The CANOE Partnership: Cancer Awareness, Navigation, Outreach, and Equitable Indigenous Health Outcomes responds to the need to improve cancer outcomes for American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities. Our Overall Specific Aims are: (1) Improve rates of cessation of commercial tobacco smoking among a nationally recruited sample of AI/AN adults (Research Project 1); 2) Improve […]
This project outlines a comprehensive two-year initiative aimed at enhancing suicide care services in primary care settings. The project addresses a critical gap in the continuum of care by providing interim crisis support for at-risk patients who are waiting to be connected to specialty mental health. The main objectives of this project are to develop […]
This project aims to partner with rural, urban, and suburban pediatric primary care practices in Western Washington to improve access and effectiveness of suicide prevention programs through adapting the SAFETY-A intervention for use in primary care settings. This project has the following aims: (1) assess needs of primary care staff, patients, and parents/caregivers for suicide […]
Suicide is a leading cause of death among 10-to-24-year-olds. Primary Care (PC) often serves as a trusted resource for adolescents and young adults (AYA) and their families; and routine wellness visits provide important opportunities for early detection of suicide risk. Importantly, nearly half of those who die by suicide contact their PC clinic within one […]
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is one of the most effective antidepressant non-invasive brain stimulation therapies for adults with major depression. However, a number of patients fail to respond despite adequate trials, and while clinically beneficial, ECT can produce adverse cognitive effects including amnesia, executive dysfunction, and verbal dysfluency. In this prospective study, we propose the first […]
Despite increasing violence, verbal abuse, and threats against healthcare workers by hospitalized patients, few methods can accurately and efficiently screen patients for this outcome. Our project aims to create an algorithm powered by natural language processing—a form of artificial intelligence—to “read” clinical notes and identify high-risk patients prior to violent events. To ensure equitable care, […]
Schizophrenia is a prevalent, debilitating psychiatric disorder that is diagnosed based on clinical interviews that are subjective and highly variable; in fact, two patients can have no overlapping symptoms and be diagnosed with the same disease. While cardiologists have blood tests to help diagnose heart attacks and oncologists have PET scans to find hidden cancers, […]
Approximately 20-25% of primary care patients have unhealthy alcohol use, which can have significant impacts on mental health. Screening for unhealthy alcohol use within primary care settings is increasingly used for point-in-time identification of people who could benefit from brief advice or brief interventions. My project will use a large, longitudinal, real-world dataset consisting of […]
This PTSD-focused methods-development EEG project aims to develop new tools for a) predicting PTSD treatment response, b) understanding the underlying biological process, and c) supporting the development of new treatments for PSTD. We are using an event-related potential (ERP) paradigm to develop non-invasive, easily implemented in clinic biomarker to provide useful information about the neurobiology […]
Consultation-liaison psychiatrists are often asked to manage mood and anxiety symptoms experienced by patients admitted to medical and surgical floors of the hospital. This study aims to determine the feasibility and effectiveness of a self-directed mindfulness intervention as an adjunctive treatment for improving mood, anxiety, and perceived stress in medically hospitalized patients. Participants, consisting of […]
