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Measuring change in everyday cognition: development and initial validation of the cognitive change checklist (3CL)John A Schinka
VA Medical Center, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 17:516-25. 2009..The authors describe the construction of a multiscale informant rating checklist (Cognitive Change Checklist; 3CL) designed to be sensitive to the earliest stages of cognitive decline associated with degenerative dementias...
Use of informants to identify mild cognitive impairment in older adultsJohn A Schinka
James A Haley VA Medical Center, 116B, 13000 Bruce B Downs Boulevard, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
Curr Psychiatry Rep 12:4-12. 2010..Two recently developed instruments seem especially promising, but further validation efforts will be required before they can be considered to meet standards for clinical use...
Cognitive change checklist: psychometric characteristics in community-dwelling older adultsJohn A Schinka
James A Haley VA Medical Center, Tampa, FL, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 20:1070-4. 2012..We also conducted receiver operating characteristic analyses examining rating scores from this normative sample with those of clinical samples...
Further issues in determining the readability of self-report items: comment on McHugh and Behar (2009)John A Schinka
Department of Psychiatry and School of Aging Studies, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 80:952-5. 2012..In their discussion, McHugh and Behar addressed implications of their findings for clinical assessment and for scale development...
Requiring sobriety at program entry: impact on outcomes in supported transitional housing for homeless veteransJohn A Schinka
National Center for Homelessness Among Veterans, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
Psychiatr Serv 62:1325-30. 2011..Data from a large transitional housing program were used to compare client characteristics of and outcomes from programs requiring abstinence at admission and programs not requiring abstinence...
The cognitive change checklist (3CL): cross-validation of a measure of change in everyday cognitionJohn A Schinka
James A Haley VA Medical Center, Tampa, FL, USA
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 25:266-74. 2010....
Cross-validation of the Florida Cognitive Activities Scale (FCAS) in an Alzheimer's disease research center sampleJohn A Schinka
James A Haley VA Medical Center, Tampa, Florida, USA
J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol 23:9-14. 2010....
Defining mild cognitive impairment: impact of varying decision criteria on neuropsychological diagnostic frequencies and correlatesJohn A Schinka
James A Haley VA Medical Center, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 18:684-91. 2010..To examine the impact of varying decision criteria on neuropsychological diagnostic frequencies and on their correlates...
Five-factor personality dimensions, mood states, and cognitive performance in older adultsJane E Booth
James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 28:676-83. 2006..State anxiety and depression variables were found to play a very small part, however, in contributing to cognitive function...
Effects of the use of alcohol and cigarettes on cognition in elderly African American adultsJohn A Schinka
James A Haley VA Medical Center, Tampa, Florida 33612, USA
J Int Neuropsychol Soc 9:690-7. 2003..Specifically, moderate users performed at a lower level than abstainers or heavy users, who did not differ from each other...
An investigation of PreMCI: subtypes and longitudinal outcomesDavid A Loewenstein
Wien Center for Alzheimer s Disease and Memory Disorders, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, FL, USA
Alzheimers Dement 8:172-9. 2012..To investigate the clinical features and rates of progression of conditions that are not considered to be normal, but do not fulfill criteria for mild cognitive impairment (MCI)...
Confirmatory factor analysis of the PTSD checklist in the elderlyJohn A Schinka
James A Haley VA Medical Center, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
J Trauma Stress 20:281-9. 2007..Future studies will be facilitated by the knowledge that the PCL-C 4-factor model appears to apply across the adult age range and a variety of posttraumatic stress disorder-producing conditions...
Characteristics of the Florida cognitive activities scale in older African AmericansVonetta M Dotson
James A Haley VA Medical Center, University of Florida, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
Assessment 15:72-7. 2008....
Effects of the use of alcohol and cigarettes on cognition in elderly adultsJohn A Schinka
James A Haley VA Medical Center, and Department of Psychiatry, University of South Florida, Tampa 33612, USA
J Int Neuropsychol Soc 8:811-8. 2002..No detrimental effect of smoking was found in any analysis; nor was there any evidence of an interaction between alcohol and cigarette use on any cognitive measure...
3MS normative data for elderly African AmericansLisa M Brown
James A Haley VA Medical Center, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 25:234-41. 2003..Age, gender, and education accounted for moderate amounts of variance in 3MS performance. Based on these results, normative tables for 3MS scores, stratified by age and with score adjustments for education and gender, are provided...
Development and initial validation of a 15-item informant version of the Geriatric Depression ScaleLisa M Brown
Department of Aging and Mental Health, Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida, FL, USA
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 20:911-8. 2005..To develop a brief informant version of the Geriatric Depression Scale for use in screening for depression in older adults...
Florida Cognitive Activities Scale: initial development and validationJohn A Schinka
James A Haley VA Medical Center, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
J Int Neuropsychol Soc 11:108-16. 2005..7). Further cross-validation studies in minority groups and groups of varying socioeconomic status will be critical in establishing the research and clinical value of the scale and subscales...
Hopkins Verbal Learning Test-Revised: norms for elderly African AmericansMelissa A Friedman
James A. Haley VA Medical Center, Tampa, FL, USA
Clin Neuropsychol 16:356-72. 2002..Age, gender, and education accounted for moderate amounts of variance in HVLT-R performance. Based on these results, normative tables for HVLT-R scores, stratified by age and with score adjustments for education and gender, are provided...
Normative data for elderly African Americans for the Stroop Color and Word TestRobert G Moering
James A. Haley VA Medical Center, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
Arch Clin Neuropsychol 19:61-71. 2004..Based on these results, normative tables for Stroop Color and Word Test scores, stratified by age and with score adjustments for education and gender, are provided...
Externalizing pathology and the five-factor model: a meta-analysis of personality traits associated with antisocial personality disorder, substance use disorder, and their co-occurrenceMark A Ruiz
Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida, 13302 Bruce B Downs Boulevard, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
J Pers Disord 22:365-88. 2008..Results are discussed with respect to personality and externalizing disorders...
Effects of alcohol and cigarette use on cognition in middle-aged adultsJohn A Schinka
James A Haley VA Medical Center, Tampa, Florida 33612, USA
J Int Neuropsychol Soc 8:683-90. 2002..Differences in cognitive function in groups defined by intensity of alcohol and cigarette use revealed no significant effect for drinking and a significant, but very small, effect for smoking...
Use of mental health services by nursing home residents after hurricanesLisa M Brown
Department of Aging and Mental Health Disparities, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
Psychiatr Serv 61:74-7. 2010..This study used a mixed-methods approach to evaluate pre- and posthurricane mental health service use in Florida nursing homes...
Geropsychology post-doctoral training in public sector service delivery: the USF/Tampa VA fellowship modelVictor Molinari
Department of Aging and Mental Health, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA
Gerontol Geriatr Educ 25:63-82. 2005....
