Publications by authors named "Nadine E Smith"
The long noncoding RNA is known to be heavily dysregulated in many cancers. A single exon gene produces two isoforms, and through alternative 3'-end processing. As the longer isoform, is an essential scaffold for nuclear paraspeckle formation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPrimary Objective: To investigate the association between reported past traumatic brain injury (TBI) and demographic, neuropsychiatric and criminographic parameters among individuals recently received into custody.
Research Design: A random sample of men recently received into the New South Wales (Australia) criminal justice system were screened for a history of TBI and the details of up to five separate TBI episodes were obtained. We also screened for depression, psychosis, personality disorder, drug and alcohol use, and 'social connectedness'.
Primary Objective: To establish the prevalence, severity, recurrence and sequelae of past traumatic brain injury (TBI) among individuals recently received into custody.
Research Design: Cross-sectional random sample of men recently received into the New South Wales' (NSW) criminal justice system.
Procedures: Participants were screened for a history of TBI including the injury setting, severity, treatment and sequelae of up to five separate TBI episodes.
Mental disorders in Australian prisoners: a comparison with a community sample.
Aust N Z J Psychiatry
March 2006
Background: The plight of those with mental health problems and the possible role of prisons in "warehousing" these individuals has received considerable media and political attention. Prisoners are generally excluded from community-based surveys and to date no studies have compared prisoners to the community.
Objective: The objective was to examine whether excess psychiatric morbidity exists in prisoners compared to the general community after adjusting for demographics.