2020
The National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study: A Narrative Review and Future Directions
Fogle BM, Tsai J, Mota N, Harpaz-Rotem I, Krystal JH, Southwick SM, Pietrzak RH. The National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study: A Narrative Review and Future Directions. Frontiers In Psychiatry 2020, 11: 538218. PMID: 33362593, PMCID: PMC7755975, DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.538218.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNational HealthVeterans StudyMental disordersNarrative reviewVeterans Affairs Healthcare SystemPopulation-based dataUnique health needsUnited States veteransPost-traumatic stress disorderNon-veteran counterpartsPost-traumatic growthProtective psychosocial characteristicsProspective studyStates veteransIndependent cohortHealth outcomesHealth needsU.S. veteransCare deliveryClinical implicationsLongitudinal changesPsychosocial characteristicsProtective factorsStress disorderTreatment efforts
2016
Hostility and telomere shortening among U.S. military veterans: Results from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study
Watkins LE, Harpaz-Rotem I, Sippel LM, Krystal JH, Southwick SM, Pietrzak RH. Hostility and telomere shortening among U.S. military veterans: Results from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study. Psychoneuroendocrinology 2016, 74: 251-257. PMID: 27689898, DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2016.09.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsU.S. military veteransClinical variablesNational HealthTelomere lengthMilitary veteransMultivariable binary logistic regression analysisVeterans StudyAccelerated cellular agingBinary logistic regression analysisLogistic regression analysisU.S. veteran populationNon-veteran populationsAge-related disordersPolymerase chain reaction methodChronic disordersRisk factorsChain reaction methodQuantitative polymerase chain reaction methodVeteran populationU.S. veteransSecondary analysisTreatment effortsVeteransRegression analysisBiological ageThe burden of hostility in U.S. Veterans: Results from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study
Sippel LM, Mota NP, Kachadourian LK, Krystal JH, Southwick SM, Harpaz-Rotem I, Pietrzak RH. The burden of hostility in U.S. Veterans: Results from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study. Psychiatry Research 2016, 243: 421-430. PMID: 27450745, DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2016.06.040.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsS. veteransLongitudinal courseNational HealthProtective correlatesVeterans StudyProspective cohort studyPopulation-based evaluationPopulation-based dataAggressive urgesMajority of veteransPhysical health consequencesProtective psychosocial characteristicsCohort studySymptomatic courseAlcohol misuseU.S. veteransPsychosocial characteristicsHealth consequencesTreatment effortsPsychological distressVeteransTwo-year periodPrevalenceRiskSocial connectedness