2024
Unraveling PTSD: Symptom Cluster Change During and 1 Year After Veterans’ Residential PTSD Treatment
Gross G, Spiller T, Ben-Zion Z, Rubenstein A, Pietrzak R, Duek O, Hoff R, Harpaz-Rotem I. Unraveling PTSD: Symptom Cluster Change During and 1 Year After Veterans’ Residential PTSD Treatment. Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice And Policy 2024 PMID: 38990694, DOI: 10.1037/tra0001734.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPosttraumatic stress disorderPosttraumatic stress disorder symptom clustersPosttraumatic stress disorder clustersSymptom clustersIntrusive symptomsResidential treatmentTreatment of posttraumatic stress disorderPosttraumatic stress disorder symptomsResidential PTSD treatmentPTSD symptom clustersNovel treatment interventionsDifferential treatment responseReduce symptom severityDifferential patterns of changeAvoidance symptomsPTSD treatmentTreatment gainsStress disorderVeterans AffairsSymptom severityCluster CTreatment interventionsCluster BIndividual symptomsCohort of veterans
2022
Comparative effectiveness of group v. individual trauma-focused treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder in veterans
Spiller TR, Duek O, Buta E, Gross G, Smith NB, Harpaz-Rotem I. Comparative effectiveness of group v. individual trauma-focused treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder in veterans. Psychological Medicine 2022, 53: 4561-4568. PMID: 35959560, PMCID: PMC10388318, DOI: 10.1017/s0033291722001441.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGroup cognitive processing therapyCognitive processing therapyPosttraumatic stress disorderIndividual cognitive processing therapyPTSD symptom severitySymptom severityStress disorderReal-world effectivenessComparative effectiveness studiesResidential treatmentEffective treatmentComparative effectivenessVeterans AffairsEffectiveness studiesPTSD ChecklistPTSD severityGroup therapySeverityVeteransTreatmentDSM-5Group V.TherapyDisordersSmall reduction
2019
Comparing the effectiveness of VA residential PTSD treatment for veterans who do and do not report a history of MST: A national investigation
Holliday R, Smith NB, Holder N, Gross GM, Monteith LL, Maguen S, Hoff RA, Harpaz-Rotem I. Comparing the effectiveness of VA residential PTSD treatment for veterans who do and do not report a history of MST: A national investigation. Journal Of Psychiatric Research 2019, 122: 42-47. PMID: 31923834, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2019.12.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsResidential Rehabilitation Treatment ProgramMilitary sexual traumaPosttraumatic stress disorderPTSD symptomsMST survivorsPTSD treatmentVeterans AffairsProgram completionRehabilitation treatment programSymptom severity scoresEffects of MSTExperience of MSTHistory of MSTPTSD symptom severity scoresPost-treatment gainsRace/ethnicityImpact of MSTSevere PTSD symptomsResidential PTSD treatmentAdjunctive servicesPsychiatric comorbiditySeverity scoreHealth sequelaeIncrease riskWomen veterans