Rachel Kimerling

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Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Evaluation of universal screening for military-related sexual trauma
    Rachel Kimerling
    National Center for PTSD, Department of Veterans Affairs VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Menlo Park, CA 94131, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 59:635-40. 2008
  2. ncbi Military-related sexual trauma among Veterans Health Administration patients returning from Afghanistan and Iraq
    Rachel Kimerling
    National Center for PTSD, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
    Am J Public Health 100:1409-12. 2010
  3. ncbi Military sexual trauma and patient perceptions of Veteran Health Administration health care quality
    Rachel Kimerling
    National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
    Womens Health Issues 21:S145-51. 2011
  4. ncbi Unemployment among women: examining the relationship of physical and psychological intimate partner violence and posttraumatic stress disorder
    Rachel Kimerling
    VA Palo Alto Health Care System, National Center for PTSD PTSD 334, 795 Willow Road, Menlo Park, Palo Alto, CA 94025, USA
    J Interpers Violence 24:450-63. 2009
  5. ncbi The Veterans Health Administration and military sexual trauma
    Rachel Kimerling
    Veterans Administration Health Care System, Palo Alto, Calif, USA
    Am J Public Health 97:2160-6. 2007
  6. ncbi Lifetime interpersonal violence and self-reported chlamydia trachomatis diagnosis among California women
    Jennifer Alvarez
    VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA 94025, USA
    J Womens Health (Larchmt) 18:57-63. 2009
  7. ncbi Veterans Health Administration mental health treatment settings of patients who report military sexual trauma
    Courtney Valdez
    National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California 94025, USA
    J Trauma Dissociation 12:232-43. 2011
  8. ncbi Epidemiology and consequences of women's revictimization
    Rachel Kimerling
    VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
    Womens Health Issues 17:101-6. 2007
  9. ncbi Women's childhood and adult adverse experiences, mental health, and binge drinking: the California Women's Health Survey
    Christine Timko
    Center for Health Care Evaluation, Department of Veterans Affairs VA Health Care System, 795 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
    Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy 3:15. 2008
  10. ncbi Intimate partner violence and housing instability
    Joanne Pavao
    VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California, USA
    Am J Prev Med 32:143-6. 2007

Detail Information

Publications28

  1. ncbi Evaluation of universal screening for military-related sexual trauma
    Rachel Kimerling
    National Center for PTSD, Department of Veterans Affairs VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Menlo Park, CA 94131, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 59:635-40. 2008
    ..This prospective study, the first to evaluate national efforts to screen for military sexual trauma, investigated whether sexual trauma screening is associated with increased utilization of mental health services...
  2. ncbi Military-related sexual trauma among Veterans Health Administration patients returning from Afghanistan and Iraq
    Rachel Kimerling
    National Center for PTSD, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
    Am J Public Health 100:1409-12. 2010
    ..Sexual trauma is an important postdeployment mental health issue in this population...
  3. ncbi Military sexual trauma and patient perceptions of Veteran Health Administration health care quality
    Rachel Kimerling
    National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
    Womens Health Issues 21:S145-51. 2011
    ..We examined the association of military sexual trauma (MST) with patient satisfaction with VHA outpatient care among men and women...
  4. ncbi Unemployment among women: examining the relationship of physical and psychological intimate partner violence and posttraumatic stress disorder
    Rachel Kimerling
    VA Palo Alto Health Care System, National Center for PTSD PTSD 334, 795 Willow Road, Menlo Park, Palo Alto, CA 94025, USA
    J Interpers Violence 24:450-63. 2009
    ..22, 2.09) and psychological violence (AOR = 1.78; 95% CI = 1.36, 2.32), but not physical violence, were associated with unemployment. Implications for supported employment programs and workplace responses to IPV are discussed...
  5. ncbi The Veterans Health Administration and military sexual trauma
    Rachel Kimerling
    Veterans Administration Health Care System, Palo Alto, Calif, USA
    Am J Public Health 97:2160-6. 2007
    ..We examined the utility of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) universal screening program for military sexual violence...
  6. ncbi Lifetime interpersonal violence and self-reported chlamydia trachomatis diagnosis among California women
    Jennifer Alvarez
    VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA 94025, USA
    J Womens Health (Larchmt) 18:57-63. 2009
    ..To examine the relationship between cumulative exposure to various types of interpersonal violence throughout the life span and self-reported history of Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) diagnosis in a population-based sample of California women...
  7. ncbi Veterans Health Administration mental health treatment settings of patients who report military sexual trauma
    Courtney Valdez
    National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California 94025, USA
    J Trauma Dissociation 12:232-43. 2011
    ..Tailored conceptualizations of trauma-informed care are proposed for settings that encounter MST patients, even if these settings do not directly focus on the treatment of traumatic stress...
  8. ncbi Epidemiology and consequences of women's revictimization
    Rachel Kimerling
    VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
    Womens Health Issues 17:101-6. 2007
    ..Revictimization is a methodologically distinct concept and is a potent risk factor for adult mental health problems. Prevention should target women exposed to both physical and sexual assault...
  9. ncbi Women's childhood and adult adverse experiences, mental health, and binge drinking: the California Women's Health Survey
    Christine Timko
    Center for Health Care Evaluation, Department of Veterans Affairs VA Health Care System, 795 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
    Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy 3:15. 2008
    ..This study examined sociodemographic, physical and mental health, and adult and childhood adverse experiences associated with binge drinking in a representative sample of women in the State of California...
  10. ncbi Intimate partner violence and housing instability
    Joanne Pavao
    VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California, USA
    Am J Prev Med 32:143-6. 2007
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  11. ncbi The relationship between child abuse and adult obesity among california women
    Jennifer Alvarez
    Center for Health Care Evaluation, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California, USA
    Am J Prev Med 33:28-33. 2007
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  12. ncbi Development and validation of a brief self-report measure of trauma exposure: the Trauma History Screen
    Eve B Carlson
    Dissemination and Training Division, National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
    Psychol Assess 23:463-77. 2011
    ..The psychometric properties of the THS appear to be comparable or better than longer and more complex measures of trauma exposure...
  13. ncbi Medical care needs of returning veterans with PTSD: their other burden
    Susan M Frayne
    Center for Health Care Evaluation, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, 795 Willow Road 152 MPD, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
    J Gen Intern Med 26:33-9. 2011
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  14. ncbi Seeking Safety treatment for male veterans with a substance use disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder symptomatology
    Matthew Tyler Boden
    Center for Health Care Evaluation, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
    Addiction 107:578-86. 2012
    ..To determine whether substituting Seeking Safety (SS), a manualized therapy for comorbid substance use disorders (SUD) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) for part of treatment-as-usual (TAU) improves substance use outcomes...
  15. ncbi The comparative effectiveness of cognitive processing therapy for male veterans treated in a VHA posttraumatic stress disorder residential rehabilitation program
    Jennifer Alvarez
    Department of Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
    J Consult Clin Psychol 79:590-9. 2011
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  16. ncbi Estimating lost revenue from a free-care mandate in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
    Mark W Smith
    Health Economics Resource Center, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, 795 Willow Rd 152 MPD, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 61:1150-2. 2010
    ..This study estimated the loss in outpatient copayment revenue for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system from a mandate for free care related to military sexual trauma. s..
  17. ncbi Exposure to child abuse and risk for mental health problems in women
    Renee Schneider
    Center for Health Care Evaluation, VA Palo Alto Health Care Systeme, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
    Violence Vict 22:620-31. 2007
    ..Findings underscore relations between child emotional abuse and adult mental health problems and highlight the need for mental health services for survivors of multiple types of child abuse...
  18. ncbi Psychiatric diagnoses and neurobehavioral symptom severity among OEF/OIF VA patients with deployment-related traumatic brain injury: a gender comparison
    Katherine M Iverson
    Women s Health Sciences Division of National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Boston, Massachusetts 02130, USA
    Womens Health Issues 21:S210-7. 2011
    ..This study investigated gender differences in psychiatric diagnoses and neurobehavioral symptom severity among OEF/OIF veterans with deployment-related TBI...
  19. ncbi Posttraumatic stress disorder, substance use disorders, and medical comorbidity among returning U.S. veterans
    Deborah Nazarian
    VA Advanced Fellowship Program in Mental Illness Research and Treatment, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA, USA
    J Trauma Stress 25:220-5. 2012
    ..Overall, findings suggest that PTSD had a stronger association with medical comorbidity (in total and across various medical condition categories) than SUD among female and male OEF/OIF veterans...
  20. ncbi Organizational factors associated with screening for military sexual trauma
    Jenny K Hyun
    Office of Mental Health Services, Military Sexual Trauma Support Team, Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC, USA
    Womens Health Issues 22:e209-15. 2012
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  21. ncbi Stigma, help-seeking attitudes, and use of psychotherapy in veterans with diagnoses of posttraumatic stress disorder
    Craig S Rosen
    National Center for PTSD, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
    J Nerv Ment Dis 199:879-85. 2011
    ..Future research should consider enabling treatment system factors in addition to predisposing patient characteristics...
  22. ncbi Access to specialty mental health services among women in California
    Rachel Kimerling
    National Center for PTSD, Palo Alto Department of Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, 795 Willow Road, PTSD 334, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 56:729-34. 2005
    ..The Anderson behavioral model was used to investigate racial and ethnic disparities in access to specialty mental health services among women in California as well as factors that might account for such disparities...
  23. ncbi Prevalence and nature of criminal offending in a national sample of veterans in VA substance use treatment prior to the Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom conflicts
    Christopher M Weaver
    Palo Alto University, Palo Alto, CA, USA
    Psychol Serv 10:54-65. 2013
    ..Screening for specific types of offending is informative and viable. Existing VA SUD treatment is a potentially underrecognized point of intervention for justice involvement among veterans...
  24. ncbi Utilization and intensity of outpatient care related to military sexual trauma for veterans from Afghanistan and Iraq
    Jessica A Turchik
    Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University Medical School, Stanford, CA, USA
    J Behav Health Serv Res 39:220-33. 2012
    ..These results have important treatment implications for both veteran and civilian sexual trauma survivors...
  25. ncbi Validation of a brief screen for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder with substance use disorder patients
    Rachel Kimerling
    National Center for PTSD, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, 795 Willow Road PTSD 334, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
    Addict Behav 31:2074-9. 2006
    ..Screening for PTSD in SUD treatment settings is time efficient and may increase the detection of previously unrecognized PTSD...
  26. ncbi Brief report: Utility of a short screening scale for DSM-IV PTSD in primary care
    Rachel Kimerling
    VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA 94025, USA
    J Gen Intern Med 21:65-7. 2006
    ..To evaluate Breslau's 7-item screen for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) for use in primary care...
  27. ncbi An investigation of sex differences in nonpsychiatric morbidity associated with posttraumatic stress disorder
    Rachel Kimerling
    Clinical Laboratory and Education Division, National Center for PTSD, Palo Alto VA Health Care System, USA
    J Am Med Womens Assoc 59:43-7. 2004
    ..Interventions for this population must address the full range of both psychiatric and nonpsychiatric illness...
  28. ncbi The assessment of trauma history in women with co-occurring substance abuse and mental disorders and a history of interpersonal violence
    Gregory J McHugo
    NH Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center, Lebanon, NH 03766, USA
    J Behav Health Serv Res 32:113-27. 2005
    ..Finally, recommendations are offered for improvements to the WCDVS version of the LSC-R for use in future research...