Author Archives: samweiss

This exploratory analysis examined the effects of psychotherapy on subcortical brain volumes. Psychotherapy for anhedonia was not accompanied by changes in subcortical brain volumes. However, there was a modest relation between pre-treatment anhedonia and change in caudate nucleus volumes during treatment.

Here, we provide a summary of all published research pertaining to the frontal and/or prefrontal cortex of the ferret across research scales. By doing so, we hope to improve clarity in the interpretation of both previous and future publications on the comparative study of frontal cortex.

This study used machine learning methods to examine features from 26 posttraumatic symptoms assessed during the first 8 weeks following traumatic exposure in order to develop a pragmatic algorithm to predict PTSD. The resulting algorithm accurately predicted PTSD and contained the mean scores from three items: nervousness, re-hashing, and fatigue.

This pilot implementation study outlines a curriculum on digital psychiatry at a large US-based psychiatry residency training program, including an evaluation of learner confidence in the appraisal and clinical recommendation of digital mental health apps.

ShapeAXI is a framework for shape analysis that uses a multi-view approach, capturing 3D objects from various angles and analyzing them with 2D CNNs. It features an automatic N-fold cross-validation process and generates explainability heat-maps, demonstrating its effectiveness in classifying condyles and cleft patient shapes, with its implementation available on...

The current study developed and validated a brief bedside screening tool that could be used with recent sexual assault survivors to understand who is at risk for chronic and impairing posttraumatic stress (PTS) and could benefit from early intervention. The sample included 547 women presenting to one of thirteen hospitals...