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| Shannon E McCaslinSummaryAffiliation: University of California Country: USA Publications
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The relationship of posttraumatic growth to peritraumatic reactions and posttraumatic stress symptoms among Sri Lankan university studentsShannon E McCaslin
San Francisco Veterans Administration Medical Center, Mental Health Service, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
J Trauma Stress 22:334-9. 2009..Results suggest that moderate levels of peritraumatic dissociation and symptoms are most associated with the greatest levels of growth...
Trait dissociation predicts posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in a prospective study of urban police officersShannon E McCaslin
Mental Health Service, San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, California 94121, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 196:912-8. 2008....
The impact of personal threat on police officers' responses to critical incident stressorsShannon E McCaslin
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 194:591-7. 2006..Results suggest that greater personal threat during a CI may place an officer at greater risk for subsequent distress...
Alexithymia and PTSD symptoms in urban police officers: cross-sectional and prospective findingsShannon E McCaslin
Psychiatry Service, San Francisco Veterans Administration Medical Center, CA 94121, USA
J Trauma Stress 19:361-73. 2006..In prospective analyses, alexithymia scores significantly predicted 9/11-related PTSD symptom severity over and above pre-9/11 PTSD symptoms...
Cortisol awakening response prospectively predicts peritraumatic and acute stress reactions in police officersSabra S Inslicht
PTSD Research Program, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 4150 Clement Street 116P, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
Biol Psychiatry 70:1055-62. 2011..However, few studies have prospectively examined the relationships among pre-exposure hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal activity, acute stress reactions and PTSD...
Association between alexithymia and neuroendocrine response to psychological stress in police academy recruitsShannon E McCaslin
PTSD Research Program, University of California, San Francisco, VAMC 4150 Clement Street 116P, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1071:425-7. 2006..Alexithymia scores were negatively associated with catecholamine response to the video challenge but no association was found between alexithymia scores and cortisol reactivity...
Routine work environment stress and PTSD symptoms in police officersShira Maguen
San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 197:754-60. 2009..Ensuring that the work environment is functioning optimally protects against the effects of duty-related critical incidents and negative life events outside police service...
Family psychiatric history, peritraumatic reactivity, and posttraumatic stress symptoms: a prospective study of policeSabra S Inslicht
San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
J Psychiatr Res 44:22-31. 2010..Family history of psychiatric and substance use disorders has been associated with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in cross-sectional studies...
Pretraumatic prolonged elevation of salivary MHPG predicts peritraumatic distress and symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorderBrigitte A Apfel
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
J Psychiatr Res 45:735-41. 2011..Prolonged elevation of salivary MHPG in response to a laboratory stressor marks a predisposition to experience higher levels of peritraumatic distress and subsequently more PTSD symptoms following critical incident exposure...
Increased cortisol in women with intimate partner violence-related posttraumatic stress disorderSabra S Inslicht
Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 4150 Clement Street 116P, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1071:428-9. 2006..Cortisol was elevated in women with lifetime PTSD compared to controls. No differences were found for platelet catecholamines...
Predictors of posttraumatic stress in police and other first respondersCharles R Marmar
San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 4150 Clement St 116 P, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1071:1-18. 2006..Next steps in this line of research will be to test this model prospectively in a sample of 400 police academy recruits assessed during training and currently being followed for the first 2 years of police service...
Adaptation effects to sleep studies in participants with and without chronic posttraumatic stress disorderEllen Herbst
Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
Psychophysiology 47:1127-33. 2010..The results suggest that the FNE is related to adaptation to the combination of the hospital environment and the recording equipment...
Prior night sleep duration is associated with psychomotor vigilance in a healthy sample of police academy recruitsThomas C Neylan
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
Chronobiol Int 27:1493-508. 2010..These findings demonstrate the feasibility of detecting sleep and circadian effects on cognitive performance in large field studies. These findings have implications regarding the daytime functioning of police officers...
Increased cortisol in women with intimate partner violence-related posttraumatic stress disorderSabra S Inslicht
Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh Sennott Square, 3rd Floor, 210 S Bouquet Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
Psychoneuroendocrinology 31:825-38. 2006..Alterations of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis function and sympathetic-adrenal activity have been proposed as key factors in biological models of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)...
Killing and latent classes of PTSD symptoms in Iraq and Afghanistan veteransShira Maguen
San Francisco VA Medical Center and University of California, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
J Affect Disord 145:344-8. 2013..Our goal was to better understand distinct PTSD symptom presentations in Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans (N=227) and to determine whether those who killed in war were at risk for being in the most symptomatic class...
