2024
Sexual Orientation Moderates the Association Between Health Care Utilization-Related Factors and Mental Health Service Nonutilization Among United States Military Veterans
Chang C, Fischer I, Harper K, Livingston N, Depp C, Norman S, Pietrzak R. Sexual Orientation Moderates the Association Between Health Care Utilization-Related Factors and Mental Health Service Nonutilization Among United States Military Veterans. Psychological Services 2024 PMID: 39347751, DOI: 10.1037/ser0000907.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHeterosexual veteransSexual minority veteransHealth careMinority veteransMilitary veteransPsychiatric needsMental health treatment utilizationNational Health and ResilienceSource of health careSexual minoritiesVA health careUnited States military veteransU.S. military veteransMental health problemsNationally representative sampleSexual orientationNon-VADifficulties ScheduleVeterans StudyTreatment utilizationInfluence utilizationRepresentative sampleHealth problemsVeteransMental treatmentMulti-modal risk factors differentiate suicide attempters from ideators in military veterans with major depressive disorder
Goldstein K, Pietrzak R, Challman K, Chu K, Beck K, Brenner L, Interian A, Myers C, Shafritz K, Szeszko P, Goodman M, Haznedar M, Hazlett E. Multi-modal risk factors differentiate suicide attempters from ideators in military veterans with major depressive disorder. Journal Of Affective Disorders 2024, 369: 588-598. PMID: 39341292, DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2024.09.149.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSuicide attemptsDepressive disorderGo/No-GoMilitary veteransSeverity of suicidal behaviorFractional anisotropyDecreased attentional controlUnited States military veteransDiagnosis of MDDDSM-5 diagnosisMagnetic-resonance-imagingSuicide prevention effortsDifferentiate veteransDSM-5Attentional controlSuicide attempt/sSuicidal behaviorSuicidal ideationMDDNeurocognitive assessmentHealthy control groupNeuroimaging variablesPrevention effortsIdeationSuicide
2023
Subjective cognitive difficulties and posttraumatic stress disorder interact to increase suicide risk among middle-aged and older US military veterans
Cations M, Cook J, Nichter B, Esterlis I, Pietrzak R. Subjective cognitive difficulties and posttraumatic stress disorder interact to increase suicide risk among middle-aged and older US military veterans. International Psychogeriatrics 2023, 36: 599-607. PMID: 36756753, DOI: 10.1017/s1041610222001053.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPosttraumatic stress disorderSubjective cognitive difficultiesCurrent suicidal intentSuicidal intentSuicidal ideationPatient Health Questionnaire-9Suicide riskStress disorderCurrent posttraumatic stress disorderMilitary veteransCross-sectional studyUnited States military veteransUS military veteransCognitive Functioning ScaleOlder U.S. veteransCognitive difficultiesSubjective cognitive impairmentQuestionnaire-9US veteransNational HealthSuicide Behaviors QuestionnaireOlder veteransCognitive impairmentConcentration difficultiesU.S. veterans