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Jeffrey R. Lacasse

Researcher at Florida State University

Publications -  79
Citations -  1698

Jeffrey R. Lacasse is an academic researcher from Florida State University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Mental health & Social work. The author has an hindex of 19, co-authored 78 publications receiving 1567 citations. Previous affiliations of Jeffrey R. Lacasse include Arizona State University & University of Pennsylvania.

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Serotonin and depression: a disconnect between the advertisements and the scientific literature.

TL;DR: Many ads for SSRI antidepressants claim that the drugs boost brain serotonin levels, but Lacasse and Leo argue there is little scientific evidence to support this claim.
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Ghostwriting at Elite Academic Medical Centers in the United States

TL;DR: It is found that only 10 academic medical centers in the United States explicitly prohibit ghostwriting, and they all have different policies on what constitutes ghostwriting.
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Is Graduate Social Work Education Promoting a Critical Approach to Mental Health Practice

TL;DR: In this article, a sample of 71 psychopathology course syllabi from 58 different graduate schools of social work was analyzed to determine whether different viewpoints and the concomitant empirical evidence were presented regarding four significant mental health topics: concepts of mental disorder, reliability and validity of psychiatric diagnoses, biological etiology, and drug treatment.
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Ranking Disciplinary Journals with the Google Scholar H-Index: A New Tool for Constructing Cases for Tenure, Promotion, and Other Professional Decisions.

TL;DR: The Google Scholar h-index provides faculty with an additional tool to document the quality of the venues in which they publish, and may be of particular interest to faculty who publish in disciplinary journals notindexed by Thomson ISI.
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Evaluating Journal Quality: Is the H-Index a Better Measure Than Impact Factors?

TL;DR: The h-index correlates highly with ISI 5-year impact factors; but exhibits closer agreement with expert opinion, particularly with high familiarity disciplinary journals.