Publications by authors named "Vedrana Hodzic"
Mental Health Care Works: Insights From a Public Service Campaign.
Focus (Am Psychiatr Publ)
January 2025
The United States is experiencing a mental health crisis, with COVID-19 increasing the prevalence of mental health concerns and demand for services, but also leaving millions without care, including many who do not know that treatment is needed or available. The American Psychiatric Association Foundation's Mental Health Care Works campaign was informed by results from an assessment of mental health awareness and perceptions of adults in the United States. These results highlighted the need for more public education about the efficacy of mental health care and ongoing need to normalize treatment and make care more accessible and relatable.
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- This study explores how social media data can reveal psychiatric symptoms by rating the severity of these symptoms in de-identified Facebook posts and comparing them to traditional in-person clinical assessments.
- Participants included individuals with schizophrenia, depression, and healthy controls, and their Facebook activity was analyzed from three months before to six weeks after clinical evaluations.
- Significant correlations were found between the social media analysis and clinical ratings for various symptoms, suggesting that social media may offer valuable insights to assist clinicians in understanding patients' mental health outside of standard clinical settings.
Introduction: Managing agitation in the clinical setting is a challenge that many practitioners face regularly. Our evolving understanding of the etiological factors involved in aggressive acts has better informed our interventions through pharmacologic and behavioral strategies. This paper reviews the literature on the neurobiological underpinnings of aggressive behaviors, linking psychopathology with proposed mechanisms of action of psychiatric medications shown to be effective in mitigating agitation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: This paper sought to compile an annotated bibliography for the outpatient year of adult psychiatry residents, providing resources for a foundation in psychodynamic theory which can be utilized in supervision to aid in ongoing psychotherapeutic work.
Methods: In selecting the readings, the ACGME Milestones sub-competencies considered were (i) empathy and process, (ii) boundaries, (iii) alliance and provision of psychotherapies, (iv) seeking and providing supervision, and (v) knowledge of psychotherapy (theories, practice, and evidence base). Once the readings were selected, two authors independently reviewed the articles to determine which key sub-competencies each article addressed.