2024
Unraveling PTSD: Symptom Cluster Change During and 1 Year After Veterans’ Residential PTSD Treatment
Gross G, Spiller T, Ben-Zion Z, Rubenstein A, Pietrzak R, Duek O, Hoff R, Harpaz-Rotem I. Unraveling PTSD: Symptom Cluster Change During and 1 Year After Veterans’ Residential PTSD Treatment. Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice And Policy 2024 PMID: 38990694, DOI: 10.1037/tra0001734.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPosttraumatic stress disorderPosttraumatic stress disorder symptom clustersPosttraumatic stress disorder clustersSymptom clustersIntrusive symptomsResidential treatmentTreatment of posttraumatic stress disorderPosttraumatic stress disorder symptomsResidential PTSD treatmentPTSD symptom clustersNovel treatment interventionsDifferential treatment responseReduce symptom severityDifferential patterns of changeAvoidance symptomsPTSD treatmentTreatment gainsStress disorderVeterans AffairsSymptom severityCluster CTreatment interventionsCluster BIndividual symptomsCohort of veterans
2021
Cannabinoid Receptor 1 rs1049353 Variant, Childhood Abuse, and the Heterogeneity of PTSD Symptoms: Results From the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study
Korem N, Duek O, Xu K, Harpaz-Rotem I, Pietrzak RH. Cannabinoid Receptor 1 rs1049353 Variant, Childhood Abuse, and the Heterogeneity of PTSD Symptoms: Results From the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study. Chronic Stress 2021, 5: 24705470211011075. PMID: 33997583, PMCID: PMC8107935, DOI: 10.1177/24705470211011075.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPosttraumatic stress disorderOverall PTSD symptomsAnxious arousal symptomsPTSD symptomsNational HealthChildhood abuseVeterans StudySymptom clustersArousal symptomsAllele carrier statusArousal symptom clustersMultivariable analysisEndocannabinoid systemAllele carriersPTSD symptom clustersGene-environment studiesGreater severityG homozygotesU.S. veteransSymptomsStress disorderCarrier statusReceptor geneDisordersSignificant main effect