2022
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
Merians A, Spiller T, Harpaz-Rotem I, Krystal J, Pietrzak R. Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. Medical Clinics Of North America 2022, 107: 85-99. PMID: 36402502, DOI: 10.1016/j.mcna.2022.04.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPost-traumatic stress disorderStress disorderCognitive processing therapyCognitive behavioral therapyEye movement desensitizationEvidence-based psychotherapiesTraumatic eventsBehavioral therapyNegative alterationsFirst-line pharmacologic treatmentStructured interviewsFirst-line treatmentNonpsychiatric settingsLarge bodyPharmacologic treatmentReuptake inhibitorsCognitionDisordersArousalTherapeutic interventionsMoodPsychotherapyAvoidanceTherapyIntervention
2019
Reduced Salience and Enhanced Central Executive Connectivity Following PTSD Treatment
Abdallah CG, Averill CL, Ramage AE, Averill LA, Alkin E, Nemati S, Krystal JH, Roache JD, Resick P, Young-McCaughan S, Peterson AL, Fox P. Reduced Salience and Enhanced Central Executive Connectivity Following PTSD Treatment. Chronic Stress 2019, 3: 2470547019838971. PMID: 31008419, PMCID: PMC6469713, DOI: 10.1177/2470547019838971.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPosttraumatic stress disorderCognitive processing therapyCentral executive networkSymptom provocationPTSD treatmentSecondary analysisGroup cognitive processing therapyPTSD participantsGlobal brain connectivityEffective PTSD treatmentExecutive networkFunctional magnetic resonance imagingMagnetic resonance imagingEffect of treatmentUnknown neurobiological mechanismsUS Army soldiersTreatment periodWeek 8Higher pretreatmentMRI scansPrimary analysisResonance imagingSalience networkStress disorderBrain connectivity