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| Peter W TuerkSummaryAffiliation: Medical University of South Carolina Country: USA Publications
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Estimating physician effects on glycemic control in the treatment of diabetes: methods, effects sizes, and implications for treatment policyPeter W Tuerk
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29425, USA
Diabetes Care 31:869-73. 2008..A second goal of the study was to investigate whether physician-related effects vary across differential patient characteristics. A tertiary goal was to investigate potential patient-level effects on glucose management...
Prolonged exposure therapy for combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder: an examination of treatment effectiveness for veterans of the wars in Afghanistan and IraqPeter 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...
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...
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 symptomsPeter 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...
Innovative service delivery for secondary prevention of PTSD in at-risk OIF-OEF service men and womenDaniel F Gros
Mental Health Service 116, Ralph H Johnson Veterans Administration Medical Center, Charleston, SC 29401, USA
Contemp Clin Trials 32:122-8. 2011....
Exposure therapy for PTSD delivered to veterans via telehealth: predictors of treatment completion and outcome and comparison to treatment delivered in personDaniel F Gros
Mental Health Service 116, Ralph H Johnson Veterans Administration Medical Center, Charleston, SC 29401, USA
Behav Ther 42:276-83. 2011..Overall, these findings support the utility of telehealth services to provide effective, evidence-based psychotherapies...
Prolonged exposure therapy for combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder: comparing outcomes for veterans of different warsMatthew Yoder
Mental Health Service, Ralph H Johnson VA Medical Center, SC 29401, USA
Psychol Serv 9:16-25. 2012..Questions and issues regarding the effectiveness of evidence based treatment for veterans from different eras are discussed...
More than black and white: differences in predictors of obesity among Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islanders and European AmericansAlok Madan
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 20:1325-8. 2012..Further, these results support the consideration of Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders as a distinct racial/ethnic subgroup separate from other Asian populations...
Perceptions of PTSD research participation among patients with severe mental illnessAnouk L Grubaugh
Ralph H Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, 109 Bee Street, Charleston, SC 29401, USA
Psychiatry Res 200:1071-3. 2012..Most patients viewed their participation favorably and were not significantly distressed, suggesting an adequate benefit of trauma/PTSD research participation in this population...
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...
A Pilot Trial of Neuropsychological Evaluations Conducted via Telemedicine in the Veterans Health AdministrationTravis H Turner
1 Mental Health Service Line, Ralph H Johnson Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina
Telemed J E Health 18:662-7. 2012..Experiences are encouraging and consistent with the broader literature on the acceptance of and satisfaction with clinical videoconferencing. Future studies will assess possible psychometric issues in clinical populations...
