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Background: In 2020, there were a total of 131.3 million emergency department (ED) visits in the United States. The arising issue is that patients who are triaged as non-urgent often experience long wait times in the ED. Prolonged wait times at the …

Background: Mental health disorders plague much of the inmate population within the United States criminal justice system. Not only are incarcerated inmates with mental health disorders more likely to serve longer sentences, have served prior senten…

Background: Major depressive disorder (MDD) is currently the leading cause of disability worldwide and is commonly comorbid with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). Nearly half of MDD patients that are treated with current guidelines do not achieve …

Background: Osteoarthritis is a common degenerative disease that compromises the integrity of the joint. It causes pain, limits range of motion, leads to deformities and disability, and has been linked to additional comorbidities that have life alte…

Background: SARS-CoV-2 is a newly discovered strain of coronavirus that has caused a global pandemic in 2020. As of August 2021, the United States has accounted for 39 million COVID19 cases and 637 thousand COVID-19 related deaths, both of which ar…

The purpose of this quantitative non-experimental correlational study is to test the relationship between children having special needs and the rate of homeschooling and to test the relationship between parental dissatisfaction with the learning env…

Background/Objective: Pharmacogenetic (PGx) guided antidepressant therapy has become an alternative management approach for major depressive disorder (MDD). Extensive research has demonstrated an improvement in response rates and outcomes in major d…

Background: Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel are known to have worse mental health and well-being when compared to the general population. Previous research has shown that during the COVID-19 pandemic, EMS personnel had poor mental health …

Background: The prevalence of opioid use disorder (OUD) in the United States is a major public health crisis with deadly consequences. There have been many health care policies put in place to discourage the over prescribing of opioid analgesics tha…

Background: The primary male contraceptives currently available in the United States are male condoms, coitus interruptus, and vasectomies, which is unacceptable when compared to the plethora of female contraceptive options. With unplanned pregnanci…

Background: Opioid misuse has become a widespread issue within American society. The addictive nature of these drugs lends to devastating consequences, including a rise in opioid overdoses and sequelae. Staggering statistics have gained national att…

Background: Fractional ablative laser treatment has been widely accepted as the best treatment for atrophic acne scars. New research suggests that the addition of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) to fractional ablative laser therapy may provide superior r…