2023
Subjective cognitive difficulties and posttraumatic stress disorder interact to increase suicide risk among middle-aged and older US military veterans
Cations M, Cook J, Nichter B, Esterlis I, Pietrzak R. Subjective cognitive difficulties and posttraumatic stress disorder interact to increase suicide risk among middle-aged and older US military veterans. International Psychogeriatrics 2023, 36: 599-607. PMID: 36756753, DOI: 10.1017/s1041610222001053.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPosttraumatic stress disorderSubjective cognitive difficultiesCurrent suicidal intentSuicidal intentSuicidal ideationPatient Health Questionnaire-9Suicide riskStress disorderCurrent posttraumatic stress disorderMilitary veteransCross-sectional studyUnited States military veteransUS military veteransCognitive Functioning ScaleOlder U.S. veteransCognitive difficultiesSubjective cognitive impairmentQuestionnaire-9US veteransNational HealthSuicide Behaviors QuestionnaireOlder veteransCognitive impairmentConcentration difficultiesU.S. veterans
2021
Psychological Resilience to the Challenges of Physical Aging in Older U.S. Veterans: Results From the 2019-2020 National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study
Asch RH, Kachadourian L, Southwick SM, Esterlis I, Pietrzak RH. Psychological Resilience to the Challenges of Physical Aging in Older U.S. Veterans: Results From the 2019-2020 National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study. American Journal Of Geriatric Psychiatry 2021, 29: 1280-1285. PMID: 34053836, PMCID: PMC8553809, DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2021.04.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPsychological resilienceOlder U.S. veteransVeterans StudySecure attachment stylePhysical health difficultiesU.S. veteransU.S. military veteransRelative importance analysisAttachment securityAttachment styleHealth difficultiesNovel analytic approachMilitary veteransIntervention strategiesMindfulnessStrongest correlateGreater resilienceMultiple regressionResilienceVeteransOlder veteransAnalytic approachRepresentative sampleDifficulty indexScores