Donald Black

..The offenders indicated satisfaction with STEPPS. We conclude that STEPPS can be successfully integrated into the care of offenders with BPD in prison and community corrections settings...

..The goal of this project was to assess self-reported chronic medical conditions, medication usage, lifestyle choices, health care utilization, quality of life variables, and body mass index (BMI) in persons with and without PG...

..The present study does not support the notion that there is a pattern of neuropsychological deficits associated with CBD...

..The goal of this study was to examine whether continued expansion of gambling venues is associated with increased rates of problematic gambling behavior...

..Despite these challenges, little attention has been directed to examining its negative consequences on families and marriages, including divorce rates, childhood maltreatment, and family dysfunction...

..The effectiveness and tolerability of escitalopram was tested in the treatment of pathological gambling (PG)...

..We also compared clinical and demographic characteristics of offenders with and without BPD...

..The high placebo response rate and the high noncompletion rate each reflect the challenge inherent in treating persons with PG...

..Other treatment options include simplicity circles, 12-step programs, financial counseling, bibliotherapy, marital therapy, and financial counseling. Directions for future research are discussed...

..We examined demographic characteristics, psychiatric comorbidity, and quality of life in those with and without ASPD. We also looked at the subset with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)...

..We conclude that gambling disorders are familial and co-aggregate with substance misuse. The data are also suggestive that PG co-aggregates with ASPD. Further research on the heritability of PG is warranted...

..The efficacy and tolerability of extended release carbamazepine was tested in the treatment of pathological gambling (PG)...

..Offspring with OCD were compared to those with subclinical OCD, and those without either condition. Subclinical OCD is defined as the presence of obsessions and/or compulsions without functional impairment...

..STEPPS is a promising new cognitive-behavioral group treatment for persons with borderline personality disorder (BPD)...

..Few predictors of treatment outcome or early discontinuation have been identified in persons with borderline personality disorder (BPD)...

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..Acamprosate is known to reduce alcohol craving and use in persons with alcohol dependence, and it has been hypothesized that the drug would have a similar effect in individuals with PG...

..To examine the presence of borderline personality disorder (BPD) traits in Gulf War veterans, and to assess psychiatric comorbidity, health status, healthcare utilization, and quality of life (QOL) along a continuum of BPD trait severity...

..Clinicians have an important role in preventing suicide attempts and completed suicides by understanding the risk factors...

..Subjects had a mean of 2.8 disorders. The potential use of the MINI as a screening tool in prison settings is discussed...

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..Serotonin reuptake inhibitors remain the best-studied pharmacologic treatment, but researchers have also explored other antidepressants, opioid agonists, mood stabilizers, and atypical antipsychotics...

..The authors examined associations between lifetime Axis I and Axis II disorders and weight loss following gastric surgery for morbid obesity...

..To examine the association between parental obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and emotional and behavioural disorders in offspring...

..Sociodemographic features, phenomenology, and psychiatric comorbidity of 30 subjects reporting pathological gambling behavior were examined...

..Thirty percent of the offenders were rated at risk for suicide. We conclude that mental and addictive disorders are common among incarcerated offenders and that these individuals are at risk for suicidal behavior...

..It remains for future research to show whether negative temperament is a vulnerability factor for hypochondriasis or hypochondriasis is itself a personality disorder...

..The objective of the study was to compare symptom severity, frequency, and pattern of psychiatric comorbidity, quality of life, and health care utilization in men and women with borderline personality disorder (BPD)...

..A history of incarceration may be a behavioral marker for substance abuse, antisocial behavior, and mental illness. Importantly, GW deployment carried no increased risk of subsequent incarceration overall...

..The purpose of this study was to examine the probability of obsessive and compulsive (OC) symptoms across stages of Huntington's disease (HD) with both cross sectional and longitudinal data...

..We conclude that the new scale is both reliable and valid in measuring severity and change in persons with BPD...

..The authors compared STEPPS plus treatment as usual with treatment as usual alone in a randomized controlled trial...

..A new scale, the Borderline Evaluation of Severity Over Time (BEST), developed to measure severity and change in persons with BPD, is described. We propose to conduct additional research to further validate the efficacy of STEPPS...

..Veterans of the first Gulf War have higher rates of medical and psychiatric symptoms than nondeployed military personnel...

..The risk of poor health outcomes suggests that veterans returning from the present conflict should be screened for CWP on their return...

..To examine the patterns of coexisting (comorbid) mental disorders and whether comorbidity influences quality of life ratings in a sample of U.S. veterans...

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..However, all associations among outcomes were modest. Specificity may be reasonable in some instances; however, other situations might require a broad-spectrum approach that ideally would produce a wide range of benefits...

..Investigators are now exploring the efficacy of treatment approaches that address the close relationship between chronic pain and mental illness in this challenging patient population...

..We examine the effectiveness of conventional substance abuse treatment in the recovery of individuals seeking voluntary treatment for methamphetamine abuse...

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..The purpose of this study was to examine the predictive variance of neuropsychological and personality characteristics in PG...

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..The authors review the evidence on the impact of PG on families, marriages, and offspring, and make recommendations for future research targeting these problems...

..The rapid growth of treatment research had led to the recognition that investigators face unique methodological issues with these challenging patients...

..CONCLUSIONS: Recent studies have explored both pharmacological and psychosocial treatments, giving rise to greater hope for the development of more effective treatments for these challenging disorders...

..Combined treatment is commonly recommended, but empirical support is limited. More research is needed. There are few well-designed studies, and little data regarding PTSD and specific phobias...

..The Commission also operates programs for problem gamblers that are described. Pathological gambling has become a major problem in Missouri and elsewhere, and its characteristics and clinical management are reviewed herein...

..We conclude that an abnormal DST is not useful as a predictor of suicidal behavior...

..Randomized controlled trials are now underway. CONCLUSIONS: STEPPS has become widespread in The Netherlands, and is now being modified for other settings, such as programs for adolescents...

..3-p15.2, 5p15.2-q13.3, 10p15.3-p14, 10q25.3-q26.3, and 11p13-q23.3. The highest increase in Z(lr) scores was observed for 5p14.1-q12.1, where the maximum Z(lr) increased from 2.77 initially to 3.80 after fine mapping in the EA families...

..The objective of this study is to present a review of compulsive buying disorder and present a case vignette...

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..The goal of the study is to identify one or more SZ susceptibility genes whose subsequent characterization inmolecular and functional studies will elucidate the pathophysiology and treatment of SZ. ..

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..Power analyses suggest that this study would have excellent power to detect loci associated with lambda sibs of 1.4, and moderate power for a value of 1.3, i.e., loci with relatively small etiologic effects. ..

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