An examination of the relation between combat experiences and combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder in a sample of Connecticut OEF-OIF VeteransRobert H Pietrzak
National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Clinical Neurosciences Division, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
J Psychiatr Res 45:1579-84. 2011
..However, little research has examined specific combat experiences associated with PTSD and confirmatory factor analytically (CFA)-derived re-experiencing, avoidance, dysphoria, and hyperarousal symptom clusters...
- Posttraumatic stress disorder mediates the relationship between mild traumatic brain injury and health and psychosocial functioning in veterans of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom
Robert H Pietrzak
Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 197:748-53. 2009
..PTSD mediated the relationship between MTBI and all of these outcomes. These results underscore the importance of assessing PTSD in OEF/OIF veterans who screen positive for MTBI...
- Posttraumatic growth in Veterans of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom
Robert H Pietrzak
National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Resilience Laboratory, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA
J Affect Disord 126:230-5. 2010
..While these studies help characterize the deleterious effects of combat, no known study has examined factors that may enhance posttraumatic growth or positive changes experienced as a result of combat in this population...
- Structure of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and psychosocial functioning in Veterans of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom
Robert H Pietrzak
National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Resilience Laboratory, Clinical Neurosciences Division, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
Psychiatry Res 178:323-9. 2010
..Dysphoria symptoms may deserve special attention in the assessment and treatment of symptomatic OEF-OIF Veterans...
- Risk and protective factors associated with suicidal ideation in veterans of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom
Robert H Pietrzak
National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA
J Affect Disord 123:102-7. 2010
..Little is known about variables associated with suicidality in veterans of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF)...
- Overweight and obesity are associated with psychiatric disorders: results from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions
Nancy M Petry
Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut Health Center, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06030 3944, USA
Psychosom Med 70:288-97. 2008
..This study evaluated associations between body mass index (BMI) and psychiatric disorders...
- Examining the dimensionality of combat-related posttraumatic stress and depressive symptoms in treatment-seeking OEF/OIF/OND veterans
Jack Tsai
VA New England Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
J Affect Disord 135:310-4. 2011
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Psychosocial buffers of traumatic stress, depressive symptoms, and psychosocial difficulties in veterans of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom: the role of resilience, unit support, and postdeployment social supportRobert H Pietrzak
Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT 06510, USA
J Spec Oper Med 9:74-8. 2009
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Personality disorders associated with full and partial posttraumatic stress disorder in the U.S. population: results from Wave 2 of the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related ConditionsRobert H Pietrzak
National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA
J Psychiatr Res 45:678-86. 2011
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- Psychosocial buffers of traumatic stress, depressive symptoms, and psychosocial difficulties in veterans of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom: the role of resilience, unit support, and postdeployment social support
Robert H Pietrzak
National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA
J Affect Disord 120:188-92. 2010
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- Psychological resilience and postdeployment social support protect against traumatic stress and depressive symptoms in soldiers returning from Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom
Robert H Pietrzak
Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Depress Anxiety 26:745-51. 2009
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- Examining the relation between combat-related concussion, a novel 5-factor model of posttraumatic stress symptoms, and health-related quality of life in Iraq and Afghanistan veterans
Jack Tsai
Yale University, Department of Psychiatry, 950 Campbell Ave, 151D, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
J Clin Psychiatry 73:1110-8. 2012
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- Mild worry symptoms predict decline in learning and memory in healthy older adults: a 2-year prospective cohort study
Robert H Pietrzak
National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Clinical Neurosciences Division, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, New Haven, Connecticut 06516, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 20:266-75. 2012
..This study examined the association between mild worry and depressive symptoms, and cognitive function in healthy, community-dwelling older adults...
- Amphetamine-related improvement in executive function in patients with chronic schizophrenia is modulated by practice effects
Robert H Pietrzak
Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06516, USA
Schizophr Res 124:176-82. 2010
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- Health problems and medical utilization associated with gambling disorders: results from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions
Benjamin J Morasco
Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, USA
Psychosom Med 68:976-84. 2006
..CONCLUSIONS: A lifetime diagnosis of pathologic gambling is associated with several medical disorders and increased medical utilization, perhaps leading to a burden on healthcare costs in the United States...
- Gender differences in associations between body mass index and DSM-IV mood and anxiety disorders: results from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions
Danielle Barry
Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030 3944, USA
Ann Epidemiol 18:458-66. 2008
..The purpose of this study is to examine gender differences in associations between body mass index (BMI) and affective disorders...
- Resilience in the face of disaster: prevalence and longitudinal course of mental disorders following hurricane Ike
Robert H Pietrzak
National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
PLoS ONE 7:e38964. 2012
..We sought to determine the prevalence and longitudinal course of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), panic disorder (PD), depression, and suicidality in the first 18 months after Hurricane Ike...
- Perceived stigma and barriers to mental health care utilization among OEF-OIF veterans
Robert H Pietrzak
National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Department of Veterans Affairs VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, USA
Psychiatr Serv 60:1118-22. 2009
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- Sleep quality in treatment-seeking veterans of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom: the role of cognitive coping strategies and unit cohesion
Robert H Pietrzak
Resilience Laboratory, Clinical Neurosciences Division, National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
J Psychosom Res 69:441-8. 2010
..This study examined the severity and correlates of sleep difficulties in a sample of treatment-seeking veterans of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom (OEF-OIF)...
- Prevalence and Axis I comorbidity of full and partial posttraumatic stress disorder in the United States: results from Wave 2 of the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions
Robert H Pietrzak
National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
J Anxiety Disord 25:456-65. 2011
..Respondents with partial PTSD generally had intermediate odds of comorbid Axis I disorders and psychosocial impairment relative to trauma controls and full PTSD...
- Subsyndromal posttraumatic stress disorder is associated with health and psychosocial difficulties in veterans of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom
Robert H Pietrzak
National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut 06510, USA
Depress Anxiety 26:739-44. 2009
..This study examined health and psychosocial correlates of subsyndromal/partial posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and full PTSD in veterans of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF)...
- Pre/early adolescent onset of gambling and psychosocial problems in treatment-seeking pathological gamblers
Alesia N Burge
Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut Health Center, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06030 3944, USA
J Gambl Stud 22:263-74. 2006
..Taken together, these data suggest that pre/early adolescent-onset of gambling may be a risk factor for later-life psychiatric, family/social, and substance abuse problems in treatment-seeking pathological gamblers...
- Support for a novel five-factor model of posttraumatic stress symptoms in three independent samples of Iraq/Afghanistan veterans: a confirmatory factor analytic study
Robert H Pietrzak
National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Clinical Neurosciences Division, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA
J Psychiatr Res 46:317-22. 2012
..However, little research has evaluated the best-fitting representation of PTSD symptoms in veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars...
- Psychiatric comorbidity of full and partial posttraumatic stress disorder among older adults in the United States: results from wave 2 of the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions
Robert H Pietrzak
From the National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 20:380-90. 2012
..S. older adults...
- Suicidal ideation in treatment-seeking Veterans of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom: the role of coping strategies, resilience, and social support
Robert H Pietrzak
National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Clinical Neurosciences Division, Resilience Laboratory, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
J Psychiatr Res 45:720-6. 2011
..However, little is known about whether variables other than psychiatric conditions, such as coping strategies, resilience, and social support, may be related to suicidality in this population...
- Psychological resilience in OEF-OIF Veterans: application of a novel classification approach and examination of demographic and psychosocial correlates
Robert H Pietrzak
National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Clinical Neurosciences Division, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
J Affect Disord 133:560-8. 2011
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- Severity of gambling problems and psychosocial functioning in older adults
Robert H Pietrzak
Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut 06030-3944, USA
J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol 19:106-13. 2006
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- Use of an acute challenge with d-amphetamine to model cognitive improvement in chronic schizophrenia
Robert H Pietrzak
Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06516, USA
Hum Psychopharmacol 25:353-8. 2010
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- Cognitive-behavioral coping strategies associated with combat-related PTSD in treatment-seeking OEF-OIF Veterans
Robert H Pietrzak
National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA
Psychiatry Res 189:251-8. 2011
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- Gambling level and psychiatric and medical disorders in older adults: results from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions
Robert H Pietrzak
Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030 3944, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 15:301-13. 2007
..This study examined the association between gambling level and psychiatric and medical disorders in a nationally representative sample of older adults...
- The role of coping, resilience, and social support in mediating the relation between PTSD and social functioning in veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan
Jack Tsai
VA New England Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, West Haven, Connecticut, USA
Psychiatry 75:135-49. 2012
..These results suggest that psychotherapeutic interventions that address these mediating variables may help improve social functioning in treatment-seeking veterans with PTSD...
- Medical comorbidity of full and partial posttraumatic stress disorder in US adults: results from Wave 2 of the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions
Robert H Pietrzak
National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, 950 Campbell Ave 151 E, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
Psychosom Med 73:697-707. 2011
..This study examined associations between lifetime trauma exposures, PTSD and partial PTSD, and past-year medical conditions in a nationally representative sample of US adults...
- A comparison of statistical approaches used to evaluate change in cognitive function following pharmacologic challenge: an example with lorazepam
Robert H Pietrzak
Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06516, USA
Hum Psychopharmacol 25:335-41. 2010
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- Convergent validity and effect of instruction modification on the groton maze learning test: a new measure of spatial working memory and error monitoring
Robert H Pietrzak
Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
Int J Neurosci 119:1137-49. 2009
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- Trajectories of posttraumatic stress symptomatology in older persons affected by a large-magnitude disaster
Robert H Pietrzak
National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
J Psychiatr Res 47:520-6. 2013
..They also underscore the importance of prevention efforts designed to mitigate the deleterious effects of post-disaster stressors, most notably financial distress, in older persons affected by disasters...
- The burden of full and subsyndromal posttraumatic stress disorder among police involved in the World Trade Center rescue and recovery effort
Robert H Pietrzak
National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
J Psychiatr Res 46:835-42. 2012
..This study examined the prevalence, correlates, and perceived mental healthcare needs associated with subsyndromal PTSD in police involved in the World Trade Center (WTC) rescue and recovery effort...
- DSM-IV personality disorders and coronary heart disease in older adults: results from The National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol And Related Conditions
Robert H Pietrzak
Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030 3944, USA
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 62:P295-9. 2007
..63), and obsessive-compulsive (OR = 1.37) personality disorders increased the odds of having CHD. Personality disorders may increase the risk of CHD in older adults. Putative mechanisms and directions for future research are proposed...
- Gambling severity and health functioning in adolescents recruited from urban primary care settings
Robert H Pietrzak
Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut 06030-3944, USA
J Adolesc Health 39:764-6. 2006
..A total of 11.8% were probable pathological gamblers, and 5.5% were problem gamblers. Probable pathological/problem gambling was associated with poor mental health and perceived social functioning...
- Relationships among plasma dehydroepiandrosterone and dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate, cortisol, symptoms of dissociation, and objective performance in humans exposed to underwater navigation stress
Charles A Morgan
Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Biol Psychiatry 66:334-40. 2009
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- Lifetime major depression is associated with coronary heart disease in older adults: results from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions
Sarah Herbst
Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, USA
Psychosom Med 69:729-34. 2007
..To examine the association between mood and anxiety disorders and coronary heart disease (CHD) in a nationally representative sample of older adults...
- Psychological resilience and postdeployment social support project against traumatic stress and depressive symptoms in soldiers returning from Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom
Robert H Pietrzak
Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
J Spec Oper Med 9:67-73. 2009
..CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that interventions to bolster psychological resilience and postdeployment social support may help reduce the severity of traumatic stress and depressive symptoms in OEF/OIF veterans...
- Diagnostic utility and factor structure of the PTSD Checklist in older adults
Robert H Pietrzak
National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut 06516, USA
Int Psychogeriatr 24:1684-96. 2012
..Little research has examined the diagnostic utility and factor structure of commonly used posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) assessment instruments in older persons...
- Antisocial personality disorder is associated with increased severity of gambling, medical, drug and psychiatric problems among treatment-seeking pathological gamblers
Robert H Pietrzak
Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030, USA
Addiction 100:1183-93. 2005
..CONCLUSIONS: These results underscore the importance of assessing a wide range of behaviors and personality indices, including ASPD, among treatment-seeking pathological gamblers...
- Posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, and perceived needs for psychological care in older persons affected by Hurricane Ike
Robert H Pietrzak
National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA
J Affect Disord 138:96-103. 2012
..To examine the prevalence and correlates of disaster-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, and needs for psychological care in older persons affected by Hurricane Ike...
- A process-based approach to characterizing the effect of acute alprazolam challenge on visual paired associate learning and memory in healthy older adults
Robert H Pietrzak
National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Clinical Neurosciences Division, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA CogState Ltd, Melbourne, Australia
Hum Psychopharmacol 27:549-58. 2012
..However, the profile (i.e., component processes) that underlie alprazolam-related decrements in visual paired associate learning has not been fully explored...
- Physical health conditions associated with posttraumatic stress disorder in U.S. older adults: results from wave 2 of the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions
Robert H Pietrzak
National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut 06516, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 60:296-303. 2012
..To present findings on past-year medical conditions associated with lifetime trauma exposure and full and partial posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in a nationally representative sample of U.S. older adults...
- Examining the nature of impairment in visual paired associate learning in amnestic mild cognitive impairment
Brian T Harel
CogState, Inc, New Haven, Connecticut 06510, USA
Neuropsychology 25:752-62. 2011
..This study investigated the nature and magnitude of errors made by adults with amnestic MCI (aMCI) when learning pattern-location paired associations in a continuous manner...
- Assessment of rates of overweight and obesity and symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder and depression in a sample of Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom veterans
Jessica Barber
VA Connecticut Healthcare System, Psychology Service, 950 Campbell Avenue, 116B, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
Mil Med 176:151-5. 2011
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- The effects of serum calcium and parathyroid hormone changes on psychological and cognitive function in patients undergoing parathyroidectomy for primary hyperparathyroidism
Sanziana A Roman
Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
Ann Surg 253:131-7. 2011
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- Examining the relation between the serotonin transporter 5-HTTPLR genotype x trauma exposure interaction on a contemporary phenotypic model of posttraumatic stress symptomatology: A pilot study
Robert H Pietrzak
Clinical Neurosciences Division, National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA National Center for Disaster Mental Health Research, White River Junction, VT, USA Electronic address
J Affect Disord 148:123-8. 2013
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- Gender differences in the correlates of hazardous drinking among Iraq and Afghanistan veterans
J Cobb Scott
National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Clinical Neurosciences Division, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, 151E, 950 Campbell Ave, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 127:15-22. 2013
..The present study examined the prevalence of and risk and protective factors for hazardous drinking in a community-based sample of men and women veterans of Operations Enduring Freedom/Iraqi Freedom/New Dawn (OEF/OIF/OND)...
- A comparison of the CogState Schizophrenia Battery and the Measurement and Treatment Research to Improve Cognition in Schizophrenia (MATRICS) Battery in assessing cognitive impairment in chronic schizophrenia
Robert H Pietrzak
Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 31:848-59. 2009
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- Age of gambling initiation and severity of gambling and health problems among older adult problem gamblers
Alesia N Burge
Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut Health Center, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, Connecticut 06030-3944, USA
Psychiatr Serv 55:1437-9. 2004
..These data suggest that gambling that begins in adolescence may be associated with an elevated severity of problems throughout the life span among older adult problem gamblers...
