Neuropsychiatry
- Distinct comorbidity phenotypes among post-9/11 Veterans with epilepsy are linked to diverging outcomes and mortality risks.Pugh MJ, Munger Clary H, Myers M, Kennedy E, Amuan M, Swan AA, Hinds S, LaFrance WC, Altalib H, Towne A, Henion A, White A, Baca C, Wang CP. Epilepsia. 2024 Nov 2; 2024 Nov 2. PMID: 39487827.
- Mortality among veterans with epilepsy: Temporal significance of traumatic brain injury exposure.Roghani A, Wang CP, Henion A, Amuan M, Altalib H, LaFrance WC Jr, Baca C, Van Cott A, Towne A, Kean J, Hinds SR, Kennedy E, Panahi S, Pugh MJ. Epilepsia. 2024 Aug; 2024 Jun 22. PMID: 39119799.
- Cognitive performance in functional seizures compared with epilepsy and healthy controls: a systematic review and meta analysis.Van Patten R, Austin TA, Cotton E, Chan L, Bellone JA, Mordecai K, Altalib H, Correia S, Twamley EW, Jones RN, Sawyer K, LaFrance WC Jr. Lancet Psychiatry. 2024 Jul. PMID: 38879275.
- Reduced Subjective Cognitive Concerns With Neurobehavioral Therapy in Functional Seizures and Traumatic Brain Injury.Van Patten R, Chan L, Tocco K, Mordecai K, Altalib H, Cotton E, Correia S, Gaston TE, Grayson LP, Martin A, Fry S, Goodman A, Allendorfer JB, Szaflarski J, LaFrance WC. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2024 Summer; 2024 Mar 14. PMID: 38481168.
- Do psychotropic drugs cause seizures?Gopaul M, Altalib H. Epilepsy Behav Rep. 2024; 2024 May 26. PMID: 38881884.
- Role of Deployment History on the Association Between Epilepsy and Traumatic Brain Injury in Post-9/11 Era US Veterans.Henion AK, Wang CP, Amuan M, Altalib HH, Towne AR, Hinds SR, Baca C, LaFrance WC Jr, Van Cott AC, Kean J, Roghani A, Kennedy E, Panahi S, Pugh MJV. Neurology. 2023 Dec 12; 2023 Nov 22. PMID: 38030395.
- Changes in opioid prescribing in veterans with headache during the COVID-19 pandemic: A regression discontinuity in time analysis.Wang K, Fenton BT, Skanderson M, Black AC, Becker WC, Seng EK, Anthony SE, Guirguis AB, Altalib HH, Kimber A, Lorenze N, Scholten JD, Graham GD, Sandbrink F, Sico JJ. Headache. 2023 Oct; 2023 Aug 19. PMID: 37596904.
- Implementer report: ICD-10 code F44.5 review for functional seizure disorder.Ali SF, Bornovski Y, Gopaul M, Galluzzo D, Goulet J, Argraves S, Jackson-Shaheed E, Cheung KH, Brandt CA, Altalib HH. BMJ Health Care Inform. 2023 Sep. PMID: 37730251.
- Improvements in Montreal Cognitive Assessment scores after neurobehavioral therapy in adults with functional (nonepileptic) seizures and traumatic brain injury.Van Patten R, Chan L, Tocco K, Mordecai K, Altalib H, Twamley EW, Gaston TE, Grayson LP, Martin A, Fry S, Goodman A, Allendorfer JB, Correia S, Szaflarski J, LaFrance WC Jr. J Psychiatr Res. 2023 Sep; 2023 Aug 1. PMID: 37549503.
- Mood and Anxiety Disorders and Suicidality in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Focal Epilepsy: An Analysis of a Complex Comorbidity.Kanner AM, Saporta AS, Kim DH, Barry JJ, Altalib H, Omotola H, Jette N, O'Brien TJ, Nadkarni S, Winawer MR, Sperling M, French JA, Abou-Khalil B, Alldredge B, Bebin M, Cascino GD, Cole AJ, Cook MJ, Detyniecki K, Devinsky O, Dlugos D, Faught E, Ficker D, Fields M, Gidal B, Gelfand M, Glynn S, Halford JJ, Haut S, Hegde M, Holmes MG, Kalviainen R, Kang J, Klein P, Knowlton RC, Krishnamurthy K, Kuzniecky R, Kwan P, Lowenstein DH, Marcuse L, Meador KJ, Mintzer S, Pardoe HR, Park K, Penovich P, Singh RK, Somerville E, Szabo CA, Szaflarski JP, Lin Thio KL, Trinka E, Burneo JG. Neurology. 2023 Mar 14; 2022 Dec 20. PMID: 36539302.
- Understanding headache classification coding within the veterans health administration using ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM in fiscal years 2014-2017.Fodeh SJ, Fenton BT, Wang R, Skanderson M, Altalib H, Kuruvilla D, Schindler E, Haskell S, Brandt C, Sico JJ. PLoS One. 2023; 2023 Jan 4. PMID: 36598881.
- Psychiatric adverse events in three phase III trials of eslicarbazepine acetate for focal seizures.Altalib H, Grinnell T, Cantu D, Ikedo F, Vieira M, Zhang Y, Blum D. Epilepsia Open. 2022 Dec; 2022 Aug 30. PMID: 35908275.
- Dorsal bed nucleus of stria terminalis in depressed and nondepressed temporal lobe epilepsy patients.Dhaher R, Bronen RA, Spencer L, Colic L, Brown F, Mian A, Sandhu M, Pittman B, Spencer D, Blumberg HP, Altalib H. Epilepsia. 2022 Oct; 2022 Aug 9. PMID: 35883245.
- Multimodal Quality of Life Assessment in Post-9/11 Veterans With Epilepsy: Impact of Drug Resistance, Traumatic Brain Injury, and Comorbidity.Gugger JJ, Kennedy E, Panahi S, Tate DF, Roghani A, Van Cott AC, Lopez MR, Altalib H, Diaz-Arrastia R, Pugh MJ. Neurology. 2022 Apr 26; 2022 Apr 6. PMID: 35387856.
- The Military Injuries: Understanding Post-Traumatic Epilepsy Study: Understanding Relationships among Lifetime Traumatic Brain Injury History, Epilepsy, and Quality of Life.Pugh MJ, Kennedy E, Gugger JJ, Mayo J, Tate D, Swan A, Kean J, Altalib H, Gowda S, Towne A, Hinds S, Van Cott A, Lopez MR, Jaramillo CA, Eapen BC, McCafferty RR, Salinsky M, Cramer J, McMillan KK, Kalvesmaki A, Diaz-Arrastia R. J Neurotrauma. 2021 Oct 15. PMID: 34353118.
- Suicide and Seizures: A National Cohort Study in Veterans.Bornovski Y, Jackson-Shaheed E, Argraves S, Hitchins A, Tolchin B, Galluzzo D, Cheung KH, Goulet J, Skanderson M, Brandt CA, Pugh MJ, Altalib H. Neurol Clin Pract. 2021 Oct. PMID: 34840864.
- Epilepsy quality performance in a national sample of neurologists and primary care providers: Characterizing trends in acute and chronic care management.Altalib H, McMillan KK, Padilla S, Pugh MJ. Epilepsy Behav. 2021 Oct; 2021 Aug 31. PMID: 34479039.
- Suicide Attempts of Muslims Compared With Other Religious Groups in the US.Awaad R, El-Gabalawy O, Jackson-Shaheed E, Zia B, Keshavarzi H, Mogahed D, Altalib H. JAMA Psychiatry. 2021 Sep 1. PMID: 34287614.
- Treatment of psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) using video telehealth.LaFrance WC Jr, Ho WLN, Bhatla A, Baird GL, Altalib HH, Godleski L. Epilepsia. 2020 Nov; 2020 Oct 4. PMID: 33015831.
- Neuropsychological assessments and psychotherapeutic services in Veterans with multiple sclerosis: Rates of utilization and their associations with socio-demographics and clinical characteristics using Veterans Health Administration-based data.Gromisch ES, Kulas JF, Altalib H, Kerns RD, Mattocks KM, Brandt CA, Haskell S. Mult Scler Relat Disord. 2020 Aug; 2020 May 26. PMID: 32480347.
- Examination of Potential Differences in Reporting of Sensitive Psychosocial Measures via Diagnostic Evaluation Using Computer Video Telehealth.LaFrance WC Jr, Ho WLN, Bhatla A, Baird G, Altalib HH, Godleski L. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2020 Summer; 2020 Feb 14. PMID: 32054400.
- Motivational Interviewing Techniques to Improve Psychotherapy Adherence and Outcomes for Patients With Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures.Tolchin B, Baslet G, Martino S, Suzuki J, Blumenfeld H, Hirsch LJ, Altalib H, Dworetzky BA. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2020 Spring; 2019 Aug 30. PMID: 31466516.
- Prevalence of and characteristics associated with in-hospital mortality in a Ugandan neurology ward.Diaz MM, Hu X, Fenton BT, Kimuli I, Lee A, Lindsey H, Bigelow JK, Maiser S, Altalib HH, Sico JJ. BMC Neurol. 2020 Jan 31; 2020 Jan 31. PMID: 32005185.
- Managing Functional Neurological Disorders: Protocol of a Cohort Study on Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures Study.Altalib HH, Galluzzo D, Argraves S, Goulet J, Bornovski Y, Cheung KH, Jackson-Shaheed E, Tolchin B, Fenton BT, Pugh MJ. Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat. 2019; 2019 Dec 27. PMID: 31920316.
- Measuring coordination of epilepsy care: A mixed methods evaluation of social network analysis versus relational coordination.Altalib HH, Lanham HJ, McMillan KK, Habeeb M, Fenton B, Cheung KH, Pugh MJ. Epilepsy Behav. 2019 Aug; 2019 Jun 26. PMID: 31252279.
- Randomized controlled trial of motivational interviewing for psychogenic nonepileptic seizures.Tolchin B, Baslet G, Suzuki J, Martino S, Blumenfeld H, Hirsch LJ, Altalib H, Dworetzky BA. Epilepsia. 2019 May; 2019 Apr 13. PMID: 30980679.
- Antiepileptic drugs and suicide-related behavior: Is it the drug or comorbidity?Raju Sagiraju HK, Wang CP, Amuan ME, Van Cott AC, Altalib HH, Pugh MJV. Neurol Clin Pract. 2018 Aug. PMID: 30140585.
- Presurgical depression and anxiety are not associated with worse epilepsy surgery outcome five years postoperatively.Altalib HH, Berg AT, Cong X, Vickrey BG, Sperling MR, Shinnar S, Langfitt JT, Walczak TS, Bazil CW, Sukumar N, Devinsky O. Epilepsy Behav. 2018 Jun; 2018 Apr 7. PMID: 29631157.
- Perceptions and Experiences of Marriage Preparation Among U.S. Muslims: Multiple Voices from the Community.Killawi A, Fathi E, Dadras I, Daneshpour M, Elmi A, Altalib H. J Marital Fam Ther. 2018 Jan; 2017 Apr 17. PMID: 28419498.
- Psychiatric and behavioral comorbidities in epilepsy: A critical reappraisal.Berg AT, Altalib HH, Devinsky O. Epilepsia. 2017 Jul; 2017 May 2. PMID: 28464309.
- Reply to "Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures: We know what they are not. But do we know what they are?".Altalib HH, Elzamzamy K, Pugh MJ, Gonzalez JB, Cheung KH, Fenton BT, Kerns RD, Brandt CA, LaFrance WC. Epilepsy Behav. 2017 Apr; 2017 Apr 7. PMID: 28392049.
- Incidence of Mental Health Diagnoses in Veterans of Operations Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom, and New Dawn, 2001-2014.Ramsey C, Dziura J, Justice AC, Altalib HH, Bathulapalli H, Burg M, Decker S, Driscoll M, Goulet J, Haskell S, Kulas J, Wang KH, Mattocks K, Brandt C. Am J Public Health. 2017 Feb; 2016 Dec 20. PMID: 27997229.
- Communicating diagnostic certainty of psychogenic nonepileptic seizures - a national study of provider documentation.Altalib HH, Elzamzamy K, Pugh MJ, Gonzalez JB, Cheung KH, Fenton BT, Kerns RD, Brandt CA, LaFrance WC Jr. Epilepsy Behav. 2016 Nov; 2016 Oct 7. PMID: 27723497.