2023
Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Justice-Involved Veterans: Changes in Treatment Targets in a Small, Pre-Post Design Clinical Trial
Edwards E, Epshteyn G, Snyder S, Gorman D, Coolidge B, Marcano E, Tsai J, Goodman M. Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Justice-Involved Veterans: Changes in Treatment Targets in a Small, Pre-Post Design Clinical Trial. Psychological Services 2023, 20: 98-107. PMID: 37053393, PMCID: PMC10570393, DOI: 10.1037/ser0000766.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDialectical behavior therapyJustice-involved veteransBehavioral therapySubstance usePre- to posttreatmentCase management needsTreatment targetIntegrative psychotherapyTherapeutic changePsychological distressCriminogenic riskMental healthVeteransLongitudinal changesPre-postQuality of lifeParticipantsPotential utilityPsychotherapyCase management interventionManagement interventionsInterventionDistressPosttreatmentSubstances
2022
Loneliness in U.S. military veterans during the COVID-19 pandemic: A nationally representative, prospective cohort study
Na PJ, Straus E, Tsai J, Norman SB, Southwick SM, Pietrzak RH. Loneliness in U.S. military veterans during the COVID-19 pandemic: A nationally representative, prospective cohort study. Journal Of Psychiatric Research 2022, 151: 546-553. PMID: 35636030, PMCID: PMC9126310, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2022.05.042.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrevalence of lonelinessPersistent lonelinessPandemic-related social restrictionsMultivariable logistic regression modelProtective factorsCOVID-19 pandemicPre-existing psychiatric conditionsProspective cohort studyMilitary veteransPre-pandemic measuresLogistic regression modelsProtective psychosocial factorsU.S. military veteransProspective cohortCohort studyUS veteransNational HealthHigh riskPsychiatric disordersPsychosocial factorsCOVID-related stressorsPsychiatric conditionsVeterans StudyLongitudinal changesVulnerable populations
2020
The National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study: A Narrative Review and Future Directions
Fogle BM, Tsai J, Mota N, Harpaz-Rotem I, Krystal JH, Southwick SM, Pietrzak RH. The National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study: A Narrative Review and Future Directions. Frontiers In Psychiatry 2020, 11: 538218. PMID: 33362593, PMCID: PMC7755975, DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.538218.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNational HealthVeterans StudyMental disordersNarrative reviewVeterans Affairs Healthcare SystemPopulation-based dataUnique health needsUnited States veteransPost-traumatic stress disorderNon-veteran counterpartsPost-traumatic growthProtective psychosocial characteristicsProspective studyStates veteransIndependent cohortHealth outcomesHealth needsU.S. veteransCare deliveryClinical implicationsLongitudinal changesPsychosocial characteristicsProtective factorsStress disorderTreatment efforts