2023
Barriers to Mental Health Service Use Among People With Disabilities During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Manning R, Cipollina R, Lowe S, Bogart K, Ostrove J, Adler J, Nario-Redmond M, Wang K. Barriers to Mental Health Service Use Among People With Disabilities During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Rehabilitation Psychology 2023, 68: 351-361. PMID: 37470994, PMCID: PMC10799191, DOI: 10.1037/rep0000512.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMental health service needsHealth service needsMental health service useHealth service useMental health conditionsService useMental health needsHealth needsCOVID-19 pandemicMental health service utilizationHealth conditionsHealth service utilizationService needsIllness-related factorsPandemic-related stressorsMental health professionalsService utilizationDepressive symptomsPsychosocial barriersHealth professionalsReduction interventionsYounger ageU.S. adultsBias reduction interventionsHealth inequities
2020
Particulate matter pollution and risk of outpatient visits for psychological diseases in Nanjing, China
Lowe SR, Wang C, Ma Y, Chen K. Particulate matter pollution and risk of outpatient visits for psychological diseases in Nanjing, China. Environmental Research 2020, 193: 110601. PMID: 33307087, DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2020.110601.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMental health service utilizationHealth service utilizationOutpatient visitsService utilizationAdverse mental health conditionsDaily outpatient visitsMental health servicesMental health conditionsMental health systemQuasi-Poisson regressionDiseases DepartmentExposure-response curvesMajor hospitalsHealth servicesHealth systemLag0 dayHealth conditionsVisitsPsychological diseasesSame dayMale participantsAir pollutionRiskAssociationDaysPredisaster predictors of posttraumatic stress symptom trajectories: An analysis of low-income women in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
Lowe SR, Raker EJ, Waters MC, Rhodes JE. Predisaster predictors of posttraumatic stress symptom trajectories: An analysis of low-income women in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. PLOS ONE 2020, 15: e0240038. PMID: 33085670, PMCID: PMC7577433, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0240038.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPhysical health conditionsPosttraumatic Stress Symptom TrajectoriesMental illnessPTSS trajectoriesHealth conditionsMultivariable modelDisaster exposureGreater oddsSymptom trajectoriesProbable mental illnessUnivariate levelMultivariable predictive modelTrajectory membershipMental health servicesLow-income womenSocial supportHigh-stable trajectoryLatent class growth analysisYears postdisasterDisaster preparedness effortsIntervention studiesHealth servicesModerate decreasingIllnessOdds
2018
Trauma and Neurodevelopmental Disorders from a Public Health Perspective
Lowe S, Walsh K, Opthof E, Tineo P. Trauma and Neurodevelopmental Disorders from a Public Health Perspective. 2018, 205-239. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-00503-0_11.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMental health conditionsLow socioeconomic statusPublic health perspectiveTrauma-related disordersTrauma exposureNeurodevelopmental disordersEpidemiologic literatureStress disorderHealth conditionsSocioeconomic statusHealth perspectivePopulation-based studyAcute stress disorderHalf of childrenPublic health interventionsPost-traumatic stress disorderTertiary prevention effortsStressor-related disordersAttention deficit hyperactivity disorderMental health impactPrior trauma exposureTrauma-related conditionsDeficit hyperactivity disorderMore traumatic eventsTrauma-exposed youth