Publications by authors named "Kaitlyn McCarthy"

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  • Veterans have a heightened risk for substance use and risky sexual behaviors, often as coping mechanisms for trauma.
  • In a study of 834 Veterans seeking therapy, over half reported heavy drinking, and many engaged in unprotected sex, particularly with regular partners.
  • Although risky sexual behaviors were prevalent, they were not directly linked to PTSD symptoms, indicating the need for further research to identify other influencing factors.
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  • The peak-end rule suggests that people tend to remember experiences based on the most intense moments (peaks) and how they end, rather than the entire experience itself.
  • This concept has not been thoroughly explored in mental health, particularly in how individuals recall their symptoms over time.
  • Research into the peak-end rule could enhance therapeutic techniques and inform better assessment methods in clinical settings, requiring a deeper understanding of its biases in various contexts and individuals.
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There are significant challenges to identifying which individuals require intervention following exposure to trauma, and a need for strategies to identify and provide individuals at risk for developing PTSD with timely interventions. The present study seeks to identify a minimal set of trauma-related symptoms, assessed during the weeks following traumatic exposure, that can accurately predict PTSD. Participants were 2185 adults (Mean age=36.

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Objectives: This study sought to characterize users' perceptions of, and identify the average time needed to complete a newly abbreviated version of the Institute for Safe Medication Practices Medication Safety Self Assessment for Community and Ambulatory Pharmacy (MSSA-CAP).

Methods: This study took place within a large, national, nonprofit, faith-based health system. An abbreviated version of ISMP's MSSA-CAP was developed through an iterative process by researchers and the health system's medication safety officers (MSOs, i.

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Translesion synthesis (TLS) has emerged as a mechanism through which several forms of cancer develop acquired resistance to first-line genotoxic chemotherapies by allowing replication to continue in the presence of damaged DNA. Small molecules that inhibit TLS hold promise as a novel class of anticancer agents that can serve to enhance the efficacy of these front-line therapies. We previously used a structure-based rational design approach to identify the phenazopyridine scaffold as an inhibitor of TLS that functions by disrupting the protein-protein interaction (PPI) between the C-terminal domain of the TLS DNA polymerase Rev1 (Rev1-CT) and the Rev1 interacting regions (RIR) of other TLS DNA polymerases.

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Translesion synthesis (TLS) is a DNA damage tolerance mechanism that allows replicative bypass of DNA lesions, including DNA adducts formed by cancer chemotherapeutics. Previous studies demonstrated that suppression of TLS can increase sensitivity of cancer cells to first-line chemotherapeutics and decrease mutagenesis linked to the onset of chemoresistance, marking the TLS pathway as an emerging therapeutic target. TLS is mediated by a heteroprotein complex consisting of specialized DNA polymerases, including the Y-family DNA polymerase Rev1.

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