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Emergency services utilization by patients with alcohol‐associated hepatitis: An analysis of national trends
Sengupta S, Anand A, Lopez R, Weleff J, Wang P, Bellar A, Attaway A, Welch N, Dasarathy S. Emergency services utilization by patients with alcohol‐associated hepatitis: An analysis of national trends. Alcohol Clinical And Experimental Research 2024, 48: 98-109. PMID: 38193831, PMCID: PMC10783841, DOI: 10.1111/acer.15223.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAlcohol-associated hepatitisNationwide Emergency Department SampleEmergency departmentRate of ED visitsED visitsLiver diseaseProportion of young patientsComplications of liver diseaseSeverity of diseaseED utilizationAH diagnosisPrimary AHPatients seeking careOutcome of ED visitsYounger patientsHighest rate of ED visitsEmergency Department SampleSevere formHospitalized patientsTemporal trendsPatientsEmergency service utilizationED utilization ratesRate of visitsLogistic regressionRace, economic status, and disparities in the receipt of benzodiazepine prescriptions in a large primary care sample
Dore S, Weleff J, Anand A, Thompson N, Barnett B. Race, economic status, and disparities in the receipt of benzodiazepine prescriptions in a large primary care sample. General Hospital Psychiatry 2023, 85: 28-34. PMID: 37729721, DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2023.09.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAmerican patientsAsian American patientsPatient characteristicsBenzodiazepine prescriptionsWhite patientsCohort of patientsEconomic statusMultivariate logistic regressionAfrican American patientsPrescription of benzodiazepinesLow-income zip codesPatient's economic statusPrimary care contextPrimary care samplePrimary care visitsPrimary care clinicsLower-income patientsRetrospective studyPrescribed benzodiazepinesPatientsBenzodiazepinesCare sampleBenzodiazepine prescribingCare clinicsCare visits
2023
Prescribing of Z-Drugs With and Without Opioid Coprescribing to Primary Care Patients in a Large Health Care System From 2019-2020.
Anand A, Weleff J, Thompson N, Barnett B. Prescribing of Z-Drugs With and Without Opioid Coprescribing to Primary Care Patients in a Large Health Care System From 2019-2020. The Journal Of Clinical Psychiatry 2023, 84 PMID: 37707315, DOI: 10.4088/jcp.22m14753.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsZ-drug prescribingDiagnosis of opioid use disorderZ-drug prescriptionsOpioid use disorderZ-drugsHealth care systemPrimary care clinicsWhite raceUse disorderCare systemAssociated with increasing ageCare clinicsOlder ageStudy periodDiagnosis of bipolar disorderCross-sectional studyPrimary care patientsLarger health care systemAdult patientsPatient populationOpioidGeneralized anxiety disorderPatientsBipolar disorderPost-lockdownMethamphetamine-associated catatonia: Case series and systematic review of the literature from 1943-2020.
Slavnic B, Barnett B, McIntire S, Becker R, Saba S, Vellanki K, Honaker L, Weleff J, Carroll B. Methamphetamine-associated catatonia: Case series and systematic review of the literature from 1943-2020. Annals Of Clinical Psychiatry 2023, 35: 167-177. PMID: 37459499, DOI: 10.12788/acp.0116.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAssociated with catatoniaCatatonia Rating ScaleMethamphetamine useGeneral medical conditionsCase seriesBush-Francis Catatonia Rating ScaleSystematic reviewUrine drug screensMedical conditionsRating ScaleCases of catatoniaDSM-5 criteriaShorter hospitalDopamine functionCatatonic patientsCatatoniaDSM-5MethamphetaminePatientsNeural mechanismsSubstance intoxicationDrug screeningHospitalReviewLorazepam
2022
The perceptions of cancer health-care practitioners in New Zealand and the USA toward psychedelic-assisted therapy with cancer patients: A cross-sectional survey.
Reynolds L, Barnett B, Weleff J, Morunga E, Wells A, Stack A, Akroyd A, Hoeh N, Sundram F, Muthukumaraswamy S, Lawrence N, Evans W. The perceptions of cancer health-care practitioners in New Zealand and the USA toward psychedelic-assisted therapy with cancer patients: A cross-sectional survey. Palliative & Supportive Care 2022, 22: 664-673. PMID: 36325995, DOI: 10.1017/s1478951522001481.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHealth-care practitionersCross-sectional surveyPsychedelic-assisted therapyPatients to trialsIndigenous perspectives of healthEnd-of-life contextCancer patientsEnd-of-lifePerspective of healthVulnerable cancer patientsMind-altering experiencesNew Zealand participantsExistential distressConvenience sampleNew ZealandPsychedelic treatmentParticipantsPractitionersNew Zealand samplePerceptionCancerPatientsZealandAdvanced diseaseTrialsReported firearm access among patients admitted to a dual diagnosis medically-assisted withdrawal unit over five years
Weleff J, Butler R, Streem D, Barnett B. Reported firearm access among patients admitted to a dual diagnosis medically-assisted withdrawal unit over five years. Drug And Alcohol Dependence Reports 2022, 2: 100034. PMID: 36845895, PMCID: PMC9949337, DOI: 10.1016/j.dadr.2022.100034.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFirearm accessLogistic regression modelsMultivariate logistic regression modelFirearm-related suicidesSuicide risk assessmentSubstance use disordersClinical relevancePatientsFirearmRegression modelsFirearm researchSuicidal ideationSuicide attemptsStatistical significanceDisorders unitGeneral populationAdmissionStudy periodAccess screeningBivariate analysisInpatient unitSuicideMarital statusDiagnosis unitYear period