2018
Accounting for the uncounted: Physical and affective distress in individuals dropping out of oral naltrexone treatment for opioid use disorder
Carroll KM, Nich C, Frankforter TL, Yip SW, Kiluk BD, DeVito EE, Sofuoglu M. Accounting for the uncounted: Physical and affective distress in individuals dropping out of oral naltrexone treatment for opioid use disorder. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2018, 192: 264-270. PMID: 30300800, PMCID: PMC6203294, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2018.08.019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpioid use disorderOral naltrexoneUse disordersAffective symptomsVoucher-based contingency managementDysphoric symptomsAffective distressOral naltrexone treatmentMultiple baseline characteristicsBaseline characteristicsNaltrexone treatmentHigh riskNaltrexoneSomatic symptomsSymptomsContingency managementTreatmentHigh rateDistressSubstantial evidenceTrialsTheoretical benefitsDisordersAffective discomfortParticipants
2015
Apathy, ventriculomegaly and neurocognitive improvement following shunt surgery in normal pressure hydrocephalus
Peterson KA, Housden CR, Killikelly C, DeVito EE, Keong NC, Savulich G, Czosnyka Z, Pickard JD, Sahakian BJ. Apathy, ventriculomegaly and neurocognitive improvement following shunt surgery in normal pressure hydrocephalus. British Journal Of Neurosurgery 2015, 30: 38-42. PMID: 25968325, DOI: 10.3109/02688697.2015.1029429.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNormal pressure hydrocephalusMini-Mental State ExaminationApathy Evaluation ScaleGeriatric Depression ScaleShunt surgeryApathetic symptomsPressure hydrocephalusBicaudate ratioSubcortical atrophyCaudate atrophyFunctional outcomeGDS scoresNeurocognitive improvementDepression ScaleCognitive recoveryLevel of apathyState ExaminationVentriculomegalySurgerySymptomsCognitive outcomesHydrocephalusAtrophyEvaluation ScaleGoal-directed behavior