2024
Obesity in Latinx and White U.S. military veterans: Mental health, psychosocial burden, non-suicidal self-injury and suicidal behavior
Stefanovics E, Grilo C, Potenza M, Pietrzak R. Obesity in Latinx and White U.S. military veterans: Mental health, psychosocial burden, non-suicidal self-injury and suicidal behavior. Psychiatry Research 2024, 335: 115844. PMID: 38484606, DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2024.115844.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-suicidal self-injuryDrug use disordersU.S. military veteransMental health problemsMilitary veteransSelf-injuryUse disorderSymptoms of internalizing disordersLevels of childhood traumaNational Health and ResiliencePost-traumatic stress disorderIncreased risk of mental health problemsWhite veteransCoping self-efficacyRisk of mental health problemsLatinx ethnicityGeneralized anxietyStress disorderChildhood traumaHealth problemsSuicidal behaviorVeterans StudyCorrelates of obesityCulturally sensitive preventionNationally representative sample
2021
Mental Health Service Utilization in Rural Areas Nationally in the Veterans Health Administration
Bommersbach T, Stefanovics E, Rosenheck R. Mental Health Service Utilization in Rural Areas Nationally in the Veterans Health Administration. Rural Mental Health 2021, 45: 229-242. DOI: 10.1037/rmh0000182.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVeterans Health AdministrationMental health servicesHealth servicesHealth AdministrationSpecialty mental health servicesMental health service utilizationRural-Urban Commuting Area codesSpecific mental health servicesVHA administrative databasesHealth service utilizationSubstance use diagnosesIntensive case managementUtilization of servicesMental health problemsService usersAdministrative databasesService utilizationUrban veteransUse diagnosesHigh riskEligible veteransService useEquitable careSystemic propensityLarger sample size
2014
Predictors of Attendance in a Group-Based Model of Case Management for Supported Housing
Tsai J, Stefanovics E, Rosenheck RA. Predictors of Attendance in a Group-Based Model of Case Management for Supported Housing. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal 2014, 37: 324-328. PMID: 24684180, DOI: 10.1037/prj0000059.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGroup attendersCase managementMore mental health symptomsMental health symptomsPredictors of attendanceMental health problemsPeer support modelClinical characteristicsGroup attendanceHealth problemsHealth symptomsVeterans AffairsPast monthAttendersMore daysSignificant differencesRegression analysisAdministrative dataMonthsGroupPredictorsGroup-based modelsAttendanceAttendance recordsSymptoms