2024
Psychological Resilience of Mental Health Workers During the Russia-Ukraine War: Implications for Clinical Interventions.
Kang H, Fischer I, Vus V, Kolyshkina A, Ponomarenko L, Chobanian A, Esterlis I, Pietrzak R. Psychological Resilience of Mental Health Workers During the Russia-Ukraine War: Implications for Clinical Interventions. The Primary Care Companion For CNS Disorders 2024, 26 PMID: 39441963, DOI: 10.4088/pcc.24m03761.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMental health workersPsychological resilienceHealth workersDistress scoresClinical interventionsMental health symptomsGreater resilienceAssociated with greater resilienceWar-related exposuresWork-related stressorsConvenience samplePsychosocial characteristicsHealth symptomsMeaning in lifeOccupational stressorsPresence of meaning in lifeOccupational stressSocial connectednessPromote resiliencePsychiatric resilienceGreater levelsInterventionScoresSocial relationshipsAuthor affiliationUsing the Moral Injury and Distress Scale to identify clinically meaningful moral injury
Maguen S, Griffin B, Pietrzak R, McLean C, Hamblen J, Norman S. Using the Moral Injury and Distress Scale to identify clinically meaningful moral injury. Journal Of Traumatic Stress 2024, 37: 685-696. PMID: 38655683, DOI: 10.1002/jts.23050.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPotentially morally injurious eventsTrauma-related guiltMoral injuryCut scoresClinically significant mental health symptomsSignificant mental health symptomsExposure to potentially morally injurious eventsSample of military veteransMental health symptomsPopulation-based sampleHealth care workersRisk of negative outcomesFunctional impairmentDepressive symptom severityMorally injurious eventsInjury carePMIE exposureNon-HispanicMental healthHealth symptomsCare workersInjury eventsPosttraumatic stressMilitary veteransSymptom severity
2023
A Longitudinal Cohort Study of Factors Impacting Healthcare Worker Burnout in New York City During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Peccoralo L, Pietrzak R, Tong M, Kaplan S, Feingold J, Feder A, Chan C, Verity J, Charney D, Ripp J. A Longitudinal Cohort Study of Factors Impacting Healthcare Worker Burnout in New York City During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal Of Occupational And Environmental Medicine 2023, 65: 362-369. PMID: 36727906, PMCID: PMC10171104, DOI: 10.1097/jom.0000000000002790.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFrontline healthcare workersCohort studyProspective cohort studyLongitudinal cohort studyMount Sinai HospitalMental health symptomsHealthcare workersHealthcare worker burnoutSinai HospitalHealth symptomsCorrelates of burnoutNew York CityCOVID surgeLow optimismCOVID-19COVID-19 pandemicYork CityWorkplace distressEarly burnoutPatientsHospitalSymptomsWorker burnoutPrevalenceBurnout