Patrick Shields Calhoun | Scholars@Duke

Patrick Shields Calhoun
Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

I specialize in the assessment and treatment of the psychological and behavioral sequelae of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) including the use of cognitive-behavioral interventions to reduce PTSD symptoms, aggression, and substance misuse.

Research interests

The psychological, behavioral, and health consequences of traumatic stress
Health services research related to PTSD and associated behavioral difficulties
Identification of innovative health behavior change interventions to reduce smoking, alcohol, and drug misuse
Implementation Science
Psychometric assessment and methodology

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Behavioral Medicine, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 2017
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute, Duke Cancer Institute, Institutes and Centers 2018

Contact Information

3625, Durham, NC 27710
Box 3625, Durham, NC 27710
patrick.calhoun@duke.edu (919) 286-0411

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., Vanderbilt University 1998
Duke Appointment History
- Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Behavioral Medicine, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 2014 - 2017
- Assistant Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Behavioral Medicine, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 2013 - 2014
- Assistant Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Medical Psychology, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 2006 - 2013
- Assistant Clinical Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Clinical Science Departments 2001 - 2006
Research
Selected Grants
- Neuromodulatory Treatments for Pain Management in Complex TBI using Mobile Technology awarded by Department of Defense 2017 - 2021
- The Effect of Reducing Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms on Cardiovascular Risk awarded by National Institutes of Health 2016 - 2021
- Preventing Suicide through Implementation of Safety Planning Intervention Training awarded by US Department of Homeland Security 2018 - 2020
- Impact of Reduced Cannabis Use on Functional Outcomes awarded by National Institutes of Health 2018 - 2020
- Mobile Contingency Management for Concurrent Abstinence from Alcohol and Smoking awarded by National Institutes of Health 2017 - 2020
- Mobile Health Technology to Enhance Abstinence in Smokers with Schizophrenia awarded by National Institutes of Health 2015 - 2019
- Mobile contingency management for smoking cessation in returning US Veterans awarded by National Institutes of Health 2015 - 2019
- Hostility, PTSD and Physical Health Risk Factors awarded by National Institutes of Health 2009 - 2015
- Supplemental Nicotine Administration for Smoking Cessation in PTSD awarded by National Institutes of Health 2009 - 2012
- Smoking & Anxiety In Posttraumatic Stress Disorder awarded by National Institutes of Health 1998 - 2012
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Cunningham, KC, LoSavio, ST, Dennis, PA, Farmer, C, Clancy, CP, Hertzberg, MA, Kimbrel, NA, Calhoun, PS, & Beckham, JC. (2019, January). Shame as a mediator between posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and suicidal ideation among veterans. Journal of Affective Disorders , 243 , 216-219. Full Text
  - Blakey, SM, Yi, JY, Calhoun, PS, Beckham, JC, & Elbogen, EB. (2018, December 29). Why do trauma survivors become depressed? Testing the behavioral model of depression in a nationally representative sample. Psychiatry Research , 272 , 587-594. Full Text
  - Martindale, SL, Epstein, EL, Taber, KH, VA Mid-Atlantic MIRECC Workgroup, , & Rowland, JA. (2018, December). Behavioral and Health Outcomes Associated With Deployment and Nondeployment Acquisition of Traumatic Brain Injury in Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation , 99 (12), 2485-2495. Full Text
  - Adkisson, K, Cunningham, KC, Dedert, EA, Dennis, MF, Calhoun, PS, Elbogen, EB, Beckham, JC, & Kimbrel, NA. (2018, November 17). Cannabis Use Disorder and Post-Deployment Suicide Attempts in Iraq/Afghanistan-Era Veterans. Archives of Suicide Research : Official Journal of the International Academy for Suicide Research ,, 1-10. Full Text
  - Wilson, SM, Newins, AR, Medenblik, AM, Kimbrel, NA, Dedert, EA, Hicks, TA, Neal, LC, Beckham, JC, & Calhoun, PS. (2018, November). Contingency Management Versus Psychotherapy for Prenatal Smoking Cessation: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. Women'S Health Issues : Official Publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women'S Health , 28 (6), 514-523. Full Text
  - Coughlin, LN, Wilson, SM, Erwin, MC, Beckham, JC, VA Mid-Atlantic MIRECC Workgroup, , & Calhoun, PS. (2018, October 26). Cigarette smoking rates among veterans: Association with rurality and psychiatric disorders. Addictive Behaviors , 90 , 119-123. Full Text
  - Kimbrel, NA, Thomas, SP, Hicks, TA, Hertzberg, MA, Clancy, CP, Elbogen, EB, Meyer, EC, DeBeer, BB, Gross, GM, Silvia, PJ, Morissette, SB, Gratz, KL, Calhoun, PS, & Beckham, JC. (2018, October). Wall/Object Punching: An Important but Under-Recognized Form of Nonsuicidal Self-Injury. Suicide & Life Threatening Behavior , 48 (5), 501-511. Full Text
  - Beckham, JC, Kirby, AC, Tise, N, Carpenter, VL, Dedert, EA, McNiel, JM, Runnals, JJ, & Calhoun, PS. (2018, September). A Learning Collaborative Model for Implementation of Smoking Cessation among Homeless Veterans. Journal of Smoking Cessation , 13 (3), 129-136. Full Text
  - Calhoun, PS, Schry, AR, Dennis, PA, Wagner, HR, Kimbrel, NA, Bastian, LA, Beckham, JC, Kudler, H, & Straits-Tröster, K. (2018, August). The Association Between Military Sexual Trauma and Use of VA and Non-VA Health Care Services Among Female Veterans With Military Service in Iraq or Afghanistan. Journal of Interpersonal Violence , 33 (15), 2439-2464. Full Text
  - Dillon, KH, Cunningham, KC, Neal, JM, Wilson, SM, Dedert, EA, Elbogen, EB, Calhoun, PS, Beckham, JC, VA Mid-Atlantic MIRECC Workgroup, , & Kimbrel, NA. (2018, August). Examination of the indirect effects of combat exposure on suicidal behavior in veterans. Journal of Affective Disorders , 235 , 407-413. Full Text
  - Wilson, SM, Burroughs, TK, Newins, AR, Dedert, EA, Medenblik, AM, McDonald, SD, Beckham, JC, VA Mid-Atlantic MIRECC Workgroup, , & Calhoun, PS. (2018, July). The Association Between Alcohol Consumption, Lifetime Alcohol Use Disorder, and Psychiatric Distress Among Male and Female Veterans. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs , 79 (4), 591-600.
  - Wilson, SM, Thompson, AC, Currence, ED, Thomas, SP, Dedert, EA, Kirby, AC, Elbogen, EB, Moore, SD, Calhoun, PS, & Beckham, JC. (2018, July). Patient-Informed Treatment Development of Behavioral Smoking Cessation for People With Schizophrenia. Behavior Therapy ,. Full Text
  - Swanson, J, Easter, M, Brancu, M, VA Mid-Atlantic MIRECC Workgroup, , & Fairbank, JA. (2018, May 24). Informing Federal Policy on Firearm Restrictions for Veterans with Fiduciaries: Risk Indicators in the Post-Deployment Mental Health Study. Administration and Policy in Mental Health ,. Full Text
  - Dedert, EA, Dennis, PA, Calhoun, PS, Dennis, MF, & Beckham, JC. (2018, April 25). A Randomized Clinical Trial of Nicotine Preloading for Smoking Cessation in People with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Journal of Dual Diagnosis ,, 1-10. Full Text
  - Beckham, JC, Adkisson, KA, Hertzberg, J, Kimbrel, NA, Budney, AJ, Stephens, RS, Moore, SD, & Calhoun, PS. (2018, April). Mobile contingency management as an adjunctive treatment for co-morbid cannabis use disorder and cigarette smoking. Addictive Behaviors , 79 , 86-92. Full Text
  - Van Voorhees, EE, Dennis, PA, Elbogen, EB, Fuemmeler, B, Neal, LC, Calhoun, PS, & Beckham, JC. (2018, March). Characterizing anger-related affect in individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder using ecological momentary assessment. Psychiatry Research , 261 , 274-280. Full Text
  - Dedert, EA, Dennis, PA, Cunningham, KC, Ulmer, CS, Calhoun, PS, Kimbrel, N, Hicks, TA, Neal, JM, & Beckham, JC. (2018, February 26). Roles of Guilt Cognitions in Trauma-Related Sleep Disturbance in Military Veterans With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Behavioral Sleep Medicine ,, 1-10. Full Text
  - Hicks, TA, Wilson, SM, Thomas, SP, Dennis, PA, Neal, JM, & Calhoun, PS. (2018, February). Low Income as a Multiplicative Risk Factor for Oral Pain and Dental Problems Among U.S. Veteran Smokers. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine , 25 (1), 67-73. Full Text
  - Van Voorhees, EE, Moore, DA, Kimbrel, NA, Dedert, EA, Dillon, KH, Elbogen, EB, & Calhoun, PS. (2018, February). Association of posttraumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury with aggressive driving in Iraq and Afghanistan combat veterans. Rehabilitation Psychology , 63 (1), 160-166. Full Text
  - Calhoun, PS, Wilson, SM, Dedert, EA, Cunningham, KC, Burroughs, TK, Hicks, TA, Beckham, JC, Kudler, HS, & Straits-Troster, K. (2018, January). The association of alcohol consumption patterns with self-rated physical health and psychiatric distress among Afghanistan- and Iraq-era U.S. veterans. Psychiatry Research , 259 , 142-147. Full Text
  - Gross, GM, Cunningham, KC, Moore, DA, Naylor, JC, Brancu, M, Wagner, HR, Elbogen, EB, Calhoun, PS, VA Mid-Atlantic MIRECC Workgroup, , & Kimbrel, NA. (2018, January). Does Deployment-Related Military Sexual Assault Interact with Combat Exposure to Predict Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Female Veterans?. Traumatology , May 2018 .
  - Sun, D, Davis, SL, Haswell, CC, Swanson, CA, Mid-Atlantic MIRECC Workgroup, , LaBar, KS, Fairbank, JA, & Morey, RA. (2018, January). Brain Structural Covariance Network Topology in Remitted Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Frontiers in Psychiatry , 9 , 90-null. Full Text
  - Calhoun, PS, Wilson, SM, Hertzberg, JS, Kirby, AC, McDonald, SD, Dennis, PA, Bastian, LA, Dedert, EA, VA Mid-Atlantic MIRECC Workgroup, , & Beckham, JC. (2017, November). Validation of Veterans Affairs Electronic Medical Record Smoking Data Among Iraq- and Afghanistan-Era Veterans. Journal of General Internal Medicine , 32 (11), 1228-1234. Full Text
  - Martindale, SL, Farrell-Carnahan, LV, Ulmer, CS, Kimbrel, NA, McDonald, SD, Rowland, JA, & VA Mid-Atlantic MIRECC Registry Workgroup, . (2017, November). Sleep quality in returning veterans: The influence of mild traumatic brain injury. Rehabilitation Psychology , 62 (4), 563-570. Full Text
  - Cunningham, KC, Farmer, C, LoSavio, ST, Dennis, PA, Clancy, CP, Hertzberg, MA, Collie, CF, Calhoun, PS, & Beckham, JC. (2017, October). A model comparison approach to trauma-related guilt as a mediator of the relationship between PTSD symptoms and suicidal ideation among veterans. Journal of Affective Disorders , 221 , 227-231. Full Text
  - Brancu, M, Wagner, HR, Morey, RA, Beckham, JC, Calhoun, PS, Tupler, LA, Marx, CE, Taber, KH, Hurley, RA, Rowland, J, McDonald, SD, Hoerle, JM, Moore, SD, Kudler, HS, Weiner, RD, VA Mid-Atlantic MIRECC Workgroup, , & Fairbank, JA. (2017, September). The Post-Deployment Mental Health (PDMH) study and repository: A multi-site study of US Afghanistan and Iraq era veterans. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research , 26 (3). Full Text
  - Green, KT, Wilson, SM, Dennis, PA, Runnals, JJ, Williams, RA, Bastian, LA, Beckham, JC, Dedert, EA, Kudler, HS, Straits-Tröster, K, Gierisch, JM, & Calhoun, PS. (2017, September). Cigarette Smoking and Musculoskeletal Pain Severity Among Male and Female Afghanistan/Iraq Era Veterans. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) , 18 (9), 1795-1804. Full Text
  - Naylor, JC, Ryan Wagner, H, Brancu, M, Shepherd-Banigan, M, Elbogen, E, Kelley, M, Fecteau, T, Goldstein, K, Kimbrel, NA, Marx, CE, VA Mid-Atlantic MIRECC Work Group, , VA Mid-Atlantic MIRECC Women Veterans Work Group, , & Strauss, JL. (2017, September). Self-Reported Pain in Male and Female Iraq/Afghanistan-Era Veterans: Associations with Psychiatric Symptoms and Functioning. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) , 18 (9), 1658-1667. Full Text
  - Wilson, SM, Pacek, LR, Dennis, PA, Bastian, LA, Beckham, JC, & Calhoun, PS. (2017, July). Veterans Living with HIV: A High-Risk Group for Cigarette Smoking. AIDS and behavior , 21 (7), 1950-1955. Full Text
  - Elbogen, EB, Wagner, HR, Kimbrel, NA, Brancu, M, Naylor, J, Graziano, R, Crawford, E, & VA Mid-Atlantic MIRECC Workgroup, . (2017, June 19). Risk Factors for Concurrent Suicidal Ideation and Violent Impulses in Military Veterans. Psychological assessment . Full Text
  - Dennis, PA, Kimbrel, NA, Sherwood, A, Calhoun, PS, Watkins, LL, Dennis, MF, & Beckham, JC. (2017, June). Trauma and Autonomic Dysregulation: Episodic-Versus Systemic-Negative Affect Underlying Cardiovascular Risk in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Psychosomatic Medicine , 79 (5), 496-505. Full Text
  - Kimbrel, NA, Newins, AR, Dedert, EA, Van Voorhees, EE, Elbogen, EB, Naylor, JC, Ryan Wagner, H, Brancu, M, VA Mid-Atlantic MIRECC Workgroup, , Beckham, JC, & Calhoun, PS. (2017, June). Cannabis use disorder and suicide attempts in Iraq/Afghanistan-era veterans. Journal of psychiatric research , 89 , 1-5. Full Text
  - Kimbrel, NA, Wilson, LC, Mitchell, JT, Meyer, EC, DeBeer, BB, Silvia, PJ, Gratz, KL, Calhoun, PS, Beckham, JC, & Morissette, SB. (2017, June). ADHD and nonsuicidal self-injury in male veterans with and without PTSD. Psychiatry Research , 252 , 161-163. Full Text
  - Dennis, PA, Dennis, NM, Van Voorhees, EE, Calhoun, PS, Dennis, MF, & Beckham, JC. (2017, March). Moral transgression during the Vietnam War: a path analysis of the psychological impact of veterans' involvement in wartime atrocities. Anxiety, Stress, and Coping , 30 (2), 188-201. Full Text
  - Dillon, KH, Crawford, EF, Kudler, H, Straits-Troster, KA, Elbogen, EB, & Calhoun, PS. (2017, February). An Investigation of Treatment Engagement Among Returning Veterans With Problematic Anger. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease , 205 (2), 119-126. Full Text
  - Kimbrel, NA, Calhoun, PS, & Beckham, JC. (2017, February). Nonsuicidal self-injury in men: a serious problem that has been overlooked for too long. World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) , 16 (1), 108-109. (Letter) Full Text
  - Rosen, CS, Azevedo, KJ, Tiet, QQ, Greene, CJ, Wood, AE, Calhoun, P, Bowe, T, Capehart, BP, Crawford, EF, Greenbaum, MA, Harris, AHS, Hertzberg, M, Lindley, SE, Smith, BN, & Schnurr, PP. (2017, February). An RCT of Effects of Telephone Care Management on Treatment Adherence and Clinical Outcomes Among Veterans With PTSD. Psychiatric Services (Washington, D.C.) , 68 (2), 151-158. Full Text
  - Calhoun, PS, Van Voorhees, EE, Elbogen, EB, Dedert, EA, Clancy, CP, Hair, LP, Hertzberg, M, Beckham, JC, & Kimbrel, NA. (2017, January). Nonsuicidal self-injury and interpersonal violence in U.S. veterans seeking help for posttraumatic stress disorder. Psychiatry research , 247 , 250-256. Full Text
  - Hicks, TA, Thomas, SP, Wilson, SM, Calhoun, PS, Kuhn, ER, & Beckham, JC. (2017, January). A Preliminary Investigation of a Relapse Prevention Mobile Application to Maintain Smoking Abstinence Among Individuals With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Journal of dual diagnosis , 13 (1), 15-20. Full Text
  - Van Voorhees, EE, Wilson, SM, Calhoun, PS, Elbogen, EB, Beckham, JC, & Kimbrel, NA. (2017, January). Sociocultural discourse in science: Flawed assumptions and bias in the CLASH model. The Behavioral and Brain Sciences , 40 , e100-null. Full Text
  - Dennis, PA, Kimbrel, NA, Sherwood, A, Calhoun, PS, Watkins, LL, Dennis, MF, & Beckham, JC. (2016, December 9). Trauma and Autonomic Dysregulation: Episodic - Versus Systemic - Negative Affect Underlying Cardiovascular Risk in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Psychosomatic medicine .
  - Calhoun, PS, Datta, S, Olsen, M, Smith, VA, Moore, SD, Hair, LP, Dedert, EA, Kirby, A, Dennis, M, Beckham, JC, & Bastian, LA. (2016, October). Comparative Effectiveness of an Internet-Based Smoking Cessation Intervention Versus Clinic-Based Specialty Care for Veterans. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment , 69 , 19-27. Full Text
  - Rissling, MB, Dennis, PA, Watkins, LL, Calhoun, PS, Dennis, MF, Beckham, JC, Hayano, J, & Ulmer, CS. (2016, October). Circadian Contrasts in Heart Rate Variability Associated With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms in a Young Adult Cohort. Journal of traumatic stress , 29 (5), 415-421. Full Text
  - Calhoun, PS, Wilson, SM, Hicks, TA, Thomas, SP, Dedert, EA, Hair, LP, Bastian, LA, & Beckham, JC. (2016, September 15). Racial and Sociodemographic Disparities in Internet Access and eHealth Intervention Utilization Among Veteran Smokers. Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities . Full Text
  - Dedert, EA, Hicks, TA, Dennis, PA, Calhoun, PS, & Beckham, JC. (2016, September). Roles of inter-individual differences and intra-individual acute elevations in early smoking lapse in people with posttraumatic stress disorder. Addictive behaviors , 60 , 171-176. Full Text
  - Dennis, PA, Dedert, EA, Van Voorhees, EE, Watkins, LL, Hayano, J, Calhoun, PS, Sherwood, A, Dennis, MF, & Beckham, JC. (2016, September). Examining the Crux of Autonomic Dysfunction in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Whether Chronic or Situational Distress Underlies Elevated Heart Rate and Attenuated Heart Rate Variability. Psychosomatic Medicine , 78 (7), 805-809. Full Text
  - Wilson, SM, Hair, LP, Hertzberg, JS, Kirby, AC, Olsen, MK, Lindquist, JH, Maciejewski, ML, Beckham, JC, & Calhoun, PS. (2016, September). Abstinence Reinforcement Therapy (ART) for rural veterans: Methodology for an mHealth smoking cessation intervention. Contemporary Clinical Trials , 50 , 157-165. Full Text
  - Dennis, PA, Kimbrel, NA, Dedert, EA, Beckham, JC, Dennis, MF, & Calhoun, PS. (2016, August). Supplemental nicotine preloading for smoking cessation in posttraumatic stress disorder: Results from a randomized controlled trial. Addictive Behaviors , 59 , 24-29. Full Text
  - Schry, AR, Beckham, JC, The Va Mid-Atlantic Mirecc Workgroup, , & Calhoun, PS. (2016, June). Sexual revictimization among Iraq and Afghanistan war era veterans. Psychiatry Research , 240 , 406-411. Full Text
  - Calhoun, PS, Schry, AR, Wagner, HR, Kimbrel, NA, Dennis, P, McDonald, SD, Beckham, JC, Dedert, EA, Kudler, H, & Straits-Troster, K. (2016, May). The prevalence of binge drinking and receipt of provider drinking advice among US veterans with military service in Iraq or Afghanistan. The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse , 42 (3), 269-278. Full Text
  - Gentes, EL, Schry, AR, Hicks, TA, Clancy, CP, Collie, CF, Kirby, AC, Dennis, MF, Hertzberg, MA, Beckham, JC, & Calhoun, PS. (2016, May). Prevalence and correlates of cannabis use in an outpatient VA posttraumatic stress disorder clinic. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors : Journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors , 30 (3), 415-421. Full Text
  - Dennis, PA, Weinberg, JB, Calhoun, PS, Watkins, LL, Sherwood, A, Dennis, MF, & Beckham, JC. (2016, April). An investigation of vago-regulatory and health-behavior accounts for increased inflammation in posttraumatic stress disorder. Journal of psychosomatic research , 83 , 33-39. Full Text
  - Green, KT, Dennis, PA, Neal, LC, Hobkirk, AL, Hicks, TA, Watkins, LL, Hayano, J, Sherwood, A, Calhoun, PS, & Beckham, JC. (2016, March). Exploring the relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and momentary heart rate variability. Journal of psychosomatic research , 82 , 31-34. Full Text
  - Fleming, E, Crawford, EF, Calhoun, PS, Kudler, H, & Straits-Troster, KA. (2016, February). Veterans' Preferences for Receiving Information About VA Services: Is Getting the Information You Want Related to Increased Health Care Utilization?. Military medicine , 181 (2), 106-110. Full Text
  - Rissling, MB, Gray, KE, Ulmer, CS, Martin, JL, Zaslavsky, O, Gray, SL, Hale, L, Zeitzer, JM, Naughton, M, Woods, NF, LaCroix, A, Calhoun, PS, Stefanick, M, & Weitlauf, JC. (2016, February). Sleep Disturbance, Diabetes, and Cardiovascular Disease in Postmenopausal Veteran Women. The Gerontologist , 56 Suppl 1 , S54-S66. Full Text
  - Naylor, JC, Kilts, JD, Strauss, JL, Szabo, ST, Dunn, CE, Wagner, HR, Hamer, RM, Shampine, LJ, Zanga, JR, Marx, CE, Department of Veterans Affairs Mid-Atlantic Mental Illness Research, Education, & and Clinical Center Workgroup, . (2016, January). An exploratory pilot investigation of neurosteroids and self-reported pain in female Iraq/Afghanistan-era Veterans. Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development , 53 (4), 499-510. Full Text
  - Naylor, JC, Kilts, JD, Szabo, ST, Dunn, CE, Keefe, FJ, Tupler, LA, Shampine, LJ, Morey, RA, Strauss, JL, Hamer, RM, Wagner, HR, MIRECC Workgroup, , & Marx, CE. (2016, January). Allopregnanolone Levels Are Inversely Associated with Self-Reported Pain Symptoms in U.S. Iraq and Afghanistan-Era Veterans: Implications for Biomarkers and Therapeutics. Pain Medicine (Malden, Mass.) , 17 (1), 25-32. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Van Voorhees, EE, Dennis, PA, Neal, LC, Hicks, TA, Calhoun, PS, Beckham, JC, & Elbogen, EB. (2016, January). Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Hostile Cognitions, and Aggression in Iraq/Afghanistan Era Veterans. Psychiatry , 79 (1), 70-84. Full Text
  - Morey, RA, Dunsmoor, JE, Haswell, CC, Brown, VM, Vora, A, Weiner, J, Stjepanovic, D, Wagner, HR, VA Mid-Atlantic MIRECC Workgroup, , & LaBar, KS. (2015, December 15). Fear learning circuitry is biased toward generalization of fear associations in posttraumatic stress disorder. Translational Psychiatry , 5 , e700-null. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - McDonald, SD, Thompson, NL, Stratton, KJ, & Calhoun, PS. (2015, December). Corrigendum to “Diagnostic accuracy of three scoring methods for the Davidson Trauma Scale among U.S. military veterans” [J. Anxiety Disord. 28 (2) (2014) 160–168]. Journal of Anxiety Disorders , 36 , 134-134. Full Text
  - Schry, AR, Hibberd, R, Wagner, HR, Turchik, JA, Kimbrel, NA, Wong, M, Elbogen, EE, Strauss, JL, Veterans Affairs Mid-Atlantic Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center Workgroup, , & Brancu, M. (2015, November). Functional correlates of military sexual assault in male veterans. Psychological Services , 12 (4), 384-393. Full Text
  - Schry, AR, Rissling, MB, Gentes, EL, Beckham, JC, Kudler, HS, Straits-Tröster, K, & Calhoun, PS. (2015, November). The Relationship Between Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms and Physical Health in a Survey of U.S. Veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan Era. Psychosomatics , 56 (6), 674-684. Full Text
  - Vrana, SR, Calhoun, PS, Dennis, MF, Kirby, AC, & Beckham, JC. (2015, October). Acoustic startle and prepulse inhibition predict smoking lapse in posttraumatic stress disorder. Journal of Psychopharmacology (Oxford, England) , 29 (10), 1070-1076. Full Text
  - Kimbrel, NA, Garrett, ME, Dennis, MF, Liu, Y, Patanam, I, Workgroup, VM-AM, Ashley-Koch, AE, Hauser, MA, & Beckham, JC. (2015, September). Effect of genetic variation in the nicotinic receptor genes on risk for posttraumatic stress disorder. Psychiatry research , 229 (1-2), 326-331. Full Text
  - McDonald, SD, Brown, WL, Benesek, JP, & Calhoun, PS. (2015, September). A systematic review of the PTSD Checklist's diagnostic accuracy studies using QUADAS. Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy , 7 (5), 413-421. (Review) Full Text
  - Carpenter, VL, Hertzberg, JS, Kirby, AC, Calhoun, PS, Moore, SD, Dennis, MF, Dennis, PA, Dedert, EA, Hair, LP, & Beckham, JC. (2015, July). Multicomponent smoking cessation treatment including mobile contingency management in homeless veterans. The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry , 76 (7), 959-964. Full Text
  - Kelley, ML, Brancu, M, Robbins, AT, D'Lima, GM, Strauss, JL, Curry, JF, Fairbank, JA, Runnals, J, VA Mid-Atlantic MIRECC Women Veterans Workgroup, & VA Mid-Atlantic MIRECC Workgroup, . (2015, July). Drug use and childhood-, military- and post-military trauma exposure among women and men veterans. Drug and alcohol dependence , 152 , 201-208. Full Text
  - Kimbrel, NA, Gratz, KL, Tull, MT, Morissette, SB, Meyer, EC, DeBeer, BB, Silvia, PJ, Calhoun, PC, & Beckham, JC. (2015, June). Non-suicidal self-injury as a predictor of active and passive suicidal ideation among Iraq/Afghanistan war veterans. Psychiatry Research , 227 (2-3), 360-362. Full Text
  - Oddone, AE, Dennis, PA, Calhoun, PS, Watkins, LL, Sherwood, A, Dedert, EA, Green, KT, Stein, JN, Dennis, MF, & Beckham, JC. (2015, May). Orthostatic hypotension in young adults with and without posttraumatic stress disorder. Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy , 7 (3), 229-233. Full Text
  - Crawford, EF, Elbogen, EB, Wagner, HR, Kudler, H, Calhoun, PS, Brancu, M, & Straits-Troster, KA. (2015, April). Surveying treatment preferences in U.S. Iraq-Afghanistan Veterans with PTSD symptoms: a step toward veteran-centered care. Journal of traumatic stress , 28 (2), 118-126. Full Text
  - Fulton, JJ, Calhoun, PS, Wagner, HR, Schry, AR, Hair, LP, Feeling, N, Elbogen, E, & Beckham, JC. (2015, April). The prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder in Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) Veterans: a meta-analysis. Journal of Anxiety Disorders , 31 , 98-107. (Review) Full Text
  - Gentes, E, Dennis, PA, Kimbrel, NA, Kirby, AC, Hair, LP, Beckham, JC, & Calhoun, PS. (2015, January). Latent Factor Structure of DSM-5 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Psychopathology review , 2 (1), 17-29. Full Text
  - Gentes, EL, Dennis, PA, Kimbrel, NA, Rissling, MB, Beckham, JC, VA Mid-Atlantic MIRECC Workgroup, , & Calhoun, PS. (2014, December). DSM-5 posttraumatic stress disorder: factor structure and rates of diagnosis. Journal of Psychiatric Research , 59 , 60-67. Full Text
  - Kimbrel, NA, Calhoun, PS, Elbogen, EB, Brancu, M, VA Mid-Atlantic MIRECC Registry Workgroup, , & Beckham, JC. (2014, December). The factor structure of psychiatric comorbidity among Iraq/Afghanistan-era veterans and its relationship to violence, incarceration, suicide attempts, and suicidality. Psychiatry research , 220 (1-2), 397-403. Full Text
  - Van Voorhees, EE, Dennis, PA, Elbogen, EB, Clancy, CP, Hertzberg, MA, Beckham, JC, & Calhoun, PS. (2014, November). Personality assessment inventory internalizing and externalizing structure in veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder: associations with aggression. Aggressive behavior , 40 (6), 582-592. Full Text
  - Dennis, PA, Watkins, LL, Calhoun, PS, Oddone, A, Sherwood, A, Dennis, MF, Rissling, MB, & Beckham, JC. (2014, October). Posttraumatic stress, heart rate variability, and the mediating role of behavioral health risks. Psychosomatic Medicine , 76 (8), 629-637. Full Text
  - Guffanti, G, Ashley-Koch, AE, Roberts, AL, Garrett, ME, Solovieff, N, Ratanatharathorn, A, De Vivo, I, Dennis, M, Ranu, H, Smoller, JW, Liu, Y, Purcell, SM, Veterans Affairs Mid-Atlantic Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center Workgroup, , Beckham, J, Hauser, MA, & Koenen, KC. (2014, October). No association between RORA polymorphisms and PTSD in two independent samples. Molecular Psychiatry , 19 (10), 1056-1057. Full Text
  - Green, KT, Hayward, LC, Williams, AM, Dennis, PA, Bryan, BC, Taber, KH, Mid-Atlantic Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center Workgroup, , Davidson, JRT, Beckham, JC, & Calhoun, PS. (2014, August). Examining the factor structure of the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) in a post-9/11 U.S. military veteran sample. Assessment , 21 (4), 443-451. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Kimbrel, NA, Johnson, ME, Clancy, C, Hertzberg, M, Collie, C, Van Voorhees, EE, Dennis, MF, Calhoun, PS, & Beckham, JC. (2014, August). Deliberate self-harm and suicidal ideation among male Iraq/Afghanistan-era veterans seeking treatment for PTSD. Journal of traumatic stress , 27 (4), 474-477. Full Text
  - Dennis, PA, Ulmer, CS, Calhoun, PS, Sherwood, A, Watkins, LL, Dennis, MF, & Beckham, JC. (2014, July). Behavioral health mediators of the link between posttraumatic stress disorder and dyslipidemia. Journal of psychosomatic research , 77 (1), 45-50. Full Text
  - Wilson, SM, Dedert, EA, Dennis, PA, Dennis, MF, Calhoun, PS, Kirby, AC, & Beckham, JC. (2014, July). Do ethnicity and gender moderate the influence of posttraumatic stress disorder on time to smoking lapse?. Addictive behaviors , 39 (7), 1163-1167. Full Text
  - Tupler, LA, Weiner, RD, Fernandez, A, Pickett, T, McDonald, SD, McGuire, HH, Hurley, R, Taber, KH, RuthYoash-Gantz, , Miller, M, & SarahIngle, . (2014, June 30). The impact of social support on psychological distress for U.S. Afghanistan/Iraq era veterans with PTSD and other psychiatric diagnoses. Psychiatry Research , 217 (1-2), 86-92. Full Text
  - Brancu, M, Thompson, NL, Beckham, JC, Green, KT, Calhoun, PS, Elbogen, EB, Robbins, AT, Fairbank, JA, VA Mid-Atlantic MIRECC Registry Workgroup, , & Wagner, HR. (2014, June). The impact of social support on psychological distress for U.S. Afghanistan/Iraq era veterans with PTSD and other psychiatric diagnoses. Psychiatry Research , 217 (1-2), 86-92. Full Text
  - Volz, AR, Dennis, PA, Dennis, MF, Calhoun, PS, Wilson, SM, & Beckham, JC. (2014, June). The role of daily hassles and distress tolerance in predicting cigarette craving during a quit attempt. Nicotine & Tobacco Research , 16 (6), 872-875. Full Text
  - Szabo, ST, Kilts, JD, Naylor, JC, Youssef, NA, Strauss, JL, Morey, RA, Brancu, M, Hamer, RM, Bradford, DW, VA Mid-Atlantic MIRECC Work Group, , & Marx, CE. (2014, May). Amino acids as biomarker candidates for suicidality in male OEF/OIF Veterans: relevance to NMDA receptor modulation and nitric oxide signaling. Military Medicine , 179 (5), 486-491. Full Text
  - Dedert, EA, Dennis, PA, Swinkels, CM, Calhoun, PS, Dennis, MF, & Beckham, JC. (2014, April). Ecological momentary assessment of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms during a smoking quit attempt. Nicotine & Tobacco Research , 16 (4), 430-436. Full Text
  - (2014, March 1). Diagnostic accuracy of three scoring methods for the Davidson Trauma Scale among U.S. military Veterans. Journal of Anxiety Disorders , 28 (2), 160-168. Full Text
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  - Brown, VM, LaBar, KS, Haswell, CC, Gold, AL, Mid-Atlantic MIRECC Workgroup, , McCarthy, G, & Morey, RA. (2014, January). 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 (2), 351-359. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Kimbrel, NA, Calhoun, PS, Elbogen, EB, Brancu, M, Beckham, JC, Green, KT, Kirby, AC, Dennis, MF, Hoerle, J, Wagner, HR, Runnals, J, Van Voorhees, E, Fairbank, JA, Moore, SD, Weiner, RD, Straits-Troster, K, Tupler, LA, Marx, CE, Morey, RA, Miller-Mumford, M, McDonald, SD, Taber, KH, Yoash-Gantz, RE, & Hurley, RA. (2014, January 1). The factor structure of psychiatric comorbidity among Iraq/Afghanistan-era veterans and its relationship to violence, incarceration, suicide attempts, and suicidality. Psychiatry Research , 220 (1-2), 397-403. Full Text
  - Kimbrel, NA, Johnson, ME, Clancy, C, Hertzberg, M, Collie, C, Voorhees, EEV, Dennis, MF, Calhoun, PS, & Beckham, JC. (2014). Deliberate self-harm and suicidal ideation among male Iraq/Afghanistan-era veterans seeking treatment for PTSD. Journal of traumatic stress , 27 (4), 474-477. Full Text
  - McDonald, SD, Thompson, NL, Stratton, KJ, & Calhoun, PS. (2014). Diagnostic accuracy of three scoring methods for the Davidson Trauma Scale among U.S. military Veterans. Journal of Anxiety Disorders , 28 (2), 160-168.
  - Sherwood, A, Watkins, LL, Dennis, MF, & Beckham, JC. (2014, January 1). Behavioral health mediators of the link between posttraumatic stress disorder and dyslipidemia. Journal of Psychosomatic Research , 77 (1), 45-50. Full Text
  - Van Voorhees, EE, Dennis, MF, Calhoun, PS, & Beckham, JC. (2014, January). Association of DHEA, DHEAS, and cortisol with childhood trauma exposure and post-traumatic stress disorder. International Clinical Psychopharmacology , 29 (1), 56-62. Full Text
  - Voorhees, EEV, Dennis, MF, Calhoun, PS, & Beckham, JC. (2014). Association of DHEA, DHEAS, and cortisol with childhood trauma exposure and post-traumatic stress disorder. International Clinical Psychopharmacology , 29 (1), 56-62. Full Text
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  - McClernon, FJ, Calhoun, PS, Hertzberg, JS, Dedert, EA, Beckham, JC, VA Mid-Atlantic Mental Illness Research, Education, & and Clinical Center Registry Workgroup, . (2013, December). Associations between smoking and psychiatric comorbidity in U.S. Iraq- and Afghanistan-era veterans. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors : Journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors , 27 (4), 1182-1188. Full Text
  - Vrana, SR, Calhoun, PS, McClernon, FJ, Dennis, MF, Lee, ST, & Beckham, JC. (2013, December 1). Effects of smoking on the acoustic startle response and prepulse inhibition in smokers with and without posttraumatic stress disorder. Psychopharmacology , 230 (3), 477-485. Full Text
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  - Hertzberg, JS, Carpenter, VL, Kirby, AC, Calhoun, PS, Moore, SD, Dennis, MF, Dennis, PA, Dedert, EA, & Beckham, JC. (2013, November). Mobile contingency management as an adjunctive smoking cessation treatment for smokers with posttraumatic stress disorder. Nicotine & Tobacco Research , 15 (11), 1934-1938. Full Text
  - Taber, KH, Hurley, R, Hayes, JP, Nasser, JD, Seth, S, Beall, SK, Beckham, JC, Tupler, LA, Weiner, R, Fairbank, J, Calhoun, PS, Green, KT, Brancu, M, Hoerle, JM, Pender, M, Strauss, JL, Kudler, H, Eggleston, AM, Guerra, VS, Payne, V, McDonald, SD, Van Voorhees, E, & Davison, R. (2013, November 1). Effects of chronic mild traumatic brain injury on white matter integrity in iraq and afghanistan war veterans. Human Brain Mapping , 34 (11), 2986-2999. Full Text
  - Runnals, JJ, Van Voorhees, E, Robbins, AT, Brancu, M, Straits-Troster, K, Beckham, JC, & Calhoun, PS. (2013, October). Self-reported pain complaints among Afghanistan/Iraq era men and women veterans with comorbid posttraumatic stress disorder and major depressive disorder. Pain Med , 14 (10), 1529-1533. Full Text Link to Item
  - Crawford, EF, Fulton, JJ, Swinkels, CM, Beckham, JC, VA Mid-Atlantic MIRECC OEF/OIF Registry Workgroup, , & Calhoun, PS. (2013, September 1). Diagnostic efficiency of the AUDIT-C in U.S. veterans with military service since September 11, 2001. Drug Alcohol Depend , 132 (1-2), 101-106. Full Text Link to Item
  - Strauss, JL, Zervakis, JB, Stechuchak, KM, Olsen, MK, Swanson, J, Swartz, MS, Weinberger, M, Marx, CE, Calhoun, PS, Bradford, DW, Butterfield, MI, & Oddone, EZ. (2013, August). Adverse impact of coercive treatments on psychiatric inpatients' satisfaction with care. Community Mental Health Journal , 49 (4), 457-465. Full Text
  - Van Voorhees, EE, Dennis, MF, McClernon, FJ, Calhoun, PS, Buse, NA, & Beckham, JC. (2013, August). The association of dehydroepiandrosterone and dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate with anxiety sensitivity and electronic diary negative affect among smokers with and without posttraumatic stress disorder. Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology , 33 (4), 556-560. Full Text
  - Swinkels, CM, Ulmer, CS, Beckham, JC, Buse, N, & Calhoun, PS. (2013, July 1). The Association of Sleep Duration, Mental Health, and Health Risk Behaviors among U.S. Afghanistan/Iraq Era Veterans. Sleep , 36 (7), 1019-1025. Full Text
  - Beckham, JC, Calhoun, PS, Dennis, MF, Wilson, SM, & Dedert, EA. (2013, June). Predictors of lapse in first week of smoking abstinence in PTSD and non-PTSD smokers. Nicotine & Tobacco Research , 15 (6), 1122-1129. Full Text
  - Dedert, EA, Harper, LA, Calhoun, PS, Dennis, MF, & Beckham, JC. (2013, March). The impact of race on metabolic disease risk factors in women with and without posttraumatic stress disorder. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings , 20 (1), 46-55. Full Text
  - Crawford, EF, Fulton, JJ, Swinkels, CM, Beckham, JC, & Calhoun, PS. (2013). Diagnostic efficiency of the AUDIT-C in U.S. veterans with military service since September 11, 2001. Drug and Alcohol Dependence , 132 (1-2), 101-106. Full Text
  - Dedert, EA, Harper, LA, Calhoun, PS, Dennis, MF, & Beckham, JC. (2013). The impact of race on metabolic disease risk factors in women with and without posttraumatic stress disorder. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings , 20 (1), 46-55. Full Text
  - McDonald, SD, Thompson, NL, Stratton, KJ, & Calhoun, PS. (2013). Diagnostic accuracy of three scoring methods for the Davidson Trauma Scale among U.S. military Veterans. Journal of Anxiety Disorders .
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  - Strauss, JL, Zervakis, JB, Stechuchak, KM, Olsen, MK, Swanson, J, Swartz, MS, Weinberger, M, Marx, CE, Calhoun, PS, Bradford, DW, Butterfield, MI, & Oddone, EZ. (2013). Adverse impact of coercive treatments on psychiatric inpatients' satisfaction with care. Community Mental Health Journal , 49 (4), 457-465. Full Text
  - Ulmer, CS, Calhoun, PS, Bosworth, HB, Dennis, MF, & Beckham, JC. (2013). Nocturnal blood pressure non-dipping, posttraumatic stress disorder, and sleep quality in women. Behav Med , 39 (4), 111-121. Full Text Link to Item
  - Voorhees, EEV, Dennis, MF, McClernon, FJ, Calhoun, PS, Buse, NA, & Beckham, JC. (2013). The association of dehydroepiandrosterone and dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate with anxiety sensitivity and electronic diary negative affect among smokers with and without posttraumatic stress disorder. Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology , 33 (4), 556-560. Full Text
  - Youssef, NA, Green, KT, Dedert, EA, Hertzberg, JS, Calhoun, PS, Dennis, MF, Mid-Atlantic Mental Illness Research Education And Clinical Center Workgroup, , & Beckham, JC. (2013, January). Exploration of the influence of childhood trauma, combat exposure, and the resilience construct on depression and suicidal ideation among U.S. Iraq/Afghanistan era military personnel and veterans. Archives of Suicide Research : Official Journal of the International Academy for Suicide Research , 17 (2), 106-122. Full Text
  - Calhoun, PS, Hertzberg, JS, Kirby, AC, Dennis, MF, Hair, LP, Dedert, EA, & Beckham, JC. (2012, December). The effect of draft DSM-V criteria on posttraumatic stress disorder prevalence. Depress Anxiety , 29 (12), 1032-1042. Full Text Link to Item
  - Pukay-Martin, ND, Pontoski, KE, Maxwell, MA, Calhoun, PS, Dutton, CE, Clancy, CP, Hertzberg, MA, Collie, CF, & Beckham, JC. (2012, October). The influence of depressive symptoms on suicidal ideation among U.S. Vietnam-era and Afghanistan/Iraq-era veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder. J Trauma Stress , 25 (5), 578-582. Full Text Link to Item
  - Dedert, EA, Elbogen, EB, Hauser, MA, Hertzberg, JS, Wilson, SM, Dennis, MF, Calhoun, PS, Kirby, AC, & Beckham, JC. (2012, September). Consumer perspectives on genetic testing for psychiatric disorders: the attitudes of veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder and their families. Genet Test Mol Biomarkers , 16 (9), 1122-1129. Full Text Link to Item
  - Mitchell, JT, Van Voorhees, EE, Dennis, MF, McClernon, FJ, Calhoun, PS, Kollins, SH, & Beckham, JC. (2012, August). Assessing the role of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms in smokers with and without posttraumatic stress disorder. Nicotine & Tobacco Research , 14 (8), 986-992. Full Text
  - Van Voorhees, EE, Dedert, EA, Calhoun, PS, Brancu, M, Runnals, J, Beckham, JC, & VA Mid-Atlantic MIRECC Workgroup, . (2012, May 23). Childhood trauma exposure in Iraq and Afghanistan war era veterans: implications for posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and adult functional social support. Child Abuse & Neglect , 36 (5), 423-432. Full Text
  - Dedert, EA, Calhoun, PS, Harper, LA, Dutton, CE, McClernon, FJ, & Beckham, JC. (2012, March). Smoking withdrawal in smokers with and without posttraumatic stress disorder. Nicotine & Tobacco Research , 14 (3), 372-376. Full Text
  - Gierisch, JM, Bastian, LA, Calhoun, PS, McDuffie, JR, & Williams, JW. (2012, March). Smoking cessation interventions for patients with depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Gen Intern Med , 27 (3), 351-360. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
  - Gierisch, JM, Straits-Tröster, K, Calhoun, PS, Beckham, JC, Acheson, S, & Hamlett-Berry, K. (2012). Tobacco use among Iraq- and Afghanistan-era veterans: a qualitative study of barriers, facilitators, and treatment preferences. Prev Chronic Dis , 9 , E58-. Link to Item
  - Kirby, AC, Beckham, JC, Calhoun, PS, Roberts, ST, Taft, CT, Elbogen, EB, & Dennis, MF. (2012). An examination of general aggression and intimate partner violence in women with posttraumatic stress disorder. Violence Vict , 27 (5), 777-792. Link to Item
  - Calhoun, PS, Levin, HF, Dedert, EA, Johnson, Y, VA Mid-Atlantic Mental Illness Research, Education, Clinical Center Registry Workgroup, , & Beckham, JC. (2011, June). The relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder and smoking outcome expectancies among U.S. military veterans who served since September 11, 2001. Journal of Traumatic Stress , 24 (3), 303-308. Full Text
  - Acheson, SK, Straits-Tröster, K, Calhoun, PS, Beckham, JC, & Hamlett-Berry, K. (2011, May). Characteristics and Correlates of Cigarette Use Among Recent U.S. Veterans. Military Psychology , 23 (3), 297-314. Full Text
  - Calhoun, PS, Wagner, HR, McClernon, FJ, Lee, S, Dennis, MF, Vrana, SR, Clancy, CP, Collie, CF, Johnson, YC, & Beckham, JC. (2011, May). The effect of nicotine and trauma context on acoustic startle in smokers with and without posttraumatic stress disorder. Psychopharmacology , 215 (2), 379-389. Full Text
  - Straits-Troster, K, Strauss, J, Kudler, H, Wagner, HR, Gregory, C, & Calhoun, P. (2011, April). WOMEN VETERANS TRANSITIONING FROM COMBAT TO OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS: WHAT ARE THEIR NEEDS AND PREFERENCES?. ANNALS OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE , 41 , S69-S69. Link to Item
  - Zaborowski, DE, Dedert, EA, Straits-Troster, K, Lee, S, Wilson, SM, Calhoun, PS, Moore, SD, Acheson, S, Hamlett-Berry, KW, & Beckham, JC. (2011, March). Public health clinical demonstration project for smoking cessation in american veterans who served since september 11, 2001. Journal of Addiction Medicine , 5 (1), 79-83. Full Text
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  - Guerra, VS, Calhoun, PS, Mid-Atlantic Mental Illness Research, & Education and Clinical Center Workgroup, . (2011, January). Examining the relation between posttraumatic stress disorder and suicidal ideation in an OEF/OIF veteran sample. Journal of Anxiety Disorders , 25 (1), 12-18. Full Text
  - Strauss, JL, Marx, CE, Weitlauf, JC, Stechuchak, KM, Straits-Troster, K, Worjoloh, AW, Sherrod, CB, Olsen, MK, Butterfield, MI, & Calhoun, PS. (2011, January). Is military sexual trauma associated with trading sex among women veterans seeking outpatient mental health care?. Journal of Trauma & Dissociation : the Official Journal of the International Society for the Study of Dissociation (Issd) , 12 (3), 290-304. Full Text
  - Dedert, EA, Becker, ME, Fuemmeler, BF, Braxton, LE, Calhoun, PS, & Beckham, JC. (2010, December 10). Childhood traumatic stress and obesity in women: the intervening effects of PTSD and MDD. Journal of Traumatic Stress , 23 (6), 785-763. Full Text
  - McDonald, SD, & Calhoun, PS. (2010, December). The diagnostic accuracy of the PTSD checklist: a critical review. Clinical Psychology Review , 30 (8), 976-987. (Review) Full Text
  - Elbogen, EB, Wagner, HR, Fuller, SR, Calhoun, PS, Kinneer, PM, Mid-Atlantic Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center Workgroup, , & Beckham, JC. (2010, September). Correlates of anger and hostility in Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans. Am J Psychiatry , 167 (9), 1051-1058. Full Text Link to Item
  - Elbogen, EB, Fuller, S, Johnson, SC, Brooks, S, Kinneer, P, Calhoun, PS, & Beckham, JC. (2010, August). Improving risk assessment of violence among military veterans: an evidence-based approach for clinical decision-making. Clinical Psychology Review , 30 (6), 595-607. (Review) Full Text
  - Calhoun, PS, McDonald, SD, Guerra, VS, Eggleston, AM, Beckham, JC, Straits-Troster, K, & VA Mid-Atlantic MIRECC OEF/OIF Registry Workgroup, . (2010, July). Clinical utility of the Primary Care--PTSD Screen among U.S. veterans who served since September 11, 2001. Psychiatry Research , 178 (2), 330-335. Full Text
  - Green, KT, Calhoun, PS, Dennis, MF, Mid-Atlantic Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center Workgroup, , & Beckham, JC. (2010, July). Exploration of the resilience construct in posttraumatic stress disorder severity and functional correlates in military combat veterans who have served since September 11, 2001. The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry , 71 (7), 823-830. Full Text
  - Flood, AM, Boyle, SH, Calhoun, PS, Dennis, MF, Barefoot, JC, Moore, SD, & Beckham, JC. (2010, May). Prospective study of externalizing and internalizing subtypes of posttraumatic stress disorder and their relationship to mortality among Vietnam veterans. Compr Psychiatry , 51 (3), 236-242. Full Text Link to Item
  - Straits-Troster, K, Acheson, S, Beckham, J, Calhoun, P, Gierisch, JM, & Hamlett-Berry, K. (2010, April). TOBACCO USE AND CESSATION AMONG RETURNING COMBAT VETERANS: A MIXED METHODS STUDY. ANNALS OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE , 39 , 158-158. Link to Item
  - Dedert, EA, Calhoun, PS, Watkins, LL, Sherwood, A, & Beckham, JC. (2010, February). Posttraumatic stress disorder, cardiovascular, and metabolic disease: a review of the evidence. Annals of Behavioral Medicine : a Publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine , 39 (1), 61-78. (Review) Full Text
  - Dedert, EA, Wilson, SM, Calhoun, PS, Moore, SD, Hamlett-Berry, KW, & Beckham, JC. (2010, January). Public health clinical demonstration project for smoking cessation in veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder. Addict Behav , 35 (1), 19-22. Full Text Link to Item
  - Eggleston, AM, Strauss, JL, Guerra, VS, & Calhoun, PS. (2010). Adherence and Substance Use. , 289-309. Full Text
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  - Calhoun, PS, Boggs, CD, Crawford, EF, & Beckham, JC. (2009, September). Diagnostic efficiency of the personality assessment inventory LOGIT function for posttraumatic stress disorder in women. Journal of Personality Assessment , 91 (5), 409-415. Full Text
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  - Dedert, EA, Green, KT, Calhoun, PS, Yoash-Gantz, R, Taber, KH, Mumford, MM, Tupler, LA, Morey, RA, Marx, CE, Weiner, RD, & Beckham, JC. (2009, June). Association of trauma exposure with psychiatric morbidity in military veterans who have served since September 11, 2001. Journal of Psychiatric Research , 43 (9), 830-836. Full Text
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  - Calhoun, PS, Wiley, M, Dennis, MF, & Beckham, JC. (2009, April). Self-reported health and physician diagnosed illnesses in women with posttraumatic stress disorder and major depressive disorder. Journal of Traumatic Stress , 22 (2), 122-130. Full Text
  - McDonald, SD, Beckham, JC, Morey, RA, & Calhoun, PS. (2009, March). The validity and diagnostic efficiency of the Davidson Trauma Scale in military veterans who have served since September 11th, 2001. Journal of Anxiety Disorders , 23 (2), 247-255. Full Text
  - Beckham, JC, Flood, AM, Dennis, MF, & Calhoun, PS. (2009, February 1). Ambulatory cardiovascular activity and hostility ratings in women with chronic posttraumatic stress disorder. Biol Psychiatry , 65 (3), 268-272. Full Text Link to Item
  - Drury, P, Calhoun, PS, Boggs, C, Araujo, G, Dennis, MF, & Beckham, JC. (2009, January). Influences of Comorbid Disorders on Personality Assessment Inventory Profiles in Women with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment , 31 (2), 119-128. Full Text
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  - Vrana, SR, Hughes, JW, Dennis, MF, Calhoun, PS, & Beckham, JC. (2009). Effects of posttraumatic stress disorder status and covert hostility on cardiovascular responses to relived anger in women with and without PTSD. Biological Psychology , 82 (3), 274-280. Full Text
  - Ziedonis, D, Hitsman, B, Beckham, JC, Zvolensky, M, Adler, LE, Audrain-McGovern, J, Breslau, N, Brown, RA, George, TP, Williams, J, Calhoun, PS, & Riley, WT. (2008, December). Tobacco use and cessation in psychiatric disorders: National Institute of Mental Health report. Nicotine & Tobacco Research : Official Journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco , 10 (12), 1691-1715. Full Text
  - Calhoun, PS, Elter, JR, Jones, ER, Kudler, H, & Straits-Tröster, K. (2008, November). Hazardous alcohol use and receipt of risk-reduction counseling among U.S. veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. J Clin Psychiatry , 69 (11), 1686-1693. Link to Item
  - Kirby, AC, Hertzberg, BP, Collie, CF, Yeatts, B, Dennis, MF, McDonald, SD, Calhoun, PS, & Beckham, JC. (2008, November). Smoking in help-seeking veterans with PTSD returning from Afghanistan and Iraq. Addict Behav , 33 (11), 1448-1453. Full Text Link to Item
  - Elhai, JD, Calhoun, PS, & Ford, JD. (2008, August). Statistical procedures for analyzing mental health services data. Psychiatry Research , 160 (2), 129-136. (Review) Full Text
  - Naylor, JC, Hulette, CM, Steffens, DC, Shampine, LJ, Ervin, JF, Payne, VM, Massing, MW, Kilts, JD, Strauss, JL, Calhoun, PS, Calnaido, RP, Blazer, DG, Lieberman, JA, Madison, RD, & Marx, CE. (2008, August). Cerebrospinal fluid dehydroepiandrosterone levels are correlated with brain dehydroepiandrosterone levels, elevated in Alzheimer's disease, and related to neuropathological disease stage. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism , 93 (8), 3173-3178. Full Text
  - Beckham, JC, Wiley, MT, Miller, SC, Dennis, MF, Wilson, SM, McClernon, FJ, & Calhoun, PS. (2008, July). Ad lib smoking in post-traumatic stress disorder: an electronic diary study. Nicotine & Tobacco Research : Official Journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco , 10 (7), 1149-1157. Full Text
  - McDonald, SD, Beckham, JC, Morey, R, Marx, C, Tupler, LA, & Calhoun, PS. (2008, June). Factorial invariance of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms across three veteran samples. Journal of Traumatic Stress , 21 (3), 309-317. Full Text
  - Beckham, JC, Becker, ME, Hamlett-Berry, KW, Drury, PD, Kang, HK, Wiley, MT, Calhoun, PS, Moore, SD, Bright, MA, & McFall, ME. (2008, May). Preliminary findings from a clinical demonstration project for veterans returning from Iraq or Afghanistan. Mil Med , 173 (5), 448-451. Link to Item
  - Payne, VM, Kilts, JD, Naylor, JC, Strauss, JL, Calhoun, PS, Madison, RD, & Marx, CE. (2008). Allopregnanolone and Pregnenolone Alterations Following Pharmacological Agents in Rodents and Clinic Populations. , 369-383. Full Text
  - Polusny, MA, Ries, BJ, Schultz, JR, Calhoun, P, Clemensen, L, & Johnsen, IR. (2008). PTSD symptom clusters associated with physical health and health care utilization in rural primary care patients exposed to natural disaster. Journal of Traumatic Stress , 21 (1), 75-82. Full Text
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  - Cook, JW, McFall, MM, Calhoun, PS, & Beckham, JC. (2007, December). Posttraumatic stress disorder and smoking relapse: A theoretical model. Journal of Traumatic Stress , 20 (6), 989-998. Full Text
  - Cook, JW, McFall, MM, Calhoun, PS, & Beckham, JC. (2007, December). Posttraumatic stress disorder and smoking relapse: A theoretical model. Journal of Traumatic Stress , 20 (6), 989-998. Full Text
  - Straits-Troster, K, Calhoun, P, Jones, E, Kudler, H, Roberts, S, & Elter, J. (2007, December). GENDER DIFFERENCES AMONG OIF/OEF COMBAT VETERANS SEEKING VA HEALTHCARE. ANNALS OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE , 33 , S195-S195. Link to Item
  - Calhoun, PS, Dennis, MF, & Beckham, JC. (2007, June). Emotional reactivity to trauma stimuli and duration of past smoking cessation attempts in smokers with posttraumatic stress disorder. Exp Clin Psychopharmacol , 15 (3), 256-263. Full Text Link to Item
  - Calhoun, PS, Stechuchak, KM, Strauss, J, Bosworth, HB, Marx, CE, & Butterfield, MI. (2007, March). Interpersonal trauma, war zone exposure, and posttraumatic stress disorder among veterans with schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research , 91 (1-3), 210-216. Full Text
  - Braxton, LE, Calhoun, PS, Williams, JE, & Boggs, CD. (2007, February). Validity rates of the Personality Assessment Inventory and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 in a VA Medical Center Setting. Journal of Personality Assessment , 88 (1), 5-15. Full Text
  - Crawford, EF, Calhoun, PS, Braxton, LE, & Beckham, JC. (2007, February). Validity of the Personality Assessment Inventory Aggression scales and Violence Potential index in veterans with PTSD. Journal of Personality Assessment , 88 (1), 90-98. Full Text
  - Clancy, CP, Graybeal, A, Tompson, WP, Badgett, KS, Feldman, ME, Calhoun, PS, Erkanli, A, Hertzberg, MA, & Beckham, JC. (2006, September). Lifetime trauma exposure in veterans with military-related posttraumatic stress disorder: association with current symptomatology. The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry , 67 (9), 1346-1353.
  - Calhoun, PS, Bosworth, HB, Stechuchak, KA, Strauss, J, & Butterfield, MI. (2006, June). The impact of posttraumatic stress disorder on quality of life and health service utilization among veterans who have schizophrenia. J Trauma Stress , 19 (3), 393-397. Full Text Link to Item
  - Strauss, JL, Calhoun, PS, Marx, CE, Stechuchak, KM, Oddone, EZ, Swartz, MS, & Butterfield, MI. (2006, May). Comorbid posttraumatic stress disorder is associated with suicidality in male veterans with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder. Schizophr Res , 84 (1), 165-169. Full Text Link to Item
  - Lapp, KG, Bosworth, HB, Strauss, JL, Stechuchak, KM, Horner, RD, Calhoun, PS, Meador, KG, Lipper, S, & Butterfield, MI. (2005, September). Lifetime sexual and physical victimization among male veterans with combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder. Mil Med , 170 (9), 787-790. Link to Item
  - (2005, August 21). Treatment adherence among individuals with severe mental illness. , 307-328. (Chapter) Full Text
  - Calhoun, PS, Malesky, LA, Bosworth, HB, & Beckham, JC. (2005, July 7). Severity of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Involvement with the Criminal Justice System. Journal of Trauma Practice , 3 (3), 1-16. Full Text
  - Bosworth, HB, Calhoun, PS, Stechuchak, KM, & Butterfield, MI. (2004, June). Use of psychiatric and medical health care by veterans with severe mental illness. Psychiatr Serv , 55 (6), 708-710. Full Text Link to Item
  - Calhoun, PS. (2003, October). Treating psychological trauma and PTSD. JOURNAL OF PSYCHOSOMATIC RESEARCH , 55 (4), 395-395. Full Text Link to Item
  - Beckham, JC, Taft, CT, Vrana, SR, Feldman, ME, Barefoot, JC, Moore, SD, Mozley, SL, Butterfield, MI, & Calhoun, PS. (2003, August). Ambulatory monitoring and physical health report in Vietnam veterans with and without chronic posttraumatic stress disorder. J Trauma Stress , 16 (4), 329-335. Full Text Link to Item
  - Calhoun, PS, Bosworth, HB, Grambow, SC, Dudley, TK, & Beckham, JC. (2002, December). Medical service utilization by veterans seeking help for posttraumatic stress disorder. The American Journal of Psychiatry , 159 (12), 2081-2086. Full Text
  - Biswas, MS, Calhoun, PS, Bosworth, HB, & Bastian, LA. (2002, July). Are women worrying about heart disease?. Womens Health Issues , 12 (4), 204-211. Link to Item
  - Calhoun, PS, Beckham, JC, & Bosworth, HB. (2002, June). Caregiver burden and psychological distress in partners of veterans with chronic posttraumatic stress disorder. Journal of Traumatic Stress , 15 (3), 205-212. Full Text
  - Calhoun, PS, Beckham, JC, Feldman, ME, Barefoot, JC, Haney, T, & Boswort, HB. (2002, April). Partners' ratings of combat veterans' anger. J Trauma Stress , 15 (2), 133-136. Full Text Link to Item
  - Beckham, JC, Calhoun, PS, Glenn, DM, & Barefoot, JC. (2002, January). Posttraumatic stress disorder, hostility, and health in women: a review of current research. Annals of Behavioral Medicine : a Publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine , 24 (3), 219-228. (Review) Full Text
  - Calhoun, PS, Bosworth, HB, Siegler, IC, & Bastian, LA. (2001, December). The relationship between hostility and behavioral risk factors for poor health in women veterans. Prev Med , 33 (6), 552-557. Full Text Link to Item
  - Calhoun, PS, Earnst, KS, Tucker, DD, Kirby, AC, & Beckham, JC. (2000, October). Feigning combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder on the personality assessment inventory. Journal of Personality Assessment , 75 (2), 338-350. Full Text
  - Calhoun, PS, Sampson, WS, Bosworth, HB, Feldman, ME, Kirby, AC, Hertzberg, MA, Wampler, TP, Tate-Williams, F, Moore, SD, & Beckham, JC. (2000, October). Drug use and validity of substance use self-reports in veterans seeking help for posttraumatic stress disorder. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology , 68 (5), 923-927. Full Text
  - Calhoun, P, & Smith, WP. (1999, March). INTEGRATIVE BARGAINING: DOES GENDER MAKE A DIFFERENCE?. International Journal of Conflict Management , 10 (3), 203-224. Full Text
  - Dennis, PA, Neal, JM, Travis, E, Watkins, LL, Calhoun, PS, Dennis, MF, & Beckham, JC. Negative Affect-Related Autonomic Arousal Mediates the Association Between Baroreflex Dysfunction and Insulin Resistance in Non-Diabetic Young Adults(Published online). Journal of Psychophysiology ,, 1-11. Full Text
- Conference Papers
  - Wilson, SM, Pacek, L, Dennis, P, Bastian, L, Beckham, J, & Calhoun, P. (2017, March). VETERANS LIVING WITH HIV: A PARTICULARLY HIGH-RISK GROUP FOR CIGARETTE SMOKING. Link to Item
  - Green, KT, Calhoun, PS, Dennis, MF, Sherwood, A, Allen, R, Oddone, A, & Beckham, JC. (2013, March). THE EVALUATION OF A CARDIOVASCULAR BIOMARKER AND ANGER EXPRESSION IN INDIVIDUALS WITH AND WITHOUT POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD). Link to Item
  - Oddone, AE, Calhoun, PS, Stein, J, Dennis, MF, Sherwood, A, Watkins, LL, Allen, RK, Fulton, JJ, Dennis, P, & Beckham, JC. (2013, March). BASELINE AND POSTURE-RELATED DIFFERENCES IN BLOOD PRESSURE AMONG YOUNGER INDIVIDUALS WITH AND WITHOUT POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER. Link to Item
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- I direct the Psychology Fellowship Program focused on Mental Illness Research and Treatment at the VA Mid-Atlantic Mental Illness Research, Education, & Clinical Center in Durham, NC. For information about our 2-year post-doctoral fellowship opportunities please see: http://www.psychologytraining.va.gov/durham/

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