2024
Traumatic Brain Injury in U.S. Veterans: Prevalence and Associations with Physical, Mental, and Cognitive Health
Karr J, Rippey C, Hubert T, Stein M, Adams T, Pietrzak R. Traumatic Brain Injury in U.S. Veterans: Prevalence and Associations with Physical, Mental, and Cognitive Health. Archives Of Physical Medicine And Rehabilitation 2024 PMID: 39613218, DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2024.11.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPosttraumatic stress disorderAlcohol use disorderDrug use disordersTraumatic brain injuryActivities of daily livingInstrumental activities of daily livingU.S. veteransAnxiety disordersSuicidal ideationUse disorderHealth conditionsPrevalence of traumatic brain injuryU.S. military veteransBrain injuryActivities of daily living disabilitySelf-reported health professional diagnosisOdds of mild cognitive impairmentU.S. veteran populationMental health conditionsMild cognitive impairmentPhysical health conditionsDepressive disorderStress disorderAssociated with higher oddsSuicide attemptsMulti-modal risk factors differentiate suicide attempters from ideators in military veterans with major depressive disorder
Goldstein K, Pietrzak R, Challman K, Chu K, Beck K, Brenner L, Interian A, Myers C, Shafritz K, Szeszko P, Goodman M, Haznedar M, Hazlett E. Multi-modal risk factors differentiate suicide attempters from ideators in military veterans with major depressive disorder. Journal Of Affective Disorders 2024, 369: 588-598. PMID: 39341292, DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2024.09.149.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSuicide attemptsDepressive disorderGo/No-GoMilitary veteransSeverity of suicidal behaviorFractional anisotropyDecreased attentional controlUnited States military veteransDiagnosis of MDDDSM-5 diagnosisMagnetic-resonance-imagingSuicide prevention effortsDifferentiate veteransDSM-5Attentional controlSuicide attempt/sSuicidal behaviorSuicidal ideationMDDNeurocognitive assessmentHealthy control groupNeuroimaging variablesPrevention effortsIdeationSuicideMild Traumatic Brain Injury in U.S. Military Veterans: Results from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study
Meshberg-Cohen S, Cook J, Fischer I, Pietrzak R. Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in U.S. Military Veterans: Results from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study. Psychiatry 2024, 87: 314-328. PMID: 39186319, DOI: 10.1080/00332747.2024.2392226.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMild traumatic brain injuryNational Health and ResilienceU.S. military veteransPsychosocial functioningTraumatic brain injuryVeterans StudyMilitary veteransCurrent posttraumatic stress disorderOutcomes of mild traumatic brain injuryLifetime psychiatric conditionsGeneralized anxiety disorderComorbid psychiatric diagnosesPosttraumatic stress disorderPoor psychosocial functioningMild traumatic brain injury eventDrug use disordersBrain injuryPrevention of disabilityAssociated with increased oddsAnxiety disordersDepressive disorderStress disorderPsychiatric diagnosisMTBI symptomsPsychiatric characteristicsSuccessful Aging in US Veterans with Mental Disorders: Results From the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study
Shin J, Fischer I, Na P, Jeste D, Pietrzak R. Successful Aging in US Veterans with Mental Disorders: Results From the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study. American Journal Of Geriatric Psychiatry 2024 PMID: 39214753, DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2024.07.018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGeneralized anxiety disorderPosttraumatic stress disorderMental disordersSomatic symptomsNational Health and ResilienceUS military veteransSuccessful agingAnxiety disordersDepressive disorderUS veteransStress disorderPromote successful agingHigher gratitudeVeterans StudyMilitary veteransInterventions targeting psychosocial factorsOne-in-fiveVeteransMDDDisordersPsychosocial factorsGratitudeNegative associationSymptomsMultivariate logistic regressionPosttraumatic stress disorder and insomnia in US military veterans: Prevalence, correlates, and psychiatric and functional burden
Georgescu M, Fischer I, Beydoun M, McCarthy E, DeViva J, Pietrzak R. Posttraumatic stress disorder and insomnia in US military veterans: Prevalence, correlates, and psychiatric and functional burden. Journal Of Sleep Research 2024, e14269. PMID: 38845413, DOI: 10.1111/jsr.14269.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPosttraumatic stress disorderStress disorderMilitary veteransInsomnia groupCo-occurring posttraumatic stress disorderBurden of PTSDTreating posttraumatic stress disorderClinical management of insomniaRates of psychiatric conditionsGeneralized anxiety disorderCurrent suicidal ideationMitigate suicide riskUS veteransManagement of insomniaUS military veteransMental health burdenFunctional burdenAnxiety disordersDepressive disorderSuicidal ideationSuicide riskPsychiatric conditionsPsychosocial functioningSocial functioningInsomnia
2023
Prevalence, Correlates, and Psychiatric Burden of Prolonged Grief Disorder in U.S. Military Veterans: Results From a Nationally Representative Study
Na P, Fischer I, Shear K, Pietrzak R. Prevalence, Correlates, and Psychiatric Burden of Prolonged Grief Disorder in U.S. Military Veterans: Results From a Nationally Representative Study. American Journal Of Geriatric Psychiatry 2023, 31: 543-548. PMID: 36878740, PMCID: PMC11143540, DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2023.02.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIndependent risk factorMajor depressive disorderUnited States veteransCoronavirus disease 2019Substance use disordersPost-traumatic stress disorderGrief disorderAdverse childhood experiencesNon-natural causesU.S. military veteransPoint prevalenceNationally Representative StudyFemale sexNational HealthRepresentative studyRisk factorsDepressive disorderPsychiatric burdenDisease 2019States veteransAdditional adjustmentPsychiatric disordersProlonged Grief DisorderUse disordersU.S. veterans