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Addressing Social Determinants of Health in Individuals with Mental Disorders in Clinical Practice: Review and Recommendations
Peter Na, MD, MPH, assistant professor of psychiatry, and Robert Pietrzak, PhD, MPH, professor of psychiatry and of public health, are co-authors of a paper in Translational Psychiatry that reviews literature on the assessment of relevant social factors and pragmatic psychosocial strategies at the individual, family, and community levels to help reduce adverse impact on patients.
Source: Translational Psychiatry
7 Apr 2025
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‘Like a Giant Squid Game:’ Soul Searching in South Korea After Latest Celebrity Suicide
Peter Jongho Na, MD, MPH, assistant professor of psychiatry, spoke to The Guardian about the suicide death of actor Kim Sae-ron in South Korea. Na is on a presidential committee in South Korea that aims to address the country’s challenges with mental health and suicide.
Source: The Guardian
24 Feb 2025
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Study Sheds Light on Social Drivers That Increase Risk of Suicide
Yale School of Medicine and VA Connecticut Healthcare System researchers compared social determinants of health in relation to the risk of suicide, a major global public health issue and one of the leading causes of death in the United States.
2 Jan 2025
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Genes in Context: Path to More Precise Risk Prediction in Psychiatry?
Peter Na, MD, MPH; Robert Pietrzak, PhD, MPH; and Joel Gelernter, MD, are co-authors of an editorial in the British Journal of Psychiatry that describes the importance of converging genetics and psychosocial epidemiology research methods to understand the biopsychosocial etiology of psychiatric phenotypes.
Source: British Journal of Psychiatry
18 Oct 2024
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Resilience and Gratitude Linked to Successful Aging Among Vets With Mental Disorders
Robert Pietrzak, PhD, MPH, professor of psychiatry and of public health, is senior author of a paper in The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry that found resilience and a strong sense of gratitude were significantly associated with self-reported successful aging among U.S. veterans with depression, anxiety, and/or posttraumatic stress disorder.
Source: Psychiatric News
22 Aug 2024
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Study Links Life Purpose to Sustained Functioning in US Veterans
A new study led by National Center for PTSD and Yale researchers analyzed data from a large, population-based sample of U.S. military veterans to identify factors — both positive and negative — associated with mental, physical, psychosocial, and cognitive functioning.
12 Aug 2024
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Na Joins South Korea’s Presidential Committee on Mental Health Policy Innovation
Peter Jongho Na, MD, MPH, a psychiatrist at the VA Connecticut Healthcare System and assistant professor of psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine, has been appointed to a presidential committee in South Korea that aims to address the country’s challenges with mental health and suicide.
9 Jul 2024
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Na Chosen to Receive VA Career Development Award
Peter Jongho Na, MD, MPH, assistant professor of psychiatry, has been chosen to receive a Career Development Award-2 from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
2 Jul 2024
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‘Absolutely Insufficient:’ How Data Restrictions and Funding Constraints Hamper South Korea’s Suicide Prevention Efforts
Peter Na, MD, MPH, assistant professor of psychiatry, spoke to TIME for an article about the high rates of suicide in South Korea.
Source: TIME
13 Jun 2024
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Study Sheds Light on Genetic and Environmental Risk Factors for Opioid Use Disorder
A new study by VA Connecticut Healthcare System and Yale School of Medicine researchers assesses how the most up-to-date genetic and psychosocial predictors of opioid use disorder compare and combine when predicting the risk of becoming dependent on opioids.
6 Feb 2024
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Study Assesses Well-being of U.S. Veterans
A new study led by the National Center for PTSD and Yale researchers analyzed data from a nationally representative sample of more than 2,400 U.S. veterans to examine subjective ratings and key sociodemographic, health, and psychosocial correlates of well-being. Peter Jongho Na, MD, MPH, and Robert Pietrzak, PhD, MPH, were lead and senior authors of the study, published in JAMA Network Open.
7 Dec 2023
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In Study of Veterans, Positive Personality Traits Moderate Persistent High Alcohol Consumption
Peter Na, MD, MPH, assistant professor of psychiatry, and Robert Pietrzak, PhD, MPH, professor of psychiatry and of public health, led a research team that examined the psychosocial moderators of high alcohol consumption determined by polygenic risk in military veterans.
Source: Psychological Medicine
22 Sep 2023
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Study: Purpose in Life and Social Connection Protect Against Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors During COVID-19 Pandemic
Research has shown that U.S. veterans are at high risk for suicidal thoughts and behaviors and death by suicide. In fact, prior to the pandemic in 2019, veterans accounted for 12 percent of all suicide deaths despite accounting for approximately 6 percent of the total population. A new study led by National Center for PTSD and Yale researchers analyzed data from a nationally representative sample of U.S. veterans to understand how the COVID-19 pandemic may have led to changes in suicidal thoughts and behaviors. The results were published online April 5 in JAMA Psychiatry.
5 Apr 2023
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Social Disconnection as a Global Behavioral Epidemic
Peter J. Na, MD, MPH, assistant professor of psychiatry, and Robert H. Pietrzak, PhD, MPH, professor of psychiatry and public health, are first and senior authors of a Viewpoint published in JAMA Psychiatry which describes social disconnection as a global behavioral epidemic.
13 Dec 2022
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Durkheim’s Theory of Social Integration and Suicide Revisited: Is It Diversity of Social Networks or Perceived Strength of Social Support That Matters?
Peter Na, MD, MPH; Tanner Bommersbach, MD, MPH; Robert Pietrzak, PhD, MPH; and Greg Rhee, PhD, are authors of a paper in The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry that found greater diversity of social networks was more strongly associated with lower risks of suicidal ideation and attempt than perceived strength of social support.
Source: The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
4 Dec 2022
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Na Selected to Receive SOBP Travel Fellowship Award
Peter Na, MD, MPH, assistant professor of psychiatry, has been selected to receive a 2023 Society of Biological Psychiatry Travel Fellowship Award for the 2023 annual meeting of the Society of Biological Psychiatry (SOBP).
8 Nov 2022
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Yale Study: National Trends of Suicidal Ideation and Mental Health Services Use Among U.S. Adults With Opioid Use Disorder, 2009–2020
Yale researchers Peter Na, MD, MPH; Tanner Bommersbach, MD; Ismene Petrakis, MD; and Greg Rhee, PhD, are co-authors of a paper in eClinical Medicine that examines the trends and correlates of past-year suicidal ideation and mental health service use among U.S. adults with past-year opioid use disorder from 2009 to 2020.
Source: eClinical Medicine
14 Oct 2022
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Association of Distress Due to Systemic Racism and Racial Disparities With Psychopathology and Suicidal Ideation Among US Veterans During the COVID-19 Pandemic
A team of Yale Psychiatry researchers analyzed data from a national sample of US veterans to examine the prevalence of perceived systemic racism and racial disparities in COVID-19–related health outcomes and the association of racism-related distress with internalizing and externalizing psychopathology and suicidal ideation during the pandemic.
Source: The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
2 Aug 2022
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Na Chosen for VA Career Development Award
Peter Jongho Na, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, has been chosen to receive a Career Development Award from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
19 Apr 2022
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Increased Admissions of Older Adults to Substance Use Treatment Facilities and Associated Changes in Admission Characteristics, 2000–2017
A new study by Yale researchers found the number and proportion of older adults admitted to SUD treatment facilities increased substantially from 2000 to 2017 and were associated with changes in both population numbers and patient characteristics, especially a relative increase among older adults in cocaine/crack and cannabis use and a relative decrease for use of alcohol and opioids.
Source: The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
29 Mar 2022