Papers by Richard Kaczynski
Oxford University Press eBooks, Mar 5, 2024
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PsycTESTS Dataset, 2006
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Bipolar Disorders, Mar 1, 2016
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International Orthodontics, Sep 1, 2020
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American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Aug 1, 1997
Ninety-two subjects were tested before orthodontic mechanotherapy for the presence of three putat... more Ninety-two subjects were tested before orthodontic mechanotherapy for the presence of three putative periodontopathogens-Porphyromonas gingivalis, Treponema denticola, and Bacteroides forsythus-with the BANA test (PerioScan Oral-B). The sample ranged from 9 to 16 years, with a mean age of 13.1 years, and consisted of 51% girls and 49% boys; 48% African American, 46% white, 4% Asian, and 2% Hispanic. Unlike other BANA studies that examined children and adolescents with a 15-minute incubation time, this research used a 5-minute incubation time to increase the specificity and to reduce the false positives obtained from the PerioScan cards. No statistically significant difference was found between the age, gender, or race of the patients and the levels of the three putative periodontopathogens. A Friedman two-way analysis of variance assessed the BANA levels for three groups of teeth: molars, incisors, and premolars. The central incisors and first molars had a significantly higher percentage of positive BANA readings than the first premolars at p < or = 0.05. The clinical importance of this finding has yet to be determined, however, because the central incisor and first molar are the first permanent teeth to erupt, a possible association between dental emergence time and the rate of infection with various organisms may be postulated. In a pilot study, 10 patients from a statistically comparable pretreatment group were assessed longitudinally at two separate collection times separated by 4 months. The Wilcoxon signed rank test indicated no significant changes in these patients over the 4-month period.
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Schizophrenia Research, Feb 1, 2010
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Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, May 21, 2012
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The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, Sep 6, 2011
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Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, Jul 1, 2008
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Psychiatric Services, 2007
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American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Mar 1, 2023
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American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Nov 1, 2020
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Psychiatric Services, Aug 1, 2006
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American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Mar 1, 2003
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Bipolar Disorders, May 1, 2007
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PubMed, Jun 1, 2006
Background: Informal caregiving contributes significantly to the health and well being of chronic... more Background: Informal caregiving contributes significantly to the health and well being of chronically ill persons. While a vast literature demonstrates this connection, the cost and financial burden of informal caregiving has received considerably less research attention, especially as it-pertains to bipolar disorder. Aims of the study: This paper develops an integrated burden model of informal caregiving, which is contrasted with other more traditional models of caregiving costs, and then uses these models to estimate the financial burden of bipolar disorder. The "goodness" of these various models is measured in terms of their correlation with measures of objective and subjective burden for caregivers of persons with bipolar disorder. Methods: The study was an ancillary protocol to the Systematic Treatment Enhancement Program for Bipolar Disorder (STEP-BD) and included primary caregivers of 500 people with bipolar disorder. Approximately 96% (n=486) caregivers participated in the study. Caregivers were interviewed at baseline, and six and 12 months after an initial interview. The semi-structured interview included questions on (i) subjective distress; (ii) the types of support and services; (iii) caregiver use of formal and informal services and support; and (iv) contributions received from the relative with bipolar over the past month. Results: The correlations between financial burden and psychological burden measures were positive and statistically significant in cases where all resource costs were measured but adjusted for reciprocated giving and customary generosity (the integrated model). The strength of correlations was greater when time is valued at its opportunity cost (and not imputed) and the caregiving costs based on this valuation approach were logarithmically transformed. Discussion: The magnitude of the correlations is consistent with the notion that caregiver burden is a coherent construct with multiple different dimensions. Financial burden appears to be a unique dimension that is significantly intercorrelated with psychological measures but is not redundant with them. The robustness of these findings need to be tested with larger samples and across caregiver illness groups. Implications for health care provision and use: Caregiving is likely to have health and stress-related consequences that increase caregiving costs. Understanding which costs are associated with feelings of burden can be used to inform the design of interventions to minimize the stressful or burdensome aspects of caregiving. Giving back reduces the magnitude of caregiving costs and the sense of psychological burden. Interventions that develop the potential to "give back" are likely to be beneficial for both the caregiver and the care receiver as it increases reciprocity and decreases dependency. Implications for further research: Caution is needed in estimating the costs of informal caregiving needs as many costs are possible but their relationship to burden varies in strength and significance. Assumptions related to what is given and received and how this relates to expected patterns of giving and receiving in measuring and determining financial burden and costs are particularly important, as is the valuation of time.
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British Journal of Psychiatry, Jun 1, 2007
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The Pomegranate, Sep 6, 2021
Peter Levenda, The Dark Lord: H. P. Lovecraft, Kenneth Grant, and the Typhonian Tradition in Magi... more Peter Levenda, The Dark Lord: H. P. Lovecraft, Kenneth Grant, and the Typhonian Tradition in Magic (Lake Worth, Fl.: Ibis Press, 2013), 352 pp., $35 (hardcover). Henrik Bogdan, ed., Servants of the Star & the Snake: Essays in Honour of Kenneth and Steffi Grant (London: Starfire Publishing, 2018), 360 pp, photographs, £25 (hardcover).
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Journal of Attention Disorders, Nov 1, 2006
Despite the fact that autonomic nervous system (ANS) abnormalities are commonly found in adults a... more Despite the fact that autonomic nervous system (ANS) abnormalities are commonly found in adults and predict increased cardiovascular mortality, no studies have assessed ANS function in adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) taking stimulants. This pilot study evaluated ANS function in adults with ADHD in comparison with an age- and gender-matched control group. The authors found that 4% of the control group had some abnormalities in the ANS in comparison with 24% of the ADHD group. Because the control group had higher levels of exercise fitness, and the level of abnormalities in the ADHD group was comparable with that of the general population, the significance of these findings is unknown. In addition, we did not determine if ANS abnormalities were present in individuals with ADHD who were not on stimulant medications. Further research is warranted to determine if there is any association between ADHD and stimulant use and ANS abnormalities.
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Seminars in Orthodontics, Jun 1, 2003
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