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Species | RONALD E ACIERNOSummaryAffiliation: Medical University of South Carolina Country: USA Publications
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Preliminary evaluation of a video-based intervention for older adult victims of violenceRon Acierno
National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29425, USA
J Trauma Stress 17:535-41. 2004..However, despite knowledge gains, and in contrast to our predictions, no differences on measures of anxiety or depression were evident between the treatment conditions at 6-week follow up...
Behavioral activation and therapeutic exposure for bereavement in older adultsRon Acierno
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, 29425, USA
Am J Hosp Palliat Care 29:13-25. 2012..ANCOVAS revealed statistically significant improvement, irrespective of how many days since death had elapsed prior to initiation of intervention, on structured interviews and self-report measures for most outcome variables...
Rationale and design: telepsychology service delivery for depressed elderly veteransLeonard E Egede
Center for Disease Prevention and Health Interventions for Diverse Populations, Ralph H, Johnson VAMC, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Trials 10:22. 2009..Thus, telepsychology may provide a cost-efficient solution to access-to-care problems in rural areas...- Prevalence and correlates of emotional, physical, sexual, and financial abuse and potential neglect in the United States: the National Elder Mistreatment StudyRon Acierno
Medical University of South Carolina, Ralph H Johnson Veteran s Administration Medical Center, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
Am J Public Health 100:292-7. 2010.... - Risk factors for rape, physical assault, and posttraumatic stress disorder in women: examination of differential multivariate relationshipsR Acierno
National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425 0142, USA
J Anxiety Disord 13:541-63. 1999..However, risk factors for PTSD following physical assault included only a history of depression and lower education... - Psychological sequelae resulting from the 2004 Florida hurricanes: implications for postdisaster interventionRon Acierno
National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
Am J Public Health 97:S103-8. 2007..We sought to determine the prevalence of and major risk factors associated with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), generalized anxiety disorder, and major depressive episode 6 to 9 months after the 2004 Florida hurricanes... - Current psychopathology in previously assaulted older adultsRon Acierno
Medical University of South Carolina, National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
J Interpers Violence 22:250-8. 2007..The aforementioned findings should be considered with caution, however, as sample cell sizes were minimal for all but the PTSD symptom subtypes. Mental health service implications for older adults are discussed... - Risk and protective factors for psychopathology among older versus younger adults after the 2004 Florida hurricanesRon Acierno
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 14:1051-9. 2006..Previous research demonstrates increased resiliency to psychopathology after disasters among older adults. However, little is known about differences in age-based risk and protective factors for postdisaster mental illness... - Predictors of fear of crime in older adultsRon Acierno
National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center, Medical University of South Carolina, 165 Cannon Street, PO Box 250852, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
J Anxiety Disord 18:385-96. 2004..Different predictor sets were noted for fear of crime against person and fear of crime against property. Reported perceptions of negative crime outcomes were associated with being female, non-Caucasian, and having low income... - An acute post-rape intervention to prevent substance use and abuseRon Acierno
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, 171 Ashley Avenue, Charleston, SC 29425 0742, USA
Addict Behav 28:1701-15. 2003..43% nonviewers met criteria for post-rape alcohol abuse; among pre-rape marijuana users, the rates of post-marijuana use were 17% vs. 43%)... - Rape and physical violence: comparison of assault characteristics in older and younger adults in the National Women's StudyR Acierno
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425 0742, USA
J Trauma Stress 14:685-95. 2001..Consistent with previous research, younger women reported greater prevalences of assault than older women... - Assault, PTSD, family substance use, and depression as risk factors for cigarette use in youth: findings from the National Survey of AdolescentsR Acierno
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425 0742, USA
J Trauma Stress 13:381-96. 2000..By contrast, PTSD per se was not associated with increased risk of smoking, after the effects of other variables were controlled... - Internet-based intervention for mental health and substance use problems in disaster-affected populations: a pilot feasibility studyKenneth J Ruggiero
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
Behav Ther 37:190-205. 2006..The intervention consisted of 7 modules: posttraumatic stress/panic, depression, generalized anxiety, alcohol use, marijuana use, drug use, and cigarette use. Feasibility data were promising and suggest the need for further evaluation... - Symptom presentations of older adult crime victims: description of a clinical sampleMatt J Gray
National Center for PTSD, Boston VAMC, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
J Anxiety Disord 16:299-309. 2002.... - Randomized controlled evaluation of an early intervention to prevent post-rape psychopathologyHeidi Resnick
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
Behav Res Ther 45:2432-47. 2007..Women with a prior rape history in the video condition generally maintained the lowest level of symptoms... - Prevalence and correlates of probable adolescent mental health problems reported by parents in VietnamAnanda B Amstadter
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 46:95-100. 2011..The purpose of the present study was to estimate the prevalence of probable mental health problems in an epidemiologic study of Vietnamese adolescents. A secondary aim was to examine the correlates of probable mental health caseness... - NPY moderates the relation between hurricane exposure and generalized anxiety disorder in an epidemiologic sample of hurricane-exposed adultsAnanda B Amstadter
Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of South Carolina, 67 President Street, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
Depress Anxiety 27:270-5. 2010.... - Association between COMT, PTSD, and increased smoking following hurricane exposure in an epidemiologic sampleAnanda B Amstadter
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, USA
Psychiatry 72:360-9. 2009..This study represents the first genetic association study (to our knowledge) of smoking behavior following an acute stressor... - A pilot study of prolonged exposure therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder delivered via telehealth technologyPeter W Tuerk
Ralph H Johnson Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
J Trauma Stress 23:116-23. 2010..Preliminary results support the feasibility and safety of the modality. Suggestions for the implementation of PE via telehealth technology are discussed... - Prevalence and correlates of poor self-rated health in the United States: the national elder mistreatment studyAnanda B Amstadter
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, SC, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 18:615-23. 2010..The aim of this study was to examine the level of, and correlates for, poor self-rated health in a community sample of older adults with particular emphasis on elder mistreatment history, demographics, and social dependency variables... - Elder mistreatment and physical health among older adults: the South Carolina Elder Mistreatment StudyJosh M Cisler
National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, 67 President Street, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
J Trauma Stress 23:461-7. 2010..A recent history of emotional mistreatment was associated with poor self-rated health independently, but not when controlling for other significant predictors... - Specificity of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms: an investigation of comorbidity between posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and depression in treatment-seeking veteransDaniel F Gros
Ralph H Johnson Veterans Administration Medical Center, Charleston, SC 29401, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 198:885-90. 2010..Together, these findings demonstrate the importance of accounting for nonspecific symptoms in diagnosis and treatment of PTSD, highlighting a need for revisions to our current diagnostics... - Variation in RGS2 is associated with suicidal ideation in an epidemiological study of adults exposed to the 2004 Florida hurricanesAnanda B Amstadter
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29425, USA
Arch Suicide Res 13:349-57. 2009..59 times increased risk of having current ideation. No gene-by-environment interactions were found, perhaps due to low power. RGS2 rs4606 is related to risk of current suicidal ideation in stressor-exposed adults... - Social and psychological resources associated with health status in a representative sample of adults affected by the 2004 Florida hurricanesKenneth J Ruggiero
National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425, USA
Psychiatry 72:195-210. 2009..Future work should evaluate secondary prevention strategies that can address general health-related concerns in the wake of a disaster... - Posttyphoon prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder, major depressive disorder, panic disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder in a Vietnamese sampleAnanda B Amstadter
National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center, PO Box 250852, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
J Trauma Stress 22:180-8. 2009..Risk factors for posttyphoon psychopathology differed among disorders, but generally were related to high typhoon exposure, prior trauma exposure, and in contrast to Western populations, higher age, but not gender... - Differences in posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms between elderly non-Hispanic Whites and African AmericansArch G Mainous
Medical University of South Carolina, Department of Family Medicine, 295 Calhoun St, P O Box 20192, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
J Natl Med Assoc 97:546-9. 2005..These results suggest the need to better understand coping strategies used by whites and African Americans in the face of trauma... - Assessing elder victimization--demonstration of a methodologyRon Acierno
National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center, 165 Cannon Street, P O Box 250852, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 38:644-53. 2003..However, these strategies have not been used to simultaneously measure both abuse and assault in older adults, and some question exists as to the applicability of telephone interview techniques to geriatric populations... - Violence and risk of PTSD, major depression, substance abuse/dependence, and comorbidity: results from the National Survey of AdolescentsDean G Kilpatrick
National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 71:692-700. 2003..Results generally support the hypothesis that exposure to interpersonal violence (i.e., physical assault, sexual assault, or witnessed violence) increases the risk of these disorders and of diagnostic comorbidity... - An acute post-sexual assault intervention to prevent drug abuse: updated findingsHeidi S Resnick
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, 171 Ashley Avenue, Charleston, SC 29425 0742, USA
Addict Behav 32:2032-45. 2007.... - Mental health needs of crime victims: epidemiology and outcomesDean G Kilpatrick
National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, 29425, USA
J Trauma Stress 16:119-32. 2003..These outcomes focus on posttraumatic stress disorder, but also include depression, substance abuse, and panic... - The serotonin transporter genotype and social support and moderation of posttraumatic stress disorder and depression in hurricane-exposed adultsDean G Kilpatrick
National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, P O Box 250852, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
Am J Psychiatry 164:1693-9. 2007.... - Variant in RGS2 moderates posttraumatic stress symptoms following potentially traumatic event exposureAnanda B Amstadter
Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
J Anxiety Disord 23:369-73. 2009..RGS2 rs4606 modifies risk of postdisaster and lifetime PTSD symptoms under conditions of high stressor exposure. This is the first demonstration of gene-environment interaction for this locus... - Longitudinal trajectories of cigarette smoking following rapeAnanda B Amstadter
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
J Trauma Stress 22:113-21. 2009..Having sustained an injury, minority status, and post-examination distress all predicted subsequent smoking trajectory... - Description of an early intervention to prevent substance abuse and psychopathology in recent rape victimsHeidi Resnick
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, USA
Behav Modif 29:156-88. 2005.... - Toward the development of national telehealth services: the role of Veterans Health Administration and future directions for researchPeter W Tuerk
Ralph H Johnson Veterans Administration Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina 29401, USA
Telemed J E Health 16:115-7. 2010..To this end, we identify six specific areas of research we believe to be particularly relevant to the efficient development of telehealth modalities in civilian and military contexts outside VHA...
Research Grants
- Florida Hurricanes & Older Adults: Outcome/ResiliencyRonald Acierno; Fiscal Year: 2006..The overarching goal of this project is to document the acute impact of these repeated disasters on older adults while scientifically informing the development and improvement of services for older adults. ..
- Treatment Development: Bereavement in Older AdultsRonald Acierno; Fiscal Year: 2006..abstract_text> ..
- Elder MistreatmentRonald Acierno; Fiscal Year: 2007..Using a multi method approach, we will assess physical, sexual, and psychological mistreatment. ..