Gary Tarasovsky
San Francisco VA Medical Center
16 Papers
Gary Tarasovsky is an academic researcher from San Francisco VA Medical Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Internal medicine. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 6 publications. Previous affiliations of Gary Tarasovsky include New York University & United States Department of Veterans Affairs.
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A randomized controlled trial of telephone motivational interviewing to enhance mental health treatment engagement in Iraq and Afghanistan veterans
Karen H. Seal,Karen H. Seal,Linda Abadjian,Nicole McCamish,Ying Shi,Gary Tarasovsky,Kenneth R. Weingardt,Kenneth R. Weingardt +7 more
TL;DR: Telephone MI enhances MH treatment engagement in Iraq and Afghanistan veterans with MH problems and demonstrates significantly greater retention in MH treatment than controls.
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Serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor predicts responses to escitalopram in chronic posttraumatic stress disorder.
William Berger,Akhil Mehra,Maryann Lenoci,Thomas J. Metzler,Thomas J. Metzler,Christian Otte,Christian Otte,Gary Tarasovsky,Synthia H. Mellon,Owen M. Wolkowitz,Charles R. Marmar,Charles R. Marmar,Charles R. Marmar,Thomas C. Neylan,Thomas C. Neylan +14 more
TL;DR: PTSD subjects with low BDNF levels demonstrated the largest treatment response from an agent with putative neurotrophic effects, compared with patients with major depression.
Web-based PTSD training for primary care providers: a pilot study.
Kristin W. Samuelson,Christopher J. Koenig,Nicole McCamish,Gerard Choucroun,Gary Tarasovsky,Daniel Bertenthal,Karen H. Seal +6 more
TL;DR: A 70-min Web-based training that focused on military-related PTSD for PCPs practicing in Veterans Affairs hospitals, but was applicable to PCPs treating veterans and other trauma-exposed patients outside VA settings.
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Bringing functional status into a big data world: Validation of national Veterans Affairs functional status data
Rebecca T. Brown,Rebecca T. Brown,Kiya Komaiko,Kiya Komaiko,Ying Shi,Kathy Z. Fung,W. John Boscardin,W. John Boscardin,Alvin Au-Yeung,Alvin Au-Yeung,Gary Tarasovsky,Riya Jacob,Riya Jacob,Michael A. Steinman,Michael A. Steinman +14 more
TL;DR: Overall agreement of VA functional status data with a reference standard was moderate, with fair sensitivity but high specificity and positive predictive value.
Factors Associated with Remote Monitoring Adherence for Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Devices.
Anoop Muniyappa,Merritt H. Raitt,Gregory L Judson,Hui Shen,Gary Tarasovsky,Mary A. Whooley,Sanket S. Dhruva +6 more
TL;DR: In this article , the authors used multivariable logistic regression to examine patient, device, and facility characteristics associated with RM adherence and found significant disparities in RM adherence by race, ethnicity, and neuropsychiatric comorbidities.
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