Terry Richmond and Marta Bruce were featured in an LDI Q&A regarding “The Contribution of Neighborhood Characteristics to Psychological Symptom Severity in a Cohort of Injured Black Men,” a paper they recently published in the Journal of Racial and...
Little is known about how survivors of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) manage their high blood pressure, a common and significant long-term effect of ACEs. Carmen Alvarez and colleagues conducted a qualitative analysis, finding the health behavior of survivors of...
A paper led by Carmen Alvarez explores whether modifiable variables – depression and patient activation – explain the relationship between adverse childhood experiences and medication adherence among patients with uncontrolled hypertension. Read the full...
Research by Terry Richmond and Marta Bruce, featured in Penn Today, has examined how environmental factors influence the development of depression and post-traumatic stress disorder in Black men who sustained a traumatic injury. “We have to think about the environment...
Terry Richmond, Marta Bruce, and colleagues examined how neighborhood characteristics impact the recovery of Black men following a traumatic injury. Severity of PTSD and depressive symptoms was associated with neighborhood crime/violence/vacancy and neighborhood...
Carmen Alvarez and colleagues explore the differences in self-care behaviors and attitudes among patients with hypertension who did and did not experience adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), revealing that ACE survivors may need additional resources for depression...
This study, from PISC Senior Scholars Sara Jacoby and Meghan Lane-Fall, examined how how caregiver experiences evolve from ICU admission to patient recovery. The interview results converged on four areas: experiences in the ICU, the aftermath of violent traumatic...
A study including PISC Internal Advisory Board Member Patrick Reilly and PISC Senior Scholar Elinore Kaufman sought to prospectively determine patient reported physical, emotional, and social outcomes during the post-injury period. Patients reported decreases in...
Former PISC Trainee Alison Culyba and colleagues found that exposure to violence was associated with absenteeism in middle school students. Resources and contextual support for youth exposed to family or community violence may play a role in school attendance,...
Lead author Helena Addison, along with PISC Scholars and collaborators Therese Richmond, Lisa Lewis, and Sara Jacoby evaluate the current state of scientific knowledge describing the mental health of Black men who have experienced incarceration. Quantitative findings...
