Use of obesity-related care by psychiatric patientsLAUREL ANNE COPELAND
Center for Applied Health Research, Central Texas Veterans Health Care System, 2102 Birdcreek Dr, Temple, TX 76502, USA
Psychiatr Serv 63:230-6. 2012
..The objective of this study was to assess receipt of obesity care by patients with and without mental illness...
- Prediabetes assessment and follow-up in older veterans with schizophrenia
Laurel A Copeland
Veterans Affairs HSR and D, Departments of Psychiatry, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, TX, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 18:887-96. 2010
..Assess glycemic monitoring and follow-up...
- Transition from military to VHA care: psychiatric health services for Iraq/Afghanistan combat-wounded
Laurel A Copeland
Veterans Affairs Central Texas Veterans Health Care System Temple, TX, United States
J Affect Disord 130:226-30. 2011
..This study assessed transition from DoD to VHA and subsequent psychiatric care of service members traumatically injured in OEF/OIF...
Psychiatric and medical admissions observed among elderly patients with new-onset epilepsyLaurel A Copeland
Veterans Affairs Central Texas Veterans Health Care System, 2102 Birdcreek Drive, Temple, TX 76502, USA
BMC Health Serv Res 11:84. 2011
..Inpatient utilization associated with incidence of geriatric new-onset epilepsy has not been characterized in any large study, despite recognized high levels of risk factors (comorbidity)...
Pneumonia in the elderly hospitalized in the Department of Veteran Affairs Health Care SystemScott Selinger
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229 3900, USA
Mil Med 176:214-7. 2011
..In the VA, pneumonia-related admissions are being managed more effectively even as the overall number of admissions remains stable...
- Patterns of primary care and mortality among patients with schizophrenia or diabetes: a cluster analysis approach to the retrospective study of healthcare utilization
Laurel A Copeland
VERDICT Research, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, TX, USA
BMC Health Serv Res 9:127. 2009
..We also assessed whether such patterns of primary care use were a significant predictor of mortality over a 4-year period...
- Clinical and demographic factors associated with homelessness and incarceration among VA patients with bipolar disorder
Laurel A Copeland
Department of Veterans Affairs, San Antonio, TX, USA
Am J Public Health 99:871-7. 2009
..We assessed the association between homelessness and incarceration in Veterans Affairs patients with bipolar disorder...
- How the relationship of attitudes toward mental health treatment and service use differs by age, gender, ethnicity/race and education
Jodi M Gonzalez
Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 46:45-57. 2011
..We investigated the influence of interactions between attitudes toward treatment and age, gender, ethnicity/race and education for both general medical and specialty care...
- Factors in second-generation antipsychotic switching patterns in a national sample of older veterans with schizophrenia
Albana M Dassori
Department of Psychiatry, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, TX, USA
Psychiatr Serv 62:47-53. 2011
..As part of a study of older patients with schizophrenia (50-102 years), this study evaluated factors associated with antipsychotic switches and switches that incurred a greater or lesser metabolic risk...
- Diagnosis of pulmonary malignancy after hospitalization for pneumonia
Eric M Mortensen
VERDICT Research Program and South Texas Veterans Health Care System, Audie L Murphy Division, San Antonio, TX, USA
Am J Med 123:66-71. 2010
..Our aims were to assess the frequency of the diagnosis of pulmonary malignancy, and to identify risk factors for pulmonary malignancy following hospitalization for pneumonia...
- Therapeutic alliance perceptions and medication adherence in patients with bipolar disorder
John E Zeber
Veterans Affairs HSR and D South Texas Veterans Health Care System VERDICT, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Department of Psychiatry, San Antonio, TX 78229 4404, United States
J Affect Disord 107:53-62. 2008
..Maintaining a beneficial therapeutic alliance with providers is one important strategy for improving adherence. We examine the association between adherence and therapeutic environment perceptions among veterans with bipolar disorder...
- Variation in antiepileptic drug adherence among older patients with new-onset epilepsy
John E Zeber
Central Texas Veterans Health Care System, Temple, TX, USA
Ann Pharmacother 44:1896-904. 2010
..Despite substantial research identifying numerous risk factors, the role of specific medications has been neglected...
- Are psychiatric disorders independent risk factors for new-onset epilepsy in older individuals?
Alan B Ettinger
Neurological Surgery, P C, Lake Success, NY 11042, USA
Epilepsy Behav 17:70-4. 2010
..However, in the final model, only psychosis (OR=1.4, CI 1.2-1.6) was significantly associated with epilepsy when controlling for neurological disorders and psychiatric conditions (e.g., stroke, dementia, brain tumor, head injury)...
- Therapeutic drug and cardiovascular disease risk monitoring in patients with bipolar disorder
Amy M Kilbourne
VA Serious Mental Illness Treatment Research and Evaluation Center, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
J Affect Disord 102:145-51. 2007
..We assessed whether patients with bipolar disorder received serum drug level and toxicity monitoring for mood stabilizers and assessment of cardiovascular disease (CVD)-related risk factors attributed to atypical antipsychotic medications...
- Family perceptions of post-deployment healthcare needs of Iraq/Afghanistan military personnel
John E Zeber
Investigator, Department of Veterans Affairs, Central Texas Veterans Health Care System, Temple, Texas and Scott and White Healthcare Center for Applied Health Research, Temple, Texas, USA
Ment Health Fam Med 7:135-43. 2010
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- Ethnicity and Race Variations in Receipt of Surgery among Veterans with and without Depression
Laurel A Copeland
Central Texas Veterans Health Care System, Research Service, Temple, TX 76502, USA
Depress Res Treat 2011:370962. 2011
..88, P < .01; African-American OR = 0.93, P < .01) but more likely to undergo digestive system procedures. Some race-/ethnicity-related disparities of care for cardiovascular disease may persist for veterans using the VHA...
- The expert consensus guideline series: adherence problems in patients with serious and persistent mental illness
Dawn I Velligan
University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX, USA
J Clin Psychiatry 70:1-46; quiz 47-8. 2009
..Poor adherence to medication treatment can have devastating consequences for patients with mental illness. The goal of this project was to develop recommendations for addressing adherence problems to improve patient outcomes...
- The impact of epilepsy on health status among younger and older adults
Mary Jo V Pugh
Veterans Affairs HSR and D, South Texas Veterans Health Care System Verdict, San Antonio, Texas 78229 4404, USA
Epilepsia 46:1820-7. 2005
..This study examines the impact of epilepsy on patients' subjective health status in a population that includes both younger and older adults...
