Psychiatry Faculty, Staff, Student Scholarship
This collection holds the creative and scholarly works of the Department of Psychiatry's faculty, staff, and students. It includes scholarly content such as journal articles, book chapters, conference papers, etc.
Submissions from 2026
Barriers, Attitudes, and Solutions for Brain Health Research Training in LMICs: A Trainee Cross-Sectional Study in Uganda, Mark Kaddumukasa, Carla M. Conroy, Christopher J. Burant, and Shirley Moore
The Spectrum of Bipolar Disorder in Older Adults, Hui Xin Ng and Martha Sajatovic
Submissions from 2025
Harnessing the Electronic Health Record to Identify and Enroll People with Epilepsy into a Self-Management Program: Implementation and Scalability in a Clinical Setting, Clara Adeniyi, Richard Barigye, Jessica Black, Nicole Fiorelli, Carrie Rogers, and Martha Sajatovic
Correlates of Depressive Symptom Severity among Adults with Epilepsy Participating in an Epilepsy Self-Management Clinical Trial, Rachel Branning, Michael Liu, David Silva, Jessica Black, Jacqueline Krehel-Montgomery, Nicole Fiorelli, Richard Barigye, Clara Adeniyi, and Martha Sajatovic
Characterizing Stroke Presenting to a Regional Referral Hospital Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Uganda: A Retrospective Analysis, Christopher Burant, Shirley Moore, and Martha Sajatovic
Antidepressant Use in Older Age Bipolar Disorder (OABD): Results from the GAGE-BD International Consortium, P. J. Chen and Lisa T. Eyler
A 6-month, Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial of the TargetEd Management (TEAM) Intervention vs. Enhanced Treatment as Usual Among Ugandans at Risk for Stroke, Carla Conroy, Joy Yala, Christopher J. Burant, Shirley Moore, and Martha Sajatovic
State of Ohio Adversity and Resilience (SOAR) Study Protocol: A Comprehensive, Multimodal, Family-Based, Longitudinal Observational Investigation of Risk and Resilience in Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders, Chris Flask and Martha Sajatovic
Brain MRI for the Diagnosis of Dementia in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Protocol of Diagnostic Utility and Imaging Findings, Stephen E. Jones and Martha Sajatovic
Perceptions and Practices of Imaging Personnel and Physicians Regarding the Use of Brain MRI for Dementia Diagnosis in Uganda, Stephen E. Jones and Martha Sajatovic
Systematic Review on the Treatment of Emotional Abuse Victimization in Women by an Intimate Partner, Günnur Karakurt, Rhea D’Silva, Çerağ Oğuztüzün, Ankita Choudhary, Keming Gao, and Shari Bolen
Executive Function among Older Adults with Bipolar Disorder: A GAGE-BD Analysis, Federica Klaus, Martha Sajatovic, Peijun Chen, Nicole Fiorelli, and Ashley N. Sutherland
Social Cognition as a Mediator between Neurocognition and Functional Outcome in Early Course Schizophrenia, Anju Kotwani, Jessica A. Wojtalik, Douglas D. Gunzler, Wilson J. Brown, Rochanne L. Honarvar, and Martha Sajatovic
Semaglutide for Metabolic Dysfunction–Associated Steatohepatitis (MASH): Estimating Eligibility from the 2021–2023 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), Jennifer B. Levin, Martha Sajatovic, and Seth N. Sclair
Development of a Self-Management Tool for Individuals With Seizure Clusters: Trial Design and Methodological Report, Molly McVoy, Eytan Hirsch, Luisa Londono, Kari Colón-Zimmermann, Jin Seok Cho, and Martha Sajatovic
Development of a Self-Management Tool for Individuals with Seizure Clusters: Trial Design and Methodological Report, Molly McVoy, Eytan Hirsch, Luisa Londono, Kari Colón-Zimmermann, Jin Seok Cho, Evelyn K. Shih, and Martha Sajatovic
Barriers and Enablers of Early Health-Seeking Behaviour among Women with Preeclampsia and Eclampsia: A Qualitative Study at a National Referral Hospital in Uganda, Shirley Moore and Martha Sajatovic
Cystic Fibrosis-Related Neurodegenerative Disease Associated with Tauopathy and Cognitive Decline in Aged Cf Mice, Danica F. Patton-Parfyonov, Xinming Wang, Sarah Barker, Deborah A. Corey, Edwin Vázquez-Rosa, Nichele Abeyesundere, Whitney M. Ward, Rebecca Darrah, Jung A. Woo, David E. Kang, Andrew A. Pieper, and Thomas J. Kelley
Apolipoprotein E (APOE) and Alzheimer's Disease Risk in a Ugandan Population: A Pilot Case-Control Study, Martha Sajatovic
Clinical Decision Support for Pharmacologic Management of Treatment-Resistant Depression with Augmented Large Language Models, Martha Sajatovic
Cognition, White Matter Hyperintensities and Suicide Risk in Late-Life Depression Patients: An Exploratory Study, Martha Sajatovic
Effect of Cariprazine on Outcomes in Older-aged and Younger-aged Patients with Bipolar I Disorder: A Post-hoc Analysis, Martha Sajatovic
Global Aging & Geriatric Experiments in Bipolar Disorder (GAGE-BD): Building a Global Consortium Benefiting People with Bipolar Disorder in Later Life, Martha Sajatovic
Plain Language Summary of Publication: Expert Consensus on the Early Use of Long-Acting Injectable Antipsychotics in People with Bipolar I Disorder, Martha Sajatovic
Prevalence of Sleep Disturbances and Factors Associated Among School Going Children in Uganda, a Cross-Sectional Study, Martha Sajatovic
Psychosocial Burden and Suicidality in Epilepsy: A Public Health Concern, Martha Sajatovic
The Use of Long-Acting Injectables for People with Schizophrenia: Consensus Panel Recommendations for Overcoming Barriers and Implementing Treatment, Martha Sajatovic
Development and Feasibility Testing of an Implementation Evaluation Tool: Recommendations from the Managing Epilepsy Well (Mew) Network Research Collaborative, Martha Sajatovic, Clara Adeniyi, and Jessie Black
Addressing Implementation Challenges in the Delivery of an Epilepsy Self-Management Program in Community Settings, Martha Sajatovic, Jessica Black, Clara Adeniyi, Sakshi Priya, Nicole Fiorelli, and Lesley Armah
Addressing Implementation Challenges in the Delivery of an Epilepsy Self-Management Program in Community Settings, Martha Sajatovic, Jessica Black, Clara Adeniyi, Sakshi Priya, Nicole Fiorelli, and Lesley Armah
Self-Management for People with Epilepsy and a History of Negative Health Events (Smart): A Randomized Controlled Effectiveness Trial, Martha Sajatovic, Jessica Black, Jacqueline Krehel-Montgomery, Richard Barigye, Joy Yala, and Clara Adeniyi
Association Between Adherence Barriers, Self-Reported Adherence, and Psychiatric Symptoms among Adults with Bipolar Disorder, Martha Sajatovic, Jennifer B. Levin, Clara Adeniyi, Jessica Black, Celeste Weise, Nicole Fiorelli, and Erika Kelley
Family Caregivers’ Perceptions of Quality of Dementia Self-Care in Wakiso District, Uganda, Martha Sajatovic and Kylie Meyer
Characterization of the Gut Microbiome in Alzheimer Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment Among Older Adults in Uganda: A Case-Control Study, Martha Sajatovic and Scott M. Williams
Anticonvulsant Use in Older Age Bipolar Disorder in a Global Sample from the Global Aging and Geriatric Experiments in Bipolar Disorder Project Utilisation d’anticonvulsivants pour le traitement des troubles bipolaires du sujet âgé auprès d’un échantillon mondial provenant du projet GAGE-BD, Kaylee Sarna, Nicole Fiorelli, Joy Yala, and Martha Sajatovic
Antipsychotic-Induced Weight Gain: What Have We Learned?, Akshatha Silas, Margaret Musso, and Trygve Dolber
Alzheimer’s Disease: Relationship of Cognition and Behavior to Neurochemistry, Peter J. Whitehouse
Building Toward Population Reserve and a Critical Positive Psychiatry, Peter J. Whitehouse
Submissions from 2024
Conceptual Competence in Psychiatric Training: Building a Culture of Conceptual Inquiry, Awais Aftab
Barriers and Facilitators to Incorporating an Integrative Mind–Body Intervention in Youth With Type 2 Diabetes, Irina Bransteter, Molly McVoy, David W. Miller, Rose A. Gubitosi-Klug, and Martha Sajatovic
Stroke Recurrence Rate and Risk Factors Among Stroke Survivors in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review, Christopher J. Burant, Shirley Moore, Carol Bixen, and Martha Sajatovic
Administration Patterns of Magnesium Sulphate for Women with Preeclampsia and Immediate Newborn Outcomes in Kawempe National Referral Hospital-Uganda: A Cohort Study, Christopher J. Burant, Shirley Moore, Carol Blixen, and Martha Sajatovic
Sociodemographic and Clinical Characteristics of People with Oldest Older Age Bipolar Disorder in a Global Sample: Results from the Global Aging and Geriatric Experiments in Bipolar Disorder Project, Peijun Chen, Martha Sajatovic, Joy Yala, and Kaylee Sarna
The Efficacy of Telemental Health Interventions for Mood Disorders Pre-COVID-19: A Narrative Review, Alyssa M. Edwards, Jordan C. Petitt, Martha Sajatovic, Sanjana Kumar, and Jennifer B. Levin
Using Latent variables to Improve the Management of Depression Among Hemodialysis Patients, Douglas D. Gunzler, Martha Sajatovic, and Ashwini R. Sehgal
Excess Prevalence of Preexisting Chronic Conditions in Older Adults with Incident Epilepsy, Siran M. Koroukian, Hannah L. Fein, Long Vu, Wyatt P. Bensken, Nicholas K. Schiltz, and Martha Sajatovic
Excess Prevalence of Preexisting Chronic Conditions in older Adults With Incident Epilepsy, Siran M. Koroukian, Hannah L. Fein, Long Vu, Wyatt P. Bensken, Nicholas K. Schiltz, and Martha Sajatovic
A 6-Month, Prospective, Randomized Controlled Trial of Customized Adherence Enhancement Versus a Bipolar-Specific Educational Control in Poorly Adherent Adolescents and Young Adults Living with Bipolar Disorder, Jennifer B. Levin, Molly McVoy, Joy Yala, Jessica Black, Carla Conroy, and Martha Sajatovic
Impact of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Infections on Mental Health Diagnoses in Youth with Chronic Illness, Molly McVoy, Rina Hung, Irina Bransteter, David W. Miller, Jeffrey A. Dusek, and Martha Sajatovic
Comparing Two Transitioning Strategies to Paliperidone Palmitate Once-Every-6-Months, Martha Sajatovic
Early Use of Long-Acting Injectable Antipsychotics in Bipolar Disorder Type I: An Expert Consensus, Martha Sajatovic
Preferences for Attributes of Oral Antipsychotic Treatments: Results From a Discrete-Choice Experiment in Respondents With Schizophrenia or Bipolar I Disorder, Martha Sajatovic
Proceedings of the 2022 “Lifestyle Intervention for Epilepsy (LIFE)” Symposium Hosted by Cleveland Clinic, Martha Sajatovic
Psychological Distress Among Family Caregivers of Persons With Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias in Uganda, Martha Sajatovic
Three-Year Outcomes of 6-Month Paliperidone Palmitate in Adults with Schizophrenia: An Open-Label Extension Study of a Randomized Clinical Trial, Martha Sajatovic
Bipolar Symptoms, Somatic Burden and Functioning in Older-Age Bipolar Disorder: A Replication Study from the Global Aging & Geriatric Experiments in Bipolar Disorder Database (GAGE-BD) Project, Martha Sajatovic, Farren B.S Briggs, Kaylee Sarna, and Joy Yala
Clinical Correlates of Perceived Stigma Among People Living with Epilepsy Enrolled in a Self-Management Clinical Trial, Martha Sajatovic, Martha Sajatovic, Jessica Black, Jacqueline Krehel-Montgomery, Grace McDermott, Joy Yala, Richard Barigye, Clara Adeniyi, and Farren Briggs
Sex Differences Among Older Adults With Bipolar Disorder: Results From the Global Aging & Geriatric Experiments in Bipolar Disorder (GAGE-BD) Project, Kaylee Sarna, Joy Yala, Farren B.S. Briggs, and Martha Sajatovic
Understanding the Utility of Less Than Six-Month Prognosis Using Administrative Data Among U.S. Nursing Home Residents With Cancer, Long Vu, Siran M. Koroukian, Sara L. Douglas, and Hannah L. Fein
Recent Findings on the Effectiveness of Peer Support for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes, James J. Werner, Kelsey Ufholz, and Prashant Yamajala
Submissions from 2023
Prevalence and Factors Associated With Pre-Hospital Delay Among Acute Stroke Patients at Mulago and Kiruddu National Referral Hospitals, Kampala: a Cross-Sectional Study, Chris Burant and Martha Sajatovic
Fibrinogen; a Predictor of Injury Severity and Mortality Among Patients With Traumatic Brain injury in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Cross-Sectional Observational Study, Michael Devereaux and Martha Sajatovic
Evidence-Supported Interventions for Reducing Secondary Stroke Risk in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review, Alyssa M. Edwards, Christopher J. Burant, Shirley M. Moore, Carol Blixen, and Maratha Sajatovic
Incidence of Aggressive End-of-Life Care among Older Adults with Metastatic Cancer Living in Nursing Homes and Community Settings, Siran M. Koroukian, Sara L. Douglas, Long Vu, Hannah L. Fein, Richa Gairola, Nicholas K. Schiltz, Jennifer Cullen, Cynthia Owusu, Martha Sajatovic, and Johnie Rose
Aggressive End-of-Life Care Across Gradients of Cognitive Impairment in Nursing Home Patients with Metastatic Cancer, Siran M. Koroukian, Sara L. Douglas, Long Vu, Hannah L. Fein, Nicholas K. Schiltz, Jennifer Cullen, Cynthia Owusu, Martha Sajatovic, and Johnie Rose
Self-Management Intervention for Reducing Epilepsy Burden Among Adult Ugandans with Epilepsy (SMART-U): Randomised Clinical Trial Protocol, Jennifer B. Levin, Carolyn Still, Christopher J. Burant, and Martha Sajatovic
Demographic and Clinical Associations to Employment Status in older-Age Bipolar Disorder: Analysis from the GAGE-BD Database Project, Amulya Mallu, Carol K. Chan, Kaylee Sarna, Joy Yala, Farren B.S. Briggs, and Martha Sajatovic
Blood Pressure Variability and Early Neurological Outcomes in Acute and Subacute Stroke in Southwestern Uganda, Shirley M. Moore and Martha Sajatovic
Thirty-Day Mortality Rates Among Young Adult Stroke Patients and Their Characteristics at Kiruddu and Mulago Hospitals in Uganda: A Prospective Observational Cohort Study, Shirley Moore and Martha Sajatovic
Massage Therapy for Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults: Clinical Delivery and Effectiveness in Hematology and Oncology, Samuel N. Rodgers-Melnick, Mandy Bartolovich, Neha J. Desai, Smitha Hosahalli Vasanna, Amma Owusu-Ansah, Sanjay P. Ahuja, Jeffery A. Dusek, and David W. Miller
Reflections on the Use of Patient Records: Privacy, Ethics, and Reparations in the History of Psychiatry, Jonathan Sadowsky
Crushing the Contents of Valbenazine Capsules for Potential Addition to Soft Foods or Administration via Gastrostomy Tube, Martha Sajatovic
Poor Seizure Control Among Children Attending a Tertiary 8 Hospital in South Western Uganda – A Retrospective Study [Response to Letter], Martha Sajatovic
Poor Seizure Control Among Children Attending a Tertiary Hospital in South Western Uganda – A Retrospective Study, Martha Sajatovic
Unmet Needs With Antipsychotic Treatment in Schizophrenia and Bipolar I Disorder: Patient Perspectives from Qualitative Focus Groups, Martha Sajatovic
Can I Count on You? Social support, Depression and Suicide Risk, Christiana Silva, Christopher McGovern, Stephanie Gomez, Eleanor Beale, and James Overholser
Racial Differences in Time to Blood Pressure Control of Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Patients: A Single-Institution Study, Xiaofei Zhou, Adam Hwan Bates, Uma V. Mahajan, Ansh Desai, Jeffrey Butke, Yifei Duan, Christopher Burant, Kaylee Sarna, Martha Sajatovic, Dhimant Dani, and S. Alan Hoffer
Submissions from 2022
A Mixed-Methods, Cross-Sectional Study of Perceived Stigma Among Ugandans with Epilepsy, Carol Blixen and Martha Sajatovic
Symptom Severity Mixity in Older-Age Bipolar Disorder: Analyses From the Global Aging and Geriatric Experiments in Bipolar Disorder Database (GAGE-BD), Farren B.S. Briggs and Martha Sajatovic
An Interventional Pilot of Customized Adherence Enhancement Combined with Long-Acting Injectable Antipsychotic Medication (CAE-L) for Poorly Adherent Patients With Chronic Psychotic Disorder in Tanzania, Christopher J. Burant, Carol E. Blixen, Kristin A. Cassidy, Jennifer B. Levin, and Martha Sajatovic
Pre COVID-19 Pandemic Use of Telemedicine for Adherence Promotion in Patients with Psychotic Disorders: A Literature Review, Alyssa M. Edwards, Jordan C. Petitt, Sanjana Kumar, Jennifer B. Levin, and Martha Sajatovic
Directly Observed Weekly Fluoxetine for Major Depressive Disorder Among Hemodialysis Patients: A Single-Arm Feasibility Trial, Kelley M. Kauffman, Jacqueline Dolata, Maria Figueroa, Douglas Gunzler, Anne Huml, Julie Pencak, Martha Sajatovic, and Ashwini R. Sehgal
A Randomized Controlled Trial of Customized Adherence Enhancement (CAE-E): Study Protocol for a Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Project, Jennifer B. Levin, Farren Briggs, Carol Blixen, Douglas Einstadter, Jeffrey M. Albert, Celeste Weise, Edna Fuentes-Casiano, Kristin A. Cassidy, and Martha Sajatovic
Using mHealth to Improve Adherence and Reduce Blood Pressure in Individuals with Hypertension and Bipolar Disorder (iTAB-CV): Study Protocol for a 2-stage Randomized Clinical Trial, Jennifer B. Levin, Farren Briggs, Mahboob Rahman, Kurt C. Stange, Douglas Einstadter, Celeste Weise, Carla Conroy, Joy Yala, Ethan Radatz, and Martha Sajatovic
Using mHealth to Improve Adherence and Reduce Blood pressure in Individuals With Hypertension and Bipolar Disorder (iTAB-CV): Study Protocol for a 2-Stage Randomized Clinical Trial, Jennifer B. Levin, Farren Briggs, Mahboob Rahman, Kurt Stange, Douglas Einstadter, Celeste Weise, Carla Conroy, Joy Yala, Ethan Radatz, and Martha Sajatovic
Cognitive Functioning and Prevalence of Seizures Among Older Persons in Uganda: A Hospital-Based, Cross-Sectional Study, Martha Sajatovic
Long-Term Safety and Efficacy of Deutetrabenazine in Younger and Older Patients With Tardive Dyskinesia, Martha Sajatovic
Regulatory Aspects of Mild Cognitive Impairment: Toward a Harmonized Perspective, Peter J. Whitehouse
Submissions from 2021
A Randomized Controlled Trial of Self-Management for People with Epilepsy and a History of Negative Health Events (SMART) Targeting Rural and Underserved People with Epilepsy: A Methodologic Report, Farren Briggs, Kristin Cassidy, Carol Blixen, and Martha Sajatovic
Bipolar I and Bipolar II Subtypes in Older Age: Results from the Global Aging and Geriatric Experiments in Bipolar Disorder (GAGE-BD) Project, Farren Briggs, Martha Sajatovic, Kaylee Sarna, and Joy Yala
Systematic Literature Review of Psychiatric Comorbidities in Adults With Epilepsy, Elaine Lu, Christopher J. Burant, and Martha Sajatovic