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• The Impact of Psychiatric Disorder Diagnosis on Motivation to Quit and Stage of Change Among Patients at a Hospital-Based Outpatient Smoking Cessation Clinic

• Parental Barriers in Seeking Mental Health Services for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Children: Systematic Review

• When Nicotine Attacks: Fight the Crave

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Clearing the Smoke: Kentucky’s Lingering Tobacco Habit

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Dr. Lee Anne Walmsley assists with Farmer's Dinner Theatre promoting Mental Health

News Contributor: Kylie Pemberton

Dr. Zim Okoli Selected as Fellow of American Academy of Nursing

The University of Kentucky College of Nursing announces that Chizimuzo “Zim” Okoli, Ph.D., has been selected to be a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing.

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Dr. Peggy El-Mallakh Honored

Behavioral Health Wellness Environments for Living and Learning (BH WELL) honors the life of Dr. Peggy El-Mallakh, an inaugural BH WELL faculty member, who devoted her professional career to psychiatric-mental health nursing research and teaching. Dr. El-Mallakh received her master’s and doctorate degrees from the University of Kentucky. She completed a 3-year post-doctoral fellowship implementing medication management in Kentucky community mental health centers. Her academic research focused on teaching patients living with schizophrenia how to care for their comorbid diabetes.