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| Joan M CookSummaryAffiliation: Yale University Country: USA Publications
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Assessment and psychological treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder in older adultsJoan M Cook
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, 19104, USA
J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol 18:61-71. 2005..Explicit suggestions for best practices are made...
Iraq and Afghanistan veterans: national findings from VA residential treatment programsJoan M Cook
Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Psychiatry 76:18-31. 2013..g., physical activity), and adaptations (e.g., inclusion of family; shortened length of stay). Clinical implications for VA managers and policy makers as well as non-VA health care systems and individual health care providers are noted...- A formative evaluation of two evidence-based psychotherapies for PTSD in VA residential treatment programsJoan M Cook
Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06516, USA
J Trauma Stress 26:56-63. 2013..Suggestions for improving the adoption of PE and CPT are noted, including distilling manualized treatments to essential common elements... 
Measurement of a model of implementation for health care: toward a testable theoryJoan M Cook
Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, 950 Campbell Avenue, NEPEC 182, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
Implement Sci 7:59. 2012..The present paper represents a first step in operationalizing Greenhalgh et al.'s model by providing background, rationale, working definitions, and measurement of key constructs...- What do psychotherapists really do in practice? An Internet study of over 2,000 practitionersJoan M Cook
Department of Psychiatry, Yale University, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
Psychotherapy (Chic) 47:260-7. 2010..Efforts to disseminate empirically based therapies require understanding and accommodating clinicians' tendencies to integrate techniques... - Older women survivors of physical and sexual violence: a systematic review of the quantitative literatureJoan M Cook
Yale School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, New Haven, CT 06516, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 20:1075-81. 2011..This systematic review synthesizes the quantitative empirical literature concerning older women survivors of physical and sexual assault... - Imagery rehearsal for posttraumatic nightmares: a randomized controlled trialJoan M Cook
Yale University and National Center for PTSD, 950 Campbell Avenue, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
J Trauma Stress 23:553-63. 2010..Six sessions of imagery rehearsal delivered in group format did not produce substantive improvement in Vietnam War veterans with chronic, severe PTSD. Possible explanations for findings are discussed... - Apples don't fall far from the tree: influences on psychotherapists' adoption and sustained use of new therapiesJoan M Cook
Northeast Program Evaluation Center, Department of Veterans Affairs VA, Connecticut Healthcare System, 950 Campbell Ave, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
Psychiatr Serv 60:671-6. 2009..The purpose of this investigation was to identify influences on the current clinical practices of a broad range of mental health providers as well as influences on their adoption and sustained use of new practices... - Barriers to adoption of new treatments: an internet study of practicing community psychotherapistsJoan M Cook
Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
Adm Policy Ment Health 36:83-90. 2009..Specific ideas for overcoming these barriers are identified... - A content analysis of advertisements for psychotherapy workshops: implications for disseminating empirically supported treatmentsJoan M Cook
Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
J Clin Psychol 64:296-307. 2008..g., use of superlatives and exclamation points). Promotional strategies to advertise psychotherapy workshops can be used to inform the dissemination of empirically supported treatments... - Older primary care patients' willingness to consider discontinuation of chronic benzodiazepinesJoan M Cook
Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
Gen Hosp Psychiatry 29:396-401. 2007..To examine factors related to older primary care patients' willingness to consider tapering/discontinuation of long-term benzodiazepine use... - Suicidal ideation in veterans receiving treatment for opiate dependenceRichard Thompson
Juvenile Protective Association, Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60622, USA
J Psychoactive Drugs 38:149-56. 2006..The implications of these findings are discussed, and frequent screening for suicidal ideation among patients receiving treatment for opiate dependence is recommended... - Influential psychotherapy figures, authors, and books: An Internet survey of over 2,000 psychotherapistsJoan M Cook
Department of Psychiatry, Yale University
Psychotherapy (Chic) 46:42-51. 2009..PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)... - Exposure to trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in older veterans attending primary care: comorbid conditions and self-rated health statusU Nalla B Durai
Department of Psychiatry, Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, School of Medicine, University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 59:1087-92. 2011..Assess the prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptomatology and its association with health characteristics in a geriatric primary care population... - Posttraumatic stress disorder and current relationship functioning among World War II ex-prisoners of warJoan M Cook
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia VA Medical Center, 19104, USA
J Fam Psychol 18:36-45. 2004..Emotional numbing was significantly associated with relationship difficulties independent of other symptom complexes and severity of PTSD. Implications for clinical practice are discussed... - Physicians' perspectives on prescribing benzodiazepines for older adults: a qualitative studyJoan M Cook
Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
J Gen Intern Med 22:303-7. 2007..There is a continued high prevalence of benzodiazepine use by older community-residing adults and of their continued prescription by practitioners, despite well known adverse effects and the availability of safer, effective alternatives... - Older patient perspectives on long-term anxiolytic benzodiazepine use and discontinuation: a qualitative studyJoan M Cook
New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University, 1051 Riverside Drive, Unit 69, New York, NY 10032, USA
J Gen Intern Med 22:1094-100. 2007.... - Dissemination and feasibility of a cognitive-behavioral treatment for substance use disorders and posttraumatic stress disorder in the Veterans AdministrationJoan M Cook
Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
J Psychoactive Drugs 38:89-92. 2006..Recommendations for future dissemination are proposed, including ways VA administration can facilitate this process... - Re-envisioning the training and practice of clinical psychologists: preserving science and research orientations in the face of changeJoan M Cook
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Philadelphia VA Medical Center, USA
J Clin Psychol 61:1191-6. 2005..quot; Deficiencies are noted in the training of scientist-practitioner psychologists for the conduct of clinical trials and the dissemination and sustained implementation of evidence-based interventions... - Organizational measurement and the implementation of innovations in mental health servicesJohn Kimberly
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
Adm Policy Ment Health 35:11-20. 2008..Challenges and opportunities for researchers in measuring key organizational constructs related to implementation in mental health settings are discussed...
Research Grants
- Dissemination of empirically-supported psychotherapiesJoan Cook; Fiscal Year: 2007....