2024
Psychological Resilience of Mental Health Workers During the Russia-Ukraine War: Implications for Clinical Interventions.
Kang H, Fischer I, Vus V, Kolyshkina A, Ponomarenko L, Chobanian A, Esterlis I, Pietrzak R. Psychological Resilience of Mental Health Workers During the Russia-Ukraine War: Implications for Clinical Interventions. The Primary Care Companion For CNS Disorders 2024, 26 PMID: 39441963, DOI: 10.4088/pcc.24m03761.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMental health workersPsychological resilienceHealth workersDistress scoresClinical interventionsMental health symptomsGreater resilienceAssociated with greater resilienceWar-related exposuresWork-related stressorsConvenience samplePsychosocial characteristicsHealth symptomsMeaning in lifeOccupational stressorsPresence of meaning in lifeOccupational stressSocial connectednessPromote resiliencePsychiatric resilienceGreater levelsInterventionScoresSocial relationshipsAuthor affiliation
2022
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
Merians A, Spiller T, Harpaz-Rotem I, Krystal J, Pietrzak R. Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. Medical Clinics Of North America 2022, 107: 85-99. PMID: 36402502, DOI: 10.1016/j.mcna.2022.04.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPost-traumatic stress disorderStress disorderCognitive processing therapyCognitive behavioral therapyEye movement desensitizationEvidence-based psychotherapiesTraumatic eventsBehavioral therapyNegative alterationsFirst-line pharmacologic treatmentStructured interviewsFirst-line treatmentNonpsychiatric settingsLarge bodyPharmacologic treatmentReuptake inhibitorsCognitionDisordersArousalTherapeutic interventionsMoodPsychotherapyAvoidanceTherapyIntervention
2017
Trauma resiliency and posttraumatic growth.
Tsai J, Harpaz-Rotem I, Pietrzak R, Southwick S. Trauma resiliency and posttraumatic growth. 2017, 89-113. DOI: 10.1037/0000020-005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPosttraumatic growthPositive psychological changesTrauma-related psychopathologyFace of traumaPrevalence of resilienceMeasurement of resilienceBrief case examplesTraumatic eventsPsychological changesField of traumatologyNew interventionsResilienceSynonymous conceptsCase exampleFuture directionsInterventionMore researchResearchCursory reviewPsychopathologyTraumaAdditional readingReadingHuman lifeResiliency