2022
Loneliness in U.S. military veterans during the COVID-19 pandemic: A nationally representative, prospective cohort study
Na PJ, Straus E, Tsai J, Norman SB, Southwick SM, Pietrzak RH. Loneliness in U.S. military veterans during the COVID-19 pandemic: A nationally representative, prospective cohort study. Journal Of Psychiatric Research 2022, 151: 546-553. PMID: 35636030, PMCID: PMC9126310, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2022.05.042.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrevalence of lonelinessPersistent lonelinessPandemic-related social restrictionsMultivariable logistic regression modelProtective factorsCOVID-19 pandemicPre-existing psychiatric conditionsProspective cohort studyMilitary veteransPre-pandemic measuresLogistic regression modelsProtective psychosocial factorsU.S. military veteransProspective cohortCohort studyUS veteransNational HealthHigh riskPsychiatric disordersPsychosocial factorsCOVID-related stressorsPsychiatric conditionsVeterans StudyLongitudinal changesVulnerable populations
2021
Prevalence, risk and protective factors associated with suicidal ideation during the COVID-19 pandemic in U.S. military veterans with pre-existing psychiatric conditions
Na PJ, Tsai J, Hill ML, Nichter B, Norman SB, Southwick SM, Pietrzak RH. Prevalence, risk and protective factors associated with suicidal ideation during the COVID-19 pandemic in U.S. military veterans with pre-existing psychiatric conditions. Journal Of Psychiatric Research 2021, 137: 351-359. PMID: 33756377, PMCID: PMC8545743, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2021.03.021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPre-existing psychiatric conditionsPsychiatric symptom severitySuicidal ideationPsychiatric conditionsPsychiatric symptomsSymptom severityCOVID-19Protective factorsCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemicPast-year suicidal ideationCOVID-19 infectionDisease 2019 pandemicLifetime suicide attemptsU.S. military veteransMultivariable analysisNational HealthOlder veteransGeneral populationRepresentative cohortU.S. veteransVeterans StudySuicide attemptsOlder ageSuicide riskPsychosocial difficulties