2024
Unraveling PTSD: Symptom Cluster Change During and 1 Year After Veterans’ Residential PTSD Treatment
Gross G, Spiller T, Ben-Zion Z, Rubenstein A, Pietrzak R, Duek O, Hoff R, Harpaz-Rotem I. Unraveling PTSD: Symptom Cluster Change During and 1 Year After Veterans’ Residential PTSD Treatment. Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice And Policy 2024 PMID: 38990694, DOI: 10.1037/tra0001734.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPosttraumatic stress disorderPosttraumatic stress disorder symptom clustersPosttraumatic stress disorder clustersSymptom clustersIntrusive symptomsResidential treatmentTreatment of posttraumatic stress disorderPosttraumatic stress disorder symptomsResidential PTSD treatmentPTSD symptom clustersNovel treatment interventionsDifferential treatment responseReduce symptom severityDifferential patterns of changeAvoidance symptomsPTSD treatmentTreatment gainsStress disorderVeterans AffairsSymptom severityCluster CTreatment interventionsCluster BIndividual symptomsCohort of veterans
2022
A significant U-shaped association between physical activity level and posttraumatic stress disorder in U.S. military Veterans: Results from the 2019–2020 National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study
Adams T, Fenlon E, Penn C, Hubert T, Pietrzak R. A significant U-shaped association between physical activity level and posttraumatic stress disorder in U.S. military Veterans: Results from the 2019–2020 National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study. Mental Health And Physical Activity 2022, 23: 100460. DOI: 10.1016/j.mhpa.2022.100460.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPhysical activity levelsU.S. military veteransActivity levelsNational HealthVeterans StudyModerate activity levelsLogistic regressionModerate physical activity levelsLower likelihoodMilitary veteransPositive PTSD screenPublic health guidelinesSpecific PTSD symptomsPTSD symptom dimensionsPosttraumatic stress disorderSelf-report measuresPTSD screenPost-stratification weightsPTSD symptom clustersMultinomial logistic regressionPhysical activityHealth guidelinesClinical implicationsSymptom clustersStress disorder
2014
Functional significance of a novel 7-factor model of DSM-5 PTSD symptoms: Results from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study
Pietrzak RH, Tsai J, Armour C, Mota N, Harpaz-Rotem I, Southwick SM. Functional significance of a novel 7-factor model of DSM-5 PTSD symptoms: Results from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study. Journal Of Affective Disorders 2014, 174: 522-526. PMID: 25556669, DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2014.12.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsQuality of lifePosttraumatic stress disorderDSM-5 PTSD symptomsPTSD symptomsNational HealthU.S. veteransSuicidal ideationVeterans StudySymptom clustersDysphoric arousal symptomsCross-sectional designFunctional outcomePsychiatric comorbidityClinical significancePTSD symptom clustersCurrent depressionDSM-5 PTSD symptom clustersPTSD phenotypeMental disordersSymptomsComorbid psychopathologyStress disorderFunctional correlatesStatistical ManualTreatment efforts