2022
Mental Health Diagnoses are Not Associated With Indicators of Lower Quality Pain Care in Electronic Health Records of a National Sample of Veterans Treated in Veterans Health Administration Primary Care Settings
Dobscha SK, Luther SL, Kerns RD, Finch DK, Goulet JL, Brandt CA, Skanderson M, Bathulapalli H, Fodeh SJ, Hahm B, Bouayad L, Lee A, Han L. Mental Health Diagnoses are Not Associated With Indicators of Lower Quality Pain Care in Electronic Health Records of a National Sample of Veterans Treated in Veterans Health Administration Primary Care Settings. Journal Of Pain 2022, 24: 273-281. PMID: 36167230, PMCID: PMC9898089, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2022.08.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPain care qualityQuality pain careMental health conditionsPrimary care cliniciansVeterans Health AdministrationPain carePCQ scoresHealth conditionsCare cliniciansUse disordersCare qualitySevere musculoskeletal painRetrospective cohort studyPrimary care visitsGeneral medical carePrimary care settingElectronic health record dataFinal adjusted modelMental health diagnosesEquation Poisson modelsHealth record dataBipolar disorder diagnosisSubstance use disordersAlcohol use disorderPost-traumatic stress disorder
2020
The architecture of co-morbidity networks of physical and mental health conditions in military veterans
Alexander-Bloch AF, Raznahan A, Shinohara RT, Mathias SR, Bathulapalli H, Bhalla IP, Goulet JL, Satterthwaite TD, Bassett DS, Glahn DC, Brandt CA. The architecture of co-morbidity networks of physical and mental health conditions in military veterans. Proceedings Of The Royal Society A 2020, 476: 20190790. PMID: 32831602, PMCID: PMC7426059, DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2019.0790.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPsychiatric conditionsCo-morbid conditionsMilitary veteransUnited States military veteransMental health conditionsPosttraumatic stress disorderMedical morbidityChronic painPsychiatric morbidityNeurological conditionsLongitudinal healthcare recordsStress disorderHealth conditionsPhysical healthHeterogenous patternHealthcare systemMorbidityStrongest predictorDiagnostic statusPsychological traumaHealthcare recordsMulti-scale community structureVeterans
2016
Eating Behaviors: Prevalence, Psychiatric Comorbidity, and Associations With Body Mass Index Among Male and Female Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans
Slane JD, Levine MD, Borrero S, Mattocks KM, Ozier AD, Silliker N, Bathulapalli H, Brandt C, Haskell SG. Eating Behaviors: Prevalence, Psychiatric Comorbidity, and Associations With Body Mass Index Among Male and Female Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans. Military Medicine 2016, 181: e1650-e1656. PMID: 27849502, DOI: 10.7205/milmed-d-15-00482.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPost-traumatic stress disorderAfghanistan veteransFemale veteransStress disorderFemale IraqBody mass indexMajor depressive disorderStress-related eatingMass indexDepressive disorderAlcohol abuseMental health conditionsDearth of researchVeterans Affairs (VA) careWomen Veterans Cohort StudyDisorder diagnosisHigh ratePsychiatric comorbidityCohort studyEatingVeteransPsychiatric disordersAbuseDisordersHealth conditions
2014
Persistent Pain and Comorbidity Among Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation New Dawn Veterans
Higgins DM, Kerns RD, Brandt CA, Haskell SG, Bathulapalli H, Gilliam W, Goulet JL. Persistent Pain and Comorbidity Among Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation New Dawn Veterans. Pain Medicine 2014, 15: 782-790. PMID: 24548466, DOI: 10.1111/pme.12388.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAfghan Campaign 2001-Chronic PainComorbidityDepressive DisorderFemaleHumansIraq War, 2003-2011Logistic ModelsLongitudinal StudiesMaleMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisObesityPrevalenceStress Disorders, Post-TraumaticSubstance-Related DisordersUnited StatesUnited States Department of Veterans AffairsVeteransConceptsVeterans Health AdministrationTraumatic brain injuryPersistent painBody mass indexMental health conditionsChronic painOperation Enduring FreedomHealth conditionsElectronic medical record dataChronic pain conditionsPredictors of incidentMedical record dataLongitudinal clinical dataImportant clinical implicationsSubstance use disordersOEF/OIF/OND veteransPost-traumatic stress disorderArmy service membersLogistic regression modelsPain conditionsComorbid conditionsClinical evidenceMass indexBrain injuryClinical data