs), understanding reasons for lack of adherence is critical to stemming the tide of infections and improving health. Understanding the ... Full text Cite

Factors associated with change in sexual transmission risk behavior over 3 years among HIV-infected patients in Tanzania.

Journal Article PLoS One · 2013 BACKGROUND: The reduction of HIV transmission risk behaviors among those infected with HIV remains a major global health priority. Psychosocial characteristics have proven to be important correlates of sexual transmission risk behaviors in high-income coun ... Full text Link to item Cite

Trauma history and depression predict incomplete adherence to antiretroviral therapies in a low income country.

Journal Article PLoS One · 2013 BACKGROUND: As antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV becomes increasingly available in low and middle income countries (LMICs), understanding reasons for lack of adherence is critical to stemming the tide of infections and improving health. Understanding th ... Full text Link to item Cite

Prevalence of psychological trauma and association with current health and functioning in a sample of HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected Tanzanian adults.

Journal Article PLoS One · 2012 BACKGROUND: In high income nations, traumatic life experiences such as childhood sexual abuse are much more common in people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) than the general population, and trauma is associated with worse current health and functioning. Virtu ... Full text Link to item Cite

Laboratory diagnosis of factitious disorder: a systematic review of tools useful in the diagnosis of Munchausen's syndrome.

Journal Article N Z Med J · September 9, 2011 AIMS: To assist clinicians in the diagnosis of factitious disorder. METHODS: This is a systematic review of the role of laboratory, radiologic, procedural, and pathological modalities to assist in the diagnosis of factitious disorder (Munchausen's syndrome ... Link to item Cite

Electroconvulsive therapy for severe major depressive disorder after orthotopic liver transplantation.

Journal Article Psychosomatics · 2008 Full text Link to item Cite

Glomerular beta-galactosidase expression following transduction with microsphere-adenoviral complexes.

Journal Article Kidney Int · January 2002 The aortic injection of adenoviral-microsphere complexes is a useful technique for in vivo gene transfer (transduction) to the glomerulus. In this approach, the appearance of the foreign transprotein in the glomerulus may result from glomerular cell gene t ... Full text Link to item Cite