2024
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Obesity, and Accelerated Epigenetic Aging Among US Military Veterans
Fischer I, Na P, Nagamatsu S, Jeste D, Cabrera-Mendoza B, Montalvo-Ortiz J, Krystal J, Polimanti R, Gelernter J, Pietrzak R. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Obesity, and Accelerated Epigenetic Aging Among US Military Veterans. JAMA Psychiatry 2024, 81 PMID: 39476130, PMCID: PMC11581715, DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2024.3403.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPrevalence, Correlates, and Burden of Subthreshold PTSD in US Veterans.
Fischer I, Na P, Harpaz-Rotem I, Marx B, Pietrzak R. Prevalence, Correlates, and Burden of Subthreshold PTSD in US Veterans. The Journal Of Clinical Psychiatry 2024, 85 PMID: 39480145, DOI: 10.4088/jcp.24m15465.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSubthreshold posttraumatic stress disorderPosttraumatic stress disorderPosttraumatic stress disorder symptom clustersLifetime psychiatric disordersUS veteransUS military veteransSymptom-related distressStress disorderPsychiatric disordersSymptom clustersTreating veteransCriterion AMilitary veteransTraumatic eventsCognitive functionWorking case definitionMental healthCriterion FFunctional impairmentVeteransNationally representative sampleFunctional correlatesDisordersElevated oddsGreater oddsSuccessful 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 regression
2023
The Current Status of Medical Student Education on Opioids
Jegede O, Na P, Petrakis I, Muvvala S. The Current Status of Medical Student Education on Opioids. 2023, 121-138. DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197618431.013.5.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2022
Moral injury among U.S. combat veterans with and without PTSD and depression
Norman SB, Nichter B, Maguen S, Na PJ, Schnurr PP, Pietrzak RH. Moral injury among U.S. combat veterans with and without PTSD and depression. Journal Of Psychiatric Research 2022, 154: 190-197. PMID: 35947898, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2022.07.033.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProbable posttraumatic stress disorderPosttraumatic stress disorderCombat veteransInjurious eventsU.S. combat veteransProbable depressionFunctional impairmentMost veteransStress disorderDepressionVeteransPrevalenceDisordersRepresentative studyRepresentative sampleMoral injuryPMIEsParticipants
2021
Posttraumatic Distress Symptoms and Their Response to Treatment in Adults With Prolonged Grief Disorder.
Na PJ, Adhikari S, Szuhany KL, Chen AZ, Suzuki RR, Malgaroli M, Robinaugh DJ, Bui E, Mauro C, Skritskaya NA, Lebowitz BD, Zisook S, Reynolds CF, Shear MK, Simon NM. Posttraumatic Distress Symptoms and Their Response to Treatment in Adults With Prolonged Grief Disorder. The Journal Of Clinical Psychiatry 2021, 82 PMID: 34000119, DOI: 10.4088/jcp.20m13576.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPosttraumatic stress symptomsPosttraumatic distress symptomsNonviolent deathsGrief disorderPosttraumatic stress disorderBereaved adultsPrimary diagnosisFunctional impairmentMixed-effects regressionPlaceboProlonged Grief DisorderGrief treatmentMajor life stressorsCitalopramSecondary analysisAntidepressant citalopramDistress symptomsStress disorderPoor functioningLife stressorsAdultsDisordersTreatmentStress symptomsSymptoms