Byron D. Brooks

Loyola University Chicago

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Andréa R. Kaniuka

Chicago Department of Public Health

Jameson K. Hirsch

East Tennessee State University

Sarah A. Job

University of Central Florida

Fuschia M. Sirois

Durham University

Stacey L. Williams

East Tennessee State University

Janelle L. Wagner

Medical University of South Carolina

Tanja S. Kellermann

Medical University of South Carolina

Jessica Kelliher Rabon

Prisma Health

Gigi Smith

Medical University of South Carolina

Darnell Motley

University of Chicago

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East Tennessee State University

Medical University of South Carolina

University of Chicago

Loyola University Chicago

University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

University of Calgary

Alberta Children's Hospital

Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute

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Suicidal Behavior Among Fibromyalgia Patients: What Are the Risk and Protective Factors?

Andréa R. Kaniuka Mariann Montgomery Byron D. Brooks Fuschia M. Sirois Jameson K. Hirsch

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What the Trump?Anticipated Rejectionand Concern aboutRights are Associatedwith Suicide Risk inLGBTQ Communities,but Can ResilienceTrump Risk?

Jameson K. Hirsch Andréa R. Kaniuka Byron D. Brooks Kittye K. Hirsch Abbey K. Mann

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Negative life events and suicide risk in college students: Conditional indirect effects of hopelessness and self-compassion

Journal of American College Health (2019)

Jameson K. Hirsch Benjamin B. Hall Haley Wise Byron D. Brooks Edward C. Chang

Objective Suicide risk is a significant public health concern for college students and may be exacerbated by hopelessness resulting from negative life events (NLE), yet may be ameliorated by self-compassion. We examined the mediating role of hopelessness in the relation between NLE and suicidal behavior, and the moderating influence of self-compassion on all model paths. Participants: Participants were 338 undergraduates (89% white; 67% female). Data were collected from December 2014 to December 2015. Methods: Participants completed the Life Events Checklist for College Students, Beck Hopelessness Inventory, Self-Compassion Scale, and Suicidal Behaviors Questionnaire – Revised. Results: Negative life events were related to greater hopelessness and, in turn, to more suicidal behavior, yet self-compassion attenuated this effect. Conclusions: Self-compassion may buffer the NLE–hopelessness linkage, thereby reducing suicide risk among college students. Therapeutic promotion of self-compassion, and reduction of hopelessness, may be important suicide prevention strategies on college campuses.

Beck Hopelessness Scale

Self-Compassion

10.1080/07448481.2019.1692023

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Behavioral Health Referrals in Pediatric Primary Care

Halie Dyer Byron D. Brooks Schetzina Karen Jodi Polaha

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Gratitude and lower suicidal ideation among sexual minority individuals: theoretical mechanisms of the protective role of attention to the positive

The Journal of Positive Psychology (2020)

Andréa R. Kaniuka Sarah A. Job Byron D. Brooks Stacey L. Williams

Gratitude, or attention to and appreciation of the positive, is related to psychological well-being and less psychopathology, including suicidal thoughts and behaviors (STBs). However, to date, no published research has examined the gratitude-suicide relation among sexual minority (SM) adults (e.g., lesbian, gay, bisexual), a population at markedly greater risk for STBs. Further, the theoretical mechanisms underlying the impact of gratitude are understudied. The current study examined potential mechanisms that represent the four hypotheses (positive affect, schematic, coping, and broaden-and-build) that might explain the benefit of gratitude in relation to suicidal ideation (SI) among a sample of SM adults (N = 651). Less depressive symptoms (positive affect) and anticipated discrimination (schematic) and greater self-compassion (coping) and psychological flourishing (broaden-and-build) mediated the relation between gratitude and less SI. Therapeutic activities aimed at bolstering gratitude among SM individuals may have a beneficial effect on SI due to impact on psychopathology and psychological well-being.

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10.1080/17439760.2020.1818814

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B - 39Detecting Epilepsy-Related Cognitive Problems in Children with Epilepsy: Is the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children – Fifth Edition a Useful Tool?

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology (2018)

William S. MacAllister Moshe Maiman C Medlin Marsha Vasserman Byron D. Brooks

Objective: Despite numerous studies on IQ in childhood epilepsy, no published data are available for the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children -Fifth Edition (WISC-V) in pediatric epilepsy.The current study examines the sensitivity of WISC-V index and subtest scores in detecting cognitive problems in children with epilepsy and explores the relationship among WISC-V scores and epilepsy severity variables.Method: 80 clinically-referred children and adolescents with epilepsy were administered the WISC-V as part of a comprehensive neuropsychological assessment.Scores were compared to controls matched for age, gender, race/ethnicity, and parent education obtained from the standardization sample.T-tests compared WISC-V indices and subtests for patients and controls and Chi-Square analyses compared the rate of Low scores (i.e., ≤2 standard deviations below means) in patients versus controls.Correlational analyses assessed the relations between epilepsy severity factors (e.g., age of onset, duration of epilepsy, number of epilepsy medications, seizure frequency) and WISC-V variables.Results: All WISC-V composites and subtests were significantly lower in patients versus controls (p < .001).With the exception of Figure Weights (p = .70),the rate of Low index and subtest scores was greater in patients than controls (p < .01).Among epilepsy severity variables, age of seizure onset and number of epilepsy medications were adversely related to WISC-V performance, whereas seizure frequency had the weakest relationship.Conclusions: The WISC-V is sensitive to epilepsy-related cognitive problems in clinically referred children with epilepsy, though Figure Weights may be of lesser sensitivity.Early age of epilepsy onset and polypharmacy appear to be related to greater cognitive burden.

10.1093/arclin/acy061.115

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Non-Suicidal Self Injury and Suicidal Behavior in College Students: Conditional Indirect Effects of Substance Abuse and Thwarted Interpersonal Needs

Andréa R. Kaniuka Kyle R. Long Byron D. Brooks Erin K. Poindexter Jameson K. Hirsch

Suicidal Behavior

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Strategies to manage the patient with health anxiety

JAAPA (2013)

Lloyd C. Taylor Byron D. Brooks

Health anxiety (HA, or hypochondriasis) is one of the most difficult mental health presentations for the PA to triage. Numerous investigators have demonstrated the increased prevalence of HA in the United States, particularly in the primary care setting. Between 4% and 6% of patients in general medical practice have HA.1 When symptoms of anxiety are related to a patient's physical health and future, the result is increased visits to the doctor, multiple referrals for confirmation of health care opinions, and a significant burden on the health care system. Estimates suggest that compared to patients without health anxiety, patients with HA utilize almost twice as much health care, which contributes to the estimated $42 billion that anxiety disorders cost the United States annually.2,3 Management of patients with HA is clearly important for any health care provider, particularly so for PAs in primary care settings.

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10.1097/01720610-201301000-00014

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Development and validation of the NDDI-E-Y: a screening tool for depressive symptoms in pediatric epilepsy

Epilepsia (2016)

Janelle L. Wagner Tanja S. Kellermann Martina Mueller Gigi Smith Byron D. Brooks

Summary Objectives To validate the revised 12‐item revised Neurological Disorders Depression Inventory‐Epilepsy for Youth ( NDDI ‐E‐Y), a self‐report screening tool for depressive symptoms tailored to youth ages 12–17 with epilepsy. Methods Youth at two sites completed the NDDI ‐E‐Y during a routine epilepsy visit. Youth at one site also completed the Children's Depression Inventory‐2 (CDI‐2). Seizure and demographic data were abstracted from the electronic medical record. Exploratory factor analyses were conducted. Internal consistency, area under the curve ( AUC ), and construct validity were assessed. Results NDDI ‐E‐Y questionnaires were analyzed for 143 youth. The coefficient for internal consistency for the NDDI ‐E‐Y was 0.92. Factor analyses suggested a one‐factor solution with all 12 items loading on the factor. The NDDI ‐E‐Y was positively correlated with the CDI ‐2 (N = 99). Sensitivity and specificity of the NDDI ‐E‐Y were high. Significance Reliability and construct validity were established for the revised 12‐item NDDI ‐E‐Y. The NDDI ‐E‐Y is a brief, free measure of depressive symptoms that can be administered during a routine epilepsy visit.

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10.1111/epi.13446

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Concealment as a moderator of anticipated stigma and psychiatric symptoms

Journal of Gay & Lesbian Mental Health (2020)

Byron D. Brooks Sarah A. Job Emily A. Clark Emerson A. Todd Stacey L. Williams

Sexual minorities are at risk for poorer mental health outcomes due to unique minority stressors. Anticipated stigma and concealment are documented as predictors of worse outcomes among this population; however, limited research has examined how interactions between minority stressors contribute to health outcomes. This study of sexual minorities (n = 147) recruited through social media examined the moderating role of concealment on the relationship between anticipated stigma and psychiatric symptoms (e.g., anxiety, depressive symptoms). Moderation analyses revealed concealment significantly moderated the relationship between anticipated stigma and anxiety symptoms, but not depressive symptoms. Clinically addressing minority stress may reduce psychiatric symptoms.

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10.1080/19359705.2020.1721037

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