2024
Helping the Helpers: Mental Health Challenges of Psychosocial Support Workers During the Russian-Ukrainian War
Kang H, Fischer I, Esterlis I, Kolyshkina A, Ponomarenko L, Chobanian A, Vus V, Pietrzak R. Helping the Helpers: Mental Health Challenges of Psychosocial Support Workers During the Russian-Ukrainian War. Disaster Medicine And Public Health Preparedness 2024, 18: e95. PMID: 38829179, DOI: 10.1017/dmp.2024.68.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPsychosocial support workersPosttraumatic stress disorderAssociated with greater oddsPresence of meaning in lifeMeaning in lifeSuicidal ideationMental health challengesGreater oddsMental healthLow optimismSupport workersHealth challengesMental health problemsCorrelates of burnoutPromote social connectednessStress disorderPsychosocial characteristicsGreater distressWar exposureGeneral populationHealth problemsSocial connectednessBurnoutOddsSocial relationships
2010
Posttraumatic growth in Veterans of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom
Pietrzak RH, Goldstein MB, Malley JC, Rivers AJ, Johnson DC, Morgan CA, Southwick SM. Posttraumatic growth in Veterans of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. Journal Of Affective Disorders 2010, 126: 230-235. PMID: 20399504, DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2010.03.021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOperation Enduring FreedomMild traumatic brain injuryGreater posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptomsTraumatic brain injuryEnduring FreedomIraqi FreedomCorrelates of psychopathologyPosttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptomsOEF-OIF veteransAnonymous mail surveyBrain injuryPosttraumatic growthSurvey return rateYounger ageOIF veteransPsychosocial functioningPerception of effortCombat exposureDisorder symptomsVeteransRegression analysisMember supportDeleterious effectsSocial support