Search Results - "Guarnaccia, J"

Food craving, cortisol and ghrelin responses in modeling highly palatable snack intake in the laboratory by Sinha, Rajita, Gu, Peihua, Hart, Rachel, Guarnaccia, J.B.

“…Overeating of highly palatable (HP) foods in the ubiquitous HP food cue environment and under stress is associated with weight gain and contributes to the…”
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Craving, cortisol and behavioral alcohol motivation responses to stress and alcohol cue contexts and discrete cues in binge and non‐binge drinkers by Blaine, Sara K., Nautiyal, Nisheet, Hart, Rachel, Guarnaccia, J.B., Sinha, Rajita

“…Alcohol use disorders are associated with high craving and disruption of stress biology, but their role in behavioral alcohol motivation is less clear. We…”
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Cultural psychopathology : Uncovering the social world of mental illness by REGESER LOPEZ, S, GUARNACCIA, P. J. J

“…We review cultural psychopathology research since Kleinman's (1988) important review with the goals of updating past reviews, evaluating current…”
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Patterns of Medical Cannabis Use among Patients Diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis by Guarnaccia, J.B., Khan, A., Ayettey, R., Treu, J.A., Comerford, B., Njike, V.Y.

“…•Medical marijuana used by persons with multiple sclerosis (PWMS) to treat a broad range of neurological symptoms•Reports of the benefit of medical marijuana…”
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Research on Culture-Bound Syndromes: New Directions by Guarnaccia, Peter J., Rogler, Lloyd H.

“…The unprecedented inclusion of culture-bound syndromes in DSM-IV provides the opportunity for highlighting the need to study such syndromes and the occasion…”
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Significance of Endorsement of Psychotic Symptoms by US Latinos by Lewis-Fernández, Roberto, Horvitz-Lennon, Marcela, Blanco, Carlos, Guarnaccia, Peter J, Cao, Zhun, Alegría, Margarita

“…In US regional studies, Latinos frequently endorse psychotic symptoms associated with impairment and mental health service use, yet do not meet criteria for…”
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Sustained clinical benefits of glatiramer acetate in relapsing multiple sclerosis patients observed for 6 years by Johnson, K.P., Brooks, B.R., Ford, C.C., Goodman, A., Guarnaccia, J., Lisak, R.P., Myers, L.W., Panitch, H.S., Pruitt, A., Rose, J.W., Kachuck, N., Wolinsky, J.S.

“…In a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind study, glatiramer acetate (Copaxone) reduced the relapse rate and slowed accumulation of disability for…”
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Estresse de aculturação e carga alostática entre mulheres imigrantes mexicanas by D’Alonzo, Karen Therese, Munet-Vilaro, Frances, Carmody, Dennis P., Guarnaccia, Peter J., Linn, Anne Marie, Garsman, Lisa

“…Objetivos este estudo de caso-controle comparou os níveis de estresse e carga alostática (CA) entre mulheres mexicanas nos EUA ( n = 19) e no México ( n = 40)…”
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Are ataques de nervios in Puerto Rican children associated with psychiatric disorder? by Guarnaccia, Peter J, Martinez, Igda, Ramirez, Rafael, Canino, Glorisa

“…To provide the first empirical analysis of a cultural syndrome in children by examining the prevalence and psychiatric correlates of ataques de nervios in an…”
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Testing Language Effects in Psychiatric Epidemiology Surveys with Randomized Experiments: Results from the National Latino and Asian American Study by Shrout, Patrick E., Alegría, Margarita, Canino, Glorisa, Guarnaccia, Peter J., Vega, William A., Duan, Naihua, Cao, Zhun

“…To evaluate the prevalence of mental disorders for persons of non-English-language origin, it is essential to use translated diagnostic interviews. The…”
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Ethnicity, social status, and families' experiences of caring for a mentally ill family member by GUARNACCIA, P. J, PARRA, P

“…There is growing attention to the role of families nas caregivers of family members with serious mental illness. This paper presents presents data from a…”
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Toward a Puerto Rican popular nosology: nervios and ataque de nervios by Guarnaccia, Peter J, Lewis-Fernández, Roberto, Marano, Melissa Rivera

“…This paper is about naming illnesses--about who determines what categories are used and the implications of these determinations. The central concerns of…”
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A Qualitative Analysis of the Perception of Stigma Among Latinos Receiving Antidepressants by Interian, Alejandro, Martinez, Igda E, Guarnaccia, Peter J, Vega, William A, Escobar, Javier I

“…This study sought to describe the role of stigma in antidepressant adherence among Latinos. The study utilized data generated from six focus groups of Latino…”
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Family Cohesion and Its Relationship to Psychological Distress Among Latino Groups by Rivera, Fernando I., Guarnaccia, Peter J., Mulvaney-Day, Norah, Lin, Julia Y., Torres, Maria, Alegría, Margarita

“…This article presents analyses of a representative sample of U.S. Latinos (N = 2,540) to investigate whether family cohesion moderates the effects of cultural…”
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The mental health and adjustment of immigrant and refugee children by Guarnaccia, P J, Lopez, S

“…Although parents may make decisions to leave their homes, either willingly in the hope of improving their lives or involuntarily to escape danger and seek…”
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The prevalence of ataques de nervios in the Puerto Rico disaster study. The role of culture in psychiatric epidemiology by Guarnaccia, P J, Canino, G, Rubio-Stipec, M, Bravo, M

“…This paper presents one of the few epidemiological studies of a popular category of distress, ataques de nervios (attacks of nerves), in the cross-cultural…”
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The experiences of ataques de nervios: towards an anthropology of emotions in Puerto Rico by Guarnaccia, P J, Rivera, M, Franco, F, Neighbors, C

“…Ataques de nervios are an idiom of distress used by Puerto Ricans and other Latinos to express dislocations in the social world of the family. This paper…”
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The factor structure of the CES-D in the Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Survey: the influences of ethnicity, gender and language by Guarnaccia, P J, Angel, R, Worobey, J L

“…In this paper, we examine the factor structure of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression Scale (CES-D) in the Hispanic Health and Nutrition…”
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Mind, body, and culture: somatization among Hispanics by Angel, R, Guarnaccia, P J

“…In this analysis we employ the recently released Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (Hispanic HANES) to investigate the issue of somatization…”
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Toward a cultural adaptation of pharmacotherapy: Latino views of depression and antidepressant therapy by Vargas, Sylvanna M., Cabassa, Leopoldo J., Nicasio, Andel, De La Cruz, Ana Alicia, Jackson, Elizabeth, Rosario, Melissa, Guarnaccia, Peter J., Lewis-Fernández, Roberto

“…Relative to non-Latino Whites, Latinos in the United States with major depressive disorder (MDD) show low engagement in antidepressant therapy, whether…”
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