Patrick Shields Calhoun

Journal article J Dual Diagn · June 11, 2026 Objective: U.S. veterans experience comorbid posttraumatic stress disorder and substance use disorders (PTSD-SUD) at high rates, resulting in poorer psychosocial outcomes when compared to the effects of either condition alone. However, it is unclear how ve ... Full text Link to item Cite

DNA methylation signatures associated with bipolar disorder in peripheral blood improve prediction models.

Journal article EBioMedicine · June 2026 BACKGROUND: Bipolar disorder (BD) is a major mood disorder influenced by both genetic and environmental factors. While DNA methylation from peripheral tissues can reflect both genetic and environmental influences and reveal insights into disease biology, i ... Full text Link to item Cite

Post-traumatic stress disorder moderates the association between BrainAge acceleration and GrimAge acceleration.

Journal article Neurobiol Aging · May 29, 2026 Individuals with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are at higher risk for age-related physical comorbidities, such as cardiovascular disorders, and exhibit accelerated epigenetic and brain aging. The present study examined PTSD as a moderator of the as ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Medical Cannabis Legalization and its Association with Cannabis use, Cannabis use Disorder, and Intoxicated Driving: Findings from the National Survey on Drug use and Health, 2016-2019.

Journal article Community Ment Health J · April 20, 2026 Cannabis use has increased in tandem with expanding legalization. However, the impact of medical cannabis legalization on cannabis use disorder (CUD) and driving under the influence of cannabis (DUIC) remains unclear, as is whether specific subpopulations ... Full text Link to item Cite

Anger predicts suicidal ideation in a sample of veterans with nonsuicidal self-injury: An ecological momentary assessment study.

Journal article J Affect Disord · April 15, 2026 Suicide remains a critical concern within the United States, particularly among U.S. veterans. Anger is a known correlate of suicidal ideation (SI) but little is understood about their moment-to-moment relationship. This short communication uses ecological ... Full text Link to item Cite

Feasibility randomized controlled trial of the mobile anger reduction intervention for veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder.

Journal article J Trauma Stress · April 2026 Dysregulated anger is a prevalent concern for veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and is associated with negative psychosocial outcomes. The tendency to perceive ambiguous interpersonal situations as hostile, also known as hostile interpreta ... Full text Link to item Cite

Family-involved interventions may offer unique benefits for Veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) experiencing high family strain.

Journal article Psychol Trauma · March 2026 OBJECTIVE: Family strain, which reflects the overall function of the family system, could play an important role in routine posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) care. We examined how high/low family strain influences perceptions of a family-involved interv ... Full text Link to item Cite

Providers' and administrators' perspectives of massed posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) treatment in Veterans Affairs (VA) PTSD outpatient clinics.

Journal article Psychol Serv · February 9, 2026 Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) treatments delivered in a massed format (i.e., therapy sessions at least 3 days per week) can significantly reduce dropout rates and result in similar PTSD symptom reduction as standard delivery (i.e., once or twice a w ... Full text Link to item Cite

Moving forward: The relationship between physical activity and post-deployment outcomes.

Journal article J Health Psychol · January 2026 Physical activity may be an important factor for understanding health and psychosocial outcomes following military service. The purpose of this analysis was to evaluate the association between physical activity and biopsychosocial outcomes in post-9/11 Vet ... Full text Link to item Cite

Association of Social Determinants of Health with Tobacco Cessation Medication Prescriptions and Fills in a National Cohort of U.S. Veterans.

Journal article J Gen Intern Med · December 19, 2025 BACKGROUND: The Veterans Health Administration (VA) is committed to consistently addressing high rates of tobacco use among U.S. military veterans. OBJECTIVE: This study examined the extent to which social determinants of health (SDOH) were associated with ... Full text Link to item Cite

Deployment-related toxic exposures, mental health problems, and suicide outcomes among Gulf War era U.S. veterans.

Journal article J Psychiatr Res · November 2025 Exposure to toxins, such as pesticides, smoke from burning oil fields, and nerve gas, during military operations have been linked to poor physical health among veterans. However, less is known about how these exposures may affect mental health outcomes, es ... Full text Link to item Cite

A Randomized Clinical Trial of Mobile Contingency Management Intervention for Cannabis Use Reduction

Journal article International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction · October 1, 2025 Cannabis use problems are on the rise in the USA, and there is a significant need for novel approaches to increase heavy cannabis users’ access to evidence-based treatment. The objective of this randomized clinical trial (RCT) was to evaluate the efficacy ... Full text Cite

Combat exposure, social support, and posttraumatic stress: a longitudinal test of the stress-buffering hypothesis among veterans of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Journal article Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol · October 2025 PURPOSE: While social support is widely viewed as a protective factor against posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), few studies have directly tested whether social support buffers the long-term effects of pre-existing PTSD symptoms or baseline combat expos ... Full text Link to item Cite

Smoking Cessation Screening and Treatment Among Veterans With Multiple Sclerosis.

Journal article Mil Med · September 1, 2025 INTRODUCTION: Cigarette smoking is a leading cause of preventable death in the United States and disproportionately affects veterans. While smoking cessation is the goal for all veterans, it is especially critical for veterans with multiple sclerosis (MS; ... Full text Link to item Cite

Accelerated Epigenetic Aging and Prospective Morbidity and Mortality Among U.S. Veterans.

Journal article J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci · June 10, 2025 BACKGROUND: Epigenetic aging measures have promise as surrogate health outcomes in randomized control trials and observational cohort studies. The value of these measures, however, will reflect the extent to which they are associated with prospective healt ... Full text Link to item Cite

Trauma exposure typologies as predictors of PTSD and functional impairment among male and female veterans.

Journal article Psychiatry Res · June 2025 Individuals exposed to multiple trauma types (i.e., polyvictimization) are at increased risk for poor mental health outcomes. However, despite high rates of exposure to traumatic events among veterans, few studies have examined typologies of lifetime traum ... Full text Link to item Cite

A Descriptive Study of Nonsuicidal Self-Injury Characteristics Among Veterans Meeting Diagnostic Criteria for Nonsuicidal Self-Injury Disorder.

Journal article Suicide Life Threat Behav · April 2025 INTRODUCTION: Although nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) is more common among military veterans than adult civilians, little is known about NSSI disorder among veterans. METHOD: The present study explored NSSI characteristics among veterans meeting criteria f ... Full text Link to item Cite

The association between Gulf War Illness and suicidal thoughts and behaviors among Gulf War Era Veterans.

Journal article J Psychiatr Res · March 2025 The rate of death by suicide is elevated among Veterans of all eras. Chronic symptoms of pain, depression, and sleep disturbances are also common among Veterans, and these symptoms are associated with suicidal thoughts and behaviors. About 25% of the 697,0 ... Full text Link to item Cite

Hazardous Drinking and Cannabis Use in Military Veterans: Comparative Associations with Risk for Suicidal and Non-Suicidal Self-Injury.

Journal article Int J Ment Health Addict · February 7, 2025 OBJECTIVE: Alcohol and cannabis use are each associated with suicidal thoughts and behaviors and nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) in military veterans, but less is known with regard to concurrent use. The present study compared U.S. veterans (N = 1098; 78% m ... Full text Link to item Cite

Evaluation of the critical warzone experiences scale among Gulf War I-era veterans: Associations with PTSD symptoms, depressive symptoms, and suicidal thoughts and behaviors.

Journal article Mil Psychol · 2025 Prior research has established the psychometric properties of the Critical Warzone Experiences (CWE) scale among post-9/11 Iraq/Afghanistan-era veterans; however, the psychometric properties of the CWE among Gulf War I-era veterans have not yet been establ ... Full text Link to item Cite

Development and refinement of the mobile anger reduction intervention for veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder.

Journal article Psychol Trauma · December 2024 OBJECTIVE: Problematic anger is commonly reported among veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and is associated with numerous psychosocial impairments. There is a clear need to develop innovative and effective anger interventions. One of the c ... Full text Link to item Cite

Feasibility of a family-involved intervention to increase engagement in evidenced-based psychotherapies for posttraumatic stress disorder: A pilot study.

Journal article Psychol Trauma · December 2024 OBJECTIVE: To assess the feasibility of a family-involved intervention, family support in mental health recovery (FAMILIAR), for veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) seeking psychotherapy at a single Veterans Administration Health System. MET ... Full text Link to item Cite

Behavioral activation for veterans with co-occurring alcohol use disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder: Basis and methodology for a pilot randomized controlled trial.

Journal article Contemp Clin Trials · November 2024 BACKGROUND: Nearly 2 million U.S. veterans live with co-occurring alcohol use disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder (AUD/PTSD). Extant AUD/PTSD treatments emphasize symptom reduction, sometimes overlooking psychosocial functioning improvements, and ha ... Full text Link to item Cite

Black Americans With Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) Demonstrate Accelerated Epigenetic Pace of Aging Compared to Black Americans Without SCD.

Journal article J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci · November 1, 2024 BACKGROUND: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a chronic medical condition characterized by red blood cell sickling, vaso-occlusion, hemolytic anemia, and subsequently, end-organ damage and reduced survival. Because of this significant pathophysiology and early ... Full text Link to item Cite

The association of military sexual assault and nonsuicidal self-injury in U.S. Gulf War-I era veterans.

Journal article Mil Psychol · September 2, 2024 Military sexual assault (MSA) is a prevalent issue among military personnel that has been linked to adverse mental and physical health outcomes, including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and suicidal thoughts and behaviors. The present study sought to ... Full text Link to item Cite

Allostatic Load, Morbidity, and Mortality Among Older Adults: A Multi-Wave Analysis From the National Health and Aging Trends Study.

Journal article J Appl Gerontol · August 2024 Although allostatic load (AL) is a key concept to reflect physiologic wear and tear from stress, older adults are underrepresented in AL-related research, especially the oldest old (≥80). Further, attenuative factors are often unaccounted for. This longitu ... Full text Link to item Cite

Mental health treatment utilization among Gulf War era veterans with probable alcohol use disorder.

Journal article J Subst Use Addict Treat · May 2024 INTRODUCTION: Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is prevalent among veterans, and excessive alcohol use is associated with significant mental and physical health consequences. Currently, the largest cohort of veterans seeking services at the VA are those from the ... Full text Link to item Cite

Investigating disparities in smoking cessation treatment for veterans with multiple sclerosis: A national analysis.

Journal article Brain Behav · May 2024 BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Smoking is a risk factor for multiple sclerosis (MS) development, symptom burden, decreased medication efficacy, and increased disease-related mortality. Veterans with MS (VwMS) smoke at critically high rates; however, treatment rates ... Full text Link to item Cite

Development and Implementation of Web-Based Safety Planning Intervention Training for Firefighter Peer Support Specialists.

Journal article Crisis · March 2024 Background: Recent findings indicate that firefighters may be at increased risk for death by suicide; however, there has been only limited suicide prevention work in fire service to date. Aim: The objective of this program evaluation project was to develop ... Full text Link to item Cite

Addressing Smoking in Persons With Multiple Sclerosis: State of the Science and Need for a Targeted Intervention.

Journal article Nicotine Tob Res · January 22, 2024 Full text Link to item Cite

High dimensional predictions of suicide risk in 4.2 million US Veterans using ensemble transfer learning.

Journal article Sci Rep · January 20, 2024 We present an ensemble transfer learning method to predict suicide from Veterans Affairs (VA) electronic medical records (EMR). A diverse set of base models was trained to predict a binary outcome constructed from reported suicide, suicide attempt, and ove ... Full text Link to item Cite

Posttraumatic stress disorder, trauma, and accelerated biological aging among post-9/11 veterans.

Journal article Transl Psychiatry · January 6, 2024 People who experience trauma and develop posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are at increased risk for poor health. One mechanism that could explain this risk is accelerated biological aging, which is associated with the accumulation of chronic diseases, ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Disentangling the Longitudinal Relationship between Loneliness and Depressive Symptoms in U.S. Adults Over 50.

Journal article Clin Gerontol · 2024 OBJECTIVES: A seminal study on loneliness and depression suggested that loneliness influences depression more than the reverse. However, the study's analytic method has since been criticized for failing to account for the trait-like nature of variables. Th ... Full text Link to item Cite

Experiential Avoidance, Pain, and Suicide Risk in a National Sample of Gulf War Veterans.

Journal article Arch Suicide Res · 2024 OBJECTIVE: Pain confers risk for suicidal thoughts and behaviors. Experiential avoidance (EA), which is relevant to both pain and suicide risk, has not been studied as a potential mechanism for this relationship. The present study tested the hypothesis tha ... Full text Link to item Cite

Nonsuicidal self-injury among veterans is associated with psychosocial impairment, suicidal thoughts and behaviors, and underutilization of mental health services.

Journal article Death Stud · 2024 Nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) is a robust predictor of suicide attempts. However, understanding of NSSI and associated treatment utilization among Veterans is limited. Although impairment may be assumed, few studies examine the association between NSSI an ... Full text Link to item Cite

Love Is Not All You Need: Understanding the Association Between Relationship Status and Relationship Dysfunction With Self-Directed Violence in Veterans.

Journal article Arch Suicide Res · 2024 INTRODUCTION: Research indicates that being married is associated with reduced risk of suicide and self-directed violence (SDV) relative to being divorced. Simultaneously, difficulties within relationships predict poorer health outcomes. However, research ... Full text Link to item Cite

Development of Mobile Contingency Management for Cannabis Use Reduction.

Journal article Behav Ther · January 2024 Many interventions for cannabis use disorder (CUD) are associated with decreases in frequency and quantity of use but fail to increase overall rates of sustained abstinence. It is currently unknown whether reductions in use (in the absence of sustained abs ... Full text Link to item Cite

Sleep Apnea Among Gulf War Veterans: An Examination of VA Utilization Rates, Treatment Initiation, and Health Outcomes.

Journal article Behav Sleep Med · 2024 OBJECTIVES: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) among veterans is frequently underdiagnosed and undertreated. The present study sought to: 1) characterize the prevalence and rate of treatment of OSA among VA users and non-users and 2) examine the associations be ... Full text Link to item Cite

Mental health therapy for veterans with PTSD as a family affair: A qualitative inquiry into how family support and social norms influence veteran engagement in care.

Journal article Psychol Serv · November 2023 Social support is important for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) recovery and emerging literature indicate that social support could increase engagement in PTSD therapy. However, there is a need to understand how and why family involvement can increase ... Full text Link to item Cite

Nonsuicidal self-injury methods among U.S. Veterans: Latent class analysis and associations with psychosocial outcomes.

Journal article Psychiatry Res · November 2023 Nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) is a debilitating concern among U.S. veterans, with wall/object-punching commonly endorsed as an NSSI method. We examined how this behavior relates to other NSSI methods and psychosocial outcomes. We conducted a latent class ... Full text Link to item Cite

Mobile health contingency management for smoking cessation among veterans experiencing homelessness: A comparative effectiveness trial.

Journal article Prev Med Rep · October 2023 Tobacco cessation is reduced in U.S. military veterans experiencing homelessness. Mobile contingency management (mCM) is a promising treatment for tobacco use among populations experiencing homelessness, but past CM studies have largely been small, have re ... Full text Link to item Cite

Examining the daily relationship between guilt, shame, and substance use among veterans with psychiatric disorders.

Journal article Drug Alcohol Depend Rep · September 2023 BACKGROUND: Shame and guilt are key emotions known to amplify trauma-related symptoms in veterans. Maintenance of symptoms is facilitated by avoidance behaviors, such as substance use. However, limited research has examined the associations between shame, ... Full text Link to item Cite

Interpersonal stress and nonsuicidal self-injury disorder in veterans: An ecological momentary assessment study.

Journal article Suicide Life Threat Behav · August 2023 INTRO: Nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) is associated with marked functional impairment and is a robust predictor of suicide attempts. Prevalence rates of NSSI, and self-directed violence more broadly, are elevated among military veterans. Despite the inclus ... Full text Link to item Cite

Effect of cognitive processing therapy on markers of cardiovascular risk in posttraumatic stress disorder patients: A randomized clinical trial.

Journal article J Psychosom Res · July 2023 OBJECTIVE: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is associated with elevated risk of coronary heart disease (CHD); however, the effects of PTSD treatment on CHD biomarkers is unknown. This study examined whether cognitive processing therapy (CPT) improves 2 ... Full text Link to item Cite

Rolling out PRIDE in All Who Served: Barriers and Facilitators for Sites Implementing an LGBTQ+ Health Education Group for Military Veterans.

Journal article J Gen Intern Med · July 2023 BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE: The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) PRIDE in All Who Served health education group (PRIDE) was developed to improve health equity and access to care for military veterans who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and/or ... Full text Link to item Cite

Exploring the importance of predisposing, enabling, and need factors for promoting Veteran engagement in mental health therapy for post-traumatic stress: a multiple methods study.

Journal article BMC Psychiatry · May 27, 2023 PURPOSE: This study explored Veteran and family member perspectives on factors that drive post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) therapy engagement within constructs of the Andersen model of behavioral health service utilization. Despite efforts by the Depa ... Full text Link to item Cite

Experiential Avoidance, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors: A Moderation Analysis in a National Veteran Sample.

Journal article Int J Cogn Ther · April 14, 2023 Experiential avoidance (EA) is associated with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and self-injurious thoughts and behaviors (SITBs) across different populations, and extant literature has demonstrated a strong relationship between PTSD and SITBs. However ... Full text Link to item Cite

The Veterans Health Administration's integrated model of care increases accessibility and delivery of mental health services.

Journal article Psychol Serv · 2023 Depression and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are two of the most common mental health conditions experienced by veterans. It is unclear what individual and system level factors are associated with receiving mental health treatment for these concerns ... Full text Link to item Cite

Cannabis use and suicide risk among Gulf War veterans.

Journal article Death Stud · 2023 Cannabis use has been indicated as a risk factor for suicide in veterans. This study of Gulf War veterans tested the relationship between self-report past year cannabis use and (a) past year suicidal ideation and (b) risk for suicidal behavior. Data were f ... Full text Link to item Cite

Adapting a family-involved intervention to increase initiation and completion of evidenced-based psychotherapy for posttraumatic stress disorder.

Journal article SSM Ment Health · December 2022 Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is disabling condition among United States Veterans. Training programs for evidenced-based therapies have been rolled out nationally in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), but provider adoption of these treatments ... Full text Link to item Cite

Complementary/integrative healthcare utilization in US Gulf-War era veterans: Descriptive analyses based on deployment history, combat exposure, and Gulf War Illness.

Journal article Complement Ther Clin Pract · November 2022 Complementary and integrative health (CIH) approaches have gained empirical support and are increasingly being utilized among veterans to treat a myriad of conditions. A cluster of medically unexplained chronic symptoms including fatigue, headaches, joint ... Full text Link to item Cite

Nonsuicidal self-injury in veterans: Prevalence, clinical characteristics, and gender differences from a national cohort.

Journal article Psychiatry Res · September 2022 Nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) is a robust predictor of suicidal thoughts and behaviors; however, while there are typically only small differences observed in the prevalence of NSSI between men and women, this condition has been largely overlooked and unde ... Full text Link to item Cite

The Screen for Nonsuicidal Self-Injury: Development and initial validation among veterans with psychiatric disorders.

Journal article Suicide Life Threat Behav · August 2022 INTRODUCTION: Nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) is associated with significant impairment and is a robust predictor of suicidal ideation, attempts, and death by suicide; however, the present lack of a brief screening instrument for NSSI coupled with consisten ... Full text Link to item Cite

Correlates and clinical associations of military sexual assault in Gulf War era U.S. veterans: Findings from a national sample.

Journal article J Trauma Stress · August 2022 Military sexual assault (MSA) is a prevalent issue among military personnel that can have direct implications on postmilitary mental health. Gulf War era U.S. veterans represent the first cohort in which women veterans were integrated into most aspects of ... Full text Link to item Cite

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and nonsuicidal self-injury among veterans with complex psychiatric presentations.

Journal article Psychiatry Res · August 2022 Prior research suggests a possible association between attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms and nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) in veterans. However, this association has not yet been replicated. The present study sought to replicate and ... Full text Link to item Cite

Contingency management and cognitive behavior therapy for smoking cessation among veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder: Design and methodology of a randomized clinical trial.

Journal article Contemp Clin Trials · August 2022 BACKGROUND: Smoking is a prevalent concern among Veterans, especially those with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Despite the availability of interventions for smoking cessation, these treatments have not been as effective among Veteran populations, p ... Full text Link to item Cite

Comparing psychosocial functioning, suicide risk, and nonsuicidal self-injury between veterans with probable posttraumatic stress disorder and alcohol use disorder.

Journal article J Affect Disord · July 1, 2022 BACKGROUND: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and alcohol use disorder (AUD) are each common among Unites States (U.S.) military veterans and frequently co-occur (i.e., PTSD+AUD). Although comorbid PTSD+AUD is generally associated with worse outcomes re ... Full text Link to item Cite

Affective states and nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI): Results from an ecological momentary assessment study of veterans with NSSI disorder.

Journal article Suicide Life Threat Behav · April 2022 BACKGROUND: The affective states most strongly associated with nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) remain poorly understood, particularly among veterans. This study used ecological momentary assessment (EMA) to examine relationships between affect ratings and N ... Full text Link to item Cite

Effects of Alcohol Reduction Interventions on Blood Pressure.

Journal article Curr Hypertens Rep · April 2022 PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Much of alcohol's purported negative impact on a population's health can be attributed to its association with increased blood pressure, rates of hypertension, and incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Less attention, however, has b ... Full text Link to item Cite

Qualitative analysis of participant experiences during an ecological momentary assessment study of nonsuicidal self-injury among veterans.

Journal article Psychiatry Res · April 2022 Ecological momentary assessment (EMA) is a useful tool to investigate antecedents and consequences of nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI), a robust predictor of Veteran suicide risk. Despite elucidating temporal changes among dynamic variables, EMA remains unde ... Full text Link to item Cite

Psychosocial well-being among veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder and substance use disorder.

Journal article Psychol Trauma · March 2022 OBJECTIVE: Concurrent posttraumatic stress disorder and substance use disorder (PTSD/SUD) in U.S. military veterans represents an urgent public health issue associated with significant clinical challenges. Although previous research has shown that veterans ... Full text Link to item Cite

Anger, impulsivity and wall/object punching in a sample of U.S. veterans with psychiatric disorders.

Journal article J Psychiatr Res · March 2022 Nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) has been identified as one of the strongest predictors of suicide attempts. Wall/object punching is a particularly prevalent form of NSSI among male veterans that has been linked to both impulsivity and anger. The objective o ... Full text Link to item Cite

Reciprocal Effects Between Depressive Symptoms and Pain in Veterans over 50 Years of Age or Older.

Journal article Pain Med · February 1, 2022 OBJECTIVE: Depression and chronic pain are major problems in American veterans, yet there is limited long-term research examining how they relate to one another in this population. This study examined the relationship between depressive symptoms and pain i ... Full text Link to item Cite

Ambulatory Heart Rate Variability Monitoring: Comparisons Between the Empatica E4 Wristband and Holter Electrocardiogram.

Journal article Psychosom Med · February 2022 OBJECTIVE: Heart rate variability (HRV) is a useful index of psychological and physiological stress. Although several wristband devices have purported to measure HRV, none have demonstrated reliability when compared with the criterion-standard Holter monit ... Full text Link to item Cite

Implementation mapping for tobacco cessation in a federally qualified health center.

Journal article Front Public Health · 2022 BACKGROUND: Implementation mapping (IM) is a promising five-step method for guiding planning, execution, and maintenance of an innovation. Case examples are valuable for implementation practitioners to understand considerations for applying IM. This pilot ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

The Impact of Hostility on Quality of Life, Functioning, and Suicidal Ideation Among Male Veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.

Journal article J Trauma Stress · December 2021 Veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) often experience high levels of hostility. Although studies have found that PTSD is associated with poorer quality of life (QoL), increased functional impairment, lower levels of social support, and increa ... 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

Predictors of prenatal smoking among US women veterans.

Journal article J Health Psychol · November 2021 This study investigated prevalence and factors associated with prenatal smoking among US women veterans using cross-sectional data from a cohort study of veterans from recent wars utilizing Veterans Health Administration primary care (N = 6190). Among the ... Full text Link to item Cite

Psychological outcomes following sexual assault: Differences by sexual assault setting.

Journal article Psychol Serv · November 2021 Sexual assault is associated with increased psychological distress. It is possible that military sexual assault (MSA) is associated with heightened psychological distress compared to adult sexual assault that occurs pre- or postmilitary service due to the ... Full text Link to item Cite

A Comparison of Group Anger Management Treatments for Combat Veterans With PTSD: Results From a Quasi-Experimental Trial.

Journal article J Interpers Violence · October 2021 Difficulty controlling anger is a significant concern among combat veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), yet few controlled studies have examined the efficacy of anger treatments for this population. This study examined the effects of a group ... Full text Link to item Cite

Experiential avoidance is associated with medical and mental health diagnoses in a national sample of deployed Gulf War veterans.

Journal article J Psychiatr Res · October 2021 A substantial minority of deployed Gulf War veterans developed posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, and several chronic illnesses. Although military combat and exposure to certain nuclear, biological, and chemical agents (NBCs) increase risk f ... Full text Link to item Cite

Sleep disturbance and pain in U.S. adults over 50: evidence for reciprocal, longitudinal effects.

Journal article Sleep Med · October 2021 OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationship between sleep disturbance and pain over a 14-year period. METHODS: This study used data from the 2002-2016 waves of the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), an observational study of U.S. adults over age 50 (n = 17,756) ... Full text Link to item Cite

Development and validation of the Durham Risk Score for estimating suicide attempt risk: A prospective cohort analysis.

Journal article PLoS Med · August 2021 BACKGROUND: Worldwide, nearly 800,000 individuals die by suicide each year; however, longitudinal prediction of suicide attempts remains a major challenge within the field of psychiatry. The objective of the present research was to develop and evaluate an ... Full text Link to item 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

Nonsuicidal Self-Injury Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, and Lifetime History of Suicide Attempts among Male and Female Veterans with Mental Health Disorders.

Journal article J Affect Disord · May 15, 2021 BACKGROUND: Expanding on research that has identified nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) as a strong predictor of suicide risk, the present study examined NSSI disorder (NSSID) and borderline personality disorder (BPD) as unique contributors to lifetime suicid ... Full text Link to item Cite

Exploring the role of anger in nonsuicidal self-injury in veterans.

Journal article J Psychiatr Res · May 2021 Up to 14% of veterans engage in nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) in their lifetime and this behavior is a relatively strong predictor of suicidal behavior compared to other identified risk factors. Further, NSSI is a clinically relevant behavior in its own r ... Full text Link to item Cite

Anger precedes and predicts nonsuicidal self-injury in veterans: Findings from an ecological momentary assessment study.

Journal article J Psychiatr Res · March 2021 Veterans have high rates of suicide, and nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) is one of the strongest predictors of suicide risk; however, there is presently little known about antecedents of NSSI that might inform intervention efforts. Accumulating research sug ... Full text Link to item Cite

Diagnostic Correlates of Nonsuicidal Self-Injury Disorder among Veterans with Psychiatric Disorders.

Journal article Psychiatry Res · February 2021 With its recent inclusion in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, nonsuicidal self-injury disorder (NSSID) has received limited research attention, especially in samples of military veterans. The present study sought to identify diagnostic predictors of ... 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

Pilot Cohorts for Development of Concurrent Mobile Treatment for Alcohol and Tobacco Use Disorders.

Journal article Subst Abuse · 2021 Alcohol and tobacco are the 2 most frequently used drugs in the United States and represent the highest co-occurrence of polysubstance use. The objective of this study was to refine an intervention combining mobile contingency management with cognitive-beh ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Nail-biting, scab-picking, and tattooing as nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI): A deviant case series analysis of the proposed NSSI disorder diagnostic criteria.

Journal article J Clin Psychol · December 2020 OBJECTIVE: This study explored the boundaries of the proposed diagnostic criteria for nonsuicidal self-injury disorder (NSSID) as outlined in the Conditions for Further Study section of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, Fifth Edition. We sought to fal ... Full text Link to item Cite

Post-traumatic symptom severity mediates the association between combat exposure and suicidal ideation in veterans.

Journal article Suicide Life Threat Behav · December 2020 OBJECTIVE: Previous studies of military veterans have produced mixed findings regarding whether combat exposure is directly related to suicidal ideation or is indirectly related to suicidal ideation via its influence on other factors. The present study use ... Full text 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

Creating a Practice-Based Implementation Network: Facilitating Practice Change Across Health Care Systems.

Journal article J Behav Health Serv Res · October 2020 A proof-of-concept practice-based implementation network was developed in the US Departments of Veteran Affairs (VA) and Defense to increase the speed of implementation of mental health practices, derive lessons learned prior to larger-scale implementation ... Full text Link to item Cite

Treatment Outcomes of a Multi-Component Mobile Health Smoking Cessation Pilot Intervention for People with Schizophrenia.

Journal article J Dual Diagn · October 2020 The objective of this study was to investigate the feasibility and acceptability of a multi-component mobile contingency management (CM) pilot intervention for smoking cessation for people with schizophrenia. Methods: This intervention included mobile CM ( ... 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

The Personality Assessment Inventory Alcohol Scale in Veterans With PTSD: Convergent and Discriminant Relations With the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test.

Journal article Assessment · June 2020 In this study, we examined the validity of the Personality Assessment Inventory Alcohol (ALC) scale in 736 male veterans presenting for formal evaluation of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The ALC scale exhibited convergence with other measures of al ... Full text Link to item Cite

Self- and Other-Directed Violence as Outcomes of Deployment-Based Military Sexual Assault in Iraq/Afghanistan-era Veteran Men and Women.

Journal article J Aggress Maltreat Trauma · April 10, 2020 Although military sexual assault (MSA) has been well-established as a risk factor for psychopathology (e.g., PTSD, depression), little research has examined the association between MSA and self- and other-directed violence. Furthermore, there has been a gr ... Full text Link to item Cite

Sexual orientation, attraction and risk for deliberate self-harm: Findings from a nationally representative sample.

Journal article Psychiatry Res · April 2020 To date, there has been limited investigation identifying predictors of deliberate self-harm (DSH) among sexual minority adults. The present study examined the likelihood of DSH by sexual minority status as measured by self-reported sexual identity and sex ... 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

Threat-induced anxiety during goal pursuit disrupts amygdala-prefrontal cortex connectivity in posttraumatic stress disorder.

Journal article Transl Psychiatry · February 10, 2020 To investigate how unpredictable threat during goal pursuit impacts fronto-limbic activity and functional connectivity in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), we compared military veterans with PTSD (n = 25) vs. trauma-exposed control (n = 25). Participan ... Full text Link to item Cite

Lifetime Smoking Patterns and Preferences for Smoking Cessation Among Women Veterans Receiving Veterans Health Administration Care.

Journal article Qual Health Res · December 2019 The objective of this study was to identify common themes among women veterans who smoke or recently quit and had used smoking cessation treatment within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). The study built upon previous research by utilizing in-depth ... Full text Link to item Cite

Negative Affect-Related Autonomic Arousal Mediates the Association between Baroreflex Dysfunction and Insulin Resistance in Non-Diabetic Young Adults.

Journal article J Psychophysiol · October 2019 Autonomic dysfunction, in particular under-regulation of heart rate (HR) by the baroreflex, is implicated in development of insulin resistance (IR). According to reactivity hypothesis, sympathetic response to stressors may be more sensitive at predicting I ... Full text Link to item Cite

Barriers to the use of Veterans Affairs health care services among female veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Journal article Psychol Serv · August 2019 The study investigated barriers to the utilization of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care services among female veterans who served in served in Iraq and Afghanistan, including reasons for not choosing VA health care, reasons for not seeking mental health tr ... 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

Telehealth Treatment for Alcohol Misuse: Reviewing Telehealth Approaches to Increase Engagement and Reduce Risk of Alcohol-Related Hypertension.

Journal article Curr Hypertens Rep · June 17, 2019 PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Telehealth interventions for alcohol misuse may be especially impactful in hypertensive populations because of the increased blood pressure associated with alcohol overconsumption. This review examines emerging telehealth interventions f ... Full text Link to item Cite

Examining the relationship between negative affect and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms among smokers using ecological momentary assessment.

Journal article J Affect Disord · June 15, 2019 BACKGROUND: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and negative affect (e.g., anger, depression, anxiety), are highly co-occurring. It remains unclear whether changes in PTSD symptoms subsequently impact negative affect, or vice versa. This study assessed as ... 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

Patient-Informed Treatment Development of Behavioral Smoking Cessation for People With Schizophrenia.

Journal article Behav Ther · March 2019 The objective of this study was to use qualitative methodology to tailor and refine an existing smoking cessation intervention for the population of people who use cigarettes and are diagnosed with schizophrenia, schizoaffective, or psychotic disorder. Suc ... 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

Why do trauma survivors become depressed? Testing the behavioral model of depression in a nationally representative sample.

Journal article Psychiatry Res · February 2019 Despite accumulated evidence linking trauma exposure to major depressive disorder (MDD), there is limited understanding as to why some trauma survivors subsequently develop MDD. The behavioral model of depression points to a negative reinforcement cycle of ... Full text Link to item Cite

Nonsuicidal Self-Injury and Borderline Personality Features as Risk Factors for Suicidal Ideation Among Male Veterans With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.

Journal article J Trauma Stress · February 2019 U.S. veterans are at increased risk for suicide compared to their civilian counterparts and account for approximately 20% of all deaths by suicide. Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and borderline personality features (BPF) have each been associated wit ... Full text Link to item Cite

Shame as a mediator between posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and suicidal ideation among veterans.

Journal article J Affect Disord · January 15, 2019 BACKGROUND: Suicidal ideation is a problem that disproportionately affects veterans. Moreover, veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) appear to be at particularly high risk for suicide. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of the present research was to exam ... Full text Link to item Cite

Roles of Guilt Cognitions in Trauma-Related Sleep Disturbance in Military Veterans With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.

Journal article Behav Sleep Med · 2019 Objective/Background: Despite a well-established role of guilt cognitions in the maintenance and treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), relationships of guilt cognitions to nightmares are not well understood. This study investigated the ways in ... Full text Link to item Cite

Cannabis Use Disorder and Post-Deployment Suicide Attempts in Iraq/Afghanistan-Era Veterans.

Journal article Arch Suicide Res · 2019 The objective of the present study was to use retrospective data to test the hypothesis that cannabis dependence would be associated with an increased rate of post-deployment suicide attempts. Participants included 319 veterans who had deployed to either I ... 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

Knowledge Gaps around Smoking and Nicotine among U.S. Military Veterans Who Smoke and Implications for Practice.

Journal article Mil Behav Health · 2019 The present study describes the knowledge about smoking and nicotine among a sample of current Iraq-/Afghanistan-era veterans who smoke (N = 117). A majority of participants had knowledge regarding general risks of smoking and benefits of nicotine replacem ... 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

Wall/Object Punching: An Important but Under-Recognized Form of Nonsuicidal Self-Injury.

Journal article Suicide Life Threat Behav · October 2018 The present research investigated wall/object punching as a form of nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) among 1,143 veterans seeking treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Wall/object punching was remarkably common in this sample (43%), and its inc ... Full text Link to item Cite

A learning collaborative model for implementation of smoking cessation among homeless veterans

Journal article Journal of Smoking Cessation · September 1, 2018 We evaluated the feasibility of incorporating integrated care (IC) for smoking cessation into routine care for homeless veterans at seven Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Centers and the utility of the learning collaborative (LC) model in facili ... Full text 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

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 article J Interpers Violence · August 2018 Military sexual trauma (MST) has been linked with increased rates of mental health disorders among veterans. Few studies have addressed how MST is related to use of VA and non-VA health care. The purpose of the current study was to (a) examine the associat ... Full text Link to item Cite

Examination of the indirect effects of combat exposure on suicidal behavior in veterans.

Journal article J Affect Disord · August 1, 2018 BACKGROUND: Researchers have theorized that increased rates of suicide in the military are associated with combat exposure; however, this hypothesis has received inconsistent support in the literature, potentially because combat exposure may be indirectly ... 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

Mobile contingency management as an adjunctive treatment for co-morbid cannabis use disorder and cigarette smoking.

Journal article Addict Behav · April 2018 INTRODUCTION: Cannabis is the most widely used illicit drug in the U.S. with 19.8 million current users. Population-based data indicate that almost all cannabis users (90%) have a lifetime history of tobacco smoking and the majority (74%) currently smoke t ... Full text Link to item Cite

Characterizing anger-related affect in individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder using ecological momentary assessment.

Journal article Psychiatry Res · March 2018 This study employed secondary analyses of existing ecological momentary assessment (EMA) data to characterize hostile and irritable affect in the day-to-day experience of 52 smokers with, and 65 smokers without, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). EMA mo ... Full text Link to item Cite

Low Income as a Multiplicative Risk Factor for Oral Pain and Dental Problems Among U.S. Veteran Smokers.

Journal article Int J Behav Med · February 2018 PURPOSE: Compared to the United States (U.S.) general population, military veterans are at an increased risk of experiencing dental problems. This study documented associations between cigarette use and measures of dental/oral concern in a population of U. ... Full text Link to item Cite

Association of posttraumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury with aggressive driving in Iraq and Afghanistan combat veterans.

Journal article Rehabil Psychol · February 2018 PURPOSE: Aggressive driving contributes to the high rates of postdeployment motor vehicle-related injury and death observed among veterans, and veterans cite problems with anger, aggressive driving, and road rage as being among their most pressing driving- ... Full text Link to item Cite

The association of alcohol consumption patterns with self-rated physical health and psychiatric distress among Afghanistan- and Iraq-era U.S. veterans.

Journal article Psychiatry Res · January 2018 Alcohol misuse is associated with negative mental and physical health outcomes, which presents a public health concern in veterans. However, less is known regarding outcomes among veterans with low to moderate alcohol consumption. This study included veter ... 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

A Randomized Clinical Trial of Nicotine Preloading for Smoking Cessation in People with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.

Journal article J Dual Diagn · 2018 OBJECTIVE: The aim of this research was to determine whether augmenting standard smoking cessation treatment by wearing an active nicotine patch before the smoking quit date improves rates of smoking cessation in individuals with posttraumatic stress disor ... Full text Link to item Cite

Contingency Management Versus Psychotherapy for Prenatal Smoking Cessation: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

Journal article Womens Health Issues · 2018 OBJECTIVES: Prenatal smoking is the leading preventable cause of poor obstetric outcomes, yet treatment options are limited. Past reviews of prenatal smoking cessation have often grouped all counseling into a single category, which ignores the fact that ps ... Full text Link to item Cite

Does Deployment-Related Military Sexual Assault Interact with Combat Exposure to Predict Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Female Veterans?

Journal article Traumatology (Tallahass Fla) · 2018 The objective of the present research was to expand upon previous findings indicating that military sexual trauma interacts with combat exposure to predict PTSD among female Iraq/Afghanistan-era veterans. Three hundred and thirty female veterans completed ... 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

Validation of Veterans Affairs Electronic Medical Record Smoking Data Among Iraq- and Afghanistan-Era Veterans.

Journal article J Gen Intern Med · November 2017 BACKGROUND: Research using the Veterans Health Administration (VA) electronic medical records (EMR) has been limited by a lack of reliable smoking data. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the validity of using VA EMR "Health Factors" data to determine smoking status a ... Full text Link to item Cite

A model comparison approach to trauma-related guilt as a mediator of the relationship between PTSD symptoms and suicidal ideation among veterans.

Journal article J Affect Disord · October 15, 2017 BACKGROUND: Suicidal ideation (SI) is a serious issue affecting U.S. veterans, and those with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are at an especially high risk of SI. Guilt has been associated with both PTSD and SI and may therefore be an important link ... 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

Cigarette Smoking and Musculoskeletal Pain Severity Among Male and Female Afghanistan/Iraq Era Veterans.

Journal article Pain Med · September 1, 2017 OBJECTIVE: Cigarette smoking and musculoskeletal pain are prevalent among Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system users. These conditions frequently co-occur; however, there is limited empirical information specific to Afghanistan/Iraq era v ... 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

Veterans Living with HIV: A High-Risk Group for Cigarette Smoking.

Journal article AIDS Behav · July 2017 The Veterans Health Administration is the largest U.S. medical provider for persons living with HIV (PLHIV). Although HIV and veteran status are known risk factors for smoking, there are no population estimates of smoking prevalence among veteran PLHIV. Us ... Full text Link to item Cite

Cannabis use disorder and suicide attempts in Iraq/Afghanistan-era veterans.

Journal article J Psychiatr Res · June 2017 The objective of the present research was to examine the association between lifetime cannabis use disorder (CUD), current suicidal ideation, and lifetime history of suicide attempts in a large and diverse sample of Iraq/Afghanistan-era veterans (N = 3233) ... Full text Link to item Cite

ADHD and nonsuicidal self-injury in male veterans with and without PTSD.

Journal article Psychiatry Res · June 2017 The objective of the present research was to examine the association between ADHD symptoms and nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) in male Iraq/Afghanistan-era veterans with and without PTSD. Approximately 25% of veterans screened positive for clinically-signif ... Full text Link to item Cite

Trauma and Autonomic Dysregulation: Episodic-Versus Systemic-Negative Affect Underlying Cardiovascular Risk in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.

Journal article Psychosom Med · June 2017 OBJECTIVE: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been linked to elevated heart rate (HR) and reduced heart rate variability (HRV) in cross-sectional research. Recent evidence suggests that this link may be driven by individual differences in autonomic a ... Full text Link to item Cite

Moral transgression during the Vietnam War: a path analysis of the psychological impact of veterans' involvement in wartime atrocities.

Journal article Anxiety Stress Coping · March 2017 BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Involvement in wartime combat often conveys a number of deleterious outcomes, including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, hostility, aggression, and suicidal ideation. Less studied is the effect of engagement in w ... Full text Link to item Cite

An RCT of Effects of Telephone Care Management on Treatment Adherence and Clinical Outcomes Among Veterans With PTSD.

Journal article Psychiatr Serv · February 1, 2017 OBJECTIVE: This study assessed whether adding telephone care management to usual outpatient mental health care improved treatment attendance, medication compliance, and clinical outcomes of veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). METHODS: In a ... Full text Link to item Cite

An Investigation of Treatment Engagement Among Returning Veterans With Problematic Anger.

Journal article J Nerv Ment Dis · February 2017 Anger is a commonly reported problem among returning veterans, yet little attention has been devoted to studying treatment engagement among veterans who report anger problems but do not have posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This study compares Iraq-Af ... Full text Link to item Cite

Nonsuicidal self-injury in men: a serious problem that has been overlooked for too long.

Journal article World Psychiatry · February 2017 Full text Link to item Cite

Nonsuicidal self-injury and interpersonal violence in U.S. veterans seeking help for posttraumatic stress disorder.

Journal article Psychiatry Res · January 2017 Nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) has been defined as deliberately damaging one's body tissue without conscious suicidal intent. NSSI is a robust predictor of suicidal ideation and attempts in adults. While NSSI has been associated with other-directed violenc ... Full text Link to item Cite

A Preliminary Investigation of a Relapse Prevention Mobile Application to Maintain Smoking Abstinence Among Individuals With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.

Journal article J Dual Diagn · 2017 OBJECTIVES: Smokers with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have increased difficulty achieving and maintaining abstinence. Contingency management approaches to smoking cessation interventions have demonstrated short-term efficacy but are limited by high ... Full text Link to item Cite

Sociocultural discourse in science: Flawed assumptions and bias in the CLASH model.

Journal article Behav Brain Sci · January 2017 In this commentary, we contest Van Lange and colleagues' central claim that "countries closer to the equator are generally more violent." We point to the lack of credible empirical evidence for this assertion and suggest that the CLASH model uses the langu ... Full text Link to item Cite

Trauma and Autonomic Dysregulation: Episodic - Versus Systemic - Negative Affect Underlying Cardiovascular Risk in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.

Journal article Psychosom Med · December 9, 2016 OBJECTIVE: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been linked to elevated heart rate (HR) and reduced heart-rate variability (HRV) in cross-sectional research. Recent evidence suggests that this link may be driven by individual differences in autonomic a ... Full text Link to item Cite

Comparative Effectiveness of an Internet-Based Smoking Cessation Intervention Versus Clinic-Based Specialty Care for Veterans.

Journal article J Subst Abuse Treat · October 2016 INTRODUCTION: The primary objective of this project was to examine the effectiveness of an Internet-based smoking cessation intervention combined with a tele-health medication clinic for nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) compared to referral to clinic-bas ... Full text Link to item Cite

Circadian Contrasts in Heart Rate Variability Associated With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms in a Young Adult Cohort.

Journal article J Trauma Stress · October 2016 Prior research has demonstrated that individuals exposed to trauma have shown impaired autonomic function. We sought to determine if heart rate variability (HRV), a marker of impaired autonomic function, differed across periods of wake, rest, and sleep as ... Full text Link to item Cite

Racial and Sociodemographic Disparities in Internet Access and eHealth Intervention Utilization Among Veteran Smokers.

Journal article J Racial Ethn Health Disparities · September 15, 2016 INTRODUCTION: Access to the internet at home may be an important barrier to electronic health (eHealth) smoking cessation interventions. The current study explored possible sociodemographic disparities in access to the internet at home among veteran smoker ... Full text Link to item Cite

Examining the Crux of Autonomic Dysfunction in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Whether Chronic or Situational Distress Underlies Elevated Heart Rate and Attenuated Heart Rate Variability.

Journal article Psychosom Med · September 2016 OBJECTIVE: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been linked to elevated heart rate (HR) and reduced heart rate variability (HRV) in cross-sectional research. Using ecological momentary assessment and minute-to-minute HRV/HR monitoring, we examined whet ... Full text Link to item Cite

Roles of inter-individual differences and intra-individual acute elevations in early smoking lapse in people with posttraumatic stress disorder.

Journal article Addict Behav · September 2016 Existing models of the role of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and smoking have almost exclusively examined mean symptom levels, rather than the acute elevations that might trigger smoking lapse immediately or increase risk of a smoking lapse ... Full text Link to item Cite

Abstinence Reinforcement Therapy (ART) for rural veterans: Methodology for an mHealth smoking cessation intervention.

Journal article Contemp Clin Trials · September 2016 INTRODUCTION: Smoking is the most preventable cause of morbidity and mortality in U.S. veterans. Rural veterans in particular have elevated risk for smoking and smoking-related illness. However, these veterans underutilize smoking cessation treatment, whic ... Full text Link to item Cite

Supplemental nicotine preloading for smoking cessation in posttraumatic stress disorder: Results from a randomized controlled trial.

Journal article Addict Behav · August 2016 BACKGROUND: Individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are more likely to smoke and more likely to relapse following a quit attempt than individuals without PTSD. Thus, there is a significant need to study promising interventions that might impr ... 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

The prevalence of binge drinking and receipt of provider drinking advice among US veterans with military service in Iraq or Afghanistan.

Journal article Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse · May 2016 BACKGROUND: Binge drinking is a significant public health concern linked to a number of health and psychosocial problems. Military service in Afghanistan (OEF) and Iraq (OIF) has been associated with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and increased hazar ... Full text Link to item Cite

Prevalence and correlates of cannabis use in an outpatient VA posttraumatic stress disorder clinic.

Journal article Psychol Addict Behav · May 2016 Recent research has documented high rates of comorbidity between cannabis use disorders and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in veterans. However, despite possible links between PTSD and cannabis use, relatively little is known about cannabis use in ve ... Full text Link to item Cite

An investigation of vago-regulatory and health-behavior accounts for increased inflammation in posttraumatic stress disorder.

Journal article J Psychosom Res · April 2016 OBJECTIVE: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been linked to chronic inflammation, a condition that poses a risk for cardiovascular disease. Attenuated vagal activity has been proposed as a potential mediator of PTSD and inflammation, although associ ... Full text Link to item Cite

Exploring the relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and momentary heart rate variability.

Journal article J Psychosom Res · March 2016 OBJECTIVE: Exposure to trauma-related cues has been associated with a prolonged decrease in heart rate variability (HRV) under laboratory conditions, however the relationship between PTSD symptoms and HRV has not been evaluated during everyday life. The pr ... Full text Link to item Cite

Sleep Disturbance, Diabetes, and Cardiovascular Disease in Postmenopausal Veteran Women.

Journal article Gerontologist · February 2016 PURPOSE OF THE STUDY: To compare the prevalence and cardiometabolic health impact of sleep disturbance among postmenopausal Veteran and non-Veteran participants in the Women's Health Initiative (WHI). DESIGN AND METHODS: The prevalence of five categories o ... Full text Link to item Cite

Veterans' Preferences for Receiving Information About VA Services: Is Getting the Information You Want Related to Increased Health Care Utilization?

Journal article Mil Med · February 2016 Although the current cohort of returning veterans has engaged more fully with care from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) than have veterans from previous eras, concern remains regarding low engagement with VA services, particularly for specialty ser ... 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

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Hostile Cognitions, and Aggression in Iraq/Afghanistan Era Veterans.

Journal article Psychiatry · 2016 OBJECTIVE: Most veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are not violent, yet research has demonstrated that there is a substantial minority who are at increased risk. This study tested hypotheses regarding hyperarousal symptoms and hostile cogni ... Full text 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

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] DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2013.09.004

Journal article Journal of Anxiety Disorders · December 1, 2015 Full text 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

Acoustic startle and prepulse inhibition predict smoking lapse in posttraumatic stress disorder.

Journal article J Psychopharmacol · October 2015 Most smokers who attempt to quit lapse within the first week and are ultimately unsuccessful in their quit attempt. Nicotine withdrawal exacerbates cognitive and attentional problems and may be one factor in smoking relapse. The startle reflex response and ... 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

A systematic review of the PTSD Checklist's diagnostic accuracy studies using QUADAS.

Journal article Psychol Trauma · September 2015 Despite the popularity of the PTSD Checklist (PCL) as a clinical screening test, there has been no comprehensive quality review of studies evaluating its diagnostic accuracy. A systematic quality assessment of 22 diagnostic accuracy studies of the English- ... Full text Link to item Cite

Multicomponent smoking cessation treatment including mobile contingency management in homeless veterans.

Journal article J Clin Psychiatry · July 2015 INTRODUCTION: Smoking rates are 80% among persons who are homeless, and these smokers have decreased odds of quitting smoking. Little is known about relapse rates among homeless smokers. More information is needed regarding both quit rates and innovative m ... 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

Non-suicidal self-injury as a predictor of active and passive suicidal ideation among Iraq/Afghanistan war veterans.

Journal article Psychiatry Res · June 30, 2015 The present study examined the association between lifetime non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) and current suicidal ideation among Iraq/Afghanistan veterans. NSSI was positively associated with passive, active, and concurrent active-passive suicidal ideation ... Full text Link to item Cite

Orthostatic hypotension in young adults with and without posttraumatic stress disorder.

Journal article Psychol Trauma · May 2015 The purpose of this research is (a) to evaluate differences in orthostatic hypotension (OH) among young adults with and without posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and (b) to examine whether group differences may be attributable to behavioral risk factors ... Full text Link to item Cite

The prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder in Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) Veterans: a meta-analysis.

Journal article J Anxiety Disord · April 2015 Literature on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) prevalence among Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) veterans report estimates ranging from 1.4% to 60%. A more precise estimate is necessary for projecting healthcare needs and informi ... Full text Link to item Cite

Surveying treatment preferences in U.S. Iraq-Afghanistan Veterans with PTSD symptoms: a step toward veteran-centered care.

Journal article J Trauma Stress · April 2015 This study examined health care barriers and preferences among a self-selected sample of returning U.S. veterans drawn from a representative, randomly selected frame surveyed about posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptomatology and mental health utili ... Full text Link to item Cite

Latent Factor Structure of DSM-5 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.

Journal article Psychopathol Rev · 2015 The current study examined the latent factor structure of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) based on DSM-5 criteria in a sample of participants (N = 374) recruited for studies on trauma and health. Confirmatory factor analyses (CFA) were used to compare ... Full text Link to item Cite

The Relationship Between Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms and Physical Health in a Survey of U.S. Veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan Era.

Journal article Psychosomatics · 2015 BACKGROUND: Although a large body of literature has linked posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with poor physical health among older veterans, less is known regarding the association between PTSD and health among relatively younger cohorts of veterans. OB ... 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

No association between RORA polymorphisms and PTSD in two independent samples.

Journal article Mol Psychiatry · October 2014 Full text Link to item Cite

Posttraumatic stress, heart rate variability, and the mediating role of behavioral health risks.

Journal article Psychosom Med · October 2014 OBJECTIVE: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been linked to reduced heart rate variability (HRV), which is in turn a risk factor for cardiovascular disease and death. Although hyperarousal and anxiety are thought to underlie this association, behavi ... Full text Link to item Cite

Examining the factor structure of the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) in a post-9/11 U.S. military veteran sample.

Journal article Assessment · August 2014 The present study examined the structural validity of the 25-item Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) in a large sample of U.S. veterans with military service since September 11, 2001. Participants (N = 1,981) completed the 25-item CD-RISC, a struct ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Deliberate self-harm and suicidal ideation among male Iraq/Afghanistan-era veterans seeking treatment for PTSD.

Journal article J Trauma Stress · August 2014 The objectives of the present research were to examine the prevalence of deliberate self-harm (DSH) among 214 U.S. male Iraq/Afghanistan-era veterans seeking treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and to evaluate the relationship between DSH an ... Full text Link to item Cite

Do ethnicity and gender moderate the influence of posttraumatic stress disorder on time to smoking lapse?

Journal article Addict Behav · July 2014 BACKGROUND: Following a smoking cessation attempt, smokers with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) experience smoking relapse at a higher and faster rate. Black ethnicity and female gender are also associated with lower success rates following smoking ce ... Full text Link to item Cite

Behavioral health mediators of the link between posttraumatic stress disorder and dyslipidemia.

Journal article J Psychosom Res · July 2014 OBJECTIVES: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been linked to dyslipidemia, which is a major risk factor for coronary artery disease. Although this link is thought to reflect response to heightened stress, behavioral health risks, including smoking, ... 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

The role of daily hassles and distress tolerance in predicting cigarette craving during a quit attempt.

Journal article Nicotine Tob Res · June 2014 INTRODUCTION: Ecological momentary assessment (EMA) has shown that smoking behavior is linked to transient variables in the smoker's immediate context. Such research suggests that daily hassles (e.g., losing one's keys) may be more likely to lead to cigare ... 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

Ecological momentary assessment of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms during a smoking quit attempt.

Journal article Nicotine Tob Res · April 2014 INTRODUCTION: Smokers with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) tend to lapse more quickly following a quit attempt, which might be explained by changes in PTSD symptoms during a quit attempt. The present study examines changes in PTSD symptoms, negative a ... Full text Link to item Cite

Diagnostic accuracy of three scoring methods for the Davidson Trauma Scale among U.S. military veterans.

Journal article J Anxiety Disord · March 2014 Self-report questionnaires are frequently used to identify PTSD among U.S. military personnel and Veterans. Two common scoring methods used to classify PTSD include: (1) a cut score threshold and (2) endorsement of PTSD symptoms meeting DSM-IV-TR symptom c ... Full text Link to item Cite

Diagnostic accuracy of three scoring methods for the Davidson Trauma Scale among U.S. military Veterans

Journal article Journal of Anxiety Disorders · 2014 Cite

Personality assessment inventory internalizing and externalizing structure in veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder: associations with aggression.

Journal article Aggress Behav · 2014 Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is associated with aggressive behavior in veterans, and difficulty controlling aggressive urges has been identified as a primary postdeployment readjustment concern. Yet only a fraction of veterans with PTSD commit viol ... Full text Link to item Cite

Association of DHEA, DHEAS, and cortisol with childhood trauma exposure and post-traumatic stress disorder.

Journal article Int Clin Psychopharmacol · January 2014 There has been a great deal of interest in the role of the neuroendocrine hormones of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis in the expression of stress-related psychopathology such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This investigation examin ... Full text Link to item 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

Associations between smoking and psychiatric comorbidity in U.S. Iraq- and Afghanistan-era veterans.

Journal article Psychol Addict Behav · December 2013 The risk of smoking increases with specific psychiatric diagnoses (e.g., posttraumatic stress disorder); but the risk has also been shown to increase as a function of the number of psychiatric illnesses with which a person is diagnosed. The current study e ... Full text Link to item Cite

Effects of smoking on the acoustic startle response and prepulse inhibition in smokers with and without posttraumatic stress disorder.

Journal article Psychopharmacology (Berl) · December 2013 RATIONALE: Cigarette smokers smoke in part because nicotine helps regulate attention. Prepulse inhibition (PPI) of the startle reflex is a measure of early attentional gating that is reduced in abstinent smokers and in groups with attention regulation diff ... 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

Mobile contingency management as an adjunctive smoking cessation treatment for smokers with posttraumatic stress disorder.

Journal article Nicotine Tob Res · November 2013 INTRODUCTION: Smokers with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) smoke at higher prevalence rates and are more likely to relapse early in a quit attempt. Innovative methods are needed to enhance quit rates, particularly in the early quit period. Web-based c ... Full text Link to item Cite

Self-reported pain complaints among Afghanistan/Iraq era men and women veterans with comorbid posttraumatic stress disorder and major depressive disorder.

Journal article Pain Med · October 2013 OBJECTIVE: Research has shown significant rates of comorbidity among posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), major depressive disorder (MDD), and pain in prior era veterans but less is known about these disorders in Iraq and Afghanistan war era veterans. Thi ... Full text Link to item Cite

Diagnostic efficiency of the AUDIT-C in U.S. veterans with military service since September 11, 2001.

Journal article Drug Alcohol Depend · September 1, 2013 BACKGROUND: Alcohol screening with the 3-item alcohol use disorders identification test (AUDIT-C) has been implemented throughout the U.S. Veterans Health Administration. Validation of the AUDIT-C, however, has been conducted with samples of primarily olde ... Full text Link to item Cite

Adverse impact of coercive treatments on psychiatric inpatients' satisfaction with care.

Journal article Community Ment Health J · August 2013 Consumers' satisfaction with inpatient mental health care is recognized as a key quality indicator that prospectively predicts functional and clinical outcomes. Coercive treatment experience is a frequently cited source of dissatisfaction with inpatient ca ... Full text Link to item Cite

The association of dehydroepiandrosterone and dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate with anxiety sensitivity and electronic diary negative affect among smokers with and without posttraumatic stress disorder.

Journal article J Clin Psychopharmacol · August 2013 Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is associated with increased smoking initiation, maintenance, and relapse. Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and DHEA sulfate (DHEAS) are neurosteroids that have been associated with mood measures as well as smoking status, ... Full text 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

Predictors of lapse in first week of smoking abstinence in PTSD and non-PTSD smokers.

Journal article Nicotine Tob Res · June 2013 INTRODUCTION: Retrospective research suggests smokers with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) lapse more quickly after their quit date. Ecological momentary assessment (EMA) research is needed to confirm the presence of early smoking lapse in PTSD and fo ... Full text Link to item Cite

The impact of race on metabolic disease risk factors in women with and without posttraumatic stress disorder.

Journal article J Clin Psychol Med Settings · March 2013 The literature on PTSD and metabolic disease risk factors has been limited by lacking investigation of the potential influence of commonly comorbid disorders and the role of race. In this study data were provided by a sample of 134 women (63 PTSD and 71 wi ... Full text Link to item Cite

Nocturnal blood pressure non-dipping, posttraumatic stress disorder, and sleep quality in women.

Journal article Behav Med · 2013 Women with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have poor sleep quality and increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Non-dipping of nocturnal blood pressure may be an explanatory factor for the relationship between sleep and CVD found in previous re ... Full text Link to item Cite

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.

Journal article Arch Suicide Res · 2013 This study evaluated the effect of childhood trauma exposure and the role of resilience on both depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation. The study evaluated 1,488 military personnel and veterans, who served after September 2001, for depressive, suicidal, ... Full text Link to item Cite

The effect of draft DSM-V criteria on posttraumatic stress disorder prevalence.

Journal article Depress Anxiety · December 2012 BACKGROUND: This study was designed to examine the concordance of proposed DSM-V posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) criteria with DSM-IV classification rules and examine the impact of the proposed DSM-V PTSD criteria on prevalence. METHOD: The sample (N ... Full text Link to item Cite

The influence of depressive symptoms on suicidal ideation among U.S. Vietnam-era and Afghanistan/Iraq-era veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder.

Journal article J Trauma Stress · October 2012 Major depressive disorder (MDD) co-occurs frequently with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and both disorders are linked to suicidal ideation. An emergent literature examines suicidal ideation in U.S. Afghanistan/Iraq-era veterans. Little research, ho ... Full text Link to item Cite

Consumer perspectives on genetic testing for psychiatric disorders: the attitudes of veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder and their families.

Journal article Genet Test Mol Biomarkers · September 2012 The perspectives of patients with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) on genetic research have not yet been investigated in the genetics research literature. To provide a basis for research on attitudes toward genetic research in PTSD, we surveyed the U.S ... Full text Link to item Cite

Assessing the role of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms in smokers with and without posttraumatic stress disorder.

Journal article Nicotine Tob Res · August 2012 INTRODUCTION: Smoking prevalence among individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is elevated relative to non-PTSD smokers, and there is evidence to suggest that affect regulation may be a motivation for smoking among those with this disorder. P ... Full text Link to item Cite

Childhood trauma exposure in Iraq and Afghanistan war era veterans: implications for posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and adult functional social support.

Journal article Child Abuse Negl · May 2012 OBJECTIVE: This study examined the relationship among childhood trauma, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, and adult social support in a large sample of veterans who served in the military after 09/11/2001, with a specific focus on the potentia ... Full text Link to item Cite

Smoking cessation interventions for patients with depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Journal article J Gen Intern Med · March 2012 OBJECTIVES: We conducted a systematic literature review of smoking cessation interventions for patients with histories of depressive disorders or current significant depressive symptoms. We examined the comparative effectiveness of smoking cessation strate ... Full text Link to item Cite

Smoking withdrawal in smokers with and without posttraumatic stress disorder.

Journal article Nicotine Tob Res · March 2012 INTRODUCTION: Previous research on smoking withdrawal in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been limited by the use of retrospective and observational methods and has lacked repeated assessments on the first day of abstinence and evaluation of the co ... Full text Link to item Cite

Tobacco use among Iraq- and Afghanistan-era veterans: a qualitative study of barriers, facilitators, and treatment preferences.

Journal article Prev Chronic Dis · 2012 INTRODUCTION: Military service and combat exposure are risk factors for smoking. Although evidence suggests that veterans are interested in tobacco use cessation, little is known about their reasons for quitting, treatment preferences, and perceived barrie ... Full text Link to item Cite

An examination of general aggression and intimate partner violence in women with posttraumatic stress disorder.

Journal article Violence Vict · 2012 Research has documented significant relationships between posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), aggression, and intimate partner violence (IPV). Most of these studies have focused on men and measured violence by self-report. This study examined (a) the ass ... Full text Link to item Cite

The relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder and smoking outcome expectancies among U.S. military veterans who served since September 11, 2001.

Journal article J Trauma Stress · June 2011 Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is associated with increased rates of smoking although little is known regarding the mechanisms underlying this relationship. The current study examined expectations about smoking outcomes among smokers with and without ... Full text Link to item Cite

The effect of nicotine and trauma context on acoustic startle in smokers with and without posttraumatic stress disorder.

Journal article Psychopharmacology (Berl) · May 2011 RATIONALE: Exaggerated startle response is a prominent feature of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) although results examining differences in the acoustic startle response (ASR) between those with and without PTSD are mixed. One variable that may affect ... Full text Link to item Cite

Characteristics and correlates of cigarette use among recent U.S. veterans

Journal article Military Psychology · May 1, 2011 Little is known about the smoking habits and cessation efforts of veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, many of whom will seek health care services in the public sector. This project documents rates of smoking and quit attempts among veterans recei ... Full text Cite

WOMEN VETERANS TRANSITIONING FROM COMBAT TO OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS: WHAT ARE THEIR NEEDS AND PREFERENCES?

Journal article ANNALS OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE · April 1, 2011 Link to item Cite

Public health clinical demonstration project for smoking cessation in american veterans who served since september 11, 2001.

Journal article J Addict Med · March 2011 OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this clinical demonstration project was to increase the reach of effective treatments, such as pharmacotherapy and telephone or web-based support, by offering these treatments in a low cost and convenient manner to a population of ... Full text Link to item Cite

A multi-component cognitive-behavioral intervention for sleep disturbance in veterans with PTSD: a pilot study.

Journal article J Clin Sleep Med · February 15, 2011 STUDY OBJECTIVES: A significant portion of US military personnel are returning from deployment with trauma-related sleep disturbance, and disrupted sleep has been proposed as a mechanism for the development of medical conditions in those with posttraumatic ... Link to item Cite

Is military sexual trauma associated with trading sex among women veterans seeking outpatient mental health care?

Journal article J Trauma Dissociation · 2011 A robust association between sexual trauma and trading sex has been documented in civilian samples but has not been examined in veterans. Women veterans experience high rates of sexual victimization across the lifespan, including during military service (m ... Full text Link to item Cite

Examining the relation between posttraumatic stress disorder and suicidal ideation in an OEF/OIF veteran sample.

Journal article J Anxiety Disord · January 2011 This study examined the relation between posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and suicidal ideation among U.S. military veterans deployed during Operation Enduring Freedom and/or Operation Iraqi Freedom. Specific aims included investigation of (1) whether ... Full text Link to item Cite

Adherence and psychotherapy

Journal article · December 1, 2010 Psychotherapists target a wide range of clinical disorders, adopt diverse theoretical approaches, and operate within multiple treatment settings. As such, a unifying definition of adherence in the field of psychotherapy is not yet tenable. We therefore lim ... Full text Cite

Adherence and substance use

Journal article · December 1, 2010 As reported in other chapters of this volume, the misuse of alcohol and other substances can contribute to treatment non-adherence across a range of medical and mental health service settings. In this chapter, our focus is specific to non-adherence in the ... Full text Cite

Childhood traumatic stress and obesity in women: the intervening effects of PTSD and MDD.

Journal article J Trauma Stress · December 2010 In this study, symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and major depressive disorder (MDD) were modeled as intervening variables in the relationship between childhood traumatic stress and weight outcomes in civilian women in the United States. Of ... Full text Link to item Cite

The diagnostic accuracy of the PTSD checklist: a critical review.

Journal article Clin Psychol Rev · December 2010 The PTSD Checklist (PCL) is the most frequently used self-report measure of PTSD symptoms. Although the PCL has been in use for nearly 20 years and over a dozen validation studies have been conducted, this paper provides the first comprehensive review of i ... 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

Improving risk assessment of violence among military veterans: an evidence-based approach for clinical decision-making.

Journal article Clin Psychol Rev · August 2010 Increased media attention to post-deployment violence highlights the need to develop effective models to guide risk assessment among military Veterans. Ideally, a method would help identify which Veterans are most at risk for violence so that it can be det ... Full text Link to item Cite

Clinical utility of the Primary Care--PTSD Screen among U.S. veterans who served since September 11, 2001.

Journal article Psychiatry Res · July 30, 2010 Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a prevalent anxiety disorder that is often undetected among primary care patients. The Department of Veterans Affairs has implemented the Primary Care-PTSD Screen (PC-PTSD) to screen for PTSD; however, minimal resear ... Full text Link to item Cite

Exploration of the resilience construct in posttraumatic stress disorder severity and functional correlates in military combat veterans who have served since September 11, 2001.

Journal article J Clin Psychiatry · July 2010 OBJECTIVE: This study evaluated the relationship between resilience and psychological functioning in military veterans deployed to a region of military conflict in support of Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom. METHOD: 497 military veter ... Full text Link to item Cite

TOBACCO USE AND CESSATION AMONG RETURNING COMBAT VETERANS: A MIXED METHODS STUDY

Journal article ANNALS OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE · April 1, 2010 Link to item Cite

Posttraumatic stress disorder, cardiovascular, and metabolic disease: a review of the evidence.

Journal article Ann Behav Med · February 2010 BACKGROUND: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a significant risk factor for cardiovascular and metabolic disease. PURPOSE: The purpose of the current review is to evaluate the evidence suggesting that PTSD increases cardiovascular and metabolic risk ... Full text Link to item Cite

Public health clinical demonstration project for smoking cessation in veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder.

Journal article Addict Behav · January 2010 Veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder are at high risk for smoking and experience difficulty with smoking cessation. We designed this clinical demonstration project to provide a low-cost, feasibly implemented smoking cessation intervention that would ... Full text Link to item Cite

Prospective study of externalizing and internalizing subtypes of posttraumatic stress disorder and their relationship to mortality among Vietnam veterans.

Journal article Compr Psychiatry · 2010 Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can be a complex disorder, and some studies have found that samples of individuals with PTSD contain subtypes that may relate to health outcomes. The goals were to replicate previously identified PTSD subtypes and exami ... Full text Link to item Cite

Guided imagery as a therapeutic tool in post-traumatic stress disorder

Journal article · December 1, 2009 Guided imagery is a behavioral technique used to direct individuals to effectively create and manipulate mental representations to produce therapeutic changes. A growing empirical literature supports the use of these techniques in a variety of physical and ... Full text Cite

Sleep disturbance and baroreceptor sensitivity in women with posttraumatic stress disorder.

Journal article J Trauma Stress · December 2009 In a previous study, women with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) had greater objective sleep disturbance than those without PTSD. In a separate previous study, women with PTSD were also found to have lower baroreceptor sensitivity (BRS), an index of bl ... Full text Link to item Cite

Effects of posttraumatic stress disorder status and covert hostility on cardiovascular responses to relived anger in women with and without PTSD.

Journal article Biol Psychol · December 2009 Previous literature has found greater heart rate (HR) and blood pressure (BP) responses during relived anger, and a positive association between covert hostility and relived anger, in male veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This study inve ... Full text Link to item Cite

Diagnostic efficiency of the personality assessment inventory LOGIT function for posttraumatic stress disorder in women.

Journal article J Pers Assess · September 2009 In this study, we examined the diagnostic efficiency of the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI; Morey, 1991) for the assessment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in a community-based sample of women (n = 128). Receiver operating characteristic cur ... Full text Link to item Cite

Association of trauma exposure with psychiatric morbidity in military veterans who have served since September 11, 2001.

Journal article J Psychiatr Res · June 2009 OBJECTIVE: This study examined the association of lifetime traumatic stress with psychiatric diagnostic status and symptom severity in veterans serving in the US military after 9/11/01. METHOD: Data from 356 US military veterans were analyzed. Measures inc ... Full text Link to item Cite

Antismoking interventions in residential substance abuse treatment.

Journal article J Addict Med · June 2009 OBJECTIVE: : To develop and evaluate an educational strategy to increase motivation to quit smoking and improve attendance at antismoking classes in a residential substance abuse treatment program. METHODS: : The 241 patients admitted in 2004 who smoked re ... Full text Link to item Cite

Self-reported health and physician diagnosed illnesses in women with posttraumatic stress disorder and major depressive disorder.

Journal article J Trauma Stress · April 2009 Posttraumatic stress disorder has been associated with poor physical health. Depression is also associated with poor health, and may be responsible for the apparent relationship between PTSD and health outcomes. The current study examined self-reported and ... Full text Link to item Cite

The validity and diagnostic efficiency of the Davidson Trauma Scale in military veterans who have served since September 11th, 2001.

Journal article J Anxiety Disord · March 2009 The present study examined the psychometric properties and diagnostic efficiency of the Davidson Trauma Scale (DTS), a self-report measure of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. Participants included 158 U.S. military veterans who have served si ... Full text Link to item Cite

Ambulatory cardiovascular activity and hostility ratings in women with chronic posttraumatic stress disorder.

Journal article Biol Psychiatry · February 1, 2009 BACKGROUND: The objective of the current study is to evaluate the relationship between hostility and ambulatory cardiovascular activity in women with and without posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). METHODS: One hundred and one women completed 24 hours of ... Full text Link to item Cite

Influences of Comorbid Disorders on Personality Assessment Inventory Profiles in Women with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.

Journal article J Psychopathol Behav Assess · January 1, 2009 The present study describes Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) profiles for women with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Four groups of women were sampled: single Axis I diagnosis of PTSD; PTSD and major depressive disorder (MDD); PTSD, MDD, at lea ... Full text Link to item Cite

Suicidality, aggression, and other treatment considerations among pregnant, substance-dependent women with posttraumatic stress disorder.

Journal article Compr Psychiatry · 2009 Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other Axis I comorbidity among women with substance use disorders (SUDs) appear similarly prevalent and are associated with comparable negative clinical profiles and treatment outcomes. The relative contribution of ... Full text Link to item Cite

Allopregnanolone and pregnenolone alterations following pharmacological agents in rodents and clinic populations

Journal article · December 1, 2008 Recent research has revealed potential roles for neuroactive steroids in the pathophysiology and treatment of a number of psychiatric and neurological disorders. A wide array of preclinical investigations also reports neuroactive steroid actions in areas r ... Full text Cite

Tobacco use and cessation in psychiatric disorders: National Institute of Mental Health report.

Journal article Nicotine Tob Res · December 2008 The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) convened a meeting in September 2005 to review tobacco use and dependence and smoking cessation among those with mental disorders, especially individuals with anxiety disorders, depression, or schizophrenia. S ... Full text Link to item Cite

Smoking in help-seeking veterans with PTSD returning from Afghanistan and Iraq.

Journal article Addict Behav · November 2008 Past research has shown that veterans and individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have increased rates of smoking. However, the rates of smoking in younger help-seeking veterans returning from Afghanistan and Iraq, and possible correlates of ... Full text Link to item Cite

Hazardous alcohol use and receipt of risk-reduction counseling among U.S. veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Journal article J Clin Psychiatry · November 2008 OBJECTIVE: Military service in Afghanistan (Operation Enduring Freedom [OEF]) and Iraq (Operation Iraqi Freedom [OIF]) has been associated with high rates of mental health problems. Relatively little is known, however, about the prevalence of risky drinkin ... Full text Link to item Cite

Statistical procedures for analyzing mental health services data.

Journal article Psychiatry Res · August 15, 2008 In mental health services research, analyzing service utilization data often poses serious problems, given the presence of substantially skewed data distributions. This article presents a non-technical introduction to statistical methods specifically desig ... Full text Link to item Cite

Cerebrospinal fluid dehydroepiandrosterone levels are correlated with brain dehydroepiandrosterone levels, elevated in Alzheimer's disease, and related to neuropathological disease stage.

Journal article J Clin Endocrinol Metab · August 2008 OBJECTIVE: It is currently unknown whether cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) neurosteroid levels are related to brain neurosteroid levels in humans. CSF and brain dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) levels are elevated in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD), but it i ... Full text Link to item Cite

Ad lib smoking in post-traumatic stress disorder: an electronic diary study.

Journal article Nicotine Tob Res · July 2008 Using ambulatory methods for 1 week of monitoring, this study investigated the association between smoking and situational cues in 22 smokers with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and 23 smokers without PTSD. Generalized estimating equations contraste ... Full text Link to item Cite

Factorial invariance of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms across three veteran samples.

Journal article J Trauma Stress · June 2008 Research generally supports a 4-factor structure of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. However, few studies have established factor invariance by comparing multiple groups. This study examined PTSD symptom structure using the Davidson Trauma Sc ... Full text Link to item Cite

Preliminary findings from a clinical demonstration project for veterans returning from Iraq or Afghanistan.

Journal article Mil Med · May 2008 Military veterans are at high risk for nicotine dependence. This clinical demonstration project used invitational letters, referral to the National Cancer Institute's Smoking Quitline, and local Veteran Affairs prescriptions for tobacco cessation to evalua ... Full text Link to item Cite

PTSD symptom clusters associated with physical health and health care utilization in rural primary care patients exposed to natural disaster.

Journal article J Trauma Stress · February 2008 This study investigated the influence of exposure to a tornado disaster and disaster-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptomatology on physical health complaints and primary health care utilization among rural medical patients. One-hundred fiv ... Full text Link to item Cite

Objective evidence of sleep disturbance in women with posttraumatic stress disorder.

Journal article J Trauma Stress · December 2007 Although sleep disturbance is considered a hallmark of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), objective evidence for sleep disturbance in patients with PTSD has been equivocal. The goal of the current investigation was to objectively examine sleep disturban ... Full text Link to item Cite

Posttraumatic stress disorder and smoking relapse: A theoretical model.

Journal article J Trauma Stress · December 2007 Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is associated with a high prevalence of cigarette smoking, heavy cigarette consumption, and low cessation rates. To date, little is known about mechanisms impeding smoking cessation among this recalcitrant group of smok ... Full text Link to item Cite

GENDER DIFFERENCES AMONG OIF/OEF COMBAT VETERANS SEEKING VA HEALTHCARE

Journal article ANNALS OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE · December 1, 2007 Link to item Cite

Emotional reactivity to trauma stimuli and duration of past smoking cessation attempts in smokers with posttraumatic stress disorder.

Journal article Exp Clin Psychopharmacol · June 2007 The present study examined whether reactivity to emotional stressors is related to early relapse from smoking cessation in persons with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Smokers with PTSD who had failed to sustain any previous quit attempt for 7 days ( ... Full text Link to item Cite

Interpersonal trauma, war zone exposure, and posttraumatic stress disorder among veterans with schizophrenia.

Journal article Schizophr Res · March 2007 The present study examined the prevalence of war zone exposure, interpersonal trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in veterans with primary schizophrenia hospitalized on a VA inpatient psychiatric unit. Data were collected on a sample of male v ... Full text Link to item Cite

Validity of the Personality Assessment Inventory Aggression scales and Violence Potential index in veterans with PTSD.

Journal article J Pers Assess · February 2007 In this study, we examined the validity of the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI; Morey, 1991) Aggression (AGG) scales and Violence Potential index (VPI) in 399 male combat veterans presenting for formal evaluation of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTS ... Full text Link to item Cite

Validity rates of the Personality Assessment Inventory and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 in a VA Medical Center Setting.

Journal article J Pers Assess · February 2007 In this study, we compared protocol validity rates between the MMPI-2 (Butcher, Dahlstrom, Graham, Tellegen, & Kaemmer, 1989) and the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI; Morey, 1991) in a veteran population. Veterans (N=472) were administered both instr ... Full text Link to item Cite

Lifetime trauma exposure in veterans with military-related posttraumatic stress disorder: association with current symptomatology.

Journal article J Clin Psychiatry · September 2006 OBJECTIVE: This study examined whether trauma exposure before, during, and/or after military service contributed to current levels of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and adjustment. Further, we investigated whether trauma exposure before military ser ... Full text Link to item Cite

The impact of posttraumatic stress disorder on quality of life and health service utilization among veterans who have schizophrenia.

Journal article J Trauma Stress · June 2006 The present study examined the impact of comorbid posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) on health-related quality of life and objective measures of health service utilization in 165 male veterans who have primary schizophrenia. Comorbid PTSD was assessed wi ... Full text Link to item Cite

Comorbid posttraumatic stress disorder is associated with suicidality in male veterans with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder.

Journal article Schizophr Res · May 2006 The purpose of this study was to determine if patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorders and comorbid posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are at higher risk for suicidality than patients without comorbid PTSD. Participants were 165 male vete ... Full text Link to item Cite

Lifetime sexual and physical victimization among male veterans with combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder.

Journal article Mil Med · September 2005 Because of the high prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among veteran men and the limited research on victimization in this group, we recruited 133 male veterans with combat-related PTSD from a psychiatric inpatient unit and assessed them f ... Full text Link to item Cite

Improving adherence with clinical guidelines

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Severity of posttraumatic stress disorder and involvement with the criminal justice system

Journal article Journal of Trauma Practice · January 1, 2005 Two hundred and forty-one Vietnam combat veterans with chronic posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) completed measures of PTSD symptom severity, combat exposure, depression, hostility, interpersonal violence, substance abuse, and arrest history. The majori ... Full text Cite

Use of psychiatric and medical health care by veterans with severe mental illness.

Journal article Psychiatr Serv · June 2004 Risk behaviors and health care use among 396 initially hospitalized veterans with severe mental illnesses were examined. Health care use was abstracted from Veterans Affairs databases (March 1998 to June 2000) for one year after hospital discharge. Lifetim ... Full text Link to item Cite

Treating Psychological Trauma and PTSD

Journal article Journal of Psychosomatic Research · October 2003 Full text Cite

Ambulatory monitoring and physical health report in Vietnam veterans with and without chronic posttraumatic stress disorder.

Journal article J Trauma Stress · August 2003 This study investigated the associations among PTSD, ambulatory cardiovascular monitoring, and physical health self-reports in 117 male Vietnam combat veterans (61 with PTSD and 56 without PTSD). PTSD was associated with health symptoms and number of curre ... Full text Link to item Cite

Medical service utilization by veterans seeking help for posttraumatic stress disorder.

Journal article Am J Psychiatry · December 2002 OBJECTIVE: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been associated with higher rates of health complaints and medical conditions diagnosed by physicians, yet research examining the relationship between PTSD and health care utilization has been limited. Th ... Full text Link to item Cite

Caregiver burden and psychological distress in partners of veterans with chronic posttraumatic stress disorder.

Journal article J Trauma Stress · June 2002 Caregiver burden and psychological distress were examined in a sample of 71 partners of Vietnam War combat veterans. Partners of patients (n = 51) diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) experienced more caregiver burden and had poorer psycholo ... Full text Link to item Cite

Partners' ratings of combat veterans' anger.

Journal article J Trauma Stress · April 2002 Spouse reports may serve as an important source of collateral information in the assessment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and associated behavioral problems. This study examined the concordance of anger reports among 94 combat veterans and their ... Full text Link to item Cite

Posttraumatic stress disorder, hostility, and health in women: a review of current research.

Journal article Ann Behav Med · 2002 A large body of evidence indicates that hostility is related to increased morbidity and mortality and evidence is growing that posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is associated with poorer health outcomes. The majority of this research, however, has been ... Full text Link to item Cite

Are women worrying about heart disease?

Journal article Womens Health Issues · 2002 Women at risk for coronary artery disease (CAD) may not be worried about the disease. In this study, demographic, CAD-risk, and CAD-worry data collected from Durham Veterans' Affairs Medical Center women veterans were examined using bivariate and multivari ... Full text Link to item Cite

The relationship between hostility and behavioral risk factors for poor health in women veterans.

Journal article Prev Med · December 2001 BACKGROUND: While previous research has generally supported a relationship between hostility and health risk behaviors, the majority of this research has been conducted in predominately male, highly educated, Caucasian samples. The current study was design ... Full text Link to item Cite

Feigning combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder on the personality assessment inventory.

Journal article J Pers Assess · October 2000 This study examined whether individuals who were instructed on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed. [DSM-IV]; American Psychiatric Association, 1994) criteria for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) could feign PTSD on the Pe ... Full text Link to item Cite

Drug use and validity of substance use self-reports in veterans seeking help for posttraumatic stress disorder.

Journal article J Consult Clin Psychol · October 2000 The present study assessed drug use and the validity of self-reports of substance use among help-seeking veterans referred to a specialty clinic for the assessment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Patients (n = 341) were asked to provide a urine sa ... Link to item Cite

Integrative bargaining: Does gender make a difference?

Journal article International Journal of Conflict Management · January 1, 1999 The current study examined the effects of gender and motivation on negotiation strategy and outcome. It was hypothesized that findings suggesting that women obtain lower joint outcomes from integrative bargaining than men may result from women, but not men ... Full text Cite