2024
Role of homelessness and psychiatric disorders in suicide deaths among veterans: A four-way decomposition analysis
Beydoun H, Szymkowiak D, Pietrzak R, Beydoun M, Treadwell R, Tsai J. Role of homelessness and psychiatric disorders in suicide deaths among veterans: A four-way decomposition analysis. Psychiatry Research 2024, 340: 116120. PMID: 39121758, DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2024.116120.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMental health disordersFour-way decomposition analysisSubstance useHealth disordersPsychiatric disordersMortality riskSuicide deathsHomeless veteransVeterans AffairsSubstance use disordersU.S. Department of Veterans AffairsDepartment of Veterans AffairsPredictors of suicide deathVA healthcare systemFully-adjusted modelsMental health characteristicsEffects of homelessnessProportion of suicide deathsSuicide riskUse disorderHealth characteristicsRetrospective cohort studySuicideHealthcare systemDisordersMaladaptive health factors as potential mediators for the association between posttraumatic stress disorder and cardiovascular disease: A sex-stratified analysis in the U.S. adult population
Pierce S, Reynolds K, Sommer J, El-Gabalawy R, Pietrzak R, Sumner J, Mota N. Maladaptive health factors as potential mediators for the association between posttraumatic stress disorder and cardiovascular disease: A sex-stratified analysis in the U.S. adult population. Journal Of Psychiatric Research 2024, 177: 102-108. PMID: 39002531, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2024.06.028.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHealth risk factorsPosttraumatic stress disorderRisk factorsPotential mediatorsCardiovascular diseaseLow physical activityCross-sectional surveyNatural effect modelsSex-stratified analysesU.S. adult populationCardiovascular disease riskStress disorderPhysical activityNational Epidemiologic SurveyLogistic regression analysisHealth factorsEvaluate health risk factorsU.S. adultsHigher BMICausal pathwaysPrevention strategiesEffects of posttraumatic stress disorderWave 3Adult populationSubstance use
2012
Psychiatric Comorbidity of Full and Partial Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Among Older Adults in the United States: Results From Wave 2 of the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions
Pietrzak RH, Goldstein RB, Southwick SM, Grant BF. Psychiatric Comorbidity of Full and Partial Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Among Older Adults in the United States: Results From Wave 2 of the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions. American Journal Of Geriatric Psychiatry 2012, 20: 380-390. PMID: 22522959, PMCID: PMC3334850, DOI: 10.1097/jgp.0b013e31820d92e7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPartial posttraumatic stress disorderPosttraumatic stress disorderPsychosocial functioningOlder adultsStress disorderPersonality disorderPsychiatric comorbidityLifetime moodConsiderable psychiatric comorbidityPoor psychosocial functioningNational Epidemiologic SurveySchizotypal personality disorderAdults age 60 yearsSignificant psychiatric comorbidityNarcissistic personality disorderStressful experiencesStressful eventsAnxiety disordersPsychosocial dysfunctionU.S. older adultsBad eventsSubstance useIndirect experienceMoodUnexpected death