Andrew R Block
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Recent Articles
1.
Rabinowitz E, Whitman M, Marek R, Block A, Ben-Porath Y
Psychol Assess
. 2024 Jan;
36(4):262-274.
PMID: 38236245
Approximately 30% of patients who undergo spinal surgery for chronic back pain continue to experience significant pain and disability up to 2 months following surgery. Prior studies have identified mental...
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Marek R, Le J, Hapenciuc G, Philip M, Chiu J, Block A, et al.
J Clin Psychol Med Settings
. 2023 Aug;
31(1):77-90.
PMID: 37642803
Pre-surgical psychological assessments are becoming common in the United States and are recommended or required prior to surgical/spinal cord stimulator intervention for chronic back pain. Psychological testing is often recommended...
3.
Marek R, Block A, Ben-Porath Y
Psychol Assess
. 2021 Dec;
34(4):379-389.
PMID: 34855439
The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) family of instruments has been commonly used for the evaluation of patients seeking surgical intervention for back pain. A new version of the MMPI,...
4.
Marek R, Lieberman I, Derman P, Nghiem D, Block A
Psychol Assess
. 2021 Mar;
33(6):541-551.
PMID: 33764119
Psychopathology has been associated with patient reports of poor outcome and an algorithm has been useful in predicting short-term outcomes. The objective of this study is to investigate whether a...
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Marek R, Anderson J, Tarescavage A, Martin-Fernandez K, Haugh S, Block A, et al.
J Abnorm Psychol
. 2019 Oct;
129(2):162-176.
PMID: 31599632
Research using a categorical-polythetic classification system for mental illness has raised concern regarding the validity of categorical classification systems. Recent efforts suggest psychopathology is better understood from a dimensional framework,...
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Block A, Marek R
J Clin Psychol Med Settings
. 2019 Sep;
27(2):396-405.
PMID: 31473887
Presurgical psychological evaluations (PPEs) are becoming an established component of the surgical process, though methods of conducting PPEs are variable. There is a lack of clarity about the goals of...
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Carey A, Tarescavage A, Block A, Ben-Porath Y
J Pers Assess
. 2019 Jun;
102(5):653-661.
PMID: 31172796
The purpose of this study was to evaluate a flexible and conditional administration (FCA) for the MMPI-2-RF in archival samples of spine surgery and spinal cord simulator candidates presenting for...
8.
Marek R, Ben-Porath Y, Epker J, Kreymer J, Block A
J Pers Assess
. 2018 Sep;
102(1):22-35.
PMID: 30252508
It is not uncommon for patients to report diminished outcomes as a result of spine surgery or a spinal cord stimulator implant. Presurgical psychological evaluations are increasingly used to identify...
9.
Block A, Marek R, Ben-Porath Y
J Clin Psychol Med Settings
. 2018 Jun;
26(2):123-130.
PMID: 29948645
Although spine surgery (SS) and spinal cord stimulators (SCSs) can provide significant relief for patients with intractable pain, their effectiveness is variable. Previously, a number of pre-operative psychosocial risk factors...
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Marek R, Block A, Ben-Porath Y
Assessment
. 2017 Jul;
26(5):915-928.
PMID: 28703010
It is well established that psychological factors can affect spine surgery results. A widely utilized presurgical psychological screening (PPS) algorithm that combines established psychosocial risk factors to determine patients' likelihood...