Benjamin J Morasco

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..13.4 days, P<0.001). These data demonstrate that pain and SUD diagnoses were common among HCV+ patients, and that opioids were frequently prescribed. Co-occurring SUD was not associated with indicators of prescription opioid misuse...

..0% received concurrent benzodiazepine prescriptions, which may increase risk for overdose and death. Further study is needed to identify better predictors of high-dose usage, as well as the efficacy and safety of such dosing...

..Future research should examine whether changes in types of coping strategies after targeted treatments predict improvements in pain-related function for chronic pain patients with concurrent PTSD...

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..Approximately one-third of patients undergoing interferon-α (IFN-α) therapy for treatment of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) develop major depression, which decreases functioning and may lead to the reduction or discontinuation of treatment...

..Providers should assess for SUD status and provide more intensive interventions for these patients...

..To examine the relationships among biological and psychological variables with pain intensity and pain functioning in patients with the hepatitis C virus (HCV)...

..These results provide additional support for the clinical utility of the NEO-PI-R Validity Scales as indicators of response bias...

..SUD complicates pain treatment and may lead to worse outcomes. However, little information is available describing adherence to opioid treatment guidelines for CNCP generally, or guideline adherence for patients with comorbid SUD...

..Despite evidence suggesting that the majority of patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) have psychiatric and substance use disorders, patients with these comorbidities have historically been excluded from antiviral therapy for HCV...

..CONCLUSIONS: A lifetime diagnosis of pathologic gambling is associated with several medical disorders and increased medical utilization, perhaps leading to a burden on healthcare costs in the United States...

..6% of back pain patients who receive long-term opioids. These patients had higher mental health and medical comorbidities and co-prescriptions of sedative-hypnotics, raising potential safety concerns...

..Research is needed to increase understanding of the prevalence, correlates, and responses to treatment of CNCP patients with comorbid SUDs...

..Results indicate that chronic HCV is associated with cognitive impairment in the absence of a history of SUD. The most robust deficits appear to be in verbal learning and reasoning/mental flexibility. (JINS, 2009, 15, 69-82.)...

..This study examined the association between gambling level and psychiatric and medical disorders in a nationally representative sample of older adults...

..This study examined the efficacy of paroxetine in preventing the development of depression during antiviral therapy...

..The objective of the study was to evaluate the validity of the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) when used to measure depression in patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV)...

..The aim of this study was to determine whether antiviral therapy is associated with higher rates of psychiatric symptoms in patients with schizophrenia (SCHZ)...

..Understanding this relationship may illuminate the broader relationship between smoking and chronic pain and provide new directions for effective interdisciplinary pain treatment...

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..Results suggest that disordered gamblers who receive disability have an increased need for interventions to reduce gambling and associated problems...

..e., cognitive-affective and somatic) in Veterans with hepatitis C viral infection (HCV) before and during interferon-alpha (IFN) based antiviral therapy...

..We sought to describe the prevalence of prescription opioid use, types, and doses of opioids received and to identify correlates of receiving prescription opioids for CNCP among OEF/OIF veterans...

..Future research should aim to characterize these depression-related symptom constellations or syndromes better with the goal of optimizing treatment strategies...

..We sought to describe patterns of prescription opioid initiation, identify correlates of opioid initiation, and examine correlates of receipt of chronic opioid therapy (COT) among veterans with persistent noncancer pain...

..The primary purpose of this study was to compare health service utilization of U.S. military veterans with HCV with and without the presence of comorbid chronic pain...

..The results suggest that psychopathology as measured by the MMPI-2 may be minimally associated with intelligence and memory test performance in adults seen for psychoeducational assessment...

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..PERSPECTIVE: This article presents the psychometric properties of a revised version of the SF-MPQ-2. This measure may have great utility as a screening tool in clinical practice and as an outcome measure in clinical trials...

..CONCLUSION: These data suggest that disordered gambling is relatively common in primary care settings, and gambling severity is associated with decreased health functioning...

..These results extend research with pregnant smokers to a new population and may have implications for healthcare providers and policy makers...

..By using confirmatory factor analysis the authors found that a 4-first-order-factor model of PTSD provided the best fit. The relations of PTSD symptoms with sociodemographic and medical variables were also explored...