Caron Zlotnick

..Posttraumatic stress disorder partially mediated the effect of both CSA and CPA on severity of psychiatric problems...

..The study concluded that women offenders newly admitted to a prison substance abuse program present with a greater psychiatric vulnerability and a different pattern of psychiatric comorbidity than their male counterparts...

..Our findings suggest that specific disorders are linked to interpersonal trauma and PTEs that occur in childhood rather than later in life...

..The complex needs of this population are discussed...

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..Consistent with other research, the findings suggest that PTSD does not appear to alter the central features of BPD. The clinical implications of our findings are considered...

..No differences were found in age, race, or education...

..These pilot results suggest that addressing depressive symptoms via interpersonal concerns is feasible for women in a prison substance use treatment program despite multiple Axes I and II comorbidities...

..For more than a third of the sample, the treatment sought while pregnant or postpartum represented their first contact with the mental health system. Treatment implications are discussed...

..e., full and partial PTSD). This study suggests that, in a primary care setting, PTSD is a persistent illness, and that many subjects who have recovered from PTSD continue to suffer from subthreshold symptoms of PTSD...

..However, these findings are tentative given that there was no control group...

..However, the report also underscores the difficulties in identifying a set of clinical criteria that clearly delineates between full PTSD and subthreshold PTSD...

..These findings suggest that the presence of comorbid SUD may not explain the level of social and health difficulties associated with the dual diagnosis of PTSD and SUD...

..Control participants improved later, after prison release. IPT's rapid effect on MDD within prison may reduce serious in-prison consequences of MDD...

..These results, consistent with biosocial theory of BPD, suggest that persons with BPD experience emotions more intensely and have greater difficulty in controlling their affective responses...

..Implications of these findings, as well as implications for future research, are discussed...

..More women than expected who reported current psychological abuse left treatment early compared to those without such reports...

..This study suggests some initial support for our intervention. Larger randomized trials are needed to further examine the intervention both during and after pregnancy...

..In this study, the authors examined whether the intervention would reduce the risk of postpartum major depressive disorder in a larger sample of pregnant women...

..The authors examined whether patients with comorbid borderline personality disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have a more severe clinical profile than patients with either disorder without the other...

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..Results support the clinical utility of a partial remission specifier for PTSD...

..In addition, they support an association between severity of PD and severity of traumatic exposure, as indicated by earlier trauma onset, trauma of an assaultive and personal nature, and more types of traumatic events...

..These findings suggest that an assessment of history of alcohol use, as well as abuse history, may increase the likelihood of identifying adolescents at risk for antenatal depression...

..Further research is needed to examine systematically the short-term and long-term effect of medication exposure through breastmilk on infant and child development...

..Prior studies of adult entertainment club employees have been qualitative and lacked information regarding a range of important health factors...

..No gender differences were found in degree of overall impairment. These results suggest that male and female patients with BPD, although equally distressed, present with different lifetime patterns of impulse-related disorders...

..This collaboration has served as a bridge between an Ivy League institution and a historically Black university for training in clinical research to develop successful minority academicians...

..The purpose of this study was to estimate the effect of an interpersonally oriented intervention on the reduction of the risk of postpartum depression in primiparous adolescents...

..It was hypothesized that STAR would lead to a decrease in sexual risk and improved HIV knowledge and attitudes...

..For example, no difference was found in rates of major depressive disorder, a condition that is more prevalent in females. Thus, BPD pathology may be a prevailing characterization that can attenuate usual gender-based distinctions...

..However, even when controlling for the effect of borderline PD, other PD diagnoses were associated with specific types of maltreatment...

..Results highlight the need for the assessment and treatment of IPV-related PTSD in battered women's shelters...

..Also, nearly half of the women in an abusive relationship left the relationship within the period. Leaving the abusive relationship was associated with lower individual income and more social support at wave 1...

..e., derealization, survivor guilt). Trends also suggest that PTSD-SUD/LPD women are more likely to experience dissociation, anxiety, and sexual problems than PTSD-SUD respondents. Treatment-related implications are discussed...

..This study investigated the frequency and types of resources used by battered women in shelters, as well as factors that relate to greater use of mental health services and to seeking help from a greater number of resources...

..These gains were maintained over time. Results should be interpreted with caution due to the small sample size and lack of a control group...

..Other hypotheses include that the PPP will be more efficacious than the ECU condition in reducing depressive symptoms, and utilization of mental health services as well as enhance maternal sensitivity and infant attachment. ..

..The data from this study will also improve the ability of women and their physicians to make informed risk/benefit decisions about their postpartum mental health care. ..

..e., PTSD and depression). This pilot study will lay the groundwork for a larger clinical trial evaluating the efficacy of this new intervention. ..

..Other hypotheses include that the PPP will be more efficacious than the ECU condition in reducing depressive symptoms, and utilization of mental health services as well as enhance maternal sensitivity and infant attachment. ..

..In summary, this award would provide critical support for the candidate's career development, mentoring, and ongoing and new patient-oriented research on a high-risk and understudied group of women. ..

..and to provide an estimate of effect size in comparison to the care as usual condition. This pilot study will lay the groundwork for a larger clinical trial evaluating the efficacy of this new group intervention. ..

..Primary treatment outcomes will be: a) number of substance use days, b) degree of PTSD symptoms, and c) severity of legal problems. ..

..Primary treatment outcomes will be: a) treatment retention; and b) depressive symptoms; 6) test the feasibility and acceptability of the control condition for depressed patients with histories of childhood sexual abuse. ..

..The data from this study will also improve the ability of women and their physicians to make informed risk/benefit decisions about their postpartum mental health care. ..