2021
Antidepressants Are the Most Commonly Discontinued Psychotherapeutic Medications in Pregnancy
Germack H, Combellick J, Cooper M, Koller K, McMichael B. Antidepressants Are the Most Commonly Discontinued Psychotherapeutic Medications in Pregnancy. Women's Health Issues 2021, 32: 241-250. PMID: 34840082, DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2021.10.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPsychotherapeutic medicationsPerinatal periodPsychiatric illnessAnxiolytics/sedativesMedical Expenditure Panel SurveyUntreated psychiatric illnessMedical Expenditure Panel Survey Household ComponentMedication continuationClinical characteristicsMedication categoriesMood stabilizersAntipsychotic medicationMedicationsPregnancyAntidepressantsHousehold ComponentWomenDemographic characteristicsAntipsychoticsSignificant differencesT-testIllnessFurther researchDiscontinuationAnticonvulsants
2020
Postpartum Depression in a Cohort of Post-9/11 Women Veterans: The Role of Military Stress and Trauma
Combellick J, Gaffey A, Driscoll M, Foley T, Ronzitti S, Dziura J, Bastian L, Zephyrin L, Mattocks K, Haskell S. Postpartum Depression in a Cohort of Post-9/11 Women Veterans: The Role of Military Stress and Trauma. Military Behavioral Health 2020, 8: 345-352. DOI: 10.1080/21635781.2020.1751351.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPostpartum depressionWomen veteransMultivariate analysisCross-sectional studyUnique risk factorsMilitary-related factorsRisk factorsMilitary-related traumaMilitary exposureCombat exposureDepressionVeteransTrauma variablesCohortHigh rateTraumaExposureTraumatic experiencesMilitary stressAdditional supportPregnancyCliniciansFactorsMilitary serviceWomenSex Differences in Military Sexual Trauma and Severe Self-Directed Violence
Gross GM, Ronzitti S, Combellick JL, Decker SE, Mattocks KM, Hoff RA, Haskell SG, Brandt CA, Goulet JL. Sex Differences in Military Sexual Trauma and Severe Self-Directed Violence. American Journal Of Preventive Medicine 2020, 58: 675-682. PMID: 32037020, DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2019.12.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMilitary sexual traumaSelf-directed violenceSexual traumaWomen veteransCox proportional hazards regression modelVeterans Health Administration (VHA) careProportional hazards regression modelsHazards regression modelsOperations Enduring Freedom/Iraqi Freedom/New Dawn veteransPsychiatric morbidityNew Dawn veteransSuicide attemptsBivariate analysisPreventative effortsTraumaWomenMenSex differencesVeteransRiskRegression modelsDemographic variablesSevere selfHospitalizationMorbidity