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MODIFIED RICHMOND AGITATION AND SEDATION SCALE (mRASS)

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Procedure for RASS Assessment Observe patient Patient is alert, restless, or agitated. (score 0 to +4) If not alert, state patient's name and say to open eyes and look at speaker. Ask 'Describe how you are feeling?' Patient awakens with sustained eye opening and eye contact. (score -1) Patient...

Pain

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Veterans returning from deployment in Iraq and Afghanistan frequently report physical pain. Pain can be a debilitating condition, and is classified as chronic if it lasts for at least three to six months. Recent research has shown that pain often co-occurs with other physical and psychological...

Training and Forms

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The Clock-in-the-box is a powerful tool if properly administered and scored, and this website will teach you how to use it. Downloads You can download the instructions, response form and other forms below:

Scoring Criteria

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How to Score the Clock-in-the-Box The score of the Clock-in-the-Box diagnostic is based on a rubric of eight individual categories which are broken into two main subcategories. The sum of the Location, Object, Numbers and Time scores yields the Memory subtotal, while the Size, Number Order, Number...

Comorbidity with PTSD

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We investigated whether Veterans with high compared to low levels of alcohol use experienced changes in the white matter of their brain. White matter are the connecting “wires” that allow for different parts of the brain to talk to each other. We also wanted to see if Veterans with high levels of...

Meghan E. Robinson, Ph.D.

Person: Post-doctoral Researcher, TRACTS, Post-doctoral Researcher, Neuroimaging Research for Veterans (NeRVe) Center; Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy (CSTE) , Post-doctoral Researcher, Boston University School of Medicine
My research to date has focused on task-based and resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and the study of traumatic brain injury (TBI), especially those not associated with symptoms of concussion. I recieved by PhD from Purdue University in Biomedical Engineering. My research...

Hidefusa Okabe, B.A.

Person: Research Assistant, Bal Lab
Hide graduated with a BA in Psychology from NYU, and is a research assistant for the Boston Attention & Learning Laboratory. He has been conducting research on the neural mechanisms of sustained attention using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). In addition, he has been working on clinical...

Randall Newmark, Ph.D.

Person: Post-doctoral Fellow, TRACTS
Randall was a post-doctoral fellow whose research focuses on identifying the behavioral and neural correlates of increased stress in veterans with active suicidal ideation. His other interests include using structural and functional neuroimaging methods to investigate deficits in working memory and...

Alexandra Clark

Person: Research Assistant
Alexandra Clark was a full-time research technician responsible for subject recruitment, scheduling of tests and on-site data collection.