2024
A clinician's guide to the 2023 VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guideline for Management of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Acute Stress Disorder
Lang A, Hamblen J, Holtzheimer P, Kelly U, Norman S, Riggs D, Schnurr P, Wiechers I. A clinician's guide to the 2023 VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guideline for Management of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Acute Stress Disorder. Journal Of Traumatic Stress 2024, 37: 19-34. PMID: 38184799, DOI: 10.1002/jts.23013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchClinical practice guidelinesAcute stress disorderPractice guidelinesPosttraumatic stress disorderStress disorderCPG recommendationsVA/DOD Clinical Practice GuidelineDefense Clinical Practice GuidelineFeasibility of interventionsEvidence-based practiceClinical algorithmClinician's GuideAvailable evidenceDisordersGuidelinesPatientsCliniciansRecommendationsContextual assessment
2018
Prescription Benzodiazepine Use Among Older Adults
Gerlach L, Wiechers I, Maust D. Prescription Benzodiazepine Use Among Older Adults. Harvard Review Of Psychiatry 2018, 26: 264-273. PMID: 30188338, PMCID: PMC6129989, DOI: 10.1097/hrp.0000000000000190.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUse of benzodiazepinesOlder adultsAvailable evidenceAnxiety disordersPsychological symptomsPlacebo-controlled trialPubMed/MEDLINETreatment of insomniaYears of ageImproved sleep outcomesBZD useFuture trialsPsychotropic medicationsBenzodiazepine useClinical indicationsChronic benzodiazepinesInclusion criteriaBehavioral disturbancesEligibility criteriaElectronic databasesSleep outcomesPsychiatric conditionsSystematic reviewTreatment alternativesBenzodiazepines