Mark Hamner

Summary

Affiliation: Medical University of South Carolina
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Gabapentin in PTSD: a retrospective, clinical series of adjunctive therapy
    M B Hamner
    Mental Health Service, Ralph H Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina 29401, USA
    Ann Clin Psychiatry 13:141-6. 2001
  2. ncbi A preliminary controlled trial of divalproex in posttraumatic stress disorder
    Mark B Hamner
    Mental Health Service 116, Ralph H Johnson VA Medical Center, 109 Bee Street Charleston, SC 29401, USA
    Ann Clin Psychiatry 21:89-94. 2009
  3. ncbi Quetiapine treatment in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder: an open trial of adjunctive therapy
    Mark B Hamner
    Mental Health Service, Ralph H Johnson VA Medical Center, 109 Bee Street, Charleston, SC 29401, USA
    J Clin Psychopharmacol 23:15-20. 2003
  4. ncbi Emerging roles for atypical antipsychotics in chronic post-traumatic stress disorder
    Mark B Hamner
    Department of Psychiatry, Ralph H Johnson Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29401, USA
    Expert Rev Neurother 5:267-75. 2005
  5. ncbi The effects of atypical antipsychotics on serum prolactin levels
    Mark Hamner
    PTSD Clinic and Clinical Research Section, Ralph H Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina 29403, USA
    Ann Clin Psychiatry 14:163-73. 2002
  6. ncbi Treatment-resistant posttraumatic stress disorder: strategies for intervention
    Mark B Hamner
    Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, USA
    CNS Spectr 9:740-52. 2004
  7. ncbi The relationship between combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder and the 5-HTTLPR/rs25531 polymorphism
    Zhewu Wang
    Ralph H Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
    Depress Anxiety 28:1067-73. 2011
  8. ncbi Substance use and schizophrenia: adverse correlates in the CATIE study sample
    Karin E Kerfoot
    Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
    Schizophr Res 132:177-82. 2011
  9. ncbi Elderly veterans with combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder in specialty care
    B 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
  10. ncbi Diagnosis and treatment of PTSD-related compulsive checking behaviors in veterans of the Iraq war: the influence of military context on the expression of PTSD symptoms
    Peter W Tuerk
    Charleston VAMC, Mental Health 116, 109 Bee St, Charleston, SC 29401, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 166:762-7. 2009

Detail Information

Publications24

  1. ncbi Gabapentin in PTSD: a retrospective, clinical series of adjunctive therapy
    M B Hamner
    Mental Health Service, Ralph H Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina 29401, USA
    Ann Clin Psychiatry 13:141-6. 2001
    ..Prospective, controlled studies are needed to further investigate the effects of gabapentin on insomnia, nightmares, and other core PTSD symptoms...
  2. ncbi A preliminary controlled trial of divalproex in posttraumatic stress disorder
    Mark B Hamner
    Mental Health Service 116, Ralph H Johnson VA Medical Center, 109 Bee Street Charleston, SC 29401, USA
    Ann Clin Psychiatry 21:89-94. 2009
    ..The objective of this study was to conduct a placebo-controlled study of the efficacy and tolerability of divalproex in chronic PTSD patients...
  3. ncbi Quetiapine treatment in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder: an open trial of adjunctive therapy
    Mark B Hamner
    Mental Health Service, Ralph H Johnson VA Medical Center, 109 Bee Street, Charleston, SC 29401, USA
    J Clin Psychopharmacol 23:15-20. 2003
    ..Studies utilizing a randomized, controlled trial design and larger sample sizes are needed to better define the potential role of quetiapine and other atypical antipsychotics in the treatment of PTSD...
  4. ncbi Emerging roles for atypical antipsychotics in chronic post-traumatic stress disorder
    Mark B Hamner
    Department of Psychiatry, Ralph H Johnson Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29401, USA
    Expert Rev Neurother 5:267-75. 2005
    ..Currently, possible indications for their use include treatment-resistant post-traumatic stress disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder with comorbid psychotic features...
  5. ncbi The effects of atypical antipsychotics on serum prolactin levels
    Mark Hamner
    PTSD Clinic and Clinical Research Section, Ralph H Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina 29403, USA
    Ann Clin Psychiatry 14:163-73. 2002
    ..It concludes with an overview of the effects of specific atypical antipsychotics on prolactin levels in patients with schizophrenia...
  6. ncbi Treatment-resistant posttraumatic stress disorder: strategies for intervention
    Mark 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...
  7. ncbi The relationship between combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder and the 5-HTTLPR/rs25531 polymorphism
    Zhewu Wang
    Ralph H Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
    Depress Anxiety 28:1067-73. 2011
    ..This study investigated the role of the 5-HTTLPR polymorphism, triallelically classified, in a sample of combat veterans with and without PTSD...
  8. ncbi Substance use and schizophrenia: adverse correlates in the CATIE study sample
    Karin E Kerfoot
    Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
    Schizophr Res 132:177-82. 2011
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  9. ncbi Elderly veterans with combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder in specialty care
    B 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
  10. ncbi Diagnosis and treatment of PTSD-related compulsive checking behaviors in veterans of the Iraq war: the influence of military context on the expression of PTSD symptoms
    Peter W Tuerk
    Charleston VAMC, Mental Health 116, 109 Bee St, Charleston, SC 29401, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 166:762-7. 2009
    ..Thus, clinicians and researchers must remain cognizant of how theater-specific duties influence the manifestation and treatment of PTSD in order to provide optimal care to a new generation of veterans...
  11. ncbi Neurocognitive functioning in posttraumatic stress disorder
    Michael David Horner
    Mental Health Service, Ralph H Johnson Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina 29401, USA
    Neuropsychol Rev 12:15-30. 2002
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  12. ncbi Open-label trial of escitalopram in the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder
    Sophie Robert
    Mental Health Service, Ralph H Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, SC 29401, USA
    J Clin Psychiatry 67:1522-6. 2006
    ..Its S-enantiomer escitalopram, which may have faster onset and greater magnitude of effect than citalopram in other conditions, has not yet been investigated in PTSD...
  13. ncbi Documented combat exposure of US veterans seeking treatment for combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder
    B 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...
  14. ncbi Racial differences in psychotic symptoms among combat veterans with PTSD
    B 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...
  15. ncbi Neural correlates of speech anticipatory anxiety in generalized social phobia
    Jeffrey P Lorberbaum
    Department of Psychiatry and Center for Advanced Imaging, Medical University of South Carolina Charleston MUSC, SC 29425, USA
    Neuroreport 15:2701-5. 2004
    ..Phobics may become so anxious, they cannot think clearly or vice versa...
  16. ncbi Prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder in Veterans Affairs primary care clinics
    Kathryn 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...
  17. ncbi A randomized trial of telepsychiatry for post-traumatic stress disorder
    B 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...
  18. ncbi Comparison of antipsychotic medication effects on reducing violence in people with schizophrenia
    Jeffrey W Swanson
    Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, 905 West Main Street, Durham, NC 27710, USA
    Br J Psychiatry 193:37-43. 2008
    ..Violence is an uncommon but significant problem associated with schizophrenia...
  19. ncbi Prolonged exposure therapy for combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder: an examination of treatment effectiveness for veterans of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq
    Peter W Tuerk
    Ralph H Johnson VA Medical Center, Mental Health Service, Charleston, SC 29401, United States
    J Anxiety Disord 25:397-403. 2011
    ..Results indicate that PE in regular VA mental healthcare contexts can be as effective as when implemented in carefully conducted RCTs...
  20. ncbi Service use and satisfaction among elderly former prisoners of war in South Carolina
    B Christopher Frueh
    Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, SC 29401-5799, USA
    Mil Med 168:682-7. 2003
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  21. ncbi A potential role for thalamocingulate circuitry in human maternal behavior
    Jeffrey P Lorberbaum
    Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29425, USA
    Biol Psychiatry 51:431-45. 2002
    ..CONCLUSIONS: Our results partially support our hypotheses and are generally consistent with neuroanatomical studies of rodent maternal behavior...
  22. ncbi Clinical presentations in combat veterans diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder
    Jon 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...
  23. ncbi Quetiapine improves sleep disturbances in combat veterans with PTSD: sleep data from a prospective, open-label study
    Sophie Robert
    J Clin Psychopharmacol 25:387-8. 2005
  24. ncbi Baseline use of concomitant psychotropic medications to treat schizophrenia in the CATIE trial
    Miranda H Chakos
    Department of Psychiatry, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, 11572, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 57:1094-101. 2006
    ..CONCLUSIONS: Concomitant use of psychotropic medications to treat people with schizophrenia is common. Empirical data demonstrating the effectiveness of many of these agents for this population are lacking...