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The diagnostic accuracy of the PTSD checklist: a critical reviewScott D McDonald
Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center, Richmond VA Medical Center, 1201 Broad Rock Boulevard, Richmond, VA 23249, USA
Clin Psychol Rev 30:976-87. 2010..Recommendations and cautions regarding the use of the PCL as a clinical screening test, a diagnostic tool in research, and as an estimator of PTSD population prevalence are provided...
Hazardous alcohol use and receipt of risk-reduction counseling among U.S. veterans of the wars in Iraq and AfghanistanPatrick S Calhoun
Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center 116B DVAMC, 508 Fulton Street, Durham, NC 27705, USA
J Clin Psychiatry 69:1686-93. 2008..S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care. This study examined the prevalence of hazardous alcohol use among OEF/OIF veterans and the incidence of alcohol risk-reduction counseling offered by VA providers...- Objective evidence of sleep disturbance in women with posttraumatic stress disorderPatrick S Calhoun
VA Mid Atlantic Region Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center MIRECC, VA Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham VAMC, Durham, NC 27705, USA
J Trauma Stress 20:1009-18. 2007..Disturbed sleep may have important implications for the health and well-being of individuals with PTSD... - The impact of posttraumatic stress disorder on quality of life and health service utilization among veterans who have schizophreniaPatrick S Calhoun
VA Mid Atlantic Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center, USA
J Trauma Stress 19:393-7. 2006..Veterans who have schizophrenia should be screened carefully for exposure to trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder... 
Public health clinical demonstration project for smoking cessation in american veterans who served since september 11, 2001Daphne E Zaborowski
Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705, USA
J Addict Med 5:79-83. 2011....- Exploration of the resilience construct in posttraumatic stress disorder severity and functional correlates in military combat veterans who have served since September 11, 2001Kimberly T Green
VISN 6 MIRECC, 508 Fulton Street, Durham, NC 27705, USA
J Clin Psychiatry 71:823-30. 2010..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... - Public health clinical demonstration project for smoking cessation in veterans with posttraumatic stress disorderEric A Dedert
Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705, USA
Addict Behav 35:19-22. 2010..6% of the total number of targeted smokers reported 8 week abstinence. Results suggested that this brief, low-cost intervention was feasible and promoted smoking cessation in veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder... - Interpersonal trauma, war zone exposure, and posttraumatic stress disorder among veterans with schizophreniaPatrick S Calhoun
VA Mid Atlantic Region Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center 116B, 508 Fulton Street, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705, USA
Schizophr Res 91:210-6. 2007..Results suggest that PTSD is highly prevalent and under-diagnosed among veterans with schizophrenia. Increased assessment of trauma and PTSD in this population is warranted... - Is military sexual trauma associated with trading sex among women veterans seeking outpatient mental health care?Jennifer L Strauss
Health Services Research and Development, Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27705, USA
J Trauma Dissociation 12:290-304. 2011..Results extend previously observed associations between sexual trauma and trading sex in civilian cohorts and underscore the pernicious influence of sexual victimization across the lifespan... - Prospective study of externalizing and internalizing subtypes of posttraumatic stress disorder and their relationship to mortality among Vietnam veteransAmanda M Flood
Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705, USA
Compr Psychiatry 51:236-42. 2010..The value of considering possible PTSD subtypes is significant in that it may contribute to identifying more specific targets for treatment and rehabilitation in veterans with PTSD... - The relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder and smoking outcome expectancies among U.S. military veterans who served since September 11, 2001Patrick S Calhoun
VA Mid Atlantic Region Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, USA
J Trauma Stress 24:303-8. 2011..Further understanding of smoking expectancies in this group may help in developing interventions tailored for this vulnerable population... - The effect of nicotine and trauma context on acoustic startle in smokers with and without posttraumatic stress disorderPatrick S Calhoun
VA Mid Atlantic Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center, Durham, NC, USA
Psychopharmacology (Berl) 215:379-89. 2011..While smokers with PTSD report that smoking provides significant relief of negative affect and PTSD symptoms, the effects of smoking or nicotine deprivation on startle reactivity among smokers with PTSD are unknown... - Correlates of anger and hostility in Iraq and Afghanistan war veteransEric B Elbogen
Department of Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry Program and Clinic, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27599, USA
Am J Psychiatry 167:1051-8. 2010..Each of these conditions has been associated with elevated anger and hostility in veterans from previous conflicts. The authors sought to identify variables empirically related to anger and hostility in Iraq and Afghanistan veterans... - Consumer perspectives on genetic testing for psychiatric disorders: the attitudes of veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder and their familiesEric A Dedert
Durham NC Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 22705, USA
Genet Test Mol Biomarkers 16:1122-9. 2012..Results suggest that the perspective of those with PTSD regarding genetic testing is in need of further investigation, especially if potentially beneficial genetic testing for PTSD is to be utilized in the target population... - Clinical utility of the Primary Care--PTSD Screen among U.S. veterans who served since September 11, 2001Patrick S Calhoun
VA Mid Atlantic Region Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center MIRECC, Durham, NC 27705, USA
Psychiatry Res 178:330-5. 2010..Within primary care settings, the PC-PTSD may be most advantageously employed in the context of staged screening, given the measure's relative susceptibility to false positives... - A multi-component cognitive-behavioral intervention for sleep disturbance in veterans with PTSD: a pilot studyChristi S Ulmer
Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705, USA
J Clin Sleep Med 7:57-68. 2011..A combined intervention involving both a nightmare-specific intervention and CBT for insomnia may lead to more marked reductions in PTSD-related sleep disturbances... - Association of trauma exposure with psychiatric morbidity in military veterans who have served since September 11, 2001Eric A Dedert
Veterans Integrated Service Network 6 Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, USA
J Psychiatr Res 43:830-6. 2009..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... - Lifetime trauma exposure in veterans with military-related posttraumatic stress disorder: association with current symptomatologyCarolina P Clancy
Durham Veterans Affairs, Durham, NC 27705, USA
J Clin Psychiatry 67:1346-53. 2006..Further, we investigated whether trauma exposure before military service was mediated or moderated by military trauma in its effects on current PTSD and adjustment... - Preliminary findings from a clinical demonstration project for veterans returning from Iraq or AfghanistanJean C Beckham
Durham Veterans Administration Medical Center, 508 Fulton Street, 116B, Durham, NC 27705, USA
Mil Med 173:448-51. 2008..At 2 months follow-up, 38% of participants self-reported maintained smoking abstinence. Results suggested that the intervention was feasible and assisted the small number of veterans who participated... - An examination of general aggression and intimate partner violence in women with posttraumatic stress disorderAngela C Kirby
Veterans Affairs Medical Center Durham, North Carolina VA Mid Atlantic Region Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27705, USA
Violence Vict 27:777-92. 2012..Concordance between participants and spouses or partners was low to moderate. These results are discussed within the context of extant IPV literature... - Ambulatory monitoring and physical health report in Vietnam veterans with and without chronic posttraumatic stress disorderJean C Beckham
Department of Psychiatry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
J Trauma Stress 16:329-35. 2003..Findings suggest that the interrelationships among ambulatory autonomic responses, PTSD, and physical health deserve more research attention... - Suicidality, aggression, and other treatment considerations among pregnant, substance-dependent women with posttraumatic stress disorderA Meade Eggleston
VA Mid Atlantic Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center, Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705, USA
Compr Psychiatry 50:415-23. 2009..Findings indicate treatment considerations for substance-dependent women with PTSD are broader and more severe than those with other Axis I conditions or substance dependence alone... - Diagnostic efficiency of the personality assessment inventory LOGIT function for posttraumatic stress disorder in womenPatrick S Calhoun
Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
J Pers Assess 91:409-15. 2009..863, SE = .033) and the PAI Anxiety subscale Anxiety-Related Disorders Traumatic Experiences (AUC = .861; S.E. = .033). Results of this study suggest that the PAI PTSD LOGIT function may be a useful tool in assessing PTSD... - Smoking cessation interventions for patients with depression: a systematic review and meta-analysisJennifer M Gierisch
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham Veteran Affairs Medical Center 152, 508 Fulton Street, Durham, NC 27705, USA
J Gen Intern Med 27:351-60. 2012..e., history positive vs. current depression), and differential effects by gender... - Posttraumatic stress disorder, cardiovascular, and metabolic disease: a review of the evidenceEric A Dedert
VA Research Service, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Durham Veterans Affairs and Duke University Medical Centers, Durham, NC, USA
Ann Behav Med 39:61-78. 2010..Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a significant risk factor for cardiovascular and metabolic disease... - Ad lib smoking in post-traumatic stress disorder: an electronic diary studyJean C Beckham
Durham Veterans Administration Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 10:1149-57. 2008..These results are consistent with previous ambulatory findings regarding mood in smokers, and underscore that in smokers with PTSD, PTSD symptom variables as well as stress and anxiety are significantly associated with ad lib smoking... - Factorial invariance of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms across three veteran samplesScott D McDonald
VA Mid Atlantic Region Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center MIRECC, Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705, USA
J Trauma Stress 21:309-17. 2008..Results supported factor invariance across the three veteran cohorts, suggesting that cross-group comparisons are interpretable. Implications and applications for DSM-IV nosology and the validity of symptom measures are discussed... - Validity of the Personality Assessment Inventory Aggression scales and Violence Potential index in veterans with PTSDEric F Crawford
Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
J Pers Assess 88:90-8. 2007..The VPI, however, added no unique explanatory power over the AGG composite scale... - Lifetime sexual and physical victimization among male veterans with combat-related post-traumatic stress disorderKathleen G Lapp
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Mil Med 170:787-90. 2005..Determining the lifetime history of trauma exposure may have implications for vulnerability to subsequent development of PTSD and the risk of future violence... - Childhood trauma exposure in Iraq and Afghanistan war era veterans: implications for posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and adult functional social supportElizabeth E Van Voorhees
VA Mid Atlantic Region Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center VISN 6 MIRECC, Durham, NC 27705, USA
Child Abuse Negl 36:423-32. 2012.... - Medical service utilization by veterans seeking help for posttraumatic stress disorderPatrick S Calhoun
Health Services Research 152, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 508 Fulton Street, Durham, NC 27705, USA
Am J Psychiatry 159:2081-6. 2002..This study compared the health service use of veterans with PTSD to that of help-seeking veterans without PTSD. The relationship between severity of PTSD and service utilization was also examined... - Ambulatory cardiovascular activity and hostility ratings in women with chronic posttraumatic stress disorderJean C Beckham
Mental Health Service Line, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Biol Psychiatry 65:268-72. 2009..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)... - Sleep disturbance and baroreceptor sensitivity in women with posttraumatic stress disorderChristi S Ulmer
Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705, USA
J Trauma Stress 22:643-7. 2009..Lower BRS was associated with poorer sleep in women with PTSD, but not in those without. Future research should investigate causal relationships between sleep and blood pressure regulation in those with PTSD... - The validity and diagnostic efficiency of the Davidson Trauma Scale in military veterans who have served since September 11th, 2001Scott D McDonald
VA Mid Atlantic Region Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States
J Anxiety Disord 23:247-55. 2009..Thus, results illustrate that potency of the DTS as a diagnostic aid was highly dependent on the comparison group used for analyses. Results are discussed in terms of applications to clinical practice and research... - Self-reported health and physician diagnosed illnesses in women with posttraumatic stress disorder and major depressive disorderPatrick S Calhoun
Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 116B, 508 Fulton Street, Durham, NC 27705, USA
J Trauma Stress 22:122-30. 2009..Findings and implications are discussed in relation to previous research in the area... - The influence of depressive symptoms on suicidal ideation among U.S. Vietnam-era and Afghanistan/Iraq-era veterans with posttraumatic stress disorderNicole D Pukay-Martin
Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
J Trauma Stress 25:578-82. 2012..Future research should examine suicidal ideation and behaviors as they change over time in these two cohorts... - Tobacco use among Iraq- and Afghanistan-era veterans: a qualitative study of barriers, facilitators, and treatment preferencesJennifer M Gierisch
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham Veterans Affairs VA Medical Center 152, 508 Fulton St, Durham, NC 27705, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 9:E58. 2012..Our study objective was to elicit perspectives of Iraq- and Afghanistan-era veterans who had not yet quit smoking postdeployment to inform the development of smoking cessation services for this veteran cohort... - Examining the relation between posttraumatic stress disorder and suicidal ideation in an OEF/OIF veteran sampleVito S Guerra
Mid Atlantic Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center, VA Medical Center, 508 Fulton Street, Durham, NC 27705, United States
J Anxiety Disord 25:12-8. 2011..The 'emotional numbing' cluster of PTSD symptoms and the 'cognitive-affective' cluster of MDD symptoms were uniquely associated with suicidal ideation... - Childhood traumatic stress and obesity in women: the intervening effects of PTSD and MDDEric A Dedert
Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
J Trauma Stress 23:785-63. 2010..Posttraumatic stress disorder may play a particularly important role in the development of central adiposity... - Caregiver burden and psychological distress in partners of veterans with chronic posttraumatic stress disorderPatrick S Calhoun
Health Services Research, VA Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27705, USA
J Trauma Stress 15:205-12. 2002..Caregiver burden was strongly related to spouse psychological adjustment... - Are women worrying about heart disease?Mimi Sen Biswas
The Center of Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Womens Health Issues 12:204-11. 2002..Of women with up to three risk factors, fewer than half worried about CAD. Higher-risk women were unconcerned about CAD. This could undermine prevention efforts... - The impact of race on metabolic disease risk factors in women with and without posttraumatic stress disorderEric A Dedert
Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 508 Fulton St 116 B, Durham, NC 27705, USA
J Clin Psychol Med Settings 20:46-55. 2013..Future research would benefit from analysis of cultural factors to explain how race might influence metabolic disease risk factors in PTSD... - The effect of draft DSM-V criteria on posttraumatic stress disorder prevalencePatrick S Calhoun
VISN 6 Mental Illness Research and Education Center, Durham, NC 27705, USA
Depress Anxiety 29:1032-42. 2012..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... - Assessing the role of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms in smokers with and without posttraumatic stress disorderJohn T Mitchell
Duke ADHD Program, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, 2608 Erwin Road, Pavilion East, Suite 300, Durham, NC 27705, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 14:986-92. 2012..The goal of this study was to assess the degree to which ADHD symptoms were uniquely associated with smoking-related affective functioning (SRAF) variables above and beyond the variance already explained by PTSD symptoms... - Smoking withdrawal in smokers with and without posttraumatic stress disorderEric A Dedert
Traumatic Stress and Health Research Laboratory Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 14:372-6. 2012.... - Emotional reactivity to trauma stimuli and duration of past smoking cessation attempts in smokers with posttraumatic stress disorderPatrick S Calhoun
Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705, USA
Exp Clin Psychopharmacol 15:256-63. 2007..Systematic replications including a prospective design are recommended... - Posttraumatic stress disorder, hostility, and health in women: a review of current researchJean C Beckham
Department of Psychiatry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
Ann Behav Med 24:219-28. 2002..Although the current literature suggests that hostility and PTSD are related to health in women, more rigorous, focused research is lacking. A number of suggestions for future research are provided... - Posttraumatic stress disorder and smoking relapse: A theoretical modelJessica W Cook
Puget Sound Heath Care System Seattle Division, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, University of Washington, and Veterans Affairs VISN 20 Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center, Seattle, WA, USA
J Trauma Stress 20:989-98. 2007..Treatment implications as well as methodological advances that may be relevant to examining the proposed relapse model are discussed... - Partners' ratings of combat veterans' angerPatrick S Calhoun
Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
J Trauma Stress 15:133-6. 2002..There was moderate agreement between veterans and their partners on reports of anger and little evidence to suggest that PTSD diagnosis affected the convergence between partner and veteran scores... - Validity rates of the Personality Assessment Inventory and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 in a VA Medical Center SettingLoretta E Braxton
Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705, USA
J Pers Assess 88:5-15. 2007..We discuss factors that may be related to the differences in validity rates... - Cerebrospinal fluid dehydroepiandrosterone levels are correlated with brain dehydroepiandrosterone levels, elevated in Alzheimer's disease, and related to neuropathological disease stageJennifer C Naylor
Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 508 Fulton Street, MHSL 116A, Durham, North Carolina 27705, USA
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 93:3173-8. 2008..We therefore determined DHEA and pregnenolone levels in AD patients (n = 25) and cognitively intact control subjects (n = 16) in both CSF and temporal cortex... - Use of psychiatric and medical health care by veterans with severe mental illnessHayden B Bosworth
Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, North Carolina 27705, USA
Psychiatr Serv 55:708-10. 2004..These results highlight that veterans with severe mental illness receive more treatment in medical than psychiatric health clinics... - Statistical procedures for analyzing mental health services dataJon D Elhai
Disaster Mental Health Institute, The University of South Dakota, 414 East Clark Street, Vermillion, SD 57069 2390, USA
Psychiatry Res 160:129-36. 2008..Implications of matching data analytic techniques appropriately with the often complexly distributed datasets of mental health services utilization variables are discussed...