2020
Patterns of Vitamin D Deficiency in a Community Outpatient Psychiatric Practice: a Real-World Evaluation of Treatment Gaps
Jegede O, Gayam V, Gunasekara R, Tiongson B, Ishola A, Sidhu J, Virk J, Virk I, Ahmed S, Ojo O, Ojimba C, Ogunlesi C, Olupona T. Patterns of Vitamin D Deficiency in a Community Outpatient Psychiatric Practice: a Real-World Evaluation of Treatment Gaps. Psychiatric Quarterly 2020, 91: 561-570. PMID: 32086668, DOI: 10.1007/s11126-020-09720-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVitamin D deficiencyVitamin D deficiency treatmentClinical practice guidelinesD deficiencyVitamin DEndocrine Society Clinical Practice GuidelineDeficient vitamin D levelsVitamin D supplementation practicesOutpatient mental health clinicPhysician prescription practicesVitamin D levelsVitamin D supplementationMajority of patientsVitamin D metabolismCommunity teaching hospitalConsecutive psychiatric outpatientsMental health clinicsOutpatient psychiatric practiceAfrican AmericansD supplementationOutpatient psychiatristsD metabolismPrescription practicesD levelsTreatment gap
2018
Tobacco and Substance Use among Psychiatric Inpatients in a Community Hospital: Cessation Counseling, Correlates, and Patterns of Use
Jegede O, Ojo O, Ahmed S, Kodjo K, Virk I, Rimawi D, Mellon C, Jolayemi A, Olupona T. Tobacco and Substance Use among Psychiatric Inpatients in a Community Hospital: Cessation Counseling, Correlates, and Patterns of Use. Journal Of Addiction 2018, 2018: 7919704. PMID: 30662786, PMCID: PMC6312619, DOI: 10.1155/2018/7919704.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCessation counselingTobacco smokingSubstance usePsychiatric diagnosisUnderserved African American populationEffective public health strategiesTobacco cessation counselingTobacco treatment strategiesPrimary psychiatric diagnosisCommunity teaching hospitalCurrent tobacco smokersPublic health strategiesInpatient psychiatric unitUrine toxicology reportsIllicit drug usePublic health concernOnly significant predictorCurrent smokersTobacco screeningRetrospective reviewSmoking groupUrine toxicologyTobacco smokersEntire cohortTobacco dependence