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Marcia Valenstein
Researcher at United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Publications - 47
Citations - 3824
Marcia Valenstein is an academic researcher from United States Department of Veterans Affairs. The author has contributed to research in topics: Veterans Affairs & Mental health. The author has an hindex of 26, co-authored 47 publications receiving 3506 citations. Previous affiliations of Marcia Valenstein include Veterans Health Administration & University of Michigan.
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Pharmacy data identify poorly adherent patients with schizophrenia at increased risk for admission.
Marcia Valenstein,Laurel A. Copeland,Frederic C. Blow,Frederic C. Blow,John F. McCarthy,John E. Zeber,John E. Zeber,Leah Gillon,C. Raymond Bingham,Thomas Stavenger +9 more
TL;DR: Whether a pharmacy-based measure of outpatient adherence, the medication possession ratio (MPR), is associated with adverse outcomes among patients with schizophrenia, as evidenced by increased psychiatric admission is investigated.
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Risk of Mortality Among Individual Antipsychotics in Patients With Dementia
Helen C. Kales,Hyungjin Myra Kim,Hyungjin Myra Kim,Kara Zivin,Kara Zivin,Marcia Valenstein,Marcia Valenstein,Lisa S. Seyfried,Lisa S. Seyfried,Claire Chiang,Claire Chiang,Francesca Cunningham,Francesca Cunningham,Lon S. Schneider,Lon S. Schneider,Frederic C. Blow,Frederic C. Blow +16 more
TL;DR: There may be differences in mortality risks among individual antipsychotic agents used for treating patients with dementia, and the use of valproic acid and its derivatives as alternative agents to address the neuropsychiatric symptoms of dementia may carry associated risks.
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Social relationships and depression: ten-year follow-up from a nationally representative study.
TL;DR: Quality of social relationships is a major risk factor for major depression, and depression interventions should consider targeting individuals with low quality of socialRelationship quality.
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Poor Antipsychotic Adherence Among Patients With Schizophrenia: Medication and Patient Factors
Marcia Valenstein,Frederic C. Blow,Laurel A. Copeland,John F. McCarthy,John E. Zeber,Leah Gillon,C. Raymond Bingham,Thomas Stavenger +7 more
TL;DR: The continuum of antipsychotic adherence among a large sample of patients with schizophrenia is described and it is confirmed that poor adherence is common and African-Americans and younger patients are particularly at risk.
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Psychiatric Diagnoses and Risk of Suicide in Veterans
Mark A. Ilgen,Amy S.B. Bohnert,Rosalinda V. Ignacio,John F. McCarthy,Marcia Valenstein,H. Myra Kim,Frederic C. Blow +6 more
TL;DR: Results indicate that men with bipolar disorder and women with substance use disorders are at particularly elevated risk for suicide in veterans.