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Health status of individuals with serious mental illnessFaith B Dickerson
Sheppard Pratt Health System, Baltimore, MD, USA
Schizophr Bull 32:584-9. 2006..We conclude that an examination of multiple health indicators may be used to measure overall health status in persons with serious mental illness...- Additive effects of elevated C-reactive protein and exposure to Herpes Simplex Virus type 1 on cognitive impairment in individuals with schizophreniaFaith Dickerson
Stanley Research Program at Sheppard Pratt, Sheppard Pratt Health System, 6501 North Charles, St, Baltimore, MD 21204, USA
Schizophr Res 134:83-8. 2012..We investigated the effect of elevated levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) and exposure to Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) on the severity of cognitive impairment in individuals with schizophrenia... - Randomized trial of achieving healthy lifestyles in psychiatric rehabilitation: the ACHIEVE trialSarah S Casagrande
Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
BMC Psychiatry 10:108. 2010..Participants randomized to the intervention arm of the study are hypothesized to have greater weight loss than the control group... - The catechol O-methyltransferase Val158Met polymorphism is not associated with broad-based cognitive functioning in schizophreniaFaith B Dickerson
Stanley Research Program at Sheppard Pratt, Sheppard Pratt Health System, Baltimore, MD 21204, USA
Schizophr Res 96:87-92. 2007..The association between the COMT polymorphism and other cognitive domains has been the focus of only limited investigation... - Women, aging, and schizophreniaFaith B Dickerson
J Women Aging 19:49-61. 2007..More research and clinical attention is needed to the problems of older women with schizophrenia... - C-reactive protein is associated with the severity of cognitive impairment but not of psychiatric symptoms in individuals with schizophreniaFaith Dickerson
Stanley Research Center at Sheppard Pratt, Sheppard Pratt Health System, 6501 North Charles, St, Baltimore, MD 21204, USA
Schizophr Res 93:261-5. 2007..We investigated the association between serum levels of C-reactive protein (CRP), a marker of inflammation, and the severity of psychopathology and cognitive impairment in schizophrenia... - Elevated serum levels of C-reactive protein are associated with mania symptoms in outpatients with bipolar disorderFaith Dickerson
Stanley Research Center at Sheppard Pratt, Sheppard Pratt Health System, 6501 North Charles, St, Baltimore, MD 21204, USA
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 31:952-5. 2007..We also compared the levels of CRP in the bipolar disorder individuals with those of a non-psychiatric control group... - Evidence-based psychotherapy for schizophrenia: 2011 updateFaith B Dickerson
Department of Psychology, Sheppard Pratt Health System, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 199:520-6. 2011..Future research may also consider three different goals of psychotherapy in this patient population: to provide emotional support, to enhance functional recovery, and to alter the underlying illness process... - Toxoplasma gondii in individuals with schizophrenia: association with clinical and demographic factors and with mortalityFaith Dickerson
The Stanley Research Center at the Sheppard Pratt Health System, 6501 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21204, USA
Schizophr Bull 33:737-40. 2007..Increased rates of exposure to Toxoplasma gondii have been found in individuals with schizophrenia as compared with control groups, but the correlates of Toxoplasma exposure in schizophrenia have not been defined... - The association between cognitive functioning and occupational status in persons with a recent onset of psychosisFaith B Dickerson
Stanley Research Program, Sheppard Pratt Health System, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 195:566-71. 2007..Cognitive assessments may prove useful to identify recent onset patients who are most at risk for occupational impairment and who could most benefit from therapeutic interventions... - The lymphotoxin Cys13Arg polymorphism and cognitive functioning in individuals with schizophreniaFaith Dickerson
Stanley Research Center at Sheppard Pratt, Sheppard Pratt, 6501 North Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21204, USA
Schizophr Res 89:173-6. 2007..There was no association between cognitive functioning and the two other polymorphisms in the same gene complex. The LTA Cys13Arg polymorphism may represent a risk factor for cognitive impairment in individuals with schizophrenia... - Commentary: disquieting aspects of the recovery paradigmFaith B Dickerson
Sheppard Pratt Health System, Baltimore, Maryland 21204, USA
Psychiatr Serv 57:647. 2006 - Obesity among individuals with serious mental illnessF B Dickerson
Sheppard Pratt Health System, Baltimore, MD 21204, USA
Acta Psychiatr Scand 113:306-13. 2006..To study the distribution and correlates of body mass index (BMI) among individuals with serious mental illness... - Quality of life in individuals with serious mental illness and type 2 diabetesFaith Dickerson
Sheppard Pratt Stanley Research Center, Baltimore, MD 21204, USA
Psychosomatics 49:109-14. 2008..The diabetes patients also reported less satisfaction with health but not with other life domains. Medical providers need to be attentive to the burden of disease experienced by patients with both serious mental illness and diabetes... - Predictors of occupational status six months after hospitalization in persons with a recent onset of psychosisFaith B Dickerson
Stanley Research Center at Sheppard Pratt, 6501 North Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21204, United States
Psychiatry Res 160:278-84. 2008..Cognitive functioning, but not psychosis severity, is a significant independent predictor of occupational status early in the course of psychotic illness... - Cognitive functioning in recent onset psychosisFaith Dickerson
Sheppard Pratt, Baltimore, MD 21204, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 199:367-71. 2011..053) but not on the other RBANS variables or on the WCST. Cognitive performance is broadly impaired in recent onset psychosis, with a cognitive advantage to bipolar disorder patients compared with schizophrenia-spectrum patients... - Artemisinin reduces the level of antibodies to gliadin in schizophreniaFaith Dickerson
Sheppard Pratt, 6501 North Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21204, USA
Schizophr Res 129:196-200. 2011..To investigate if adjunctive artemisinin, an anti-malarial compound with in vivo activity against Toxoplasma gondii, reduces symptoms or antibodies in schizophrenia... - Smoking cessation in persons with serious mental illnesses: the experience of successful quittersFaith Dickerson
Sheppard Pratt Health System, Baltimore MD 21204, USA
Psychiatr Rehabil J 34:311-6. 2011..The purpose of the study was to better understand the experiences of persons with serious mental illnesses who have quit smoking... - Predictors of quality of life in type 2 diabetes patients with schizophrenia, major mood disorder, and without mental illnessFaith Dickerson
Sheppard Pratt Health System, 6501 North Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21204, USA
Qual Life Res 20:1419-25. 2011..The aim of the current study is to compare the predictors of health-related quality of life in individuals with schizophrenia, major mood disorder, and no mental illness, all with type 2 diabetes... - Markers of gluten sensitivity and celiac disease in bipolar disorderFaith Dickerson
The Stanley Research Program at Sheppard Pratt, 6501 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21204, USA
Bipolar Disord 13:52-8. 2011.... - Occupational status and social adjustment six months after hospitalization early in the course of bipolar disorder: a prospective studyFaith Dickerson
Stanley Research Program, Sheppard Pratt, Baltimore, MD 21204, USA
Bipolar Disord 12:10-20. 2010..We assessed patients with bipolar disorder undergoing a hospital admission early in the illness course and identified predictors of occupational status, overall social adjustment, and work adjustment six months later... - Antibodies to measles in individuals with recent onset psychosisFaith Dickerson
The Stanley Research Program at Sheppard Pratt, Baltimore, MD 21204, United States
Schizophr Res 119:89-94. 2010..Measles virus is a highly prevalent neurotropic virus capable of causing persistent infections within the central nervous system... - A double-blind trial of adjunctive allopurinol for schizophreniaFaith B Dickerson
Sheppard Pratt Health System, 6501 North Charles St, Baltimore, MD, 21204 USA
Schizophr Res 109:66-9. 2009..To investigate if adjunctive allopurinol reduces symptoms in schizophrenia outpatients with persistent symptoms despite adequate pharmacotherapy... - Double blind trial of adjunctive valacyclovir in individuals with schizophrenia who are seropositive for cytomegalovirusFaith B Dickerson
Sheppard Pratt Health System, 6501 North Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21204, USA
Schizophr Res 107:147-9. 2009..To investigate if adjunctive valacyclovir, an antiviral medication, reduces symptoms of persistent schizophrenia in individuals who are seropositive for cytomegalovirus (CMV)... - Sexual and reproductive behaviors among persons with mental illnessFaith B Dickerson
Sheppard Pratt Health System, 6501 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21204, USA
Psychiatr Serv 55:1299-301. 2004..Women with mental illness had more lifetime sexual partners. The findings suggest that clinicians should pay attention to patients' sexual and reproductive health... - Markers of gluten sensitivity and celiac disease in recent-onset psychosis and multi-episode schizophreniaFaith Dickerson
Stanley Research Program at Sheppard Pratt, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21204, USA
Biol Psychiatry 68:100-4. 2010..Increased immune sensitivity to gluten has been reported in schizophrenia. However, studies are inconsistent about this association... - Cognitive functioning in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: comparison of performance on the Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological StatusFaith Dickerson
Stanley Research Center, Sheppard Pratt Health System, 6501 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21204, USA
Psychiatry Res 129:45-53. 2004..Both schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are associated with significant cognitive impairments, but those in schizophrenia are more severe. Cognitive deficits may be an appropriate target of treatment interventions in these disorders... - The token economy for schizophrenia: review of the literature and recommendations for future researchFaith B Dickerson
Sheppard Pratt Health System, 6501 North Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21204, USA
Schizophr Res 75:405-16. 2005..More research is needed to determine the specific benefits of the token economy when administered in combination with contemporary psychosocial and psychopharmacological treatments... - Diabetes knowledge among persons with serious mental illness and type 2 diabetesFaith B Dickerson
Sheppard Pratt Health System, 6501 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21204, USA
Psychosomatics 46:418-24. 2005..Gaps in diabetes knowledge may be reduced by specialized interventions that take into account the cognitive deficits of persons with serious mental illness... - Health behaviors and health status of older women with schizophreniaFaith B Dickerson
The Sheppard Pratt Health System, 6501 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21204, USA
Psychiatr Serv 53:882-4. 2002..Rates of routine physical examinations and Pap tests did not differ markedly between the study sample and the general population. These results highlight the health impairments of older women who have schizophrenia... - Experiences of stigma among outpatients with schizophreniaFaith B Dickerson
Sheppard Pratt Health System, Baltimore, MD 21204, USA
Schizophr Bull 28:143-55. 2002..These results document the extent to which persons with mental illness experience negative reactions from others. Strategies are needed to enhance how persons with schizophrenia cope with stigma... - Deficit schizophrenia: association with serum antibodies to cytomegalovirusFaith Dickerson
Stanley Research Center at Sheppard Pratt, 6501 North Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21204, USA
Schizophr Bull 32:396-400. 2006..Exposure to human herpesviruses is a possible risk factor for schizophrenia. We hypothesized that there would be deficit/nondeficit difference in the prevalence of serum antibodies to human herpesviruses... - Outpatients with schizophrenia and bipolar I disorder: Do they differ in their cognitive and social functioning?F B Dickerson
Sheppard Pratt Health System, 6501 North Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21204, USA
Psychiatry Res 102:21-7. 2001..5. These results suggest that individuals with bipolar I disorder receiving community and rehabilitation services have many social and cognitive deficits that are as severe as those in schizophrenia... - Association between cognitive functioning and employment status of persons with bipolar disorderFaith B Dickerson
Sheppard Pratt Stanley Research Center, 6501 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21204, USA
Psychiatr Serv 55:54-8. 2004.... - An expanded version of the Multnomah Community Ability Scale: anchors and interview probes for the assessment of adults with serious mental illnessFaith B Dickerson
Sheppard Pratt Health System, Baltimore, MD 21204, USA
Community Ment Health J 39:131-7. 2003..Intraclass correlation coefficients were .96 for the total and .87-.99 for the subscale scores. The expanded MCAS can serve as a reliable assessment tool... - Somatic healthcare utilization among adults with serious mental illness who are receiving community psychiatric servicesFaith B Dickerson
Sheppard Pratt Health System, Baltimore, Maryland 21204, USA
Med Care 41:560-70. 2003..Somatic health care utilization was studied among individuals with serious mental illness who were receiving community-based psychiatric services... - Predictors of residential independence among outpatients with schizophreniaF B Dickerson
Sheppard Pratt Health System, Baltimore, MD 21204, USA
Psychiatr Serv 50:515-9. 1999..The purpose of this study was to identify factors that predict the degree of residential independence among outpatients with schizophrenia... - Reduction of symptoms by valacyclovir in cytomegalovirus-seropositive individuals with schizophreniaFaith B Dickerson
Stanley Division of Developmental Neurovirology, Johns Hopkins University, Blalock 1105, 600 N. Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD 21287-4933, USA
Am J Psychiatry 160:2234-6. 2003..CONCLUSIONS: The replication of cytomegalovirus may contribute to the symptoms of schizophrenia in some individuals... - Quality of diabetes care among adults with serious mental illnessRichard W Goldberg
Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center, Veterans Affairs Capitol Healthcare Network, Baltimore, MD, USA
Psychiatr Serv 58:536-43. 2007..The study compared the quality of care for type 2 diabetes delivered to two groups with type 2 diabetes--adults with serious mental illness and those with no serious mental illness--in a range of community-based clinic settings... - Comorbidity of medical illnesses among adults with serious mental illness who are receiving community psychiatric servicesJoseph Sokal
Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 192:421-7. 2004..The odds of diabetes, lung diseases, and liver problems are particularly elevated. These findings underscore the need for intensified preventive health interventions and medical services for this population... - The relationship among three measures of social functioning in outpatients with schizophreniaF B Dickerson
The Sheppard Pratt Health System, Baltimore, MD 21204, USA
J Clin Psychol 56:1509-19. 2000..335). Although the instruments share some common content. the instruments measure different aspects of social functioning. A consensus is needed about how to define and measure social functioning in this population... - Neuropsychological functioning in bipolar disorder and schizophreniaDavid J Schretlen
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21287 7218, and Olin Neuropsychiatric Research Center, Hartford Hospital Institute of Living, CT, USA
Biol Psychiatry 62:179-86. 2007..Some patients with bipolar disorder (BD) demonstrate neuropsychological deficits even when stable. However, it remains unclear whether these differ qualitatively from those seen in schizophrenia (SZ)... - Evidence of exacerbated cognitive deficits in schizophrenia patients with comorbid diabetesDwight Dickinson
VISN 5 Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Psychosomatics 49:123-31. 2008.... - Evidence-based psychotherapy for schizophreniaFaith B Dickerson
Sheppard Pratt Health System, Baltimore, Maryland 21204, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 194:3-9. 2006..Future research may also consider three different goals of psychotherapy with this population: to provide emotional support, to enhance skills for functional recovery, and to alter the underlying illness process... - Toxoplasma and schizophreniaR H Yolken
Stanley Division of Developmental Neurovirology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287 4933, USA
Parasite Immunol 31:706-15. 2009.... - Evidence-based treatment for schizophreniaAnthony F Lehman
Department of Psychiatry University of Maryland School of Medicine, 701 West Pratt Street, Suite 388, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Psychiatr Clin North Am 26:939-54. 2003..Knowledge regarding how best to combine treatments to optimize outcomes is scarce... - The catechol O-methyltransferase Val158Met polymorphism and herpes simplex virus type 1 infection are risk factors for cognitive impairment in bipolar disorder: additive gene-environmental effects in a complex human psychiatric disorderFaith B Dickerson
Stanley Research Center, Sheppard Pratt Health System, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Bipolar Disord 8:124-32. 2006..Serological evidence of infection with herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) has also been identified as a risk factor for cognitive impairment in bipolar disorder... - Extent and management of cardiovascular risk factors in patients with type 2 diabetes and serious mental illnessJulie Kreyenbuhl
Division of Services Research, Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 194:404-10. 2006..Patients with both diabetes and SMI are treated less aggressively for high cardiovascular risk than diabetes patients without mental disorders... - Psychiatry and the consumer movementSteven S Sharfstein
Sheppard Pratt Health System, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 25:734-6. 2006..The field of psychiatry and the consumer movement may still differ in their views on the need for involuntary treatment but are now generally allied around the need for more effective and better-funded psychiatric services... - Hospital psychiatry for the twenty-first centurySteven S Sharfstein
Sheppard Pratt Health System in Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 28:685-8. 2009..Positive developments include better services in the continuum of care, the subspecialization of hospital psychiatry practice, and an increasing emphasis on patient choice and recovery... - Infection with herpes simplex virus type 1 is associated with cognitive deficits in bipolar disorderFaith B Dickerson
Stanley Research Center, Sheppard Pratt Health System, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Biol Psychiatry 55:588-93. 2004..CONCLUSIONS: Serologic evidence of herpes simplex virus type 1 infection is associated with cognitive impairment in individuals with bipolar disorder... - Association of serum antibodies to herpes simplex virus 1 with cognitive deficits in individuals with schizophreniaFaith B Dickerson
Sheppard Pratt Health System, Baltimore, MD, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 60:466-72. 2003..CONCLUSION: Serologic evidence of herpes simplex virus 1 infection is associated with cognitive impairment in schizophrenia... - Cognitive behavioral psychotherapy for schizophrenia: a review of recent empirical studiesF B Dickerson
Sheppard Pratt Health System, 6501 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21204, USA
Schizophr Res 43:71-90. 2000..Further studies are needed to objectively determine the active ingredients of CBT and to better identify the interactions of CBT with concurrent psychosocial and medication treatments... - A comparison of type 2 diabetes outcomes among persons with and without severe mental illnessesLisa B Dixon
Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 685 West Baltimore Street, MSTF 300, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
Psychiatr Serv 55:892-900. 2004.... - Predictors of HIV and hepatitis testing and related service utilization among individuals with serious mental illnessRichard W Goldberg
University of Maryland Baltimore School of Medicine, Division of Services Research, and the VA Capitol Health Care Network Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Psychosomatics 46:573-7. 2005..Only 15% of the sample was immunized against hepatitis B. Medical hospitalization was the only factor related to immunization. These results indicate an urgent need to improve access to HIV and hepatitis testing and related treatment... - The Schizophrenia Patient Outcomes Research Team (PORT): updated treatment recommendations 2003Anthony F Lehman
Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Schizophr Bull 30:193-217. 2004.... - The Schizophrenia Patient Outcomes Research Team (PORT): updated treatment recommendations 2009Julie Kreyenbuhl
VA Capitol Health care Network VISN 5 Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA
Schizophr Bull 36:94-103. 2010..Another 13 psychopharmacologic and 4 psychosocial treatments had insufficient evidence to support a recommendation, representing significant unmet needs in important treatment domains... - Neuroanatomic and cognitive abnormalities related to herpes simplex virus type 1 in schizophreniaDavid J Schretlen
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Schizophr Res 118:224-31. 2010..In these outpatients with schizophrenia, HSV-1 seropositivity and performance on a cognitive test that is highly sensitive to it co-localize to closely overlapping brain regions... - Toxoplasma gondii antibody titers and history of suicide attempts in patients with recurrent mood disordersTimothy A Arling
Mood and Anxiety Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 197:905-8. 2009..Although preliminary and bearing replication, this is the first report, to our knowledge, of an association between attempting suicide and T. gondii... - Subunit and whole molecule specificity of the anti-bovine casein immune response in recent onset psychosis and schizophreniaEmily G Severance
Stanley Division of Developmental Neurovirology, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 N Wolfe Street, Blalock 1105, Baltimore, MD 21287 4933, United States
Schizophr Res 118:240-7. 2010..The elevated IgG and unique patterns of antibody specificity to bovine casein among diagnostic groups provide a rationale for clinical trials to evaluate efficacies of dietary modifications in individuals with neuropsychiatric diseases... - Development of a nucleocapsid-based human coronavirus immunoassay and estimates of individuals exposed to coronavirus in a U.S. metropolitan populationEmily G Severance
Stanley Division of Developmental Neurovirology, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 N Wolfe Street, Blalock 1105, Baltimore, MD 21287 4933, USA
Clin Vaccine Immunol 15:1805-10. 2008..Demographic factors, such as race, smoking status, and socioeconomic status, may confer an increased risk of susceptibility to these viruses... - Differentiating nicotine- versus schizophrenia-associated decreases of the alpha7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor transcript, CHRFAM7A, in peripheral blood lymphocytesEmily G Severance
Stanley Division of Developmental Neurovirology, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287 4933, USA
J Neural Transm 116:213-20. 2009..03), and not when smoking was self-reported. Including biochemical indicators of serum nicotine can help differentiate smoking- versus disease-associated changes in nAChR expression... - Polymorphisms in MICB are associated with human herpes virus seropositivity and schizophrenia riskBrian H Shirts
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, 3811 O Hara Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Schizophr Res 94:342-53. 2007..There are a number of explanations for the associations, including chance variation, as well as gene-virus interactions. Further replicate studies are warranted, as are functional studies of these polymorphisms... - Use of emergency department services for somatic reasons by people with serious mental illnessAnn L Hackman
Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore 21201, USA
Psychiatr Serv 57:563-6. 2006..Future work should identify specific reasons for seeking care in the emergency department and develop interventions to optimize appropriate emergency department use... - Placebo response in a double-blind therapeutic supplementation trial in stabilized outpatients with schizophreniaFaith B Dickerson
Schizophr Res 59:97-8. 2003