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John A. Fairbank

John A. Fairbank

Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry
john.fairbank@duke.edu
2400 Pratt St., 6th Floor, Durham, NC 27705
2400 Pratt St., 6th Floor, Durham, NC 27705

Selected Publications

Trauma-informed care for unaccompanied children: Lessons learned for practice and policy development.

Journal Article Psychol Trauma · August 2024 INTRODUCTION: The number of unaccompanied children (UC) arriving in the United States has increased significantly in recent years. UC often encounter traumatic events in their home country, during their migration journey, and upon resettlement. This articl ... Full text Link to item Cite

Family separation from military service and children's externalizing symptoms: Exploring moderation by non-military spouse employment, family financial stress, marital quality, and the parenting alliance

Journal Article Social Development · February 1, 2024 Military separation is a well-documented vulnerability point for service members, yet little is known regarding how children fare across this transition. The current study examined 909 military-connected children from the Millennium Cohort Family Study (Wa ... Full text Cite

Probable trauma associated sleep disorder in post-9/11 US Veterans.

Journal Article Sleep Adv · 2023 STUDY OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to (1) estimate trauma associated sleep disorder (TASD) prevalence among post-9/11 era veterans and to describe differences in service and comorbid mental health clinical characteristics among individuals wit ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Associations of Warzone Veteran and Intimate Partner PTSD Symptoms with Child Depression, Anxiety, Hyperactivity, and Conduct Problems.

Journal Article Mil Behav Health · 2023 Warzone deployment increases risk for posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms (PTSS), including among service members who have children. Parental PTSS are associated with child depression, anxiety, hyperactivity, and conduct problems, yet few studies of chi ... Full text Link to item Cite

The role of trauma, social support, and demography on veteran resilience.

Journal Article Eur J Psychotraumatol · 2022 BACKGROUND: Historically, resilience has often been conceptualized as the sustained lack of symptoms following trauma exposure. In line with a novel conceptualization of resilience as being dynamic over lifespan, determined by interacting biological and en ... Full text Link to item Cite

Warzone experiences and subsequent clinician suicide risk assessment in veterans

Journal Article Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior · December 1, 2021 Objective: To determine in veterans whether severity of combat exposure was predictive of subsequently receiving a suicide risk assessment (SRA), and whether this relationship was meditated by depression symptomatology. Method: We conducted an electronic m ... Full text Cite

A network analysis of risk factors for suicide in Iraq/Afghanistan-era veterans.

Journal Article J Psychiatr Res · June 2021 Suicidal ideation (SI) is a prevalent issue in the veteran population. A number of factors have been identified as risk factors for suicidal ideation (SI) in veterans, including suicide attempts, depression, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and drug u ... Full text Link to item Cite

Cannabis use disorder, anger, and violence in Iraq/Afghanistan-era veterans.

Journal Article J Psychiatr Res · June 2021 An association has been found between cannabis use disorder (CUD) and violence in several clinical populations, including veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and there is evidence that CUD has been increasing among veterans since September ... Full text Link to item Cite

Screening for moral injury and comparatively evaluating moral injury measures in relation to mental illness symptomatology and diagnosis.

Journal Article Clin Psychol Psychother · January 2021 Moral injury merits further study to clarify its identification, prevalence, assessment and intersection with psychosocial and psychiatric problems. The present study investigated the screening potential of the Brief Moral Injury Screen (BMIS) in a sample ... Full text Link to item Cite

Gene Expression Analysis in Three Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Cohorts Implicates Inflammation and Innate Immunity Pathways and Uncovers Shared Genetic Risk With Major Depressive Disorder.

Journal Article Front Neurosci · 2021 Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a complex psychiatric disorder that can develop following exposure to traumatic events. The Psychiatric Genomics Consortium PTSD group (PGC-PTSD) has collected over 20,000 multi-ethnic PTSD cases and controls and has ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Epigenome-wide meta-analysis of PTSD across 10 military and civilian cohorts identifies methylation changes in AHRR.

Journal Article Nat Commun · November 24, 2020 Epigenetic differences may help to distinguish between PTSD cases and trauma-exposed controls. Here, we describe the results of the largest DNA methylation meta-analysis of PTSD to date. Ten cohorts, military and civilian, contribute blood-derived DNA meth ... Full text Link to item Cite

Influence of Work and Life Stressors on Marital Quality among Dual and Nondual Military Couples

Journal Article Journal of Family Issues · November 2020 Maintaining a healthy marriage may be challenging for military couples as they attempt to balance the demands of work and family; for dual-military couples, this can be even more challenging. Using data from the Millennium Cohort Family Study, we ... Full text Cite

Trauma-informed measurement-based care for children: Implementation in diverse treatment settings.

Journal Article Psychol Serv · August 2020 Ongoing and comprehensive assessment is a critical part of the implementation of evidence-based care; yet, most providers fail to routinely incorporate measurement into their clinical practice. Few studies have focused on the complex application of routine ... Full text Link to item Cite

Neural correlates of conceptual-level fear generalization in posttraumatic stress disorder.

Journal Article Neuropsychopharmacology · July 2020 Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may develop when mechanisms for making accurate distinctions about threat relevance have gone awry. Generalization across conceptually related objects has been hypothesized based on clinical observation in PTSD, but the ... Full text Link to item Cite

Military Life Stressors, Family Communication and Satisfaction: Associations with Children's Psychosocial Outcomes.

Journal Article J Child Adolesc Trauma · March 2020 Families experience multiple stressors as a result of military service. The purpose of this study was to examine facets of military life and family factors that may impact child psychosocial and mental health functioning. Using baseline data from the Mille ... Full text Link to item Cite

Amygdala Nuclei Volume and Shape in Military Veterans With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.

Journal Article Biol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging · March 2020 BACKGROUND: The amygdala is a subcortical structure involved in socioemotional and associative fear learning processes relevant for understanding the mechanisms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Research in animals indicates that the amygdala is a h ... Full text Link to item Cite

Combat exposure, posttraumatic stress disorder, and head injuries differentially relate to alterations in cortical thickness in military Veterans.

Journal Article Neuropsychopharmacology · February 2020 Combat-exposed Veterans are at increased risk for developing psychological distress, mood disorders, and trauma and stressor-related disorders. Trauma and mood disorders have been linked to alterations in brain volume, function, and connectivity. However, ... Full text Link to item Cite

Association of military life experiences and health indicators among military spouses.

Journal Article BMC Public Health · November 12, 2019 BACKGROUND: The health and well-being of military spouses directly contribute to a robust military force by enabling the spouse to better support the active duty member's career. In order to understand the overall health and well-being of military spouses, ... Full text Link to item Cite

Pain Intensity and Pain Interference in Male and Female Iraq/Afghanistan-era Veterans.

Journal Article Womens Health Issues · June 25, 2019 BACKGROUND: Chronic pain conditions are common among both male and female Iraq/Afghanistan-era veterans and can have substantial negative impacts on quality of life and function. Although in general women tend to report higher levels of pain intensity than ... Full text Link to item Cite

Relationship between traumatic brain injury history and recent suicidal ideation in Iraq/Afghanistan-era veterans.

Journal Article Psychol Serv · May 2019 This study evaluated whether a history of traumatic brain injury (TBI) was associated with increased risk for recent suicidal ideation (SI) after accounting for demographics, depression, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and sleep quality. In terms of ... Full text Link to item Cite

Posttraumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain Injury: Sex differences in veterans.

Journal Article Psychiatry Res · April 2019 Around half of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans with traumatic brain injury (TBI) have co-occurring posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Research on the differences between male and female veterans with co-occurring PTSD/TBI is sparse. This study evaluat ... Full text Link to item Cite

Cigarette smoking rates among veterans: Association with rurality and psychiatric disorders.

Journal Article Addict Behav · March 2019 AIMS: Compared to the general U.S. population, military veterans and those living in rural areas disproportionately smoke cigarettes at higher rates, leading to increased health consequences. In the current study, prevalence and severity of cigarette smoki ... Full text Link to item Cite

Benefits of Treatment Completion Over Premature Termination: Findings from the National Child Traumatic Stress Network.

Journal Article Psychiatry · 2019 Objective: To evaluate potential differences in therapeutic outcomes between youths who completed a full course of treatment as planned compared to youths who terminated treatment prematurely. Method: Using longitudinal data from the National Child Traumat ... Full text Link to item Cite

The association of resilience on psychiatric, substance use, and physical health outcomes in combat trauma-exposed military service members and veterans.

Journal Article Eur J Psychotraumatol · 2019 Objective: Although Combat exposure is associated with a range of psychiatric outcomes, many veterans do not develop psychopathology. Resilience is a multifaceted construct associated with reduced risk of distress and psychopathology; however, few studies ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Summary of the clinical practice guideline for the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in adults.

Journal Article Am Psychol · 2019 The American Psychological Association (APA) developed a clinical practice guideline (CPG) to provide recommendations on psychological and pharmacological treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in adults. This paper is a summary of the CPG, in ... Full text Link to item Cite

Behavioral and Health Outcomes Associated With Deployment and Nondeployment Acquisition of Traumatic Brain Injury in Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans.

Journal Article Arch Phys Med Rehabil · December 2018 OBJECTIVE: To characterize behavioral and health outcomes in veterans with traumatic brain injury (TBI) acquired in nondeployment and deployment settings. DESIGN: Cross-sectional assessment evaluating TBI acquired during and outside of deployment, mental a ... Full text Link to item Cite

Mental Health of Children of Deployed and Nondeployed US Military Service Members: The Millennium Cohort Family Study.

Journal Article J Dev Behav Pediatr · December 2018 OBJECTIVE: Families experience multiple stressors as a result of military service. The purpose of this study was to investigate the associations among service member deployment experiences, family and military factors, and children's mental health using ba ... Full text Link to item Cite

Association of Childhood Trauma Exposure With Adult Psychiatric Disorders and Functional Outcomes.

Journal Article JAMA Netw Open · November 2, 2018 IMPORTANCE: Being exposed to trauma is a common childhood experience associated with symptoms and impairments in childhood. OBJECTIVE: To assess the association between cumulative childhood trauma exposure and adult psychiatric and functional outcomes. DES ... Full text Link to item Cite

Psychosocial Risk Factors and Other Than Honorable Military Discharge: Providing Healthcare to Previously Ineligible Veterans.

Journal Article Mil Med · September 1, 2018 INTRODUCTION: In response to a strong focus on suicide prevention for all veterans, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) recently revised policy to provide emergency mental healthcare for veterans who received Other Than Honorable (OTH) discharges from ... Full text Link to item Cite

Prevalence of psychiatric morbidity in United States military spouses: The Millennium Cohort Family Study.

Journal Article Depress Anxiety · September 2018 BACKGROUND: Approximately half of US service members are married, equating to 1.1 million military spouses, yet the prevalence of psychiatric morbidity among military spouses remains understudied. We assessed the prevalence and correlates of eight mental h ... Full text Link to item Cite

Informing Federal Policy on Firearm Restrictions for Veterans with Fiduciaries: Risk Indicators in the Post-Deployment Mental Health Study.

Journal Article Adm Policy Ment Health · July 2018 This article examines the public safety rationale for a federal policy of prohibiting gun sales to veterans with psychiatric disabilities who are assigned a fiduciary to manage their benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs. The policy was evaluate ... Full text Link to item Cite

The Association Between Alcohol Consumption, Lifetime Alcohol Use Disorder, and Psychiatric Distress Among Male and Female Veterans.

Journal Article J Stud Alcohol Drugs · July 2018 OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to examine among veterans (a) whether alcohol consumption patterns are associated with probability of psychiatric symptoms and (b) whether an alcohol use disorder (AUD) history explains psychiatric symptoms among nondrinkers. ME ... Full text Link to item Cite

Risk factors for concurrent suicidal ideation and violent impulses in military veterans.

Journal Article Psychol Assess · April 2018 Suicide and violence are significant problems in a subset of Iraq/Afghanistan-era veterans. This study investigates how posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and resilience in veterans are associated with suicidal ideation and violent impulses while control ... Full text Link to item Cite

Brain Structural Covariance Network Topology in Remitted Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.

Journal Article Front Psychiatry · 2018 Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a prevalent, chronic disorder with high psychiatric morbidity; however, a substantial portion of affected individuals experience remission after onset. Alterations in brain network topology derived from cortical thic ... Full text Link to item Cite

Exploring resilience models in a sample of combat-exposed military service members and veterans: a comparison and commentary.

Journal Article Eur J Psychotraumatol · 2018 Background: The term resilience is applied in numerous ways in the mental health field, leading to different perspectives of what constitutes a resilient response and disparate findings regarding its prevalence following trauma. Objective: illustrate the i ... Full text Link to item Cite

Sleep quality in returning veterans: The influence of mild traumatic brain injury.

Journal Article Rehabil Psychol · November 2017 OBJECTIVE: Sleep disturbance is a key behavioral health concern among Iraq and Afghanistan era veterans and is a frequent complaint among veterans with a history of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). Currently, it is unclear whether sleep disturbance is a ... Full text Link to item Cite

Self-Reported Pain in Male and Female Iraq/Afghanistan-Era Veterans: Associations with Psychiatric Symptoms and Functioning.

Journal Article Pain Med · September 1, 2017 OBJECTIVE: To examine pain symptoms and co-occurring psychiatric and functional indices in male and female Iraq/Afghanistan-era veterans. DESIGN: Self-reported data collection and interviews of Iraq/Afghanistan-era veterans who participated in a multisite ... Full text Link to item Cite

The Post-Deployment Mental Health (PDMH) study and repository: A multi-site study of US Afghanistan and Iraq era veterans.

Journal Article Int J Methods Psychiatr Res · September 2017 The United States (US) Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Mid-Atlantic Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center (MIRECC) Post-Deployment Mental Health (PDMH) multi-site study examines post-deployment mental health in US military Afghanistan ... Full text Link to item Cite

An experimental comparison of web-push vs. paper-only survey procedures for conducting an in-depth health survey of military spouses.

Journal Article BMC Med Res Methodol · April 26, 2017 BACKGROUND: Previous research has found that a "web-push" approach to data collection, which involves contacting people by mail to request an Internet survey response while withholding a paper response option until later in the contact process, consistentl ... Full text Link to item Cite

Clinical Considerations Related to the Behavioral Manifestations of Child Maltreatment.

Journal Article Pediatrics · April 2017 Children who have suffered early abuse or neglect may later present with significant health and behavior problems that may persist long after the abusive or neglectful environment has been remediated. Neurobiological research suggests that early maltreatme ... Full text Link to item Cite

Sexual revictimization among Iraq and Afghanistan war era veterans.

Journal Article Psychiatry Res · June 30, 2016 Research in both civilian and military populations has demonstrated that females who experience childhood sexual abuse (CSA) are more likely to experience sexual assault in adulthood than females who did not experience CSA. Among veteran samples, however, ... Full text Link to item Cite

Allopregnanolone Levels Are Inversely Associated with Self-Reported Pain Symptoms in U.S. Iraq and Afghanistan-Era Veterans: Implications for Biomarkers and Therapeutics.

Journal Article Pain Med · January 2016 BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Pain symptoms are common among Iraq/Afghanistan-era veterans, many of whom continue to experience persistent pain symptoms despite multiple pharmacological interventions. Preclinical data suggest that neurosteroids such as allopr ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

An exploratory pilot investigation of neurosteroids and self-reported pain in female Iraq/Afghanistan-era Veterans.

Journal Article J Rehabil Res Dev · 2016 Female Veterans are the most rapidly growing segment of new users of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), and a significant proportion of female Veterans receiving treatment from VHA primary care providers report persistent pain symptoms. Currently, a ... Full text Link to item Cite

Fear learning circuitry is biased toward generalization of fear associations in posttraumatic stress disorder.

Journal Article Transl Psychiatry · December 15, 2015 Fear conditioning is an established model for investigating posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). However, symptom triggers may vaguely resemble the initial traumatic event, differing on a variety of sensory and affective dimensions. We extended the fear-c ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Functional correlates of military sexual assault in male veterans.

Journal Article Psychol Serv · November 2015 Despite research findings that similar numbers of male and female veterans are affected by military sexual trauma (MST), there has been considerably less research on the effects of MST specific to male veterans. The aim of the present study was to provide ... Full text Link to item Cite

Effect of genetic variation in the nicotinic receptor genes on risk for posttraumatic stress disorder.

Journal Article Psychiatry Res · September 30, 2015 The present study examined the association between genetic variation in the nicotinic receptor gene family (CHRNA2, CHRNA3, CHRNA4, CHRNA5, CHRNA6, CHRNA7, CHRNA9, CHRNA10, CHRNB2, CHRNB3, CHRNB4) and the occurrence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). ... Full text Link to item Cite

Drug use and childhood-, military- and post-military trauma exposure among women and men veterans.

Journal Article Drug Alcohol Depend · July 1, 2015 BACKGROUND: The current study was undertaken to examine whether posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) and depressive symptoms mediated the association between trauma exposure (combat-related trauma and non-combat traumas occurring before, during, and after ... Full text Link to item Cite

Establishing a methodology to examine the effects of war-zone PTSD on the family: the family foundations study.

Journal Article Int J Methods Psychiatr Res · June 2015 Military deployment may adversely affect not only returning veterans, but their families, as well. As a result, researchers have increasingly focused on identifying risk and protective factors for successful family adaptation to war-zone deployment, re-int ... Full text Link to item Cite

Mental Health Among Military Personnel and Veterans.

Journal Article N C Med J · 2015 This commentary describes the prevalence of mental health problems affecting military service members and veterans in North Carolina and the rest of the nation, with a special emphasis on those who served in the recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Approxi ... Full text Link to item Cite

The factor structure of psychiatric comorbidity among Iraq/Afghanistan-era veterans and its relationship to violence, incarceration, suicide attempts, and suicidality.

Journal Article Psychiatry Res · December 15, 2014 The present research examined how incarceration, suicide attempts, suicidality, and difficulty controlling violence relate to the underlying factor structure of psychiatric comorbidity among a large sample of Iraq/Afghanistan-era veterans (N=1897). Diagnos ... Full text Link to item Cite

DSM-5 posttraumatic stress disorder: factor structure and rates of diagnosis.

Journal Article J Psychiatr Res · December 2014 Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a significant problem among Iraq/Afghanistan-era veterans. To date, however, there has been only limited research on how the recent changes in DSM-5 influence the prevalence and factor structure of PTSD. To address t ... Full text Link to item Cite

The Millennium Cohort Family Study: a prospective evaluation of the health and well-being of military service members and their families.

Journal Article Int J Methods Psychiatr Res · September 2014 The need to understand the impact of war on military families has never been greater than during the past decade, with more than three million military spouses and children affected by deployments to Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. Understan ... Full text Link to item Cite

The impact of social support on psychological distress for U.S. Afghanistan/Iraq era veterans with PTSD and other psychiatric diagnoses.

Journal Article Psychiatry Res · June 30, 2014 This study aimed to examine the degree to which posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) affects the relationship between social support and psychological distress for U.S. Afghanistan/Iraq era veterans with and without co-occurring psychiatric disorders. Vete ... Full text Link to item Cite

Amino acids as biomarker candidates for suicidality in male OEF/OIF Veterans: relevance to NMDA receptor modulation and nitric oxide signaling.

Journal Article Mil Med · May 2014 Veteran populations are exposed to multiple stressful events, and suicidality among veterans is a serious problem. Identifying biomarkers of suicidality may enhance detection, prevention, and treatment. Multiple neurotransmitter systems are implicated in t ... Full text Link to item Cite

Traumatic childhood experiences in the 21st century: broadening and building on the ACE studies with data from the National Child Traumatic Stress Network.

Journal Article J Interpers Violence · February 2014 The study objectives were to (a) examine the association between total number of trauma types experienced and child/adolescent behavioral problems and (b) determine whether the number of trauma types experienced predicted youth behavioral problems above an ... Full text Link to item Cite

Modeling constellations of trauma exposure in the National Child Traumatic Stress Network Core Data Set.

Journal Article Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy · 2014 Full text Cite

Altered resting-state functional connectivity of basolateral and centromedial amygdala complexes in posttraumatic stress disorder.

Journal Article Neuropsychopharmacology · January 2014 The amygdala is a major structure that orchestrates defensive reactions to environmental threats and is implicated in hypervigilance and symptoms of heightened arousal in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The basolateral and centromedial amygdala (CMA) ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Lifetime major depression and comorbid disorders among current-era women veterans.

Journal Article J Affect Disord · January 2014 BACKGROUND: Most research on women veterans' mental health has focused on postraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or reactions to military sexual trauma. Although depression is also a frequent diagnosis among women veterans, little is known about its character ... Full text Link to item Cite

Implementation and dissemination of military informed and evidence-based interventions for community dwelling military families.

Journal Article Clin Child Fam Psychol Rev · December 2013 Community dwelling military families from the National Guard and Reserve contend with deployment-related stressors in relative isolation, living in communities where mental health providers may have little knowledge of military culture. When they are commu ... Full text Link to item Cite

Alcohol use and trauma exposure among male and female veterans before, during, and after military service.

Journal Article Drug Alcohol Depend · December 1, 2013 BACKGROUND: The present study examined lifespan and combat-related trauma exposure as predictors of alcohol use among male and female veterans. Posttraumatic stress and depressive symptoms were examined as mediators of the effects of trauma exposure on alc ... Full text Link to item Cite

Effects of chronic mild traumatic brain injury on white matter integrity in Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans.

Journal Article Hum Brain Mapp · November 2013 Mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a common source of morbidity from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. With no overt lesions on structural MRI, diagnosis of chronic mild TBI in military veterans relies on obtaining an accurate history and assessment of b ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

The Association of Sleep Duration, Mental Health, and Health Risk Behaviors among U.S. Afghanistan/Iraq Era Veterans.

Journal Article Sleep · July 1, 2013 STUDY OBJECTIVES: Short and long sleep duration have been linked with higher rates of comorbid medical and mental health issues, as well as increased mortality. The current study examined the association between sleep duration, mental health problems, and ... Full text Link to item Cite

A behavioral approach to assessing and treating posttraumatic stress disorder in vietnam veterans

Chapter · June 20, 2013 Behavioral approaches to the assessment and treatment of psychological problems have received much attention in recent years. The present chapter is among the first to extend the principles of behavioral learning to our understanding of combat-related PTSD ... Full text Cite

Resilience in children.

Chapter · March 3, 2013 This volume synthesizes cutting-edge research on natural processes of resilience and recovery, highlighting implications for trauma treatment and prevention. ... Cite

Links between child and adolescent trauma exposure and service use histories in a national clinic-referred sample

Journal Article Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy · March 1, 2013 The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) is a federally funded child mental health service initiative designed to raise the standard of care and increase access to evidence-based services for traumatized children and their families across the Un ... Full text Cite

Use of the breakthrough series collaborative to support broad and sustained use of evidence-based trauma treatment for children in community practice settings.

Journal Article Adm Policy Ment Health · May 2012 Featured Publication Empirically supported treatments for posttraumatic stress reactions in children are not widely available. This observational study evaluates the feasibility and utility of adapting the Institute for Healthcare's Breakthrough Series Collaborative (BSC) to s ... Full text Link to item Cite

Trauma Exposure, Psychosocial Functioning, and Treatment Needs of Youth in Residential Care: Preliminary Findings from the NCTSN Core Data Set

Journal Article Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma · January 1, 2012 Given the high prevalence rates of trauma exposure in youth in residential treatment, evidence-based guidelines are needed to identify youth most likely to benefit from this setting. We examined trauma exposure, functional impairments, and treatment outcom ... Full text Cite

Posttraumatic stress among students after the shootings at virginia tech

Journal Article Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy · December 1, 2011 On April 16, 2007, in the worst campus shooting incident in U.S. history, 49 students and faculty at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) were shot, of whom 32 were killed. A cross-sectional survey of 4,639 Virginia Tech stud ... Full text Cite

Mental health impact of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts: a review of US research, service provision, and programmatic responses.

Journal Article Int Rev Psychiatry · April 2011 Featured Publication Although documentation that war inflicts psychological casualties dates back to the American Civil War and earlier, most research began after the Vietnam conflict, when studies focused on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). With ongoing conflicts in Ira ... Full text Link to item Cite

Dissociation in PTSD

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Complex trauma and mental health in children and adolescents placed in foster care: findings from the National Child Traumatic Stress Network.

Journal Article Child Welfare · 2011 Many children in the child welfare system (CWS) have histories of recurrent interpersonal trauma perpetrated by caregivers early in life often referred to as complex trauma. Children in the CWS also experience a diverse range of reactions across multiple a ... Link to item Cite

Trends in serious emotional disturbance among youths exposed to Hurricane Katrina.

Journal Article J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry · October 2010 Featured Publication OBJECTIVE: To examine patterns and predictors of trends in DSM-IV serious emotional disturbance (SED) among youths exposed to Hurricane Katrina. METHOD: A probability sample of adult pre-hurricane residents of the areas affected by Katrina completed baseli ... Full text Link to item Cite

Correlates of anger and hostility in Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans.

Journal Article Am J Psychiatry · September 2010 OBJECTIVE: As troops return from Iraq and Afghanistan to civilian life, clinicians are starting to grapple with how best to detect those at risk of postdeployment adjustment problems. Data reveal the presence of mental health problems in these soldiers, in ... Full text Link to item Cite

Building National Capacity for Child and Family Disaster Mental Health Research.

Journal Article Prof Psychol Res Pr · February 1, 2010 Featured Publication Disaster mental health is a burgeoning field with numerous opportunities for professional involvement in preparedness, response, and recovery efforts. Research is essential to advance professional understanding of risk and protective factors associated wit ... Full text Link to item Cite

Enhancing national capacity to conduct child and family disaster mental health research.

Journal Article Nurs Educ Perspect · 2010 Featured Publication A substantial number of children and families experience emotional difficulties in the aftermath of disasters and terrorist events. Only recently has training in disaster preparedness and response been systematically incorporated into the curricula of ment ... Link to item Cite

Serious emotional disturbance among youths exposed to Hurricane Katrina 2 years postdisaster.

Journal Article J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry · November 2009 Featured Publication OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of serious emotional disturbance (SED) among children and adolescents exposed to Hurricane Katrina along with the associations of SED with hurricane-related stressors, sociodemographics, and family factors 18 to 27 mon ... Full text Link to item Cite

The Treatment for Adolescents With Depression Study (TADS): outcomes over 1 year of naturalistic follow-up.

Journal Article Am J Psychiatry · October 2009 OBJECTIVE: The Treatment for Adolescents With Depression Study (TADS) evaluates the effectiveness of fluoxetine, cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), and their combination in adolescents with major depressive disorder. The authors report effectiveness outco ... Full text Link to item Cite

DSM-V PTSD diagnostic criteria for children and adolescents: a developmental perspective and recommendations.

Journal Article J Trauma Stress · October 2009 Featured Publication The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-V) should ensure systematic attention to age-specific manifestations and selective modifications of the diagnostic criteria for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among childre ... Full text Link to item Cite

Epidemiology of child traumatic stress.

Journal Article Curr Psychiatry Rep · August 2009 Featured Publication In this article, we present an update on epidemiologic research that addresses the scope and impact of children's exposure to traumatic events in daily living, as well as under special circumstances, such as natural disasters. Toward this end, we provide a ... Full text Link to item Cite

Integrated Cognitive-Behavior Therapy for Traumatic Stress Symptoms and Substance Abuse

Chapter · January 1, 2009 Many adolescents with substance-use disorder (SUD) have a history of trauma and symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Integrated cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) for co-occurring PTSD and SUD in adolescents is a phased intervention approach in ... Full text Cite

The National Child Traumatic Stress Network: Collaborating to Improve the Standard of Care

Journal Article Professional Psychology: Research and Practice · August 1, 2008 Mental health practitioners are often called upon to provide services to children, adolescents, and families in the aftermath of traumatic experiences such as child neglect, sexual or physical abuse, family/domestic violence, sexual assault, interpersonal ... Full text Cite

Making trauma intervention principles public policy

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The Treatment for Adolescents With Depression Study (TADS): long-term effectiveness and safety outcomes.

Journal Article Arch Gen Psychiatry · October 2007 CONTEXT: The Treatment for Adolescents With Depression Study evaluates the effectiveness of fluoxetine hydrochloride therapy, cognitive behavior therapy (CBT), and their combination in adolescents with major depressive disorder. OBJECTIVE: To report effect ... Full text Link to item Cite

The psychological risks of Vietnam: the NVVRS perspective.

Journal Article J Trauma Stress · August 2007 Featured Publication In recent years, controversy concerning the psychological consequences of service in the Vietnam war has rearisen. In this article, the Co-Principal Investigators of the National Vietnam Veterans Readjustment Study (NVVRS) provide a perspective on new find ... Full text Link to item Cite

Environmental vulnerabilities and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among children with different personality styles

Journal Article · December 1, 2006 Children who survive traumatic events are at increased risk for serious emotional disturbance, including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Many factors influence children's emotional reactions to traumatic experiences, including the severity and durati ... Cite

A taxometric investigation of dissociation in Vietnam veterans.

Journal Article J Trauma Stress · August 2005 Featured Publication There is long-standing debate about whether elevated dissociative symptoms are common in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or whether there is a distinct subtype of cases with elevated dissociation. The current investigation examined the latent structur ... Full text Link to item Cite

Adverse race-related events as a risk factor for posttraumatic stress disorder in Asian American Vietnam veterans.

Journal Article J Nerv Ment Dis · July 2005 Featured Publication Few studies have explored the relationship between exposure to adverse race-related events and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This study examined whether adverse race-related events can give rise to symptoms that meet the criteria for a PTSD diagnos ... Full text Link to item Cite

Families at risk: comment on Dirkzwager, Bramsen, Adèr, and van der Ploeg (2005).

Journal Article J Fam Psychol · June 2005 Featured Publication New findings from a study by A. J. E. Dirkzwager, I. Bramsen, H. Adèr, and H. M. van der Ploeg (2005; see record 2005-06518-006) provide important empirical information on the adverse psychological and functional adjustment of families of former Dutch peac ... Full text Link to item Cite

The Treatment for Adolescents With Depression Study (TADS): demographic and clinical characteristics.

Journal Article J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry · January 2005 OBJECTIVE: The Treatment for Adolescents With Depression Study is a multicenter, randomized clinical trial sponsored by the NIMH. This study is designed to evaluate the short- and long-term effectiveness of four treatments for adolescents with major depres ... Full text Link to item Cite

Fluoxetine, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and their combination for adolescents with depression: Treatment for Adolescents With Depression Study (TADS) randomized controlled trial.

Journal Article JAMA · August 18, 2004 CONTEXT: Initial treatment of major depressive disorder in adolescents may include cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) or a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI). However, little is known about their relative or combined effectiveness. OBJECTIVE: To ... Full text Link to item Cite

The terror part of terrorism.

Journal Article IEEE Eng Med Biol Mag · 2004 Featured Publication Full text Link to item Cite

Treatment for Adolescents With Depression Study (TADS): rationale, design, and methods.

Journal Article J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry · May 2003 OBJECTIVES: A rapidly growing empirical literature on the treatment of major depressive disorder (MDD) in youth supports the efficacy of short-term treatment with depression-specific cognitive-behavioral therapy or medication management with a selective se ... Full text Link to item Cite

Psychiatric disorder, impairment, and service use in rural African American and white youth.

Journal Article Arch Gen Psychiatry · October 2002 Featured Publication BACKGROUND: The Caring for Children in the Community Study examined the prevalence of DSM-IV psychiatric disorders and correlates of mental health service use in rural African American and white youth. METHODS: Four thousand five hundred youth aged 9 to 17 ... Full text Link to item Cite

Psychological reactions to terrorist attacks: findings from the National Study of Americans' Reactions to September 11.

Journal Article JAMA · August 7, 2002 Featured Publication CONTEXT: The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, represent an unprecedented exposure to trauma in the United States. OBJECTIVES: To assess psychological symptom levels in the United States following the events of September 11 and to examine the associ ... Full text Link to item Cite

Effect of Hypericum perforatum (St John's wort) in major depressive disorder: a randomized controlled trial.

Journal Article JAMA · April 10, 2002 CONTEXT: Extracts of Hypericum perforatum (St John's wort) are widely used for the treatment of depression of varying severity. Their efficacy in major depressive disorder, however, has not been conclusively demonstrated. OBJECTIVE: To test the efficacy an ... Full text Link to item Cite

The prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder among American Indian Vietnam veterans: disparities and context.

Journal Article J Trauma Stress · April 2002 Featured Publication This study employed data from two Congressionally mandated efforts (the American Indian Vietnam Veterans Project and the National Vietnam Veterans Readjustment Study) to examine differential prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among 5 ethnic ... Full text Link to item Cite

The prevalence of potentially traumatic events in childhood and adolescence.

Journal Article J Trauma Stress · April 2002 Featured Publication This paper examines exposure to potentially traumatic events from middle childhood through adolescence, and vulnerability to such exposure. Analyses are based on the first 4 annual waves of data from a longitudinal general population study of youth in west ... Full text Link to item Cite

Lifetime use of mental health and substance abuse treatment services by incarcerated women felons.

Journal Article Psychiatr Serv · March 2002 Featured Publication OBJECTIVE: This study examined the lifetime use of alcohol, drug, and mental health treatment services by recently incarcerated women prison inmates. METHODS: A total of 805 women entering a North Carolina prison for new felony charges in 1991 and 1992 wer ... Full text Link to item Cite

Magnitude and duration of cardiovascular responses to anger in Vietnam veterans with and without posttraumatic stress disorder.

Journal Article J Consult Clin Psychol · February 2002 This study investigated the cardiovascular responses to a relived anger task in 118 male Vietnam combat veterans (62 with posttraumatic stress disorder [PTSD] and 56 without PTSD). Participants completed standardized diagnostic measures, hostility measures ... Full text Link to item Cite

Guidelines for international training in mental health and psychosocial interventions for trauma exposed populations in clinical and community settings.

Journal Article Psychiatry · 2002 Featured Publication OBJECTIVE: To develop consensus-based guidelines for training in mental health and psychosocial interventions for trauma-exposed populations in the international arena. PARTICIPANTS: The Task Force on International Trauma Training of the International Soci ... Full text Link to item Cite

Measuring exposure to racism: development and validation of a Race-Related Stressor Scale (RRSS) for Asian American Vietnam veterans.

Journal Article Psychol Assess · December 2001 This article describes the development and validation of the Race-Related Stressor Scale (RRSS), a questionnaire that assesses exposure to race-related stressors in the military and war zone. Validated on a sample of 300 Asian American Vietnam veterans, th ... Link to item Cite

Ambulatory cardiovascular activity in Vietnam combat veterans with and without posttraumatic stress disorder.

Journal Article J Consult Clin Psychol · April 2000 The present study investigated the relationship between daily diary affect ratings and ambulatory cardiovascular activity in 117 male Vietnam combat veterans (61 with posttraumatic stress disorder [PTSD] and 56 without PTSD). Participants completed 12-14 h ... Full text Link to item Cite

Stress and substance use among military women and men.

Journal Article Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse · May 1999 This paper examines the relationship between perceived stress (at work, in family or personal life, and from being a woman in the military) and substance use (heavy drinking, illicit drug use, cigarette smoking) among active-duty military women and men. Da ... Full text Link to item Cite

Posttraumatic stress disorder in a national sample of female and male Vietnam veterans: risk factors, war-zone stressors, and resilience-recovery variables.

Journal Article J Abnorm Psychol · February 1999 Relationships among pretrauma risk factors (e.g., family instability, childhood antisocial behavior), war-zone stressors (e.g., combat, perceived threat), posttrauma resilience-recovery variables (e.g., hardiness, social support), and posttraumatic stress ... Full text Link to item Cite

Head injury and combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder.

Journal Article J Nerv Ment Dis · November 1998 Given the association of injury and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), we examined whether head injury might be associated with increased frequency and severity of PTSD. Using a mail survey, we queried 143 male combat veterans with and without PTSD, who ... Full text Link to item Cite

Health status, somatization, and severity of posttraumatic stress disorder in Vietnam combat veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder.

Journal Article Am J Psychiatry · November 1998 OBJECTIVE: A two-part study was conducted to examine the health status of Vietnam veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In part 1, veterans with and without PTSD were compared on health behaviors and on self-reported and physician-rated healt ... Full text Link to item Cite

Life events and post-traumatic stress: the development of a new measure for children and adolescents.

Journal Article Psychol Med · November 1998 BACKGROUND: A new interview measure of life events and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been developed for children and adolescents aged 9 through 17, for use in both epidemiological and clinical studies. It includes 'high magnitude' events associ ... Full text Link to item Cite

Substance use, mental disorders, abuse, and crime: Gender comparisons among a national sample of adolescent drug treatment clients

Journal Article Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse · July 19, 1998 This paper describes important gender comparisons in drug and alcohol use, illegal activity, physical and sexual abuse, and mental health problems among a large sample of adolescents (N = 3, 382) who were treated from 1993 to 1995 in adolescent-oriented dr ... Full text Cite

Resilience-recovery factors in post-traumatic stress disorder among female and male Vietnam veterans: hardiness, postwar social support, and additional stressful life events.

Journal Article J Pers Soc Psychol · February 1998 Structural equation modeling procedures were used to examine relationships among several war zone stressor dimensions, resilience-recovery factors, and post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms in a national sample of 1,632 Vietnam veterans (26% women and 74 ... Full text Link to item Cite

Predictors of emotional numbing in posttraumatic stress disorder.

Journal Article J Trauma Stress · October 1997 Little is known about the mechanisms underlying emotional numbing (EN). The functional relationship between other classes of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and EN is also not well understood. In the present study, we examined the statistical ... Full text Link to item Cite

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Journal Article Journal of Traumatic Stress · 1997 Full text Cite

Prevalence and correlates of heavy smoking in Vietnam veterans with chronic posttraumatic stress disorder.

Journal Article Addict Behav · 1997 A study was conducted to investigate smoking patterns in 445 Vietnam veterans with and without posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Combat veterans with PTSD reported similar occurrence of smoking (53%) compared to combat veterans without PTSD (45%). For ... Full text Link to item Cite

Prevalence of psychiatric disorders among incarcerated women. II. Convicted felons entering prison.

Journal Article Arch Gen Psychiatry · June 1996 BACKGROUND: No unbiased estimates of the rates of psychiatric disorder among women prison inmates are available. Nonetheless, available data suggest that some psychiatric disorders are prevalent in this population. The objective of the study was to determi ... Full text Link to item Cite

Interpersonal and self-reported hostility among combat veterans with and without posttraumatic stress disorder.

Journal Article J Trauma Stress · April 1996 The present study investigated self-reported and interpersonal hostility in 70 Vietnam combat veterans with and without posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and 60 comparison community volunteer subjects. Veterans were 50 help-seeking, male Vietnam combat ... Full text Link to item Cite

Smoking in vietnam combat veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder

Journal Article Journal of Traumatic Stress · July 1995 Full text Cite

Self-efficacy expectations among traumatized adolescents.

Journal Article Behav Res Ther · July 1995 Bandura's Multidimensional Scales of Perceived Self-Efficacy (MSPSE) were administered to three matched groups of adolescents. The first group met diagnostic criteria for PTSD. The second had been exposed to qualitatively and quantitatively similar stresso ... Full text Link to item Cite

Smoking in Vietnam combat veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder.

Journal Article J Trauma Stress · July 1995 The present study investigated smoking prevalence, smoking motives, demographic variables and psychological symptoms in 124 help-seeking, male Vietnam combat veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). A high percentage of these veterans smoked (6 ... Full text Link to item Cite

Issues in the assessment of personality disorder and substance abuse using the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MCMI-II).

Journal Article J Clin Psychol · May 1995 Substance abuse treatment clients often present other severe mental health problems that affect treatment outcomes. Hence, screening and assessment for psychological distress and personality disorder are an important part of effective treatment, discharge, ... Full text Link to item Cite

Peritraumatic dissociation and posttraumatic stress in male Vietnam theater veterans.

Journal Article Am J Psychiatry · June 1994 OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to determine the reliability and validity of a proposed measure of peritraumatic dissociation and, as part of that effort, to determine the relationship between dissociative experiences during disturbing combat trauma a ... Full text Link to item Cite

TREATING PTSD - COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL STRATEGIES - FOY,DW

Journal Article CONTEMPORARY PSYCHOLOGY · April 1, 1994 Link to item Cite

COPING WITH TRAUMA - THEORY, PREVENTION AND TREATMENT - KLEBER,RJ, BROM,D

Journal Article CONTEMPORARY PSYCHOLOGY · April 1, 1994 Link to item Cite

Post-traumatic stress disorder in Vietnam veterans: An experimental validation of the DSM-III diagnostic criteria

Journal Article Journal of Traumatic Stress · July 1, 1993 The DSM-III criteria for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) were derived clinically and have been substantiated in the literature only by self-report data while evaluation of these same criteria with more objective measures has been overlooked. This stu ... Full text Cite

PTSD and substance abuse.

Journal Article Am J Psychiatry · June 1993 Full text Link to item Cite

Letters to the editor

Journal Article Medical Care · January 1, 1993 Full text Cite

Do methadone patients substitute other drugs for heroin? Predicting substance use at 1-year follow-up.

Journal Article Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse · 1993 Data were analyzed from the nationwide Treatment Outcome Prospective Study (TOPS) to assess whether current and former methadone patients substitute other drugs for heroin. The sample comprised 513 heroin users who were admitted to methadone programs in 10 ... Full text Link to item Cite

Enhancing the Precision of the Mississippi Scale for Combat-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: An Application of Item Response Theory

Journal Article Psychological Assessment · January 1, 1993 Item response theory was used to examine the measurement qualities of the Mississippi Scale for Combat-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, with data taken from the 2,348 veteran participants in the National Vietnam Veterans Readjustment Study. Using Sam ... Full text Cite

Problems in families of male Vietnam veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder.

Journal Article J Consult Clin Psychol · December 1992 Interviews were conducted with a nationally representative sample of 1,200 male Vietnam veterans and the spouses or co-resident partners of 376 of these veterans. The veteran interview contained questions to determine the presence of posttraumatic stress d ... Full text Link to item Cite

Methadone and cocaine.

Journal Article Hosp Community Psychiatry · December 1992 Full text Link to item Cite

METHADONE AND COCAINE - REPLY

Journal Article HOSPITAL AND COMMUNITY PSYCHIATRY · December 1, 1992 Link to item Cite

The prevalence of lifetime and partial post-traumatic stress disorder in Vietnam theater veterans

Journal Article Journal of Traumatic Stress · July 1, 1992 A complete understanding of the consequences of service in a war zone includes examining the lifetime and current prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and of partial PTSD. Cases of partial PTSD are persons who have clinically significant sy ... Full text Cite

The prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder in the Vietnam generation: A multimethod, multisource assessment of psychiatric disorder

Journal Article Journal of Traumatic Stress · July 1, 1992 Findings from the Congressionally mandated National Vietnam Veterans Readjustment Study indicate that nearly one-half million Vietnam veterans-15.2% of the men and 8.5% of the women who served in Vietnam-suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) fi ... Full text Cite

The prevalence of lifetime and partial post‐traumatic stress disorder in vietnam theater veterans

Journal Article Journal of Traumatic Stress · July 1992 AbstractA complete understanding of the consequences of service in a war zone includes examining the lifetime and current prevalence of post‐traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and of partial PTSD. Cases of partial PTSD are p ... Full text Cite

The prevalence of post‐traumatic stress disorder in the Vietnam generation: A multimethod, multisource assessment of psychiatric disorder

Journal Article Journal of Traumatic Stress · July 1992 AbstractFindings from the Congressionally mandated National Vietnam Veterans Readjustment Study indicate that nearly one‐half million Vietnam veterans —15.2% of the men and 8.5% of the women who served in Vietnam—suffer fro ... Full text Cite

Predicting cocaine use among methadone patients: analysis of findings from a national study.

Journal Article Hosp Community Psychiatry · June 1992 Findings from a large-scale national study of clients admitted to publicly funded drug treatment programs between 1979 and 1981 were used to determine whether cocaine use by current and former methadone patients could be predicted. The sample for this anal ... Full text Link to item Cite

Problems in families of male Vietnam veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder.

Journal Article Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology · 1992 Full text Cite

Patterns of appraisal and coping across different stressor conditions among former prisoners of war with and without posttraumatic stress disorder.

Journal Article J Consult Clin Psychol · April 1991 Little is known about how survivors of extreme events cope with traumatic memories and subsequent negative life experiences. The present study compared (a) repatriated prisoners of war (RPWs) from World War II (WW II) with chronic posttraumatic stress diso ... Full text Link to item Cite

Lifetime and current prevalence of specific psychiatric disorders among Vietnam veterans and controls.

Journal Article Arch Gen Psychiatry · March 1991 To determine if Vietnam theater veterans were more likely than controls to have a specific psychiatric disorder other than posttraumatic stress disorder, the rates of specific psychiatric disorders were estimated using the Diagnostic Interview Schedule for ... Full text Link to item Cite

Cocaine use by clients in methadone programs: significance, scope, and behavioral interventions.

Journal Article J Subst Abuse Treat · 1991 Widespread use of cocaine by methadone clients is undermining the effectiveness of methadone treatment programs in reducing illicit drug use, decreasing criminal behavior, and slowing the spread of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). In response, metha ... Full text Link to item Cite

Assessment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in the Community: Prospects and Pitfalls From Recent Studies of Vietnam Veterans

Journal Article Psychological Assessment · January 1, 1991 Research on the assessment and diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has rather quickly expanded from relatively small studies in clinical settings into the realm of community epidemiology, increasingly relying on population-based or "community ... Full text Cite

Implosive (flooding) therapy reduces symptoms of PTSD in Vietnam combat veterans

Journal Article Behavior Therapy · January 1, 1989 In a randomized clinical trial, 24 Vietnam veterans with a diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) were randomly assigned either to a group receiving 14 to 16 sessions of implosive (flooding) therapy or to a waiting-list control. Standard psycho ... Full text Cite

Clinical Evaluation of a Measure to Assess Combat Exposure

Journal Article Psychological Assessment · January 1, 1989 The Combat Exposure Scale (CES) was constructed as an attempt to measure the subjective report of wartime stressors experienced by combatants. This sequence of three studies demonstrates that the CES possesses sound psychometric properties. These include i ... Full text Cite

Psychologists' Views: APA's Advocacy of and Resource Expenditure on Social and Professional Issues

Journal Article Professional Psychology: Research and Practice · December 1, 1987 This initial pilot survey was designed to examine the degree to which a random sample of the 1984 American Psychological Association (APA) membership agreed or disagreed with the organization's involvement in societal or professional issues. In general, th ... Full text Cite

Theoretical and empirical issues in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder in Vietnam veterans.

Journal Article J Clin Psychol · January 1987 This article reviews the current status of research on the treatment of combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in Vietnam veterans. Dynamic, behavioral, and biochemical models of treatment are presented, along with the findings of relevant tr ... Full text Link to item Cite

ON SIMULATING POSTTRAUMATIC-STRESS-DISORDER - REPLY

Journal Article AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY · February 1, 1986 Link to item Cite

Psychometric detection of fabricated symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder.

Journal Article Am J Psychiatry · April 1985 Vietnam veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder and two groups instructed to fabricate its symptoms completed the MMPI. A discriminant function analysis of selected scale scores and an empirically derived decision rule successfully classified over 90% ... Full text Link to item Cite

Social support in Vietnam veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder: A comparative analysis.

Journal Article Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology · 1985 Full text Cite

Behavioral assessment and treatment of accident-related posttraumatic stress disorder: Two case studies

Journal Article Behavior Therapy · January 1, 1985 A broad spectrum behavioral assessment and treatment package was utilized with two individuals who met DSM-III criteria for a diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) related to transportation accidents. Individualized tripartite (behavioral, cogn ... Full text Cite

Child abusive parents' physiological responses to stressful and non-stressful behavior in children

Journal Article Behavioral Assessment · September 1, 1983 Seven abusive and seven matched nonabusive mothers were shown videotaped scenes involving stressful and nonstressful behavior in children. Three physiological measures (skin conductance response magnitude, heart rate, and respiration) were monitored before ... Cite

Validation of a multimethod assessment of posttraumatic stress disorders in Vietnam veterans.

Journal Article Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology · 1983 Full text Cite

Alcohol use in television programming: effects on children's behavior.

Journal Article Addict Behav · 1983 The impact of televised use of alcoholic beverages on children's behavior was evaluated in this study. Children were randomly assigned to one of three experimental conditions: (a) television with drinking depicted, (b) television without drinking, or (c) a ... Full text Link to item Cite

Flooding for combat-related stress disorders: Assessment of anxiety reduction across traumatic memories

Journal Article Behavior Therapy · January 1, 1982 An issue of major concern in the behavioral treatment of posttraumatic stress disorders (PTSD) is the extent to which the extinction of anxiety to the memory of one event generalizes to other traumatic events that the individual may have experienced. In th ... Full text Cite

Behavioral treatment of a persistent post-traumatic startle response.

Journal Article J Behav Ther Exp Psychiatry · December 1981 Full text Link to item Cite

A selected bibliography on posttraumatic stress disorders in Vietnam veterans

Journal Article Professional Psychology: Research and Practice · October 1, 1981 Lists 171 references to the etiology, symptomatology, and treatment of posttraumatic stress disorders (PTSDs) in Vietnam veterans. Psychologically and medically oriented journals, books, and government publications were searched for research and clinical r ... Full text Cite

Performance feedback in organizational behavior management: A review

Journal Article Journal of Organizational Behavior Management · January 1, 1981 Performance feedback interventions have a long history of success as a means of enhancing productivity by modifying employee behavior. Although almost all feedback strategies appear quite simple and straightforward in their application, we have seen that t ... Full text Cite

A within-subjects study of variations in food pellet sucrose concentrations and steady state schedule-induced polydipsia

Journal Article Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society · January 1, 1979 Two food-deprived female albino rats received 16% sucrose pellets under a fixed-time (FT) 60-sec food-reinforcement schedule, with water freely available in the test chamber. After water intake stabilized for each animal, subjects received either 6% or 32% ... Full text Cite

Is there a relationship between pellet sugar content and schedule-induced polydipsia? A reexamination

Journal Article Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society · January 1, 1978 Five groups of six food-deprived female albino rats received different formulas of Noyes sugared dry-food pellets under a FT 60-sec food reinforcement schedule. Relative to baseline conditions that preceded and followed the FT schedule, 26 of 30 animals mo ... Full text Cite