2023
Clinical Outcomes of Veterans Affairs Residential PTSD Treatment for PTSD and Depressive Symptoms: 1-Year Follow-Up Outcomes and Gender Differences
Gross G, Spiller T, Carretta R, Sippel L, Smith N, Harpaz-Rotem I. Clinical Outcomes of Veterans Affairs Residential PTSD Treatment for PTSD and Depressive Symptoms: 1-Year Follow-Up Outcomes and Gender Differences. Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice And Policy 2023, 15: 1406-1415. PMID: 37199985, DOI: 10.1037/tra0001494.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPosttraumatic stress disorderResidential Rehabilitation Treatment ProgramDepressive symptomsWomen veteransTime pointsTreatment gainsRehabilitation treatment programResidential treatmentDepressive symptom severityGreater symptom reductionFirst national investigationLong-term effectivenessResidential PTSD treatmentClinical outcomesYear postdischargeUp OutcomesSymptom reductionPTSD treatmentSymptom changeSymptom severitySymptomsTreatment programStress disorderPTSD symptomsLinear mixed modelsMilitary Sexual Trauma and its Association with Mental Health Among Sexual Minority and Heterosexual Veterans in the United States
Webermann A, Merians A, Gross G, Portnoy G, Rosen M, Pietrzak R. Military Sexual Trauma and its Association with Mental Health Among Sexual Minority and Heterosexual Veterans in the United States. LGBT Health 2023, 10: s61-s69. PMID: 37754922, DOI: 10.1089/lgbt.2023.0074.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMental health symptomsMilitary sexual traumaHealth symptomsHeterosexual veteransCurrent drug use disordersCurrent mental health symptomsCurrent posttraumatic stress disorderMultivariable logistic regressionDrug use disordersPrevalence of MSTMilitary characteristicsSexual traumaPosttraumatic stress disorderRepresentative web-based surveyHigh prevalenceUse disordersU.S. veteransWeb-based surveySociodemographic characteristicsSymptomsBivariate analysisLogistic regressionStress disorderMental healthPrevalence
2021
A preliminary investigation of VA PTSD residential treatment for veterans admitted from unstable housing or incarceration
Holliday R, Gross G, Desai A, Smith N, Harpaz-Rotem I. A preliminary investigation of VA PTSD residential treatment for veterans admitted from unstable housing or incarceration. Journal Of Social Distress And The Homeless 2021, 31: 238-243. DOI: 10.1080/10530789.2021.1926750.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchResidential Rehabilitation Treatment ProgramDepressive symptomsUnstable housingPTSD symptomsJustice-involved veteransPost-discharge careRehabilitation treatment programPrison/jailSymptom recurrenceJail/prisonPTSD treatmentSymptomsTreatment programFour monthsVeteransResidential treatmentAdmissionRecurrenceExperienced reductionsSignificant changesTreatmentUnderstanding of factors
2020
Sex Differences in Associations Between Depression and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms and Tobacco Use Among Veterans of Recent Conflicts
Gross GM, Bastian LA, Smith NB, Harpaz-Rotem I, Hoff R. Sex Differences in Associations Between Depression and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms and Tobacco Use Among Veterans of Recent Conflicts. Journal Of Women's Health 2020, 29: 677-685. PMID: 31934813, DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2019.8082.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPosttraumatic stress disorderTobacco usePTSD symptomsFemale veteransSex differencesAssociation of depressionTobacco use cessationBaseline interview dataCross-sectional associationsMental health conditionsLogistic regression modelsPosttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptomsBinary logistic regression modelSex-specific barriersTobacco usersSymptomsStress disorderAlcohol useHealth conditionsDepressionDisorder symptomsVeteran sampleMH conditionsIntervention strategiesEffects of demographics
2019
Meaning in life following deployment sexual trauma: Prediction of posttraumatic stress symptoms, depressive symptoms, and suicidal ideation
Gross GM, Laws H, Park CL, Hoff R, Hoffmire CA. Meaning in life following deployment sexual trauma: Prediction of posttraumatic stress symptoms, depressive symptoms, and suicidal ideation. Psychiatry Research 2019, 278: 78-85. PMID: 31158725, DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2019.05.037.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPosttraumatic stress disorderSuicidal ideationDepressive symptomsPosttraumatic stress symptomsImportant clinical factorsBaseline interview dataCross-sectional associationsDeleterious mental health outcomesSexual traumaStress symptomsMental health outcomesMental health consequencesClinical factorsHayes mediation modelHealth outcomesSymptomsHealth consequencesProtective factorsStress disorderPoints of interventionTraumaVeteran sampleSI severityCombat traumaDecreased sense
2014
Positive and negative schizotypy are associated with prodromal symptoms, schizophrenia-spectrum symptoms and personalities, and self and other schemas
Kwapil T, Barrantes-Vidal N, Gross G, Sheinbaum T, Mitjavila M, Ballespí S. Positive and negative schizotypy are associated with prodromal symptoms, schizophrenia-spectrum symptoms and personalities, and self and other schemas. Personality And Individual Differences 2014, 60: s7. DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2013.07.166.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSchizophrenia-spectrum personality disordersDevelopment of schizophreniaPresent studyProdromal symptomsSchizophrenia prodromeMood symptomsRelated disordersSymptomsSchizoid symptomsYoung adultsPersonality disorderSchizophrenia-spectrum symptomsInterview measuresDisordersPrevious findingsThreshold statusCAARMSProdromeEtiology
2013
Positive and negative schizotypy are associated with prodromal and schizophrenia-spectrum symptoms
Barrantes-Vidal N, Gross G, Sheinbaum T, Mitjavila M, Ballespí S, Kwapil T. Positive and negative schizotypy are associated with prodromal and schizophrenia-spectrum symptoms. Schizophrenia Research 2013, 145: 50-55. PMID: 23402694, DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2013.01.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSchizophrenia-spectrum personality disordersDevelopment of schizophreniaPositive schizotypy dimensionNegative symptom dimensionsPresent studySchizophrenia prodromeMood symptomsRelated disordersYoung adultsSchizoid symptomsSymptomsPersonality disorderSchizophrenia-spectrum symptomsSymptom dimensionsInterview measuresSpanish young adultsDisordersPrevious findingsThreshold statusQuestionnaire measuresCAARMSProdromeProdromalEtiologyFindings