2008 Woodie Awards
Psychology study findings save veterans from suffering
Keisuke Ono
Issue date: 4/25/08 Section: News
Originally published: 4/24/08 at 4:18 PM EST
Last update: 4/24/08 at 5:17 PM EST
The research started six weeks ago.
Its results will help keep many people from suffering.
Psychology major Howard Shambo recently worked on a research project to justify a medication adjustment for Dr. Emfield from Northern Westchester hospital in New York. Emfield's client suffered from Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), a condition affecting children and adults with problems in attention, impulsivity, over-activity and decreased learning ability.
Shambo worked with several colleagues: Mary Hottelet, B.A. in history from the University of Texas; Robert Powell, fine arts designer at Rhode Island School of Design, Hisae Takada; psychology major at Plattsburgh State; Jeanne Ryan, whose specialty area is neuroscience; Stephan Mansfield and Wendy Braje, whose specialty areas are perception and cognition; and Gary Brannigan, who specializes in educational psychology and helped prepare the written results.
Shambo looked for relevant past research from the National Library of Medicine with Hottelet, Powell and Takada. Major testing assessed attention, distraction and inhibition.
Shambo and Takada examined research to assess the safety of what is called a cocktail, or a mixture of more than one drug at the same time. They came across research confirming what they previously had thought about a medication combination that was found to cause severe side effects when used together within eight days, and was a common mixture prescribed in American hospitals. This information was forwarded to the Veterans Hospital, Canandaigua, in New York, and to Ryan, Mansfield and Braje.
Tasbas of the Veterans Hospital was grateful for the information and said it held the possibility of saving a great deal of suffering their veterans currently experience.
Ryan said Howard is writing a lengthy research paper, which explained the different brain pathways humans used when experiencing problems with fear, anxiety and attention. This is done by examining medical research from the National Library of Medicine, and applying it to the specific brain mechanisms for the individual based on cognitive testing.
Its results will help keep many people from suffering.
Psychology major Howard Shambo recently worked on a research project to justify a medication adjustment for Dr. Emfield from Northern Westchester hospital in New York. Emfield's client suffered from Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), a condition affecting children and adults with problems in attention, impulsivity, over-activity and decreased learning ability.
Shambo worked with several colleagues: Mary Hottelet, B.A. in history from the University of Texas; Robert Powell, fine arts designer at Rhode Island School of Design, Hisae Takada; psychology major at Plattsburgh State; Jeanne Ryan, whose specialty area is neuroscience; Stephan Mansfield and Wendy Braje, whose specialty areas are perception and cognition; and Gary Brannigan, who specializes in educational psychology and helped prepare the written results.
Shambo looked for relevant past research from the National Library of Medicine with Hottelet, Powell and Takada. Major testing assessed attention, distraction and inhibition.
Shambo and Takada examined research to assess the safety of what is called a cocktail, or a mixture of more than one drug at the same time. They came across research confirming what they previously had thought about a medication combination that was found to cause severe side effects when used together within eight days, and was a common mixture prescribed in American hospitals. This information was forwarded to the Veterans Hospital, Canandaigua, in New York, and to Ryan, Mansfield and Braje.
Tasbas of the Veterans Hospital was grateful for the information and said it held the possibility of saving a great deal of suffering their veterans currently experience.
Ryan said Howard is writing a lengthy research paper, which explained the different brain pathways humans used when experiencing problems with fear, anxiety and attention. This is done by examining medical research from the National Library of Medicine, and applying it to the specific brain mechanisms for the individual based on cognitive testing.
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