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  1. Article ; Online: The Dreamwork of the Symptom: Reading Structural Racism and Family History in a Drug Addiction.

    Proudfoot, Jesse

    Culture, medicine and psychiatry

    2023  Volume 47, Issue 4, Page(s) 961–981

    Abstract: A key tenet of critical health research is that individual symptoms must be considered in light of the social and political contexts that shape or, in some cases, produce them. Precisely how oppressive social forces give rise to individual symptoms, ... ...

    Abstract A key tenet of critical health research is that individual symptoms must be considered in light of the social and political contexts that shape or, in some cases, produce them. Precisely how oppressive social forces give rise to individual symptoms, however, remains challenging to theorize. This article contributes to debates over the interpretation of symptoms through a close reading of the case of Leon, an African American man struggling with an addiction to crack cocaine. Leon presented a complex illness narrative in which his addiction was clearly a product of structural racism, but also the result of dynamics within his family. Drawing on critical reevaluations of Freud's concept of the dreamwork, I call attention to the surface elements of Leon's narrative-what I term the surface of the symptom-and to the formal mechanisms by which latent contents (such as the social, the political, and the personal) are transformed into the manifest form of his symptom. This formal mode of reading offers a productive way of approaching questions of demystification and interpretation, one that holds in tension the register of social causation with the singularities of individuals and their symptoms.
    MeSH term(s) Male ; Humans ; Systemic Racism ; Reading ; Psychoanalysis ; Narration ; Substance-Related Disorders
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-04-06
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 752957-0
    ISSN 1573-076X ; 0165-005X
    ISSN (online) 1573-076X
    ISSN 0165-005X
    DOI 10.1007/s11013-023-09820-w
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  2. Article ; Online: Traumatic landscapes: Two geographies of addiction.

    Proudfoot, Jesse

    Social science & medicine (1982)

    2019  Volume 228, Page(s) 194–201

    Abstract: The confluence of the contemporary opioid crisis and the Great Recession has renewed interest in theories of addiction that can account for the relationship between individual symptoms and large-scale socio-political forces. Gesler's (1992) theory of ' ... ...

    Abstract The confluence of the contemporary opioid crisis and the Great Recession has renewed interest in theories of addiction that can account for the relationship between individual symptoms and large-scale socio-political forces. Gesler's (1992) theory of 'therapeutic landscapes' examines the ways that social, political, and cultural forces, embedded in place, contribute to health and wellbeing. This article considers the inverse of the therapeutic landscape: the traumatic landscape that harms its inhabitants, proposing it as one way of understanding how addiction is related to place. I draw on research in health geography, medical anthropology, and critical psychology to develop a novel theorization of the relationship between place, trauma, and addiction. Drawing on eighteen months of ethnographic fieldwork with drug users exiting the prison system in Chicago, Illinois, the article considers the life histories of two men whose addictions to drugs and alcohol are profoundly related to place. Through close readings of these cases, I develop two readings of addiction-in-place, one in which addiction is the result of environmental stresses that produce a need to use drugs as a form of self-medication, and another in which the landscape acts as a container for histories of trauma and produces an addiction resembling a psychoanalytic symptom, expressed in self-destructive acts. Finally, through my use of the case history method, I contribute to methodological debates about how to research experiences of place and health, arguing that close attention to lived experience is necessary to draw links between macro-level arguments about structural violence and the subjective experience of trauma that lies at the heart of addiction.
    MeSH term(s) Adult ; Anthropology, Cultural/methods ; Chicago ; Economic Recession/trends ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Opioid Epidemic/trends ; Qualitative Research ; Social Environment
    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-03-15
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 4766-1
    ISSN 1873-5347 ; 0037-7856 ; 0277-9536
    ISSN (online) 1873-5347
    ISSN 0037-7856 ; 0277-9536
    DOI 10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.03.020
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  3. Article ; Online: The future is in our hands: the role of mobile phones in the prevention and management of mental disorders.

    Proudfoot, Judith

    The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry

    2013  Volume 47, Issue 2, Page(s) 111–113

    MeSH term(s) Cell Phone ; Computers, Handheld ; Humans ; Mental Disorders/prevention & control ; Mental Disorders/therapy ; Mental Health Services ; Telemedicine/instrumentation ; Telemedicine/methods ; Text Messaging
    Language English
    Publishing date 2013-02
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 221140-3
    ISSN 1440-1614 ; 0004-8674
    ISSN (online) 1440-1614
    ISSN 0004-8674
    DOI 10.1177/0004867412471441
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  4. Article ; Online: Web-Based Benefit-Finding Writing for Adults with Type 1 or Type 2 Diabetes: Preliminary Randomized Controlled Trial.

    Crawford, Joanna / Wilhelm, Kay / Proudfoot, Judy

    JMIR diabetes

    2019  Volume 4, Issue 2, Page(s) e13857

    Abstract: Background: The high prevalence of diabetes distress and subclinical depression in adults with type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T1DM and T2DM, respectively) indicates the need for low-intensity self-help interventions that can be used in a stepped ... ...

    Abstract Background: The high prevalence of diabetes distress and subclinical depression in adults with type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T1DM and T2DM, respectively) indicates the need for low-intensity self-help interventions that can be used in a stepped care approach to address some of their psychological needs. However, people with diabetes can be reluctant to engage in mental health care. Benefit-finding writing (BFW) is a brief intervention that involves writing about any positive thoughts and feelings concerning a stressful experience such as an illness, avoiding potential mental health stigma. It has been associated with increases in positive affect and positive growth and has demonstrated promising results in trials in other clinical populations. However, BFW has not been examined in people with diabetes.
    Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of a Web-based BFW intervention for reducing diabetes distress and increasing benefit finding in diabetic adults with T1DM or T2DM compared to a control writing condition.
    Methods: Adults with T1DM or T2DM and diabetes distress were recruited online through the open access Writing for Health program. After completing baseline questionnaires, they were randomly allocated to receive online BFW or an active control condition of online writing about the use of time (CW). Both groups completed 15-minute online writing sessions, once per day, for 3 consecutive days. Online measures were administered at baseline, 1 month, and 3 months postintervention. Participants were also asked to rate their current mood immediately prior to and following each writing session.
    Results: Seventy-two adults with T1DM or T2DM were recruited and randomly allocated to receive BFW (n=24) or CW (n=48). Participants adhered to the BFW regimen. Greater increases in positive affect immediately postwriting were found in the BFW group than in the CW group. However, there were no significant group-by-time interactions (indicating intervention effects) for benefit finding or diabetes distress at either the 1-month or 3-month follow-up. Both the BFW and CW groups demonstrated small, significant decreases in diabetes distress over time.
    Conclusions: BFW was well tolerated by adults with diabetes in this study but did not demonstrate efficacy in improving diabetes distress or benefit finding compared to an active control writing condition. However, due to recruitment difficulties, the study was underpowered and the sample was skewed to individuals with minimal diabetes distress and none to minimal depression and anxiety at baseline. Future research should continue to investigate the efficacy of variants of therapeutic writing for adults with T1DM or T2DM, using larger samples of participants with elevated diabetes distress.
    Trial registration: Australiand New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry ACTRN12615000241538; https://www.anzctr.org.au/Trial/Registration/TrialReview.aspx?id=368146.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-06-27
    Publishing country Canada
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 2371-4379
    ISSN (online) 2371-4379
    DOI 10.2196/13857
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  5. Article ; Online: Anti-Müllerian hormone in managed African and Asian rhino species.

    Pollock, K E / O'Brien, J K / Roth, T L / Proudfoot, J / Niederlander, J / Micheas, L / Robeck, T R / Stoops, M A

    General and comparative endocrinology

    2020  Volume 294, Page(s) 113487

    Abstract: Serum collected across the lifespan of four managed rhino species: black (Diceros bicornis, n = 16), white (Ceratotherium simum simum, n = 19), greater one-horned (GOH, Rhinoceros unicornis, n = 11) and Sumatran (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis, n = 6) were ... ...

    Abstract Serum collected across the lifespan of four managed rhino species: black (Diceros bicornis, n = 16), white (Ceratotherium simum simum, n = 19), greater one-horned (GOH, Rhinoceros unicornis, n = 11) and Sumatran (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis, n = 6) were validated and analyzed in an anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) enzyme- linked immunoassay. Concentrations of AMH were examined over time, between sexes and throughout different reproductive states which included n = 3 female white rhinos immunocontracepted with porcine zona pellucida (pZP). Across species, males produced higher AMH concentrations compared to females. Among males, AMH concentrations varied by species aside from comparable values secreted between black and white rhinos. The GOH and Sumatran rhino secreted the highest and lowest male AMH concentrations, respectively. However, within each species, AMH concentrations were similar across male age categories. Preliminary insight into male AMH changes from birth to sexual maturity suggest its potential as a marker for onset of testicular maturation. Female black, GOH and Sumatran rhinos secreted comparable AMH concentrations which were higher than those in white rhino. Within each species, inter-individual variation in AMH secretion occurred among females of similar age. While AMH secretion did not differ across the ages sampled for female white (4->26 yr) and GOH (4-26 yr) rhinos, black and Sumatran rhinos >26 and <4 yr, respectively secreted lower AMH compared to conspecific females 7-26 yr of age. Two idiopathic infertility cases corresponded to low (outside species range) AMH values. The establishment of normative AMH concentrations in managed African and Asian rhinos provides an additional metric beyond traditional sex steroids to assess gonadal function. Further work is needed to determine if AMH can predict fertility potential in rhinos.
    MeSH term(s) Africa ; Aging/physiology ; Animals ; Anti-Mullerian Hormone/blood ; Anti-Mullerian Hormone/metabolism ; Asia ; Estrous Cycle/physiology ; Female ; Immunization ; Male ; Perissodactyla/blood ; Perissodactyla/metabolism ; Reproduction/physiology ; Species Specificity
    Chemical Substances Anti-Mullerian Hormone (80497-65-0)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-04-09
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 1851-x
    ISSN 1095-6840 ; 0016-6480
    ISSN (online) 1095-6840
    ISSN 0016-6480
    DOI 10.1016/j.ygcen.2020.113487
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  6. Article: What Does the Staff Think?: Factors Associated With Clinical Staff Perceptions of What Constitutes High-Quality Dying and Death at a Tertiary Pediatric Hospital.

    Bennett, Rebecca / Proudfoot, James

    Journal of hospice and palliative nursing : JHPN : the official journal of the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association

    2016  Volume 18, Issue 5, Page(s) 470–476

    Language English
    Publishing date 2016-10
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2070862-2
    ISSN 1539-0705 ; 1522-2179
    ISSN (online) 1539-0705
    ISSN 1522-2179
    DOI 10.1097/NJH.0000000000000278
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  7. Article ; Online: Outcomes of "one-day" vs "two-day" injection protocols using Tc-99m tilmanocept for sentinel lymph node biopsy in breast cancer.

    Unkart, Jonathan T / Proudfoot, James / Wallace, Anne M

    The breast journal

    2018  Volume 24, Issue 4, Page(s) 526–530

    Abstract: No prior studies have compared Tc-99m tilmanocept (TcTM) one-day and two-day injection protocols for sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy in breast cancer (BC). We retrospectively identified patients with clinically node-negative BC undergoing SLN biopsy at ... ...

    Abstract No prior studies have compared Tc-99m tilmanocept (TcTM) one-day and two-day injection protocols for sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy in breast cancer (BC). We retrospectively identified patients with clinically node-negative BC undergoing SLN biopsy at our institution. Patients received a single, intradermal peritumoral injection of TcTM on day of surgery or day prior to surgery in addition to an intraoperative injection of isosulfan blue dye. Univariable and multivariable Poisson regression count models were constructed to assess the effects of injection timing, radiologist, patient and surgeon characteristics on the number of removed SLNs. A total of 617 patients underwent SLN biopsy with TcTM and blue dye. Sixty-seven (10.9%) patients were injected with the two-day protocol. Patients in the one-day protocol had a mean of 3.0 (standard deviation (SD) 1.9) SLNs removed compared with 2.7 (SD 1.4) SLNs in the two-day protocol, P-value = .13. On multivariable analysis, patient age and operating surgeon significantly affected the number of removed SLNs; however, the injection timing and the nuclear radiologist did not influence the number of removed SLNs. The performance of Tc-99m tilmanocept did not differ significantly between one-day and two-day injection protocols. These results are similar to other radiotracers used for SLN biopsy in BC.
    MeSH term(s) Aged ; Breast Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging ; Breast Neoplasms/pathology ; Dextrans/administration & dosage ; Female ; Humans ; Injections ; Lymphatic Metastasis/diagnostic imaging ; Mannans/administration & dosage ; Middle Aged ; Radionuclide Imaging ; Radiopharmaceuticals/administration & dosage ; Regression Analysis ; Retrospective Studies ; Rosaniline Dyes ; Sentinel Lymph Node/diagnostic imaging ; Sentinel Lymph Node/pathology ; Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy/methods ; Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate/administration & dosage ; Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate/analogs & derivatives
    Chemical Substances Dextrans ; Mannans ; Radiopharmaceuticals ; Rosaniline Dyes ; technetium-diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid-mannosyl-dextran ; iso-sulfan blue (39N9K8S2A4) ; Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate (VW78417PU1)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2018-03-02
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
    ZDB-ID 1289960-4
    ISSN 1524-4741 ; 1075-122X
    ISSN (online) 1524-4741
    ISSN 1075-122X
    DOI 10.1111/tbj.13002
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  8. Article ; Online: Safety and efficacy of topical timolol treatment of infantile haemangioma: a prospective trial.

    Borok, J / Gangar, P / Admani, S / Proudfoot, J / Friedlander, S F

    The British journal of dermatology

    2017  Volume 178, Issue 1, Page(s) e51–e52

    MeSH term(s) Administration, Topical ; Antineoplastic Agents/administration & dosage ; Antineoplastic Agents/adverse effects ; Drug Administration Schedule ; Facial Neoplasms/drug therapy ; Female ; Head and Neck Neoplasms/drug therapy ; Hemangioma/drug therapy ; Humans ; Infant ; Male ; Prospective Studies ; Scalp ; Skin Neoplasms/drug therapy ; Timolol/administration & dosage ; Timolol/adverse effects ; Treatment Outcome
    Chemical Substances Antineoplastic Agents ; Timolol (817W3C6175)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2017-12-29
    Publishing country England
    Document type Clinical Trial ; Letter
    ZDB-ID 80076-4
    ISSN 1365-2133 ; 0007-0963
    ISSN (online) 1365-2133
    ISSN 0007-0963
    DOI 10.1111/bjd.15865
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  9. Article ; Online: Nurse suicide in the United States: Analysis of the Center for Disease Control 2014 National Violent Death Reporting System dataset.

    Davidson, Judy E / Proudfoot, James / Lee, Kelly / Zisook, Sidney

    Archives of psychiatric nursing

    2019  Volume 33, Issue 5, Page(s) 16–21

    Abstract: Objective: This study explored nurse suicide in the United States.: Methods: Characteristics were compared between occupations using 2014 National Violent Death Reporting System data.: Results: Female nurse suicides were significantly higher (11 ... ...

    Abstract Objective: This study explored nurse suicide in the United States.
    Methods: Characteristics were compared between occupations using 2014 National Violent Death Reporting System data.
    Results: Female nurse suicides were significantly higher (11.97/100,000) than in the female population (7.58/100,000) (p < 0.001); similarly male nurses (39.8/100,000) compared to the male population (28.2/100,000) (p < 0.001). Benzodiazepines and opioids were the most commonly used substances used in clinician suicide.
    Conclusion: These results suggest a public health imperative for future research and development of effective preventative strategies for nurses; a largely understudied population.
    MeSH term(s) Analgesics, Opioid/poisoning ; Benzodiazepines/poisoning ; Cause of Death ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S./statistics & numerical data ; Databases, Factual ; Drug Overdose ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Nurses/psychology ; Nurses/statistics & numerical data ; Occupational Health ; Suicide/psychology ; Suicide/statistics & numerical data ; United States
    Chemical Substances Analgesics, Opioid ; Benzodiazepines (12794-10-4)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-06-08
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 639197-7
    ISSN 1532-8228 ; 0883-9417
    ISSN (online) 1532-8228
    ISSN 0883-9417
    DOI 10.1016/j.apnu.2019.04.006
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  10. Article ; Online: Stepped care mental health service in Australian primary care: codesign and feasibility study.

    Anderson, Josephine / O Moore, Kathleen / Faraj, Mariam / Proudfoot, Judith

    Australian health review : a publication of the Australian Hospital Association

    2019  Volume 44, Issue 6, Page(s) 873–879

    Abstract: Objective In 2015, the Australian Government introduced several mental health reforms, including the requirement that Primary Health Networks (PHNs) provide stepped care services for Australians with mental health needs such as anxiety and depression. ... ...

    Abstract Objective In 2015, the Australian Government introduced several mental health reforms, including the requirement that Primary Health Networks (PHNs) provide stepped care services for Australians with mental health needs such as anxiety and depression. This paper reports on the development and feasibility study of StepCare, an online stepped mental healthcare service in general practice that screens patients, provides immediate feedback to patients and general practitioners (GPs), transmits stepped treatment recommendations to GPs and monitors patients' progress, including notification of deterioration. Methods The present codesign and feasibility study in one PHN examined: (1) the acceptability and feasibility of StepCare to GPs, practice staff and patients; (2) the impact of StepCare on clinical practice; and (3) the barriers to and facilitators of implementation. Results Thirty-two GPs, 22 practice staff and 418 patients participated in the study. Overall, patients, practice staff and GPs found StepCare acceptable and feasible, commending its privacy, the mental health screening, monitoring and feedback. They also made suggestions for service improvements. GPs reported that StepCare helped with their identification and management of patients with common mental health issues. Conclusions Preliminary data suggest that StepCare may be acceptable and feasible in Australian general practice, helping GPs identify and manage common mental health problems in their patients. The study provides implications for policy and practice, and points the way to future translational research into stepped mental health care. What is known about the topic? Depression and anxiety are common illnesses in primary care and GPs are ideally placed to implement stepped care approaches enabling early detection and accessible, effective care. What does this paper add? Developed in and for general practice, StepCare is the first fully integrated stepped approach to primary mental health care in Australia. As a first step in a translational research program evaluating the effectiveness of StepCare, this paper reports data regarding the feasibility and acceptability of the service. What are the implications for practitioners? Integrated into the workflow of general practice, StepCare is an online service that helps GPs detect new cases of depression and anxiety, provide evidence-based stepped care treatments and monitor patients' progress.
    MeSH term(s) Australia ; Feasibility Studies ; General Practitioners ; Humans ; Mental Health Services ; Primary Health Care
    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-10-22
    Publishing country Australia
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 639155-2
    ISSN 1449-8944 ; 0159-5709 ; 0156-5788
    ISSN (online) 1449-8944
    ISSN 0159-5709 ; 0156-5788
    DOI 10.1071/AH19078
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