Roy V. Varner
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
13 Papers
73 Citations
Roy V. Varner is an academic researcher from University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. The author has contributed to research in topics: Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale & Mental health. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 13 publications.
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Papers
Assessing Predictive Factors for Extended Hospitalization at Acute Psychiatric Admission
TL;DR: BPRS-A subscale scores should be considered to be at least as good as more traditional measures in predicting length of hospitalization in predicting patients' need for extended care.
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Black and white patients response to antidepressant treatment for major depression.
TL;DR: Evidence is presented which depicts that black patients need lower doses of tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs) than white patients to attain a similar response in the treatment of major depression.
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The role of psychometric data in predicting inpatient mental health service utilization.
TL;DR: Assessment of the potential usefulness of psychometric data in predicting mental health service utilization found the BPRS-A, SCL-90-R, and BDI show particular promise as time efficient psychometric screening instruments that may better enable practitioners to identify patients proactively who are at increased risk for rehospitalization.
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A comparison of the clock drawing test and the Pfeiffer Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire in a geropsychiatry clinic
TL;DR: In a typical geropsychiatry clinic, the CDT will not have high specificity for Alzheimer's disease as reported by Wolf‐Klein and her colleagues, and results from the presence of many patients with primary psychopathology, some of whom will draw abnormal clocks, and a limited number with dementia—particularly Alzheimer's Disease.
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Use of the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale to facilitate differential diagnosis at acute inpatient admission.
TL;DR: The Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale-Anchored shows promise as a time-efficient assessment instrument that may be useful in facilitating differential diagnosis at inpatient admission and may increase the likelihood that efficacious prerelease interventions and appropriate aftercare services are implemented.
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