Managing Eating Disorders Within Medicaid-Funded Health Care Systems in California.

Objective: This study describes the current management of patients with eating disorders (EDs) served by publicly-funded Medicaid behavioral health systems.

Method: Behavioral health leaders across nine counties in California met on a quarterly basis to share experiences, challenges, and lessons in the management of EDs within publicly-funded service systems. Detailed notes were taken, and a qualitative content analysis was undertaken to identify key themes.

Adaptation to family-based treatment for Medicaid-insured youth with anorexia nervosa in publicly-funded settings: Protocol for a mixed methods implementation scale-out pilot study.

Background: Family-based treatment (FBT) for anorexia nervosa is an evidence-based treatment, but its effectiveness is untested among socioeconomically disadvantaged and racially diverse youth. Adapting FBT may facilitate "scale-out" for Medicaid-insured youth served in publicly-funded settings and potentially improve outcomes for more diverse populations.

Methods: This mixed methods effectiveness-implementation Hybrid Type 3 pilot study protocol included a planning period in collaboration with the San Francisco Department of Public Health, culminating in a two-day in-person FBT training for 25 therapists in the county, followed by the opportunity to engage in one year of weekly supervision.

Internet Use and Adolescent Binge Drinking: Findings from the Monitoring the Future Study.

Objective: To investigate the relation between Internet use and binge drinking during early and middle adolescence.

Methods: This is a cross-sectional study of a sub-sample of 8 and 10 graders from the Monitoring the Future (MtF) study, which annually surveys a nationally representative sample of U.S.

Molecular identity and functional properties of a novel T-type Ca2+ channel cloned from the sensory epithelia of the mouse inner ear.

The molecular identity of non-Cav1.3 channels in auditory and vestibular hair cells has remained obscure, yet the evidence in support of their roles to promote diverse Ca2+-dependent functions is indisputable. Recently, a transient Cav3.

Expression and functional phenotype of mouse ERG K+ channels in the inner ear: potential role in K+ regulation in the inner ear.

An outcome of the intricate K+ regulation in the cochlear duct is the endocochlear potential (EP), approximately 80 mV, the "battery" that runs hair-cell transduction; however, the detailed molecular mechanisms for the generation of the EP remain unclear. We provide strong evidence indicating that the intermediate cells (ICs) of the stria vascularis (StV) express outward K+ current that rectifies inwardly at positive potentials. The channel belongs to the ether-a-go-go-related gene (erg) family of K+ channels.