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Species | DEAN GAINES KILPATRICKSummaryAffiliation: Medical University of South Carolina Country: USA Publications
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Risk factors for adolescent substance abuse and dependence: data from a national sampleD G Kilpatrick
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina 29425 0742, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 68:19-30. 2000....
Should PTSD Criterion A be retained?Dean G Kilpatrick
National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
J Trauma Stress 22:374-83. 2009..Specific recommendations are to retain Criterion A; permit additional events; consider expanding Criterion A2; consider that either Criterion A1 or A2 be met; and place greater emphasis on Criterion F...- 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.... - 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... - Confounding the critics: the Dohrenwend and colleagues reexamination of the National Vietnam Veteran Readjustment StudyDean G Kilpatrick
National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
J Trauma Stress 20:487-93. 2007..The proper role of science and public policy, the importance of reporting findings accurately, and placing findings in proper perspective are discussed... - Mental health correlates of the victim-perpetrator relationship among interpersonally victimized adolescentsSteven R Lawyer
Medical University of South Carolina, USA
J Interpers Violence 21:1333-53. 2006..Adolescents who were physically assaulted by a family member were at increased risk for PTSD. Explanations for the findings and the need for consistent assessment methods across related studies are discussed... 
Prevalence and correlates of dating violence in a national sample of adolescentsKate B Wolitzky-Taylor
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
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 47:755-62. 2008..This study sought to examine the lifetime prevalence of serious forms of dating violence in 12- to 17- year-olds, risk and protective factors associated with dating violence, and the relation between dating violence and mental health...- A prospective examination of PTSD symptoms as risk factors for subsequent exposure to potentially traumatic events among womenJesse R Cougle
National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
J Abnorm Psychol 118:405-11. 2009..Findings suggest that efforts to prevent PTEs should focus attention on both prior exposure and PTSD symptoms in response to such exposure... - Assault, psychiatric diagnoses, and sociodemographic variables in relation to help-seeking behavior in a national sample of womenSarah F Lewis
National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
J Trauma Stress 18:97-105. 2005..Implications for helping professionals and public education programs are discussed... - The relationship between distress and resource loss following rapeJeannine Monnier
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425, USA
Violence Vict 17:85-91. 2002..These results suggest that distress may be an underlying mechanism for resource loss in victims of sexual assault... - Forcible, drug-facilitated, and incapacitated rape in relation to substance use problems: results from a national sample of college womenJenna McCauley
National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center, PO Box 250852, 165 Cannon Street, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, United States
Addict Behav 34:458-62. 2009..Findings have implications for secondary prevention and call for continued differentiation in assessment of rape type... - 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... - Mental health and rape history in relation to non-medical use of prescription drugs in a national sample of womenJenna L McCauley
National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center, P O Box 250852, 165 Cannon St, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, United States
Addict Behav 34:641-8. 2009..Trauma-focused interventions for drug or alcohol facilitated rape victims should include treatment or prevention modules that specifically address NMUPD... - 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... - Relations among gender, violence exposure, and mental health: the national survey of adolescentsRochelle F Hanson
National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
Am J Orthopsychiatry 78:313-21. 2008..It thus appears that the pathways for developing PTSD may be different for male and female victims of sexual abuse. Implications for interventions and future research are discussed... - 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... - Prevalence and correlates of drug/alcohol-facilitated and incapacitated sexual assault in a nationally representative sample of adolescent girlsJenna L McCauley
National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center, Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol 38:295-300. 2009.... - 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... - Adolescent distress in traumatic stress research: data from the National Survey of Adolescents-ReplicationKristyn Zajac
National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
J Trauma Stress 24:226-9. 2011..Significantly more girls (7.5%) reported distress than boys (3.9%). Findings suggest that survey questions about trauma pose minimal risk to adolescents... - Prevalence and correlates of service utilization and help seeking in a national college sample of female rape victimsAnanda B Amstadter
Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
J Anxiety Disord 24:900-2. 2010..Health promotion campaigns are needed to target substance abusing and depressed rape victims, who were less likely to seek help... - Has adolescent suicidality decreased in the United States? Data from two national samples of adolescents interviewed in 1995 and 2005Kate B Wolitzky-Taylor
National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center, Medical University of South Carolina, 67 President Street, MSC861, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol 39:64-76. 2010.... - Incapacitated, forcible, and drug/alcohol-facilitated rape in relation to binge drinking, marijuana use, and illicit drug use: a national surveyJenna L McCauley
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
J Trauma Stress 23:132-40. 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... - 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.... - 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... - Risky behaviors and depression in conjunction with--or in the absence of--lifetime history of PTSD among sexually abused adolescentsCarla Kmett Danielson
National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
Child Maltreat 15:101-7. 2010..However, there were no differences between adolescents with and without a history of PTSD in reported problematic substance use. Findings highlight the need for comprehensive trauma-informed interventions for CSA-exposed adolescents... - 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... - The role of traumatic event history in non-medical use of prescription drugs among a nationally representative sample of US adolescentsJenna L McCauley
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, 29425 USA
J Child Psychol Psychiatry 51:84-93. 2010.... - Trauma-related risk factors for substance abuse among male versus female young adultsCarla Kmett Danielson
National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, United States
Addict Behav 34:395-9. 2009..In the full sample, 29.1% met criteria for substance abuse. Trauma-related risk factors for alcohol and drug abuse differed for men and women. Clinical implications of these results are discussed... - Service utilization and help seeking in a national sample of female rape victimsAnanda B Amstadter
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, National Crime Victims Center, 165 Cannon St, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
Psychiatr Serv 59:1450-7. 2008..This study examined various forms of help seeking for emotional problems in relation to key variables in a national sample of female rape victims... - A longitudinal investigation of interpersonal violence in relation to mental health and substance useKristina A Hedtke
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical Universityof South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 76:633-47. 2008..Greater understanding of the cumulative impact of violence exposure will inform service provision for individuals at high risk... - Correlates of adolescent reports of sexual assault: findings from the National Survey of AdolescentsRochelle F Hanson
National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425, USA
Child Maltreat 8:261-72. 2003..Separate regression models examining correlates of CSA disclosure yielded differences as a function of gender and race/ethnicity... - PTSD symptom severity as a predictor of cue-elicited drug craving in victims of violent crimeMichael E Saladin
College of Health Professions, Medical University of South Carolina, 77 President Street, Suite 117, PO Box 250700, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
Addict Behav 28:1611-29. 2003..The results are discussed in the context of current research, theory, and clinical practice... - 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.... - 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... - Child maltreatment in depressed adolescents: differences in symptomatology based on history of abuseCarla Kmett Danielson
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
Child Maltreat 10:37-48. 2005..Implications for the clinical assessment and treatment of depressed adolescents with regard to abuse history are discussed... - 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... - Relations among parental substance use, violence exposure and mental health: the national survey of adolescentsRochelle F Hanson
National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, USA
Addict Behav 31:1988-2001. 2006..To study the relations among parental substance use, violence exposure and psychopathology in a nationally representative sample of adolescents... - 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... - 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... - Comparison of two widely used PTSD-screening instruments: implications for public mental health planningKenneth J Ruggiero
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
J Trauma Stress 19:699-707. 2006..The PCL yielded higher prevalence estimates at the symptom, cluster, and diagnostic levels. Implications for the interpretation of epidemiological data are discussed... - 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.... - 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 factors for suicidal behavior among a national sample of adolescents: implications for preventionAngela E Waldrop
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
J Trauma Stress 20:869-79. 2007..Suicide attempts were associated with female gender, age, sexual and physical assault, lifetime substance abuse or dependence, PTSD, and depression. Implications for intervention and prevention are discussed... - Do urban adolescents become desensitized to community violence? Data from a national surveyMichael R McCart
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
Am J Orthopsychiatry 77:434-42. 2007..Results provided minimal support for the desensitization hypothesis and revealed increasing levels of PTSD symptoms and delinquent behaviors among boys and girls exposed to higher levels of all three violence types... - 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... - Interpersonal victimization, posttraumatic stress disorder, and change in adolescent substance use prevalence over a ten-year periodMichael R McCart
Family Services Research Center, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol 40:136-43. 2011.... - Is disclosure of childhood rape associated with mental health outcome? Results from the National Women's StudyKenneth J Ruggiero
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425, USA
Child Maltreat 9:62-77. 2004..Delayed disclosure remained associated with PTSD after controlling for demographic and rape characteristics. Patterns of disclosure were not associated with past-year substance-use problems... - Interpersonal violence and public policy: what about the victims?Dean G Kilpatrick
National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, USA
J Law Med Ethics 32:73-81. 2004 - 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.... - Variables differentiating singly and multiply victimized youth: results from the National Survey of Adolescents and implications for secondary preventionTomika N Stevens
Medical University of South Carolina, 165 Cannon St, Charleston 29425, USA
Child Maltreat 10:211-23. 2005..Findings imply that secondary prevention programs may be strengthened by broadening risk-reduction strategies to address a greater range of victimization experiences. Additional implications for secondary prevention are discussed... - What is violence against women: defining and measuring the problemDean G Kilpatrick
National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, USA
J Interpers Violence 19:1209-34. 2004.... - The relations between family environment and violence exposure among youth: findings from the national survey of adolescentsRochelle F Hanson
National Crime Victim's Research and Treatment Center, Medical University of South Carolina, USA
Child Maltreat 11:3-15. 2006..Future research is needed to further examine these complex interrelationships and their associations with adolescent outcomes...
Research Grants
- Youth Violence Exposure: A National Longitudinal StudyDean Kilpatrick; Fiscal Year: 2007....
- The Psychobiology of Trauma and Resilience Across the LIfespanDean Kilpatrick; Fiscal Year: 2007..The proposed efforts are consistent with the NIMH mission of reducing the public health burden of mental disorders by looking for cures and strategic preventions.. ..
- Child and Adult Trauma Victims: A Training ProgramDean Kilpatrick; Fiscal Year: 2007....
- Disaster Research Education and Mentoring CenterDean Kilpatrick; Fiscal Year: 2007....