Publications by authors named "Glen Coppersmith"

Although digital health solutions are increasingly popular in clinical psychiatry, one application that has not been fully explored is the utilization of survey technology to monitor patients outside of the clinic. Supplementing routine care with digital information collected in the "clinical whitespace" between visits could improve care for patients with severe mental illness. This study evaluated the feasibility and validity of using online self-report questionnaires to supplement in-person clinical evaluations in persons with and without psychiatric diagnoses.

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  • This study explores how social media data can reveal psychiatric symptoms by rating the severity of these symptoms in de-identified Facebook posts and comparing them to traditional in-person clinical assessments.
  • Participants included individuals with schizophrenia, depression, and healthy controls, and their Facebook activity was analyzed from three months before to six weeks after clinical evaluations.
  • Significant correlations were found between the social media analysis and clinical ratings for various symptoms, suggesting that social media may offer valuable insights to assist clinicians in understanding patients' mental health outside of standard clinical settings.
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Background: With a lifetime prevalence of 16.2%, major depressive disorder is the fifth biggest contributor to the disease burden in the United States.

Objective: The aim of this study, building on previous work qualitatively analyzing depression-related Twitter data, was to describe the development of a comprehensive annotation scheme (ie, coding scheme) for manually annotating Twitter data with Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Edition 5 (DSM 5) major depressive symptoms (eg, depressed mood, weight change, psychomotor agitation, or retardation) and Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Edition IV (DSM-IV) psychosocial stressors (eg, educational problems, problems with primary support group, housing problems).

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Rationale: The role of serotonin (5-HT) on aggression has been extensively studied; nonetheless, the role of this neurotransmitter in aggression is still inconclusive.

Objectives: The current meta-analytical review investigated the role of increased 5-HT neurotransmission in aggression.

Methods: Preclinical studies using serotonin reuptake inhibitors, 5-hydroxytryptophan, L-tryptophan, or serotonin (5-HT) to increase 5-HT levels were included in this meta-analysis.

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