Publications by authors named "G T Harrell"
Toward a Comprehensive Model of Medical-Dental-Behavioral Integration.
JDR Clin Trans Res
October 2024
Introduction: Existing models of medical-dental integration, as well as those from behavioral health care integrated with primary medical treatment, provide a basis for a truly synthesized and expanded model incorporating medical, dental, and behavioral components. Such a comprehensive model allows for collaborative health care serving patients seamlessly without disciplinary silos, promoting optimal whole-person health. This innovative approach is consistent with recent developments in the behavioral and social oral health sciences that include an imperative for their full inclusion in dental health care, research, and education.
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- The paper aims to educate primary care clinicians about long-acting injectable antipsychotics (LAIs) to enhance mental health care for patients with severe mental illnesses (SMIs) like schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
- It highlights the benefits of LAIs, including improved treatment adherence, reduced readmission rates, and better overall quality of life for patients.
- The authors provide guidelines, treatment recommendations, and clinical insights regarding the use of LAIs, empowering primary care providers to improve patient outcomes and facilitate psychiatric care.
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- - Public trust in health experts is declining, which is leading to lower adherence to health recommendations.
- - A survey showed high trust in doctors (95%), lower trust in scientists (84%), and even less in government agencies (70%), with only 18% trusting health info from social media.
- - The perception that expert recommendations frequently change is linked to decreased trust in government health agencies; less conflict among experts boosts the likelihood of high trust.
Infante, MA, Harrell, GM, Strand, KL, Parrino, RL, and Signorile, JF. One repetition maximum test-retest reliability and safety using Keiser pneumatic resistance training machines with older women. J Strength Cond Res 35(12): 3513-3517, 2021-Chest press (CP) and leg press (LP) are the most common exercises used to assess strength in older persons; therefore, the reliability of these tests is critical to clinicians and researchers.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: With the estimated future shortage of primary care physicians there is a need to recruit more medical students into family medicine. Longitudinal programs or primary care tracks in medical schools have been shown to successfully recruit students into primary care. The aim of this study was to examine the characteristics of primary care tracks in departments of family medicine.
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