2022
Treatment response trajectories in residential PTSD programs for veterans: A national cohort investigation
Grau P, Sripada R, Pietrzak R, Ganoczy D, Harpaz-Rotem I. Treatment response trajectories in residential PTSD programs for veterans: A national cohort investigation. Journal Of Anxiety Disorders 2022, 92: 102645. PMID: 36334317, DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2022.102645.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEvidence-based psychotherapiesThree-group trajectory modelTreatment outcomesTreatment responseTime of admissionPoor treatment outcomesPoor treatment responseNon-white raceResidential PTSD programsSubset of veteransPTSD treatment outcomesResidential PTSD treatmentPain severityCohort investigationPTSD careNational cohortFull cohortPTSD treatmentTherapeutic gainTreatment dropoutSymptom trajectoriesVeterans AffairsPTSD programTreatment response trajectoriesTreatment trajectoriesRisk for PTSD symptom worsening during new PTSD treatment episode in a nationally representative sample of treatment-seeking U.S. veterans with subthreshold PTSD
Gross GM, Pietrzak RH, Hoff RA, Katz IR, Harpaz-Rotem I. Risk for PTSD symptom worsening during new PTSD treatment episode in a nationally representative sample of treatment-seeking U.S. veterans with subthreshold PTSD. Journal Of Psychiatric Research 2022, 151: 304-310. PMID: 35526446, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2022.04.040.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSymptom worseningRisk factorsSubthreshold PTSDPTSD symptom clustersSymptom clustersPTSD symptomsHealth care utilizationPTSD specialty clinicPoor treatment outcomesUnited States veteransBinary logistic regressionAdjusted analysisCare utilizationTreatment episodesRepresentative sampleSpecialty clinicSignificant symptomsTreatment outcomesSignificant worseningStates veteransSubthreshold symptomsEligible veteransNew episodesOutcome assessmentDiagnostic threshold
2021
Racial Disparities in Clinical Outcomes of Veterans Affairs Residential PTSD Treatment Between Black and White Veterans
Gross GM, Smith N, Holliday R, Rozek DC, Hoff R, Harpaz-Rotem I. Racial Disparities in Clinical Outcomes of Veterans Affairs Residential PTSD Treatment Between Black and White Veterans. Psychiatric Services 2021, 73: 126-132. PMID: 34369806, DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.202000783.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsResidential Rehabilitation Treatment ProgramPosttraumatic stress disorderWhite veteransRacial disparitiesClinical outcomesBlack veteransSymptoms of PTSDPoor clinical outcomeRehabilitation treatment programRecurrence 4 monthsPoor treatment outcomesMental health treatmentPublic health issuePTSD symptom reductionResidential PTSD treatmentMental health researchTreatment outcomesPrevalence ratesSymptom reductionHealth treatmentHealth outcomesPTSD treatmentDemographic dataSymptom changeTreatment program