Publications by authors named "B S Broussard"
Article Synopsis
- - Sepsis is a major cause of death in hospitals, but early diagnostics are inadequate; the IntelliSep test aims to improve this by assessing immune responses related to sepsis.
- - The study tested how well the IntelliSep test correlates with biological markers connected to sepsis by experimenting with blood samples treated with PMA to induce NET formation and comparing ISI scores.
- - Results showed that higher PMA concentrations led to significantly elevated ISI scores, and a linear correlation was found between ISI scores and levels of NET components in patient samples, suggesting IntelliSep could indicate sepsis-related changes.
The objective was to determine the feasibility of an Open Dialogue-inspired approach in a metropolitan, public hospital setting with predominately African American participants. Participants were ages 18-35, experienced psychosis within the past month, and involved at least one support person in their care. We evaluated domains of feasibility including implementation, adaptation, practicality, acceptability, and limited-efficacy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOpening Doors to Recovery (ODR) is a community navigation and recovery support model created in southeast Georgia by diverse, collaborative stakeholders. Following promising results from a quasi-experimental study, this randomized controlled trial hypothesized that, among patients with serious mental illnesses being discharged from inpatient psychiatric settings, compared to those randomized to traditional case management (CM) services, those randomized to ODR would have (1) lower likelihood of hospitalization, fewer hospitalizations, and fewer inpatient days; (2) lower likelihood of arrest, fewer arrests, and longer time to arrest; and, secondarily, (3) greater housing satisfaction and housing stability; and (4) higher scores on several scales measuring recovery-related constructs. 240 individuals with Structured Clinical Interview for Disorders-based psychotic or mood disorders, functional impairment, and repeated hospitalizations were randomized (December 2014 to June 2018) to ODR or CM.
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- - The study focused on a Targeted Educational Campaign (TEC) aimed at educating correction officers about early psychosis in jail, assessing its effects on their knowledge, self-efficacy, expectations, and stigma over time.
- - Officers were surveyed at three points: before the TEC, after 6 months, and after 12 months, with findings indicating improved knowledge and self-efficacy in the short term but a decline in exposure and outcomes by the 12-month mark, likely due to pandemic-related challenges.
- - While the TEC was effective in boosting awareness and expectations initially, it struggled to maintain these impacts over time, and an increase in social distance stigma was noted, highlighting the need for ongoing research into stigma trends associated
Objective: Prior research on Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training for police officers has demonstrated improvements in knowledge, attitudes, self-efficacy, and stigma, but how these factors work together to influence behavioral outcomes like de-escalation skills and referral decisions remains unstudied.
Method: 251 CIT-trained and 335 non-CIT officers completed in-depth surveys measuring these six constructs. We used structural equation modeling to test fit of the data to our hypothesized model and made indicated changes to improve fit.