Using electrocorticogram baseline seizure frequency to assess the efficacy of responsive neurostimulation.

Background: The effect of direct brain responsive neurostimulation on the frequency of electrographic seizures in patients with medically refractory focal epilepsy has not been evaluated by chronic ambulatory electrocorticographic monitoring.

Methods: This was a retrospective study of 9 patients who underwent implantation of the responsive neurostimulator (RNS) system from 2015 to 2017 at the University of California, Irvine. Leads were placed at the ictal onset zone as determined by intracranial electroencephalography (EEG).

Harm reduction through housing first: an assessment of the Emergency Warming Centre in Inuvik, Canada.

Background: This research examines the effectiveness of an Emergency Warming Centre (EWC) in Inuvik, Canada, at reducing rates of morbidity and mortality for homeless persons with concurrent disorders (mental health problems and addictions). Inuvik is a small town of approximately 3500 residents, with over 65% being Aboriginal. The town is situated on the Beaufort Delta in the Western Canadian Arctic and is subject to oil and gas extraction-based boom and bust economic cycles.

Educating staff and volunteers at a therapeutic community for homeless persons with co-morbid disorders: support for therapeutic community curriculum.

In Autumn 2011, 12 participants at a newly-formed therapeutic community in western Canada completed 54 hours of Therapeutic Community Curriculum (TCC). Participants completed a shortened version of the Survey of Essential Elements Questionnaire (SEEQ) before and after the training (De Leon & Melnick, 1993b). A paired sample t-test of the SEEQ items revealed a moderate-strong effect size (Cohen's d = .