2024
Successful Aging in US Veterans with Mental Disorders: Results From the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study
Shin J, Fischer I, Na P, Jeste D, Pietrzak R. Successful Aging in US Veterans with Mental Disorders: Results From the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study. American Journal Of Geriatric Psychiatry 2024 PMID: 39214753, DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2024.07.018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGeneralized anxiety disorderPosttraumatic stress disorderMental disordersSomatic symptomsNational Health and ResilienceUS military veteransSuccessful agingAnxiety disordersDepressive disorderUS veteransStress disorderPromote successful agingHigher gratitudeVeterans StudyMilitary veteransInterventions targeting psychosocial factorsOne-in-fiveVeteransMDDDisordersPsychosocial factorsGratitudeNegative associationSymptomsMultivariate logistic regressionGenetic and non-genetic predictors of risk for opioid dependence.
Na P, Deak J, Kranzler H, Pietrzak R, Gelernter J. Genetic and non-genetic predictors of risk for opioid dependence. Psychological Medicine 2024, 54: 1779-1786. PMID: 38317430, PMCID: PMC11132928, DOI: 10.1017/s0033291723003732.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPolygenic risk scoresMulti-trait analysis of genome-wide association studyOpioid use disorderPosttraumatic stress disorderPsychosocial/environmental factorsAnalysis of genome-wide association studiesHigher education levelGenome-wide association studiesNon-genetic predictorsEuropean-ancestry adultsEtiology of ODPublic health crisisPsychosocial factorsPolygenic riskMulti-trait analysisEducation levelPsychosocial environmentHousehold incomeRisk scoreAssociation studiesOpioid dependenceDiagnosis of ODLifetime diagnosisYale-PennAssociated with ODNegative aging stereotypes in U.S. military veterans: results from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study.
Georgescu M, Fischer I, Beydoun M, Pietrzak R. Negative aging stereotypes in U.S. military veterans: results from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study. International Psychogeriatrics 2024, 1-6. PMID: 38230487, DOI: 10.1017/s1041610223004507.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNegative age stereotypesU.S. military veteransHealth conditionsAge stereotypesU.S. veteransMilitary veteransNational Health and ResilienceOlder ageNationally representative sampleNon-veteransPromote healthCognitive healthPsychosocial factorsEmotional healthVeterans StudyRelative weight analysisRepresentative sampleVeteransHealthLow gritCognitive agingIndependent correlatesIncreased riskEmotional stabilityEmotional agingWell-being of mental health workers during the Russian-Ukrainian War
Kang H, Fischer I, Vus V, Kolyshkina A, Ponomarenko L, Chobanian A, Esterlis I, Pietrzak R. Well-being of mental health workers during the Russian-Ukrainian War. Mental Health Global Challenges Journal 2024, 7: 41-49. DOI: 10.56508/mhgcj.v7i1.189.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMental health workersMental health difficultiesPsychosocial factorsHealth difficultiesWell-being domainsHealth workersWell-beingMental healthMental health support servicesFactors associated with well-beingLevels of mental health difficultiesHealth support servicesPromote well-beingAssociated with higher well-beingPosttraumatic stress symptomsConvenience samplePsychosocial characteristicsMultiple well-being domainsHigher well-beingSupport servicesPresence of mental health difficultiesHigher optimismStress symptomsInteraction of riskProtective factors
2023
Identifying significant correlates of purpose in life in older US military veterans: results from the national health and resilience in veterans study.
Fischer I, Feldman D, Tsai J, Harpaz-Rotem I, Lucas K, Schulenberg S, Pietrzak R. Identifying significant correlates of purpose in life in older US military veterans: results from the national health and resilience in veterans study. International Psychogeriatrics 2023, 35: 560-565. PMID: 36715004, DOI: 10.1017/s1041610222001223.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUS military veteransNational HealthMilitary veteransSignificant correlatesOlder US veteransAdverse health outcomesModifiable psychosocial factorsAdverse outcomesElastic net analysisUS veteransDepressive symptomsPsychosocial factorsHealth outcomesVeterans StudyPsychosocial variablesTreatment effortsCognitive outcomesCross-sectional dataVeteransOutcomesSocial supportCommunity integrationImportant correlatesHealthCorrelates