I have two primary areas of research: 1) the epidemiological study of amphetamine/methamphetamine, and 2) outcomes related to the use of managed care in public mental health in Texas. Regarding amphetamines, my focus has been on amphetamine-associated stroke and acute myocardial infarction. I am also interested patterns of prevalence. As to public mental health, I am interested in "spill-over" effects of public mental health policy. I would like to better understand the relationship between public mental health, medical illness, crime, and death.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Cardiovascular sequelae of amphetamine / methamphetamine abuse
Patterns of prevalence of amphetamine / methamphetamine abuse
Outcomes related to public mental health systems
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Westover AN, Marangell LB, "A cross-national relationship between sugar consumption and major depression?" Depress Anxiety, 16(3):118-20, 2002
Carninci P, Nishiyama Y, Westover A, Itoh M, Nagaoka S, Sasaki N, Okazaki Y, Muramatsu M, Hayashizaki Y, "Thermostabilization and thermoactivation of thermolabile enzymes by trehalose and its application for the synthesis of full length cDNA" Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 95(2):520-4, January 1998
Carninci P, Westover A, Nishiyama Y, Ohsumi T, Itoh M, Nagaoka S, Sasaki N, Okazaki Y, Muramatsu M, Schneider C, Hayashizaki Y, "High efficiency selection of full-length cDNA by improved biotinylated cap trapper" DNA Res, 4(1):61-6, February 1997
SIGNIFICANT PUBLICATIONS
Westover AN, Haley RW, "Stroke in Young Adults Who Abuse Amphetamines or Cocaine: A Population-Based Study of Hospitalized Patients" Arch Gen Psychiatry, 64(4):495-502, April 2007
Westover AN, Nakonezny PA, Haley RW, "Acute Myocardial Infarction in Young Adults Who Abuse Amphetamines" (in press),
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