Scholars@Duke
Nora Dennis

Nora Dennis

Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry
nora.dennis@duke.edu
Box 3862, Dimc, Durham, NC 27710
VAMC, Fulton Street, Durham, NC 27705

Selected Publications

The Rich Nonprofits Get Richer: Centering Psychiatric Grant Funding at the Margins.

Journal Article Psychiatr Serv · May 1, 2023 Community psychiatrists serve multiple institutional roles, and at times these roles may include the review of grant proposals from nonprofit organizations. In this column, the authors argue that privilege and social capital can easily become concentrated ... Full text Link to item Cite

A Survey of Behavioral Health Care Providers on Use and Barriers to Use of Measurement-Based Care.

Journal Article Psychiatr Serv · April 1, 2023 OBJECTIVE: Despite robust evidence for efficacy of measurement-based care (MBC) in behavioral health care, studies suggest that adoption of MBC is limited in practice. A survey from Blue Cross-Blue Shield of North Carolina was sent to behavioral health car ... Full text Link to item Cite

Racial Disparities in the Administration of ECT in Texas, 1998-2013.

Journal Article J ECT · June 2019 OBJECTIVE: Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a treatment of choice for severe depression but has been underutilized among black patients. This study investigates racial disparities in the administration of ECT in the state of Texas between 1998 and 2013 u ... Full text Link to item Cite

Electroconvulsive Therapy and All-Cause Mortality in Texas, 1998-2013.

Journal Article J ECT · March 2017 INTRODUCTION: Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) remains an effective treatment for major depressive disorder. Since 1995, Texas has maintained an ECT database including patient diagnoses and outcomes, and reporting any deaths within 14 days of receiving an E ... Full text Link to item Cite

Moral transgression during the Vietnam War: a path analysis of the psychological impact of veterans' involvement in wartime atrocities.

Journal Article Anxiety Stress Coping · March 2017 BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Involvement in wartime combat often conveys a number of deleterious outcomes, including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, hostility, aggression, and suicidal ideation. Less studied is the effect of engagement in w ... Full text Link to item Cite

Emergency Psychiatry Experience, Resident Burnout, and Future Plans to Treat Publicly Funded Patients.

Journal Article Psychiatr Serv · August 1, 2015 OBJECTIVE: This study examined psychiatry resident burnout in emergency departments and its association with residents' posttraining plans to care for Medicaid patients and others publicly insured. METHODS: Between November and December 2013, psychiatry re ... Full text Link to item Cite

A 19-year retrospective investigation of maternal mortality at Point G National Hospital, Bamako, Mali.

Journal Article Int J Gynaecol Obstet · March 2010 OBJECTIVE: To determine the changes in maternal mortality rates over the 19-year period from 1985 to 2003 at Point G National Hospital, Bamako, Mali. METHODS: Data on all pregnant women admitted from January 1, 1985 to December 31, 2003 were collected from ... Full text Link to item Cite

Schistosomiasis and vesicovaginal fistula.

Journal Article Afr J Reprod Health · September 2009 Schistosoma haematobium is presented as a cause of vesicovaginal fistula in a nulliparous adolescent. The possible role of S. haematobium in failure of fistula repair and the importance of screening and treatment in endemic areas prior to repair are discus ... Link to item Cite