Psychometric properties of the PTSD checklist for DSM-5 in treatment-seeking Black veterans.

Objective: Despite widespread use of the posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) Checklist for -fifth edition (PCL-5) across various trauma-exposed populations, little is known about the psychometric properties of the instrument in certain ethnic minority groups with increased risk of trauma exposure, including Black veterans. To this end, the current study examined the internal consistency of the PCL-5, convergent validity using correlations between the PCL-5 and another measure of PTSD, and discriminant validity using correlations between the PCL-5 and other commonly occurring psychiatric symptoms, including depression as well as alcohol and substance misuse.

Method: The sample was composed of 327 Black veterans (84% male, = 51.

Differences in Anxiety Sensitivity Among Black and White Veterans.

Black Americans are at greater risk for more severe and enduring consequences of anxiety disorders than White Americans, highlighting the need to identify malleable risk and maintenance factors. The current study aimed to examine racial differences in anxiety sensitivity and anxiety sensitivity facets between Black and White veterans (N = 285; 58% Black, 77% Male; Mage = 43.51, SD = 11.

The effects of a prolonged exposure workshop with and without consultation on provider and patient outcomes: a randomized implementation trial.

Background: Prolonged exposure therapy (PE) is an evidence-based treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) that is underutilized in the military health system. Standard workshop training in PE may not be sufficient to alter provider behavior, but post-workshop consultation requires significant resources. Therefore, it is important to determine the incremental utility of post-workshop consultation.

Comparing the Clinical Utility of the Infant Developmental Inventory With the Ages and Stages Questionnaire at 9-Month Well-Child Visits.

Objective: The purpose of our study was to compare the clinical utility of administering 2 recommended developmental screening instruments, the Infant Developmental Inventory (IDI) and the Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ), at 9-month well-child visits in paper format.

Methods: Outcomes of the 2 screens, including correct completion and interpretation by clinician, time of visit, and screen outcome were compared.

Results: Out of 33 children administered the ASQ and with documented scores, 12 (36.

Acute and subacute complications of pediatric and adolescent knee arthroscopy.

Purpose: The purposes of this study were to determine the frequency of acute and subacute complications (within 6 months) of arthroscopic knee procedures in patients aged 17 years or younger and to determine associated risk factors.

Methods: We identified all patients aged 17 years or younger who underwent arthroscopic knee procedures at our institution from 1997 to 2009. Patient demographic and surgical data were collected from the medical and surgical records, with specific focus on intraoperative and postoperative complications.

Using geoelectrons to search for velocity-dependent spin-spin interactions.

We use the recently developed model of the electron spins within Earth to investigate all of the six possible long-range velocity-dependent spin-spin interactions associated with the exchange of an ultralight (mz'<10(-10) eV) or massless intermediate vector boson. Several laboratory experiments have established upper limits on the energy associated with various fermion-spin orientations relative to Earth. We combine the results from three of these experiments with the geoelectron-spin model to obtain bounds on the velocity-dependent interactions that couple electron spin to the spins of electrons, neutrons, and protons.

Impact of implementing mental health screening by mail with a primary care management model.

Background: Early recognition and treatment of social and emotional disorders in children is significant for school preparation. These disorders are frequently underdetected without the use of standardized screening instruments. The purpose of our study is to describe the implementation of the Ages and Stages Questionnaire: Social-Emotional (ASQ:SE) in primary care practice by mail when children are 30 months old.

Ethnoracial differences in anxiety sensitivity: examining the validity of competing anxiety sensitivity index subscales.

Despite the increasing number of Americans who are considered to be a part of an ethnoracial minority group, there have been few investigations of the cross-cultural validity of measures of psychopathology. The limited existing literature suggests potential differences between African American (AA) and European American (EA) individuals with respect to the utility of self-report measures, including anxiety sensitivity. Physical, mental, and social domains of anxiety sensitivity are measured using subscales derived from a 3-factor model reported in EA samples despite evidence suggesting that anxiety sensitivity in AA samples is characterized by more distinct physical concerns.

Anxiety psychopathology in African American adults: literature review and development of an empirically informed sociocultural model.

In this review, the extant literature concerning anxiety psychopathology in African American adults is summarized to develop a testable, explanatory framework with implications for future research. The model was designed to account for purported lower rates of anxiety disorders in African Americans compared to European Americans, along with other ethnoracial differences reported in the literature. Three specific beliefs or attitudes related to the sociocultural experience of African Americans are identified: awareness of racism, stigma of mental illness, and salience of physical illnesses.

Interpreting facial expressions: the influence of social anxiety, emotional valence, and race.

Social anxiety is posited to be linked to interpersonal skills deficits, including accurate interpretation of emotional social cues, such as facial expressions. However, empirical support for an interpersonal skills deficit model of social anxiety is lacking. Studies of information processes indicate that socially anxious individuals may be more accurate at identifying threatening facial expressions in particular.

Limit on the electron electric dipole moment in gadolinium-iron garnet.

A new method for the detection of the electron electric dipole moment (EDM) using a solid is described. The method involves the measurement of a voltage induced across the solid by the alignment of the sample's magnetic dipoles in an applied magnetic field, H. A first application of the method to GdIG has resulted in a limit on the electron EDM of 5 x 10(-24)e cm, which is a factor of 40 below the limit obtained from the only previous solid-state EDM experiment.

Tests of time-reversal invariance in atoms, molecules, and the neutron.

Sensitive experiments have been developed that search for electric dipole moments of atoms, molecules, and the neutron. These experiments play an important role in deciding which of the myriad theoretical models correctly describes violations of the principle of time-reversal invariance.

Response of coexisting underacting superior oblique and overacting inferior oblique muscles to inferior oblique weakening.

One hundred twenty-six eyes with inferior oblique overaction and coexisting superior oblique underaction were retrospectively studied pre- and postoperatively. The data show that weakening the inferior oblique corrected the underaction of the superior oblique, and that overcorrection of the underacting superior oblique was unusual. Eyes were selected for study if superior oblique underaction coexisted with inferior oblique overaction preoperatively.