2024
Provider–patient relationships and trauma among pregnant patients with opioid‐use disorder
Doernberg M, Gilstad‐Hayden K, Yonkers K, Forray A. Provider–patient relationships and trauma among pregnant patients with opioid‐use disorder. American Journal On Addictions 2024, 33: 569-575. PMID: 38685767, DOI: 10.1111/ajad.13570.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchProbable posttraumatic stress disorderOpioid-use disorderPosttraumatic stress disorderPregnant patientsAlliance ScaleProvider-patient relationshipStress disorderFifth EditionPregnant participantsIntegration subscaleCommunication subscaleTrauma-informed practicesTreatment trialsWeeks of pregnancyDemographic variablesDisordersSubscalesVulnerable patient populationObstetric providersPrenatal carePatient populationSevere traumaPatientsScoresParticipants
2022
Psychiatric Symptoms Across the Menstrual Cycle in Adult Women: A Comprehensive Review
Handy AB, Greenfield SF, Yonkers KA, Payne LA. Psychiatric Symptoms Across the Menstrual Cycle in Adult Women: A Comprehensive Review. Harvard Review Of Psychiatry 2022, 30: 100-117. PMID: 35267252, PMCID: PMC8906247, DOI: 10.1097/hrp.0000000000000329.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMental healthMenstrual cycleAnxiety disordersWomen's mental healthPsychiatric symptomsSocial anxiety disorderPosttraumatic stress disorderLuteal phaseObsessive-compulsive disorderMenstrual cycle-dependent fluctuationGeneralized anxiety disorderAdult womenSuicide/suicide attemptsBody of researchStress disorderBorderline personality disorderMenstrual cycle phaseBehavioral interventionsAlcohol useCyclic exacerbationsPanic disorderSymptom exacerbationSubjective effectsMenstrual phasePersonality disorder
2014
Pregnant Women With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Risk of Preterm Birth
Yonkers KA, Smith MV, Forray A, Epperson CN, Costello D, Lin H, Belanger K. Pregnant Women With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Risk of Preterm Birth. JAMA Psychiatry 2014, 71: 897-904. PMID: 24920287, PMCID: PMC4134929, DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2014.558.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMajor depressive episodePosttraumatic stress disorderPreterm birthWeeks of pregnancyPregnant womenDepressive episodeModified PTSD Symptom ScalePTSD Symptom ScaleStress disorderBenzodiazepine medicationLikely diagnosisSymptom ScaleComposite International Diagnostic InterviewProspective cohort studySerotonin reuptake inhibitorsLogistic regression analysisCohort studyMedication useReuptake inhibitorsBenzodiazepine treatmentBenzodiazepine usePsychotropic treatmentObstetrical practicePsychiatric illnessAnxiolytic treatment