Publications by authors named "T L Verplaetse"
Psychiatric disorders are influenced by genetic and environmental factors. However, their study is hindered by limitations on precisely characterizing human behavior. New technologies such as wearable sensors show promise in surmounting these limitations in that they measure heterogeneous behavior in a quantitative and unbiased fashion.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Trend estimates from national surveys over the last 20 years have suggested converging rates of alcohol use over time between adult men and women. However, limited research has utilized an intersectional lens to examine how sociodemographic characteristics influence gender differences in these trends.
Methods: The current study used data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) to examine whether gender intersected with race/ethnicity, age, education level, marital status, employment status, household income, and urbanicity on temporal trends (2009-2019) in alcohol use disorder (AUD).
Article Synopsis
- Psychiatric disorders are influenced by both genetic and environmental factors, but studying them is challenging due to limitations in measuring human behavior; this creates a need for new technologies.* -
- Wearable devices offer a cost-effective and non-invasive way to track physiological changes over time, and they can help analyze data from adolescents with psychiatric disorders using AI models to classify risks and identify important physiological processes.* -
- By integrating wearable data with genetic information, researchers found 29 significant genetic loci and 52 psychiatric-associated genes, showing that continuous data from wearables provides a more precise understanding of psychiatric disorders than traditional diagnostic labels.*
The purpose of this study was to systematically review the types of stigmatized attributes that have been assessed and the causes and consequences of stigma for individuals involved in the criminal legal system. PubMed, GoogleScholar, and PsycInfo databases were searched to identify studies for inclusion through March 2021. Eligible studies were peer-reviewed, quantitative, and assessed stigma from the perspective of the person involved in the criminal legal system.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Stress is a potent activator of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, initiating the release of glucocorticoid hormones, such as cortisol. Alcohol consumption can lead to HPA axis dysfunction, including altered cortisol levels. Until recently, research has only been able to examine peripheral cortisol associated with alcohol use disorder (AUD) in humans.
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