Category Archives: Blog
April Journical Club – Black Maternal Health and Medical Conditions Predictability by Social Media Posts
Lynn provided us with a two in one presentation this month. First was a short information presentation for Black Maternal Health Week. Lynn recently became a first time mom and has helped to shed light on maternal health facts that … Continue reading
June Journical Club: ART for PTSD
Journical Club- Shakeira Frye Article: Kip, K. E., Berumen, J., Zeidan, A. R., Hernandez, D. F., & Finnegan, A. P. (2019). The emergence of accelerated resolution therapy for treatment of postātraumatic stress disorder: A review and new subgroup analyses.Ā Counselling and … Continue reading
Friday Facts: Did You Know…? Facts About Schizophrenia (Originally Published 2/9/2019)
No one born blind has ever developed Schizophrenia. Auditory hallucinations seem to be culturally shaped. In the U.S., AH of voices are often described as harsh and threatening, while those heard by individuals with the same diagnosis in Africa … Continue reading
Friday Facts: Double Trouble? A Brief Look at Comorbid Substance Use in Schizophrenia (Originally Published 2/1/2019)
Schizophrenia affects one in every one hundred persons with half of those affected likely to experience co-morbid substance use (as cited in Hunt et al., 2018). This use, in turn, exacerbates the overall symptomologic course of individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia … Continue reading
Article Review: Freeman, G. M., Martin, B. A., & Hu, R. J. (2016) G-CSF Dosing to Prevent Recurrent Clozapine-Induced Agranulocytosis (Originally Posted 1/6/2019)
A case study conducted by Freeman, Martin, and Hu, (2016) found that stabilization of psychiatric symptoms using Clozapine was possible in an individual with three consecutive instances of Clozapine-induced agranulocytosis. The study involved the five and a half year … Continue reading