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Social network targeting to maximise population behaviour change: a cluster randomised controlled trial by Kim, David A, BSc, Hwong, Alison R, BSc, Stafford, Derek, BSc, Hughes, D Alex, BSc, O'Malley, A James, Prof, Fowler, James H, Prof, Christakis, Nicholas A, Prof

“…Summary Background Information and behaviour can spread through interpersonal ties. By targeting influential individuals, health interventions that harness the…”
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The Effects of Climate Change on Child and Adolescent Mental Health: Clinical Considerations by van Nieuwenhuizen, Adrienne, Hudson, Kelsey, Chen, Xiaoxuan, Hwong, Alison R.

“…Purpose of Review We review recent literature on the effects of climate change on child and adolescent mental health and discuss treatment and engagement by…”
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The Effects of Public Disclosure of Industry Payments to Physicians on Patient Trust: A Randomized Experiment by Hwong, Alison R., Sah, Sunita, Lehmann, Lisa Soleymani

“…Background Financial ties between physicians and the pharmaceutical and medical device industry are common, but little is known about how patient trust is…”
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Comorbidities, healthcare use, and contact with healthcare transition services in older veterans after incarceration by Hwong, Alison R, Barry, Lisa C, Li, Yixia, Byers, Amy L

“…The Health Care for Reentry Veterans (HCRV) program was established to support community reintegration for veterans after incarceration. Yet, it is unclear how…”
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Improving Breast Cancer Screening and Care for Women With Severe Mental Illness by Hwong, Alison R, Mangurian, Christina

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Breast Cancer Screening Rates Among Medicaid Beneficiaries With Schizophrenia by Hwong, Alison R., Vittinghoff, Eric, Thomas, Marilyn, Hermida, Richard, Walkup, James, Crystal, Stephen, Olfson, Mark, Mangurian, Christina

“…Objective:Women with serious mental illness are more likely to be diagnosed as having late-stage breast cancer than women without serious mental illness,…”
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Racial Disparities in Emergency Department Physical Restraint Use: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Eswaran, Vidya, Molina, Melanie F, Hwong, Alison R, Dillon, David G, Alvarez, Lizbeth, Allen, Isabel E, Wang, Ralph C

“…Recent studies have demonstrated that people of color are more likely to be restrained in emergency department (ED) settings compared with other patients, but…”
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Cervical Cancer Screening Among Female Medicaid Beneficiaries With and Without Schizophrenia by Hwong, Alison R, Murphy, Karly A, Vittinghoff, Eric, Alonso-Fraire, Paola, Crystal, Stephen, Walkup, Jamie, Hermida, Richard, Olfson, Mark, Cournos, Francine, Sawaya, George F, Mangurian, Christina

“…In the United States, women with schizophrenia face challenges in receiving gynecologic care, but little is known about how cervical cancer screening rates…”
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Climate change and mental health research methods, gaps, and priorities: a scoping review by Hwong, Alison R, Wang, Margaret, Khan, Hammad, Chagwedera, D Nyasha, Grzenda, Adrienne, Doty, Benjamin, Benton, Tami, Alpert, Jonathan, Clarke, Diana, Compton, Wilson M

“…Research on climate change and mental health is a new but rapidly growing field. To summarise key advances and gaps in the current state of climate change and…”
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Climate Change and Mental Health: Implications for the Psychiatric Workforce by Hwong, Alison R, Kuhl, Emily A, Compton, Wilson M, Benton, Tami, Grzenda, Adrienne, Doty, Benjamin, Thompson, Laura, Gogtay, Nitin, Clarke, Diana, Alpert, Jonathan

“…Climate change is a major global public mental health crisis that is expected to increase the need for mental health services. Psychiatrists and other mental…”
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CRANIUM: a quasi-experimental study to improve metabolic screening and HIV testing in community mental health clinics compared to usual care by Hwong, Alison R, Chagwedera, D Nyasha, Thomas, Marilyn, Niu, Grace, Quan, Judy, Vittinghoff, Eric, Schillinger, Dean, Newcomer, John W, Gonzalez, Ana, Essock, Susan, Mangurian, Christina

“…Individuals with serious mental illness often do not receive guideline-concordant metabolic screening and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing,…”
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Smoking cessation treatment for individuals with comorbid diabetes and serious mental illness in an integrated health care delivery system by Hwong, Alison R., Schmittdiel, Julie, Schillinger, Dean, Newcomer, John W., Essock, Susan, Zhu, Zheng, Dyer, Wendy, Young-Wolff, Kelly C., Mangurian, Christina

“…•Smokers with type 2 diabetes and serious mental illness (SMI) studied.•SMI group more likely to fill smoking cessation prescriptions than non-SMI…”
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Reducing global disparities in cancer screening for people with mental illness by Hwong, Alison R, Irwin, Kelly E

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Impact of a Same-Day Breast Biopsy Program on Disparities in Time to Biopsy for Patients With Serious Mental Illness by Wang, Gary X., Hwong, Alison R., Mercaldo, Sarah F., Lehman, Constance D., Dontchos, Brian N.

“…The aim of this study was to investigate disparities in time between breast biopsy recommendation and completion and the impact of a same-day biopsy (SDB)…”
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A Systematic Review of State and Manufacturer Physician Payment Disclosure Websites: Implications for Implementation of the Sunshine Act by Hwong, Alison R., Qaragholi, Noor, Carpenter, Daniel, Joffe, Steven, Campbell, Eric G., Soleymani Lehmann, Lisa

“…Under the Physician Payment Sunshine Act (PPSA), payments to physicians from pharmaceutical, biologics, and medical device manufacturers will be disclosed on a…”
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High-Frequency Afferent Stimulation Induces Long-Term Potentiation of Field Potentials in the Ventral Tegmental Area by NUGENT, Fereshteh S, HWONG, Alison R, UDAKA, Yoko, KAUER, Julie A

“…Excitatory synapses on dopamine neurons in the VTA can undergo both long-term potentiation and depression. Additionally, drug-induced plasticity has been found…”
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Development and Implementation of a Chief Resident for Research Role in a Psychiatry Residency Training Program by Hwong, Alison R, Morgan, Stefana, Young, Chelsea Anne, Besterman, Aaron D, Jacob, Michael, Williams, Jody, Reus, Victor I, Mathews, Carol A, Hung, Erick, Voglmaier, Susan

“…Psychiatry residency programs with robust research training can prepare physician-scientists to make contributions that advance the mental health field. Our…”
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Scaling up mental healthcare in the Republic of Niger: priorities for and barriers to service improvement by Hwong, Alison, Douma, Djibo Maiga, Zamo, Soumana, Eaton, Julian

“…As part of a pilot programme to scale up community mental health services, local health centre directors, community health workers and key informants were…”
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The Feeling Brain: The Biology and Psychology of Emotionsby Elizabeth Johnston and Leah Olson; New York, W. W. Norton and Company, 2015, 388 pages by Hwong, Alison

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Breast Cancer Screening in Women With Schizophrenia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Hwong, Alison, Wang, Kara, Bent, Stephen, Mangurian, Christina

“…Objective:Women with schizophrenia appear to receive breast cancer diagnoses at later stages of the disease compared with the general population. To study this…”
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