Publications by authors named "V O'Brien"
Article Synopsis
- - The study investigates how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted patients' mental health through a new assessment tool called the COVID-19 Events Checklist (CEC) used in a telemedicine outpatient psychiatric clinic from April 2020 to March 2021.
- - It analyzes data from 842 patients, linking COVID-19-related experiences with psychological symptoms, using established measures for anxiety (GAD-7), depression (PHQ-9), and psychological distress (BASE-6).
- - Findings show significant correlations between social determinants of health and mental health outcomes, indicating that negative COVID-19 impacts and coping strategies were strongly associated with levels of anxiety, depression, and overall psychological well-being.
Animals that feed socially can sometimes better locate prey, often by transferring information about food that is patchy, dense, and temporally and spatially unpredictable. Information transfer is a potential benefit of living in breeding colonies where unsuccessful foragers can more readily locate successful ones and thereby improve feeding efficiency. Most studies on social foraging have been short-term, and how long-term environmental change affects both foraging strategies and the associated benefits of coloniality is generally unknown.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Little empirical evidence exists to support the effectiveness of hybrid psychiatric care, defined as care delivered through a combination of telephone, videoconferencing, and in-person visits. The authors aimed to investigate the effectiveness of hybrid psychiatric care compared with outpatient waitlist groups, assessed with patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs).
Method: Participants were recruited from an adult psychiatry clinic waitlist on which the most common primary diagnoses were unipolar depression, generalized anxiety disorder, and bipolar disorder.
Globally, despite extensive research and pharmacological advancement, cancer remains one of the most common causes of mortality. Understanding the signaling pathways involved in cancer progression is essential for the discovery of new drug targets. The adenylyl cyclase (AC) superfamily comprises glycoproteins that regulate intracellular signaling and convert ATP into cyclic AMP, an important second messenger.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Hope is a malleable, cognitive, motivational skill that supports college student outcomes. We evaluated a college-level curriculum that taught hope skills.
Participants: Using a voluntary response sampling method, a total of 50 participants were included in the present study with 25 in each the control and intervention group.