Publications by authors named "Spencer Clayton"
Introduction: Prolonged exposure therapy is an effective treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder that is underutilized in health systems, including the military health system. Organizational barriers to prolonged exposure implementation have been hypothesized but not systematically examined. This multisite project sought to identify barriers to increasing the use of prolonged exposure across eight military treatment facilities and describe potential solutions to addressing these barriers.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis study examined the relationships between referral source, career impacts, and diagnostic severity among service members seeking mental health intervention in a deployed setting. Data were drawn from the mental health records of 1,640 Army service members presenting for outpatient mental health services while deployed in Afghanistan. Results suggested that self-referrals were significantly less likely to have contact made with their command or to experience potentially career impacting recommendations.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe effects of religiosity on well-being appear to depend on religious orientation, with intrinsic orientation being related to positive outcomes and extrinsic orientation being related to neutral or negative outcomes. It is not clear, however, why intrinsic and extrinsic religiosity has the relationships they do. Self-determination theory may provide a useful framework of intrinsic and extrinsic aspirations that may help to answer this question.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To test the null hypothesis that the addition of zinc oxide (ZnO) has no effect on the antimicrobial benefits and shear bond strength of a light-cured resin-modified glass ionomer.
Materials And Methods: ZnO was added to Fuji Ortho LC to create mixtures of 13% ZnO and 23.1% ZnO.