C A Morgan

Summary

Affiliation: Yale University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Misinformation can influence memory for recently experienced, highly stressful events
    C A Morgan
    Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, United States
    Int J Law Psychiatry 36:11-7. 2013
  2. ncbi Accuracy of eyewitness memory for persons encountered during exposure to highly intense stress
    Charles A Morgan
    Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, Connecticut Mental Health Center, Law and Psychiatry Division, 34 Park Street, New Haven, CT 06519-1187, USA
    Int J Law Psychiatry 27:265-79. 2004
  3. ncbi Stress-induced deficits in working memory and visuo-constructive abilities in Special Operations soldiers
    Charles A Morgan
    National Center for PTSD, VA Connecticut Healthcare Systems, West Haven, 06516, USA
    Biol Psychiatry 60:722-9. 2006
  4. ncbi The impact of burnout on human physiology and on operational performance: a prospective study of soldiers enrolled in the combat diver qualification course
    C A Morgan
    Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
    Yale J Biol Med 75:199-205. 2002
  5. ncbi Accuracy of eyewitness identification is significantly associated with performance on a standardized test of face recognition
    Charles A Morgan
    Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, USA
    Int J Law Psychiatry 30:213-23. 2007
  6. ncbi Relationships among plasma dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate and cortisol levels, symptoms of dissociation, and objective performance in humans exposed to acute stress
    Charles A Morgan
    National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Veterans Affairs New England Healthcare System, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
    Arch Gen Psychiatry 61:819-25. 2004
  7. ncbi Relationships among plasma dehydroepiandrosterone and dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate, cortisol, symptoms of dissociation, and objective performance in humans exposed to underwater navigation stress
    Charles A Morgan
    Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
    Biol Psychiatry 66:334-40. 2009
  8. ncbi Efficacy of forensic statement analysis in distinguishing truthful from deceptive eyewitness accounts of highly stressful events
    Charles A Morgan
    Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, 234 Church Street, Suite 301, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
    J Forensic Sci 56:1227-34. 2011
  9. ncbi Symptoms of dissociation in humans experiencing acute, uncontrollable stress: a prospective investigation
    C A Morgan
    Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 158:1239-47. 2001
  10. ncbi Relationship among plasma cortisol, catecholamines, neuropeptide Y, and human performance during exposure to uncontrollable stress
    C A Morgan
    Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
    Psychosom Med 63:412-22. 2001

Detail Information

Publications32

  1. ncbi Misinformation can influence memory for recently experienced, highly stressful events
    C A Morgan
    Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, United States
    Int J Law Psychiatry 36:11-7. 2013
    ....
  2. ncbi Accuracy of eyewitness memory for persons encountered during exposure to highly intense stress
    Charles A Morgan
    Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, Connecticut Mental Health Center, Law and Psychiatry Division, 34 Park Street, New Haven, CT 06519-1187, USA
    Int J Law Psychiatry 27:265-79. 2004
  3. ncbi Stress-induced deficits in working memory and visuo-constructive abilities in Special Operations soldiers
    Charles A Morgan
    National Center for PTSD, VA Connecticut Healthcare Systems, West Haven, 06516, USA
    Biol Psychiatry 60:722-9. 2006
    ..This study was designed to clarify the nature of stress-induced cognitive deficits in soldiers and how such deficits may contribute to operational or battlefield errors...
  4. ncbi The impact of burnout on human physiology and on operational performance: a prospective study of soldiers enrolled in the combat diver qualification course
    C A Morgan
    Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
    Yale J Biol Med 75:199-205. 2002
  5. ncbi Accuracy of eyewitness identification is significantly associated with performance on a standardized test of face recognition
    Charles A Morgan
    Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, USA
    Int J Law Psychiatry 30:213-23. 2007
    ..This study assessed the relationship between Eyewitness Accuracy regarding a person met under conditions of high stress and performance on a standardized, neutral test of memory for human faces...
  6. ncbi Relationships among plasma dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate and cortisol levels, symptoms of dissociation, and objective performance in humans exposed to acute stress
    Charles A Morgan
    National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Veterans Affairs New England Healthcare System, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
    Arch Gen Psychiatry 61:819-25. 2004
    ..Recently, a growing body of research has provided evidence that dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEA-S) is involved in an organism's response to stress and that it may provide beneficial behavioral and neurotrophic effects...
  7. ncbi Relationships among plasma dehydroepiandrosterone and dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate, cortisol, symptoms of dissociation, and objective performance in humans exposed to underwater navigation stress
    Charles A Morgan
    Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
    Biol Psychiatry 66:334-40. 2009
    ....
  8. ncbi Efficacy of forensic statement analysis in distinguishing truthful from deceptive eyewitness accounts of highly stressful events
    Charles A Morgan
    Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, 234 Church Street, Suite 301, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
    J Forensic Sci 56:1227-34. 2011
    ..The classification accuracy using FSA techniques was 82%. FSA methods may be effective in real-world circumstances and have relevance to professionals in law enforcement, security, and criminal justice...
  9. ncbi Symptoms of dissociation in humans experiencing acute, uncontrollable stress: a prospective investigation
    C A Morgan
    Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 158:1239-47. 2001
    ..The current study was designed to assess the nature and prevalence of dissociative symptoms in healthy humans experiencing acute, uncontrollable stress during U.S. Army survival training...
  10. ncbi Relationship among plasma cortisol, catecholamines, neuropeptide Y, and human performance during exposure to uncontrollable stress
    C A Morgan
    Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
    Psychosom Med 63:412-22. 2001
    ..This study explored the idea that differences in the neurobiological responses of individuals exposed to threat are significantly related to psychological and behavioral indices...
  11. ncbi Anniversary reactions in Gulf War veterans: a follow-up inquiry 6 years after the war
    C A Morgan
    Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 156:1075-9. 1999
    ..The goal of this study was to assess the occurrence of anniversary reactions in Gulf War veterans 6 years after the conclusion of the war...
  12. ncbi Decreased respiratory sinus arrhythmia in individuals with deceptive intent
    Deane E Aikins
    Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, West Haven, Connecticut, USA
    Psychophysiology 47:633-6. 2010
    ..The results show that a decrease in RSA recorded during the cognitive testing was greater in individuals who were about to commit a deceptive act...
  13. ncbi Twenty-four-hour urine cortisol in combat veterans with PTSD and comorbid borderline personality disorder
    Steven M Southwick
    Clinical Neurosciences Division, National Center for PTSD (116-A, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, 950 Campbell Avenue, West Haven, Connecticut 06516, USA
    J Nerv Ment Dis 191:261-2. 2003
  14. ncbi Relation between cardiac vagal tone and performance in male military personnel exposed to high stress: three prospective studies
    C A Morgan
    Department of Psychiatry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
    Psychophysiology 44:120-7. 2007
    ..The data suggest that vagal suppression is associated with enhanced performance under conditions of high stress and that this enhanced performance may be related to emotion regulation and cognitive functioning...
  15. ncbi Effect of darkness on acoustic startle in Vietnam veterans with PTSD
    C Grillon
    Connecticut VA Medical Center, New Haven, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 155:812-7. 1998
    ..Prepulse inhibition was also investigated...
  16. ncbi Psychosocial buffers of traumatic stress, depressive symptoms, and psychosocial difficulties in veterans of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom: the role of resilience, unit support, and postdeployment social support
    Robert H Pietrzak
    Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT 06510, USA
    J Spec Oper Med 9:74-8. 2009
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  17. ncbi An increased capacity for adrenal DHEA release is associated with decreased avoidance and negative mood symptoms in women with PTSD
    Ann M Rasmusson
    Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine and VA National Center for PTSD, Clinical Neuroscience Division, VA Boston Healthcare System, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
    Neuropsychopharmacology 29:1546-57. 2004
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  18. ncbi Sleep quality in treatment-seeking veterans of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom: the role of cognitive coping strategies and unit cohesion
    Robert H Pietrzak
    Resilience Laboratory, Clinical Neurosciences Division, National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
    J Psychosom Res 69:441-8. 2010
    ..This study examined the severity and correlates of sleep difficulties in a sample of treatment-seeking veterans of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom (OEF-OIF)...
  19. ncbi Posttraumatic growth in Veterans of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom
    Robert H Pietrzak
    National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Resilience Laboratory, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA
    J Affect Disord 126:230-5. 2010
    ..While these studies help characterize the deleterious effects of combat, no known study has examined factors that may enhance posttraumatic growth or positive changes experienced as a result of combat in this population...
  20. ncbi The neuroendocrinology of posttraumatic stress disorder: new directions
    Ann M Rasmusson
    Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
    CNS Spectr 8:651-6, 665-7. 2003
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  21. ncbi Trauma exposure rather than posttraumatic stress disorder is associated with reduced baseline plasma neuropeptide-Y levels
    Charles A Morgan
    National Center for PTSD, VA Connecticut Healthcare Systems, West Haven, Connecticut 06516, USA
    Biol Psychiatry 54:1087-91. 2003
    ..Future studies must determine if neuropeptide-Y reactivity differentiates trauma-exposed individuals with and without posttraumatic stress disorder...
  22. ncbi Psychosocial buffers of traumatic stress, depressive symptoms, and psychosocial difficulties in veterans of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom: the role of resilience, unit support, and postdeployment social support
    Robert H Pietrzak
    National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA
    J Affect Disord 120:188-92. 2010
    ....
  23. ncbi Neuropeptide-Y, cortisol, and subjective distress in humans exposed to acute stress: replication and extension of previous report
    Charles A Morgan
    National Center for PTSD, 116A, VA Connecticut Healthcare Systems, West Haven, Connecticut 06516, USA
    Biol Psychiatry 52:136-42. 2002
    ..These data also replicate our previous finding that greater levels of NPY release are associated with less psychologic distress suggesting that NPY confers anxiolytic activity...
  24. ncbi Relationship of enhanced norepinephrine activity during memory consolidation to enhanced long-term memory in humans
    Steven M Southwick
    Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, CT, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 159:1420-2. 2002
    ..The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of enhanced noradrenergic activity on memory consolidation in humans...
  25. ncbi Cohesion, burnout, and past trauma in tri-service medical and support personnel
    Julia M Whealin
    National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, VA Pacific Health Care System, 3375 Koapaka Street, Suite 1 560, Honolulu, HI 96819, USA
    Mil Med 172:266-72. 2007
    ..Results showed that history of trauma was correlated with poorer view of officers and higher levels on two components of burnout. We discuss how findings can apply to prevention and early intervention efforts...
  26. ncbi Toward early pharmacological posttraumatic stress intervention
    Charles A Morgan
    Clinical Neurosciences Division, VA National Center for PTSD, West Haven, Connecticut, USA
    Biol Psychiatry 53:834-43. 2003
    ..To date there is almost no empirical data on effective pharmacologic interventions in the immediate aftermath of extreme psychological trauma. As a result, much of what is discussed in this review is speculative in nature..
  27. ncbi Effect of carbohydrate administration on recovery from stress-induced deficits in cognitive function: a double-blind, placebo-controlled study of soldiers exposed to survival school stress
    Charles A Morgan
    Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, 300 George Street, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
    Mil Med 174:132-8. 2009
    ..Subjects received either a 6% CHO (35.1 kJ/kg), 12% CHO (70.2 kJ/kg), or placebo beverage in four isovolemic doses. In the morning of the following day, all subjects participated in a second assessment of cognitive functioning...
  28. ncbi Severe decrements in cognition function and mood induced by sleep loss, heat, dehydration, and undernutrition during simulated combat
    Harris R Lieberman
    Military Nutrition Division, U S Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Natick, MA, USA
    Biol Psychiatry 57:422-9. 2005
    ..Military exercises generate high levels of stress to simulate combat, providing a unique opportunity to examine cognitive and physiologic responses of normal humans to acute stress...
  29. ncbi Dissociation, hardiness, and performance in military cadets participating in survival training
    Jarle Eid
    Department of Psychosocial Science, University of Bergen, Norway
    Mil Med 171:436-42. 2006
    ..The present data indicate that individual differences in attribution style and in a propensity to dissociate significantly affect military performance during exposure to high stress situations...
  30. ncbi The fog of war: decrements in cognitive performance and mood associated with combat-like stress
    Harris R Lieberman
    Military Nutrition Division, US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Natick, MA 01760 5007, USA
    Aviat Space Environ Med 76:C7-14. 2005
    ..Anecdotal reports from military conflicts suggest cognitive performance and mood are severely degraded by the stress of combat. However, little objective information is available to confirm these observations...
  31. ncbi Benzodiazepines have no effect on fear-potentiated startle in humans
    Johanna M P Baas
    Mood and Anxiety Disorder Program, NIMH, NIH, 15k North Drive MSC 2670, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    Psychopharmacology (Berl) 161:233-47. 2002
    ..Pre-clinical and clinical investigations have provided a great deal of evidence that the fear-potentiated startle paradigm represents a valid model for the objective assessment of emotional states of anxiety and fear...
  32. ncbi Smaller head of the hippocampus in Gulf War-related posttraumatic stress disorder
    Meena Vythilingam
    Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, National Institute of Mental Health, MAP, 15K North Drive, Room 111, MSC 2670, Bethesda, MD 20892 2670, USA
    Psychiatry Res 139:89-99. 2005
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