2024
Prevalence, Correlates, and Burden of Subthreshold PTSD in US Veterans.
Fischer I, Na P, Harpaz-Rotem I, Marx B, Pietrzak R. Prevalence, Correlates, and Burden of Subthreshold PTSD in US Veterans. The Journal Of Clinical Psychiatry 2024, 85 PMID: 39480145, DOI: 10.4088/jcp.24m15465.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSubthreshold posttraumatic stress disorderPosttraumatic stress disorderPosttraumatic stress disorder symptom clustersLifetime psychiatric disordersUS veteransUS military veteransSymptom-related distressStress disorderPsychiatric disordersSymptom clustersTreating veteransCriterion AMilitary veteransTraumatic eventsCognitive functionWorking case definitionMental healthCriterion FFunctional impairmentVeteransNationally representative sampleFunctional correlatesDisordersElevated oddsGreater oddsUsing the Moral Injury and Distress Scale to identify clinically meaningful moral injury
Maguen S, Griffin B, Pietrzak R, McLean C, Hamblen J, Norman S. Using the Moral Injury and Distress Scale to identify clinically meaningful moral injury. Journal Of Traumatic Stress 2024, 37: 685-696. PMID: 38655683, DOI: 10.1002/jts.23050.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPotentially morally injurious eventsTrauma-related guiltMoral injuryCut scoresClinically significant mental health symptomsSignificant mental health symptomsExposure to potentially morally injurious eventsSample of military veteransMental health symptomsPopulation-based sampleHealth care workersRisk of negative outcomesFunctional impairmentDepressive symptom severityMorally injurious eventsInjury carePMIE exposureNon-HispanicMental healthHealth symptomsCare workersInjury eventsPosttraumatic stressMilitary veteransSymptom severityGeneralized anxiety and mild anxiety symptoms in U.S. military veterans: Prevalence, characteristics, and functioning
Macdonald-Gagnon G, Stefanovics E, Potenza M, Pietrzak R. Generalized anxiety and mild anxiety symptoms in U.S. military veterans: Prevalence, characteristics, and functioning. Journal Of Psychiatric Research 2024, 171: 263-270. PMID: 38325107, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2024.02.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGeneralized anxiety disorderMild anxiety symptomsAnxiety symptomsMilitary veteransU.S. veteransCorrelates of generalized anxiety disorderCorrelates of anxiety symptomsAnxiety symptom severityU.S. military veteransAnxiety disordersGeneralized anxietyPoor mental healthSuicidal thoughtsSymptom severityMental disordersExcessive anxietyAnxietyMagnitude associationsMental healthFunctional impairmentVeteransFunctional correlatesClinical samplesNationally representative sampleSymptoms
2015
Epidemiology of generalized anxiety disorder in Canadian military personnel
Erickson J, Kinley D, Afifi T, Zamorski M, Pietrzak R, Stein M, Sareen J. Epidemiology of generalized anxiety disorder in Canadian military personnel. Journal Of Military Veteran And Family Health 2015, 1: 26-36. DOI: 10.3138/jmvfh.2014-01.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMental disordersHigher oddsWorld Mental Health Composite International Diagnostic InterviewComposite International Diagnostic InterviewMultivariate logistic regression modelAnxiety disordersMilitary personnelConsiderable functional impairmentCo-occurring disordersCanadian Community Health Survey-Canadian Forces SupplementLifetime prevalence ratesMental health careRegular Force personnelDegree of impairmentCanadian military personnelGeneralized anxiety disorderLogistic regression modelsClinical characteristicsClinical featuresMean ageFunctional impairmentPrevalence ratesDiagnostic InterviewEpisode lengthDisorders