2023
Clinical Outcomes of Veterans Affairs Residential PTSD Treatment for PTSD and Depressive Symptoms: 1-Year Follow-Up Outcomes and Gender Differences
Gross G, Spiller T, Carretta R, Sippel L, Smith N, Harpaz-Rotem I. Clinical Outcomes of Veterans Affairs Residential PTSD Treatment for PTSD and Depressive Symptoms: 1-Year Follow-Up Outcomes and Gender Differences. Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice And Policy 2023, 15: 1406-1415. PMID: 37199985, DOI: 10.1037/tra0001494.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPosttraumatic stress disorderResidential Rehabilitation Treatment ProgramDepressive symptomsWomen veteransTime pointsTreatment gainsRehabilitation treatment programResidential treatmentDepressive symptom severityGreater symptom reductionFirst national investigationLong-term effectivenessResidential PTSD treatmentClinical outcomesYear postdischargeUp OutcomesSymptom reductionPTSD treatmentSymptom changeSymptom severitySymptomsTreatment programStress disorderPTSD symptomsLinear mixed models
2021
Binge drinking following residential treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder among veterans with and without alcohol use disorder
Meshberg-Cohen S, Gross GM, Kachadourian LK, Harpaz-Rotem I. Binge drinking following residential treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder among veterans with and without alcohol use disorder. Journal Of Psychiatric Research 2021, 143: 202-208. PMID: 34500350, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2021.09.024.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPosttraumatic stress disorderMilitary sexual traumaAlcohol use disorderPTSD symptom improvementResidential treatmentBinge drinkingStress disorderPTSD symptom changeResidential PTSD treatmentPTSD symptom decreaseUse disordersBinge drinking daysAlcohol-related variablesPTSD treatmentTrauma typesSexual traumaProblematic drinkingCombat exposureDrinking outcomesSymptom changeGreater likelihoodSymptom improvementBingeSymptom decreaseAlcohol useRacial Disparities in Clinical Outcomes of Veterans Affairs Residential PTSD Treatment Between Black and White Veterans
Gross GM, Smith N, Holliday R, Rozek DC, Hoff R, Harpaz-Rotem I. Racial Disparities in Clinical Outcomes of Veterans Affairs Residential PTSD Treatment Between Black and White Veterans. Psychiatric Services 2021, 73: 126-132. PMID: 34369806, DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.202000783.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsResidential Rehabilitation Treatment ProgramPosttraumatic stress disorderWhite veteransRacial disparitiesClinical outcomesBlack veteransSymptoms of PTSDPoor clinical outcomeRehabilitation treatment programRecurrence 4 monthsPoor treatment outcomesMental health treatmentPublic health issuePTSD symptom reductionResidential PTSD treatmentMental health researchTreatment outcomesPrevalence ratesSymptom reductionHealth treatmentHealth outcomesPTSD treatmentDemographic dataSymptom changeTreatment program