Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Ph.D., University of Wyoming 2009
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  Duke Appointment History

  • Assistant Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Social and Community Psychiatry, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 2013 - 2016
  • Assistant Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Medical Psychology, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 2010 - 2013
• Expertise
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  Subject Headings

  • Adaptation, Psychological
  • Adult
  • Age Distribution
  • Alcohol-Related Disorders
  • Alcoholism
  • Antidepressive Agents
  • Attitude of Health Personnel
  • Attitude to Health
  • Behavior Therapy
  • Cancer
  • Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Clergy
  • Clinical Trials as Topic
  • Cognitive Therapy
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Counseling
  • Culture
  • Depression
  • Depressive Disorder
  • Evidence-Based Practice
  • Health Care Surveys
  • Health Services Accessibility
  • Humans
  • Interview, Psychological
  • Interviews as Topic
  • Iraq War, 2003-2011
  • Mental Disorders
  • Mental Health
  • Mental Health Services
  • Mood Disorders
  • Motivation
  • Nerve Net
  • Neural Pathways
  • Oncology
  • Pastoral Care
  • Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
  • Psychotherapy
  • Psychotherapy, Brief
  • Questionnaires
  • Religion and Psychology
  • Rural Population
  • Socioeconomic Factors
  • Spirituality
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Veterans
  • Veterans Health
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  Global Scholarship

  • Expertise

    • India (Country) 
    • United States of America (Country) 
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Drescher, KD, Currier, JM, Nieuwsma, JA, McCormick, W, Carroll, TD, Sims, BM, and Cauterucio, C. "A Qualitative Examination of VA Chaplains' Understandings and Interventions Related to Moral Injury in Military Veterans." Journal of Religion and Health 57, no. 6 (December 2018): 2444-2460.  Full Text
    • Meador, KG, and Nieuwsma, JA. "Moral Injury: Contextualized Care." The Journal of Medical Humanities 39, no. 1 (March 2018): 93-99.  Full Text
    • Nieuwsma, JA, King, HA, Jackson, GL, Bidassie, B, Wright, LW, Cantrell, WC, Bates, MJ, Rhodes, JE, White, BS, Gatewood, SJL, and Meador, KG. "Implementing Integrated Mental Health and Chaplain Care in a National Quality Improvement Initiative." Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) 68, no. 12 (December 2017): 1213-1215.  Full Text
    • Nieuwsma, JA, Williams, JW, Namdari, N, Washam, JB, Raitz, G, Blumenthal, JA, Jiang, W, Yapa, R, McBroom, AJ, Lallinger, K, Schmidt, R, Kosinski, AS, and Sanders, GD. "Diagnostic Accuracy of Screening Tests and Treatment for Post-Acute Coronary Syndrome Depression: A Systematic Review." Annals of Internal Medicine 167, no. 10 (November 14, 2017): 725-735. (Review)  Full Text
    • Currier, JM, Drescher, KD, Nieuwsma, JA, and McCormick, WH. "Theodicies and professional quality of life in a nationally representative sample of chaplains in the veterans' health administration." Journal of prevention & intervention in the community 45, no. 4 (October 2017): 286-296.  Full Text
    • Kopacz, MS, Kane, CP, Pigeon, WR, and Nieuwsma, JA. "Chaplaincy Encounters Following a Suicide Attempt." Journal of health care chaplaincy 23, no. 4 (October 2017): 167-173.  Full Text
    • Nieuwsma, JA, Wray, LO, Voils, CI, Gierisch, JM, Dundon, M, Coffman, CJ, Jackson, GL, Merwin, R, Vair, C, Juntilla, K, White-Clark, C, Jeffreys, AS, Harris, A, Owings, M, Marr, J, and Edelman, D. "A problem-solving intervention for cardiovascular disease risk reduction in veterans: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial." Contemporary clinical trials 60 (September 2017): 42-50.  Full Text
    • McCormick, WH, Carroll, TD, Slagel, BA, Drescher, KD, Nieuwsma, JA, and Currier, JM. "Professional Quality of Life and Changes in Spirituality Among VHA Chaplains: A Mixed Methods Investigation." Journal of health care chaplaincy 23, no. 3 (July 2017): 113-129.  Full Text
    • Kopacz, MS, Nieuwsma, J, and Meador, K. "A Next Step in Suicide Prevention." Psychiatric Services (Washington, D.C.) 68, no. 4 (April 2017): 422-null. (Letter)  Full Text
    • Kopacz, MS, Nieuwsma, JA, Jackson, GL, Rhodes, JE, Cantrell, WC, Bates, MJ, and Meador, KG. "Chaplains' Engagement with Suicidality among Their Service Users: Findings from the VA/DoD Integrated Mental Health Strategy." Suicide & life-threatening behavior 46, no. 2 (April 2016): 206-212.  Full Text
    • Spoont, MR, Williams, JW, Kehle-Forbes, S, Nieuwsma, JA, Mann-Wrobel, MC, and Gross, R. "Erratum: Does this patient have posttraumatic stress disorder? Rational Clinical Examination systematic review (JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association (2015) 314:5 (501-510))." JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association 315, no. 1 (January 5, 2016): 90-.  Full Text
    • Nieuwsma, JA. "Moral Injury: An Intersection for Psychological and Spiritual Care." North Carolina medical journal 76, no. 5 (November 2015): 300-301.
    • Spoont, MR, Williams, JW, Kehle-Forbes, S, Nieuwsma, JA, Mann-Wrobel, MC, and Gross, R. "Does This Patient Have Posttraumatic Stress Disorder?: Rational Clinical Examination Systematic Review." JAMA 314, no. 5 (August 2015): 501-510. (Review)  Full Text
    • Nieuwsma, J, Walser, R, Farnsworth, J, Drescher, K, Meador, K, and Nash, W. "Possibilities within Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Approaching Moral Injury." Current Psychiatry Reviews 11, no. 3 (July 29, 2015): 193-206.  Full Text
    • Fortune-Britt, AG, Nieuwsma, JA, Gierisch, JM, Datta, SK, Stolldorf, DP, Cantrell, WC, Ethridge, AK, Angel, C, Millspaugh, D, Bauch, SL, and Jackson, GL. "Evaluating the implementation and sustainability of a program for enhancing veterans' intimate relationships." Military medicine 180, no. 6 (June 2015): 676-683.  Full Text
    • Nieuwsma, JA, Jackson, GL, DeKraai, MB, Bulling, DJ, Cantrell, WC, Rhodes, JE, Bates, MJ, Ethridge, K, Lane, ME, Tenhula, WN, Batten, SV, and Meador, KG. "Collaborating across the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Defense to integrate mental health and chaplaincy services." Journal of general internal medicine 29 Suppl 4 (December 2014): 885-894.  Full Text
    • Nieuwsma, JA, Jackson, GL, DeKraai, MB, Bulling, DJ, Cantrell, WC, Rhodes, JE, Bates, MJ, Ethridge, K, Lane, ME, Tenhula, WN, Batten, SV, and Meador, KG. "Collaborating Across the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Defense to Integrate Mental Health and Chaplaincy Services." Journal of General Internal Medicine 29, no. 4 (November 21, 2014): 885-894.  Full Text
    • Fitchett, G, Nieuwsma, JA, Bates, MJ, Rhodes, JE, and Meador, KG. "Evidence-based chaplaincy care: attitudes and practices in diverse healthcare chaplain samples." Journal of health care chaplaincy 20, no. 4 (October 2014): 144-160.  Full Text
    • Nieuwsma, JA, Fortune-Greeley, AK, Jackson, GL, Meador, KG, Beckham, JC, and Elbogen, EB. "Pastoral care use among post-9/11 veterans who screen positive for mental health problems." Psychological services 11, no. 3 (August 2014): 300-308.  Full Text
    • Gierisch, JM, Nieuwsma, JA, Bradford, DW, Wilder, CM, Mann-Wrobel, MC, McBroom, AJ, Hasselblad, V, and Williams, JW. "Pharmacologic and behavioral interventions to improve cardiovascular risk factors in adults with serious mental illness: a systematic review and meta-analysis." The Journal of clinical psychiatry 75, no. 5 (May 2014): e424-e440. (Review)  Full Text
    • Van Voorhees, EE, Hamlett-Berry, K, Christofferson, DE, Beckham, JC, and Nieuwsma, JA. "No wrong door to smoking cessation care: a Veterans Affairs Chaplain survey." Military medicine 179, no. 5 (May 2014): 472-476.  Full Text
    • Zullig, LL, Jackson, GL, Provenzale, D, Griffin, JM, Phelan, S, Nieuwsma, JA, and van Ryn, M. "Utilization of Hospital-Based Chaplain Services Among Newly Diagnosed Male Veterans Affairs Colorectal Cancer Patients." Journal of Religion and Health 53, no. 2 (April 1, 2014): 498-510.  Full Text
    • Zullig, LL, Jackson, GL, Provenzale, D, Griffin, JM, Phelan, S, Nieuwsma, JA, and van Ryn, M. "Utilization of hospital-based chaplain services among newly diagnosed male Veterans Affairs colorectal cancer patients." Journal of Religion and Health 53, no. 2 (April 2014): 498-510.  Full Text
    • Allen, JP, Nieuwsma, JA, Pollitt, MJ, and Blazer, DG. "Recovery on higher ground: Spirituality in the treatment of substance abuse." Current Psychiatry 13, no. 2 (February 1, 2014): 24-40.
    • Allen, JP, Nieuwsma, JA, and Meador, KG. "The Role of Military and Veterans Affairs Chaplains in the Treatment of Alcohol Problems." Pastoral Psychology 63, no. 1 (January 1, 2014): 1-11.  Full Text
    • Brown, VM, LaBar, KS, Haswell, CC, Gold, AL, Mid-Atlantic MIRECC Workgroup, , McCarthy, G, and Morey, RA. "Altered resting-state functional connectivity of basolateral and centromedial amygdala complexes in posttraumatic stress disorder." Neuropsychopharmacology : Official Publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology 39, no. 2 (January 2014): 351-359.  Full Text  Open Access Copy
    • Farnsworth, JK, Drescher, KD, Nieuwsma, JA, Walser, RB, and Currier, JM. "The role of moral emotions in military trauma: Implications for the study and treatment of moral injury." Review of General Psychology 18, no. 4 (2014): 249-262.  Full Text
    • Bulling, D, DeKraai, M, Abdel-Monem, T, Nieuwsma, JA, Cantrell, WC, Ethridge, K, and Meador, K. "Confidentiality and mental health/chaplaincy collaboration." Military Psychology 25, no. 6 (2013): 557-567.  Full Text
    • Nieuwsma, JA, Rhodes, JE, Jackson, GL, Cantrell, WC, Lane, ME, Bates, MJ, Dekraai, MB, Bulling, DJ, Ethridge, K, Drescher, KD, Fitchett, G, Tenhula, WN, Milstein, G, Bray, RM, and Meador, KG. "Chaplaincy and mental health in the department of Veterans affairs and department of defense." J Health Care Chaplain 19, no. 1 (2013): 3-21.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Allen, JP, Nieuwsma, JA, and Meador, KG. "The Role of Military and Veterans Affairs Chaplains in the Treatment of Alcohol Problems." Pastoral Psychology (2012): 1-11.  Full Text
    • Nieuwsma, JA, Trivedi, RB, McDuffie, J, Kronish, I, Benjamin, D, and Williams, JW. "Brief psychotherapy for depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis." International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine 43, no. 2 (January 2012): 129-151. (Review)  Full Text
    • Nieuwsma, JA, Pepper, CM, Maack, DJ, and Birgenheir, DG. "Indigenous perspectives on depression in rural regions of India and the United States." Transcultural Psychiatry 48, no. 5 (November 2011): 539-568.  Full Text
    • Trivedi, RB, Nieuwsma, JA, and Williams, JW. "Examination of the utility of psychotherapy for patients with treatment resistant depression: a systematic review." Journal of General Internal Medicine 26, no. 6 (June 2011): 643-650. (Review)  Full Text
    • Nieuwsma, JA, and Pepper, CM. "How etiological explanations for depression impact perceptions of stigma, treatment effectiveness, and controllability of depression." J Ment Health 19, no. 1 (February 2010): 52-61.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Pepper, CM, Thompson, VM, and Nieuwsma, JA. "Providers' perceptions of barriers to the treatment of emotional disorders in non-urban primary care clinics." Primary Care and Community Psychiatry 13, no. 2 (2008): 59-65.  Full Text

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