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A pilot randomized controlled trial with paroxetine for subthreshold PTSD in Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom era veterans.
(Psychiatry Res, 2013-04-30)
Subthreshold posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is associated with increased risk
for suicidality, depression, and functional impairment. We thus conducted a small
(N=12) pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) with paroxetine ...
Multifactorial determinants of the neurocognitive effects of electroconvulsive therapy.
(J ECT, 2014-06)
For many patients with neuropsychiatric illnesses, standard psychiatric treatments
with mono or combination pharmacotherapy, psychotherapy, and transcranial magnetic
stimulation are ineffective. For these patients ...
Implementation and randomized controlled trial evaluation of universal postnatal nurse home visiting.
(Am J Public Health, 2014-02)
OBJECTIVES: We evaluated whether a brief, universal, postnatal nurse home-visiting
intervention can be implemented with high penetration and fidelity, prevent emergency
health care services, and promote positive parenting ...
Activation in mesolimbic and visuospatial neural circuits elicited by smoking cues: evidence from functional magnetic resonance imaging.
(Am J Psychiatry, 2002-06)
OBJECTIVE: The authors sought to increase understanding of the brain mechanisms involved
in cigarette addiction by identifying neural substrates modulated by visual smoking
cues in nicotine-deprived smokers. METHOD: Event-related ...
Satisficing in split-second decision making is characterized by strategic cue discounting
(Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2016-03-11)
Much of our real-life decision making is bounded by uncertain information, limitations
in cognitive resources, and a lack of time to allocate to the decision process. It
is thought that humans overcome these limitations ...
What shall I be, what must I be: Neural correlates of personal goal activation
(Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, 2012-12-09)
How is the brain engaged when people are thinking about their hopes, dreams, and obligations?
Regulatory focus theory postulates two classes of personal goals and motivational
systems for pursuing them. Ideal goals, such ...
Self-Regulation and Mechanisms of Action in Psychotherapy: A Theory-Based Translational Perspective
(Journal of Personality, 2013-12-01)
Psychotherapy is a complex, multilayered process with the potential to bring about
changes at multiple levels of functioning, from the neurobiology of the brain to the
individual's role in the social world. Although studies ...
Differences in the cognitive skills of bonobos and chimpanzees.
(PLoS One, 2010-08-27)
While bonobos and chimpanzees are both genetically and behaviorally very similar,
they also differ in significant ways. Bonobos are more cautious and socially tolerant
while chimpanzees are more dependent on extractive foraging, ...
Strategies for Referring Cancer Patients in a Smoking Cessation Program.
(International journal of environmental research and public health, 2020-08-21)
Most people who smoke and develop cancer are unable to quit smoking. To address this,
many cancer centers have now opened smoking cessation programs specifically designed
to help cancer patients to quit. An important question ...
Two Distinct Moral Mechanisms for Ascribing and Denying Intentionality.
(Sci Rep, 2015-12-04)
Philosophers and legal scholars have long theorized about how intentionality serves
as a critical input for morality and culpability, but the emerging field of experimental
philosophy has revealed a puzzling asymmetry. People ...