Publications by authors named "D L Rock"
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- Anxiety disorders are the most prevalent mental health issues worldwide, impacting the lives of millions, with a strong need for personalized treatment approaches.
- The study analyzed data from 46,938 patients to evaluate the effectiveness of community mental health treatments using the Kessler psychological distress scale (K10) and aimed to identify reliable predictors of treatment outcomes.
- Machine learning models were developed to predict treatment success based on pre-treatment K10 scores and health service interactions, showing moderate performance, highlighting the importance of ongoing patient monitoring and better data collection for improved predictions.
Background: Breast-conserving surgery (BCS) followed by adjuvant radiotherapy (RT) is a standard treatment for ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS). A low-risk patient subset that does not benefit from RT has not yet been clearly identified. The DCISionRT test provides a clinically validated decision score (DS), which is prognostic of 10-year in-breast recurrence rates (invasive and non-invasive) and is also predictive of RT benefit.
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- A partnership was established in 2021 to improve access to state-funded mental health services in Western Australia, following an audit recommendation.
- Over the span of 16 years (2005 to 2021), trends showed that access to mental health services rose notably among certain demographics, with particular increases in community and emergency department visits, reflecting changing patterns in service utilization.
- Key findings indicated that conditions like alcohol use and anxiety disorders drove the rise in emergency department visits, highlighting significant sex differences in access patterns and suggesting a need for deeper exploration of these trends.