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Telepsychiatry treatment outcome research methodology: efficacy versus effectivenessB Christopher Frueh
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Telemed J E Health 10:455-8. 2004..The current state of telepsychiatry research necessitates efficacy studies, the outcomes from which can be used to inform future effectiveness studies...- Elderly veterans with combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder in specialty careB Christopher Frueh
Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29401, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 192:75-9. 2004 - Documented combat exposure of US veterans seeking treatment for combat-related post-traumatic stress disorderB Christopher Frueh
Medical University of South Carolina, Ralph H Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Br J Psychiatry 186:467-72; discussion 473-5. 2005..There are concerns regarding the validity of combat exposure reports of veterans seeking treatment for combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) within US Veterans Affairs Medical Centers... - Patients' reports of traumatic or harmful experiences within the psychiatric settingB Christopher Frueh
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, 29425, USA
Psychiatr Serv 56:1123-33. 2005.... - Disability compensation seeking among veterans evaluated for posttraumatic stress disorderB Christopher Frueh
Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina 29401 5799, USA
Psychiatr Serv 54:84-91. 2003..This study sought to further examine the relationship between compensation-seeking status and reporting of symptoms among combat veterans who were evaluated for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)... - Clinicians' perspectives on cognitive-behavioral treatment for PTSD among persons with severe mental illnessB Christopher Frueh
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, 67 President Street, P O Box 250861, Charleston, South Carolina 29425, USA
Psychiatr Serv 57:1027-31. 2006.... - The need for trauma assessment and related clinical services in a state-funded mental health systemB Christopher Frueh
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, USA
Community Ment Health J 38:351-6. 2002..Implications and future directions are addressed, including the current trauma initiatives of many state-funded systems... - Telehealth service delivery for persons with alcoholismB Christopher Frueh
Medical University of South Carolina, South Carolina, USA
J Telemed Telecare 11:372-5. 2005..The results demonstrate the feasibility of using videoconferencing for service delivery to adults with AUD, and encourage the future performance of randomized controlled trials... - Improving public mental health services for trauma victims in South CarolinaB C Frueh
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
Psychiatr Serv 52:812-4. 2001..Current progress and future directions are described in this article... - Adjunctive risperidone treatment in post-traumatic stress disorder: a preliminary controlled trial of effects on comorbid psychotic symptomsM B Hamner
Ralph H Johnson, Department of Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina 29401, USA
Int Clin Psychopharmacol 18:1-8. 2003..Further research using randomized, controlled trial designs in larger patient groups are needed to define more adequately the role of risperidone and other atypical agents in PTSD... - Does EMDR work? And if so, why?: a critical review of controlled outcome and dismantling researchS P Cahill
National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425 0742, USA
J Anxiety Disord 13:5-33. 1999..Fourth, our review of dismantling studies reveals there is no convincing evidence that eye movements significantly contribute to treatment outcome. Recommendations regarding further research directions are provided... - Self-reported symptoms of social anxiety in a sample of combat veterans with posttraumatic stress disorderJ J Crowson
Medical University of South Carolina, USA
J Anxiety Disord 12:605-12. 1998..Social phobia scores were predicted by severity of depression. The relationship between social anxiety, depression, and PTSD is discussed. Implications for the assessment and treatment of PTSD are also discussed... - Challenges to the PTSD construct and its database: the importance of scientific debateGerald M Rosen
J Anxiety Disord 21:161-3. 2007..Yet, scientific methods, and associated critiques, provide the best way to advance our knowledge, so that professionals can provide accurate information, sound advice, and non-harmful interventions to those in need... - Gender- and trauma-related predictors of use of mental health treatment services among primary care patientsJon D Elhai
Disaster Mental Health Institute, University of South Dakota, Vermillion 57069, USA
Psychiatr Serv 57:1505-9. 2006..Use of mental health care was investigated as a function of gender, traumatic event frequency, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and attitudes toward treatment among 194 primary care patients... - Intimate partner violence victimization among adults with severe mental illness: results of a cross-sectional studyAnouk L Grubaugh
J Clin Psychiatry 67:1472-3. 2006 - Symptom severity and lifetime and prospective health service use among military veterans evaluated for PTSDJon D Elhai
Disaster Mental Health Institute, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069 2390, USA
Depress Anxiety 24:178-84. 2007..Health problems were related to prospective medical service use. Clinical and administrative implications in predicting health care use among trauma survivors are discussed... - Screening for PTSD in public-sector mental health settings: the diagnostic utility of the PTSD checklistAnouk L Grubaugh
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, and the Ralph H Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina 29425, USA
Depress Anxiety 24:124-9. 2007..Such data are critical to ensuring that public-sector mental health patients with trauma-related difficulties are identified and referred for appropriate services... - Unrecognized trauma and PTSD among public mental health consumers with chronic and severe mental illnessKaren J Cusack
Cecil G Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 725 Martin Luther King, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7590, USA
Community Ment Health J 42:487-500. 2006..Results suggest that trauma and PTSD are significantly overlooked in the public mental health system. Improved recognition of trauma and PTSD are needed in order to provide meaningful services to this highly vulnerable population... - Detection and management of malingering in people presenting for treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder: methods, obstacles, and recommendationsSteven Taylor
Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
J Anxiety Disord 21:22-41. 2007.... - Examining the uniqueness of frequency and intensity symptom ratings in posttraumatic stress disorder assessmentJon D Elhai
Disaster Mental Health Institute, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069 2390, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 194:940-4. 2006..Implications for future PTSD clinical and research assessment are discussed, including the potential to decrease administration time for these commonly used PTSD measures, given their time-consuming nature... - Female veterans seeking medical care at Veterans Affairs primary care clinics: psychiatric and medical illness burden and service useAnouk L Grubaugh
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, PO Box 250861, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
Women Health 43:41-62. 2006.... - PTSD and Vietnam VeteransB Christopher Frueh
Science 315:184-7; author reply 184-7. 2007 - Empirical examination of a proposed refinement to DSM-IV posttraumatic stress disorder symptom criteria using the National Comorbidity Survey Replication dataJon D Elhai
Disaster Mental Health Institute, The University of South Dakota, Vermillion 57069 2390, USA
J Clin Psychiatry 69:597-602. 2008.... 
Differences in posttraumatic stress disorder diagnostic rates and symptom severity between Criterion A1 and non-Criterion A1 stressorsMary E Long
Disaster Mental Health Institute, Department of Psychology, The University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD 57069, USA
J Anxiety Disord 22:1255-63. 2008..Similar patterns of differences in PTSD scores between stressor types were also found across the three PTSD symptom criteria. Implications are discussed as to the ongoing controversy of the PTSD construct...- Attitudes toward medical and mental health care delivered via telehealth applications among rural and urban primary care patientsAnouk L Grubaugh
Ralph H Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 196:166-70. 2008..These findings support the feasibility of telehealth applications, particularly for rural patients who may not otherwise receive needed services... - Enhancing patient safety in psychiatric settingsJeffrey J Borckardt
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, USA
J Psychiatr Pract 13:355-61. 2007.... 
US Department of Veterans Affairs disability policies for posttraumatic stress disorder: administrative trends and implications for treatment, rehabilitation, and researchB Christopher Frueh
Department of Psychology, University of Hawai i, Hilo, HI 96720, USA
Am J Public Health 97:2143-5. 2007..Current VA disability policies require fundamental reform to bring them into line with modern science and medicine, including current empirically supported concepts of resilience and psychiatric rehabilitation...- Therapist adherence and competence with manualized cognitive-behavioral therapy for PTSD delivered via videoconferencing technologyB Christopher Frueh
University of Hawai i, Hilo 96720, USA
Behav Modif 31:856-66. 2007..These data further support the use of TP to address shortages in access to mental health care... - Trauma among female veterans: a critical reviewHeidi M Zinzow
National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center, Medical University of South Carolina, SC, USA
Trauma Violence Abuse 8:384-400. 2007..Researchers also are encouraged to employ standardized definitions of trauma and to investigate new areas, such as treatment outcomes and mediators of trauma and health. Policy and practice implications are discussed... - Talk-story: perspectives of children, parents, and community leaders on community violence in rural HawaiiDyanne D Affonso
Clinical Pharmacy Training, College of Pharmacy and Research Infrastructure Minority Institution UHH, University of Hawai i at Hilo, Hilo, Hawaii 96720, USA
Public Health Nurs 24:400-8. 2007..To enhance our understanding of what community violence means to a multiethnic school community in rural Hawaii and obtain people's perspectives of how to deal with and prevent violence-related behaviors among children... - Age differences in posttraumatic stress disorder, psychiatric disorders, and healthcare service use among veterans in Veterans Affairs primary care clinicsB Christopher Frueh
Department of Psychology, University of Hawaii at Hilo, Hilo, HI 96720, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 15:660-72. 2007..To expand our understanding of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) prevalence, its psychiatric characteristics, and service use among elderly veterans in Veterans Affairs (VA) primary care clinics... - Performance characteristics of the posttraumatic stress disorder checklist and SPAN in Veterans Affairs primary care settingsDerik E Yeager
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29452, USA
Gen Hosp Psychiatry 29:294-301. 2007..For this reason, research aimed at improving screening instruments could yield substantial benefits... - A randomized trial of telepsychiatry for post-traumatic stress disorderB Christopher Frueh
Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
J Telemed Telecare 13:142-7. 2007..The results provide preliminary support for the use of telepsychiatry in the treatment of PTSD to improve access to care... - Are there racial differences in the experience of harmful or traumatic events within psychiatric settings?Karen J Cusack
Cecil G Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB 7590, 725 Martin Luther King, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7590, USA
Psychiatr Q 78:101-15. 2007..These racial differences merit further attention to better understand their meaning and to improve mental health services provided to both African-Americans and Caucasian public-sector psychiatric patients... - Racial differences in psychiatric symptom patterns and service use in VA primary care clinicsAnouk L Grubaugh
Ralph H Johnson Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425, USA
Psychiatr Serv 57:410-3. 2006..The purpose of this study was to assess racial differences in psychopathology and service use in a sample of African-American and Caucasian veterans... - Fraudulent claims of combat status in the VA?John M McGrath
Psychiatr Serv 53:345. 2002 - Cognitive-behavioral treatment for PTSD among people with severe mental illness: a proposed treatment modelB Christopher Frueh
Medical University of South Carolina and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Charleston 29401-5799, USA
J Psychiatr Pract 10:26-38. 2004..Special considerations for public-sector consumers with PTSD and SMI are addressed, as are directions for future research... - Discriminating malingered from genuine civilian posttraumatic stress disorder: a validation of three MMPI-2 Infrequency scales (F, Fp, and Fptsd)Jon D Elhai
Disaster Mental Health Institute, University of South Dakota, Vermillion 57069 2390, USA
Assessment 11:139-44. 2004..Analyses demonstrated Fptsd's incremental validity over F but not over Fp. Based on the two studies examining Fptsd, Fptsd may be more appropriate for combat trauma victims, and Fp may be more appropriate for civilian trauma victims... - Trauma history screening in a community mental health centerKaren J Cusack
South Carolina Department of Mental Health, Charleston, South Carolina 29403, USA
Psychiatr Serv 55:157-62. 2004.... - Recent advances in telepsychiatry: an updated reviewJeannine Monnier
Department off Psychiatry, Medical University of South Carolina, Charlesston, South Carolina 29425, USA
Psychiatr Serv 54:1604-9. 2003..Because of this increase, the authors conducted a literature review of telepsychiatry to update a previously published review that covered the years 1970 to 2000... - Service use and satisfaction among elderly former prisoners of war in South CarolinaB Christopher Frueh
Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, SC 29401-5799, USA
Mil Med 168:682-7. 2003.... - Trauma within the psychiatric setting: a preliminary empirical reportKaren J Cusack
South Carolina Department of Mental Health, USA
Adm Policy Ment Health 30:453-60. 2003 - Clinical symptomatology of posttraumatic stress disorder-diagnosed Australian and United States Vietnam combat veterans: an MMPI-2 comparisonJon D Elhai
Disaster Mental Health Institute, University of South Dakota, 414 E. Clark Street, SDU 114, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069-2390, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 191:458-64. 2003..Results suggest that American and Australian Vietnam combat PTSD samples are very similar to each other, with implications for the treatment outcome literature... - Clinical presentations in combat veterans diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorderJon D Elhai
Disaster Mental Heealth Institute, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, 57069 2390, USA
J Clin Psychol 59:385-97. 2003..1990). Clusters also were different in disability-seeking status, employment status, and income. Implications for research and clinical practice using the MMPI-2 with combat veterans presenting with PTSD are briefly addressed... - The Infrequency-Posttraumatic Stress Disorder scale (Fptsd) for the MMPI-2: development and initial validation with veterans presenting with combat-related PTSDJon D Elhai
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina 29401, USA
J Pers Assess 79:531-49. 2002..Clinical implications are discussed concerning the use of Fptsd to assess disability-seeking veterans suspected of overreporting PTSD symptoms... - Racial differences in psychotic symptoms among combat veterans with PTSDB Christopher Frueh
Medical University of South Carolina, Veterans Affairs Medical Center Charleston, South Carolina 29401 5799, USA
Depress Anxiety 16:157-61. 2002..African-Americans with PTSD endorsed more items suggesting positive symptoms of psychosis, without higher rates of primary psychosis, depression, or anxiety than Caucasians... - Replication and expansion of findings related to racial differences in veterans with combat-related PTSDJeannine Monnier
Ralph H. Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Depress Anxiety 16:64-70. 2002..These results suggest that African American and Caucasian veterans with combat-related PTSD do not differ with regard to manifestation or severity of psychopathology... - Treatment-resistant posttraumatic stress disorder: strategies for interventionMark B Hamner
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, USA
CNS Spectr 9:740-52. 2004..This review will address representative existing studies and discuss several potential pharmacologic strategies for patients suffering from treatment-refractory PTSD... - Psychiatric symptoms and health service utilization in rural and urban combat veterans with posttraumatic stress disorderJon D Elhai
Disaster Mental Health Institute, University of South Dakota, Vermillion 57069 2390, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 192:701-4. 2004..Rural combat PTSD patients therefore seem to have similar mental health needs compared with their urban counterparts, with important service delivery implications... - Social anxiety disorder in veterans affairs primary care clinicsTodd B Kashdan
Department of Psychology, George Mason University, MS 3F5, Fairfax, VA 22030, USA
Behav Res Ther 44:233-47. 2006..These results attest to strong relations between SAD and PTSD, the inadequate recognition of SAD in primary care settings, and the significant distress and impairment associated with SAD in veterans... - Subthreshold PTSD in primary care: prevalence, psychiatric disorders, healthcare use, and functional statusAnouk L Grubaugh
VA Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina 29425, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 193:658-64. 2005..These data indicate that clinicians may be overlooking a subset of individuals suffering from subsyndromal PTSD, suggesting the need to detect and serve these individuals better within healthcare settings... - Consumers' perceptions of negative experiences and "sanctuary harm" in psychiatric settingsCynthia S Robins
Westat, Rockville, MD, USA
Psychiatr Serv 56:1134-8. 2005..They also offered suggestions for how the mental health service delivery system might reduce the potential for sanctuary harm experiences... - Research participants and questions about sexual traumaAnouk L Grubaugh
Am J Psychiatry 162:1757-8. 2005 - Remote psychotherapy for terminally ill cancer patientsJeffrey S Cluver
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, SC, USA
J Telemed Telecare 11:157-9. 2005..The study suggests that there may be a role for the delivery of psychotherapy using low-bandwidth videophones... - Prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder in Veterans Affairs primary care clinicsKathryn M Magruder
Mental Health Service, Ralph H Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 109 Bee Street, Charleston, SC 29401 5799, USA
Gen Hosp Psychiatry 27:169-79. 2005..0% vs. 17.8%). Although PTSD(+) patients had more medical record diagnoses than PTSD-negative [PTSD(-)] patients (6.28 vs. 4.95), their use of primary care, urgent care and inpatient care was not different from PTSD(-) patients... - Service utilization among compensation-seeking veteransAnouk L Grubaugh
Medical University of South Carolina, USA
Psychiatr Q 75:333-41. 2004.... - Enhancing patient satisfaction and increasing treatment compliance: patient education as a fundamental component of PTSD treatmentMatt J Gray
Department of Psychology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071 3415, USA
Psychiatr Q 75:321-32. 2004..Participants reported very high satisfaction with services, increased awareness of PTSD treatment options, greater optimism and symptom improvement and enhanced motivation to continue with treatment as a result of attending the group... - PTSD symptoms, demographic characteristics, and functional status among veterans treated in VA primary care clinicsKathryn M Magruder
Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina 29401 5799, USA
J Trauma Stress 17:293-301. 2004..These findings have implications for screening and service delivery in VA primary care clinics, and support the more general finding in the literature that PTSD is associated with impaired functioning... - Multicomponent behavioral treatment for chronic combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder: trauma management therapySamuel M Turner
Maryland Center for Anxiety Disorders, Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 4411, USA
Behav Modif 29:39-69. 2005..The appendix includes a detailed description of how to implement the social and emotional skills training components on a session-by-session basis; the full TMT treatment manual is available on request... - Mental health service use among American Red Cross disaster workers responding to the September 11, 2001 U.S. terrorist attacksJon D Elhai
Disaster Mental Health Institute, University of South Dakota, 414 East Clark Street SDU 114, Vermillion, SD 57069 2390, USA
Psychiatry Res 143:29-34. 2006..Findings support other recent research on MH service use after the September 11 attacks... - An update on the South Carolina trauma initiativeKaren J Cusack
Cecil G Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 725 Airport Rd, CB 7590, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Psychiatr Serv 58:708-10. 2007..In the brief report presented here, the authors describe the past seven years in terms of obstacles encountered, progress, and future directions of this initiative in the hope of providing information and guidance to other state systems... - Anhedonia and emotional numbing in combat veterans with PTSDTodd B Kashdan
Department of Psychology, MS 3F5, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030, USA
Behav Res Ther 44:457-67. 2006..Results were consistent with research on the distinction of appetitive and aversive functioning, providing insight into the nature of PTSD...
Research Grants
- Mentoring/Career Development in PTSD Services ResearchB Frueh; Fiscal Year: 2007..This expertise will better enable him to mentor junior researchers in conducting patient-oriented mental health services research in the future. ..
- Telepsychiatry Service Delivery to Trauma VictimsB Frueh; Fiscal Year: 2004..abstract_text> ..
- MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY TO TRAUMA VICTIMSB Frueh; Fiscal Year: 2003....
- Trauma Within the Psychiatric SettingB Frueh; Fiscal Year: 2003..Measures will be designed to assess sanctuary trauma and harm, general trauma exposure, PTSD symptoms, and psychiatric diagnoses. The obtained data will be analyzed via quantitative and qualitative methods. ..
- Disability Benefits and Service UseB Frueh; Fiscal Year: 2002..This proposal is responsive to Health People 2010 and the Bridging Science and Service report recommendation regarding rehabilitation and interventions (recommendation #9). ..