Publications by authors named "Dempsey A"

Background: Mental health treatment is hindered by the limited number of mental health care providers and the infrequency of care. Digital mental health technology can help supplement treatment by remotely monitoring patient symptoms and predicting mental health crises in between clinical visits. However, the feasibility of digital mental health technologies has not yet been sufficiently explored.

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Purpose Of Review: This review aims to evaluate the current psychiatric applications and limitations of machine learning (ML), defined as techniques used to train algorithms to improve performance at a task based on data. The review emphasizes the clinician's role in ensuring equitable and effective patient care and seeks to inform mental health providers about the importance of clinician involvement in these technologies.

Recent Findings: ML in psychiatry has advanced through electronic health record integration, disease phenotyping, and remote monitoring through mobile applications.

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Objective: Caregiving to a sick or disabled relative is a key chronic stress model in health psychology. However, caregiving is not uniformly stressful, and this study tested whether caregiving effects on life satisfaction and allostatic load varies by caring intensity, i.e.

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  • * The program integrated various patient-reported outcome measures into the electronic check-in process, resulting in significant increases in completion rates for assessments like PHQ-9 and GAD-7, particularly during telehealth visits.
  • * Clinicians found MAC to be helpful, with 90% reporting its usefulness, and 78% utilizing MAC data to inform their patient care, indicating that technology can effectively support patient-centered workflows in psychiatry.
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Purpose: Vaccination rates are significantly lower among adolescents living in rural areas compared to those living in urban areas. The objective of this study was to understand the factors contributing to disparities in vaccination between adolescents in rural compared to urban areas.

Methods: Semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted with parents and providers in 16 rural and 4 urban counties of Colorado.

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Background: There are a variety of published standard methods and water chemistry recommendations for zebrafish ( ) husbandry, but empirical evidence for their justification is often lacking, as is information on some variables that have important biological effects on fish. Importantly, these different recommendations could contribute to variability in results and fish welfare between or within institutions.

Methods: Here we document the current range of water chemistry used by various research institutions around the world and report initial findings on their effects on the development and growth of zebrafish.

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Context: As blood flow restriction gains popularity across different populations (eg, young and older adults) and settings (eg, clinical and sports rehabilitation), the accuracy of blood flow restricted percentage becomes crucial. We aimed to compare manually measured arterial occlusion pressure (AOP) among young adults to understand whether lower limb composition affects the pressure required to achieve AOP. The results will shed light on the adequacy of published calculations used to estimate AOP in practical and research settings.

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Objective: Perinatal mental and anxiety disorders (PMADs) contribute to adverse health outcomes, though they are underrecognized and undertreated. Inpatient obstetric settings represent a unique opportunity for behavioral health engagement, including screening, brief treatment, and referrals for outpatient care. The proactive consultation-liaison (CL) model has proven effective in general hospital settings but is not well-studied in obstetric settings.

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Objective: To determine the association between timing of indwelling catheter removal and urinary retention after cesarean.

Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Setting: Eight hospitals in suburban, rural, and urban Colorado and Montana.

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Introduction: This module teaches core knowledge and skills for undergraduate medical education in reproductive health, providing instruction in the management of normal and abnormal pregnancy and labor utilizing interactive small-group flipped classroom methods and case-based instruction.

Methods: Advance preparation materials were provided before the education session. The 2-hour session was facilitated by clinical educators using a faculty guide.

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This study examined the impact of continuous blood flow restriction (BFR) during repeated-sprint exercise (RSE) on acute performance, peripheral, systemic physiological, and perceptual responses. In a randomized crossover design, 26 adult male semi-professional and amateur team-sport players completed two RSE sessions (3 sets of 5 × 5-s sprints with 25 s of passive recovery and 3 min of rest) with continuous BFR (45% arterial occlusion; excluding during between-set rest periods) or without (non-BFR). Mean and peak power output were significantly lower (p < 0.

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Despite their inclusion as first-line therapy for many chronic diseases, lifestyle interventions are often de-emphasized in medical education and fail to make it into the repertoire of non-lifestyle medicine trained clinicians. We sought to address this gap in medical education by creating a concise pocket guide to lifestyle medicine that lends itself to use in the face-to-face clinical setting. With input from lifestyle medicine experts, the guide was created by medical students for medical students as well as other healthcare professionals for use in a variety of clinical settings.

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Background: Physical activity (PA) declines with age despite the knowledge that physical inactivity is a leading cause of disease, death, and disability worldwide. To better tailor PA interventions to older adults, researchers are turning to the collaborative principles of co-design. The purpose of this systematic review was to compare the effectiveness of co-designed PA interventions and standard care for increasing PA and other health outcomes (i.

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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the WISE (Women in the South-East) Telehealth Network.

Design: A follow-up survey design was used to determine the impact of the program on access to healthcare.

Setting: WISE provided preventive care to women and gender expansive people at local libraries and the Mobile Library in the rural South Carolina Lowcountry.

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Background: Routine vaccination coverage for adolescents living in the rural US is lower than adolescents living in urban areas. We sought to measure the effect of Boot Camp Translation (BCT), a community-based participatory intervention, on rural adolescent vaccination coverage.

Methods: A cluster randomized controlled trial was performed September 2018-November 2021 involving 16 rural Colorado counties.

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Purpose Of Review: This paper provides an overview of generative artificial intelligence (AI) and the possible implications in the delivery of mental health care.

Recent Findings: Generative AI is a powerful technology that is changing rapidly. As psychiatrists, it is important for us to understand generative AI technology and how it may impact our patients and our practice of medicine.

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Oral supplementation with L-citrulline, which is sequentially converted to L-arginine then nitric oxide, improves vascular biomarkers and reduces blood pressure in non-pregnant, hypertensive human cohorts and pregnant mice with a pre-eclampsia-like syndrome. This early-phase randomised feasibility trial assessed the acceptability of L-citrulline supplementation to pregnant women with chronic hypertension and its effects on maternal BP and other vascular outcomes. Pregnant women with chronic hypertension were randomised at 12-16 weeks to receive 3-g L-citrulline twice daily (n = 24) or placebo (n = 12) for 8 weeks.

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Improvements in treatment have made HIV a manageable chronic condition, leading to increased life expectancy and a growing share of people with HIV who are older. Older people with HIV have higher rates of many chronic conditions, yet little is known about differences in health care utilization and spending. This study compared health care utilization and spending for Medicare beneficiaries with and without HIV, accounting for differential mortality.

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This paper presents qualitative data collected from 996 licensed social workers in the United States who reported mental health and/or alcohol and other drug problems and indicated the types of services they used to address these issues. Outpatient therapy was the most commonly accessed modality to treat mental health issues. Regarding problems with alcohol and other drugs, self-help groups were the most frequently utilized intervention.

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  • The study aimed to see if Bayley-III cognitive and language scores at 18-22 months can predict WISC-IV Full Scale IQ at ages 6-7 in extremely preterm infants (born 24-27 weeks).
  • Results showed mild correlations between Bayley-III scores and WISC-IV IQ, with certain cut points indicating different levels of sensitivity and specificity for identifying cognitive delays.
  • The study concluded that while Bayley-III scores can help detect children at risk for cognitive difficulties, they may not accurately predict later IQ or fully capture those who aren't delayed.
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  • HPV vaccination rates are low among African American adolescents, and although provider recommendations are thought to be effective, there's limited understanding of parent-child experiences during these discussions.
  • A study involving interviews with African American parents and children explored their perspectives based on the children’s vaccination status, revealing different themes related to attitudes, communication, and informational needs.
  • The findings showed that while provider recommendations positively influenced vaccination rates, many families were dissatisfied with the communication about the HPV vaccine and sought ongoing discussions even after vaccination completion.
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Introduction: Studies have shown that women are often underinformed about potential benefits and risks of vaginal birth. This is in contrast to other modes of birth, such as caesarean birth, for which the risks/benefits are often conveyed prior to undergoing the procedure. A core information set (CIS) is an agreed set of information points that should be discussed with all patients prior to undergoing a procedure or intervention.

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