2017
Risk for Incident Hypertension Associated With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Military Veterans and the Effect of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Treatment
Burg MM, Brandt C, Buta E, Schwartz J, Bathulapalli H, Dziura J, Edmondson DE, Haskell S. Risk for Incident Hypertension Associated With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Military Veterans and the Effect of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Treatment. Psychosomatic Medicine 2017, 79: 181-188. PMID: 27490852, PMCID: PMC5285494, DOI: 10.1097/psy.0000000000000376.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPosttraumatic stress disorderPosttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) treatmentHypertension riskHazard ratioDisorder treatmentSelective serotonin reuptake inhibitor medicationsSerotonin reuptake inhibitor medicationsStress disorderIncident hypertension riskClinic blood pressureCardiovascular mortality riskInteraction of PTSDReuptake inhibitor medicationsLong-term health impactsStress disorder diagnosisPosttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) diagnosisAntihypertensive medicationsHypertension AssociatedIncident hypertensionHypertensive rangeBlood pressureInhibitor medicationMedical visitsCardiovascular diseaseMortality risk
2016
The design and implementation of a randomized controlled trial of a risk reduction and human immunodeficiency virus prevention videogame intervention in minority adolescents: PlayForward: Elm City Stories
Fiellin LE, Kyriakides TC, Hieftje KD, Pendergrass TM, Duncan LR, Dziura JD, Sawyer BG, Fiellin DA. The design and implementation of a randomized controlled trial of a risk reduction and human immunodeficiency virus prevention videogame intervention in minority adolescents: PlayForward: Elm City Stories. Clinical Trials 2016, 13: 400-408. PMID: 27013483, PMCID: PMC4942329, DOI: 10.1177/1740774516637871.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGame dataHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infectionHuman immunodeficiency virus prevention interventionsPsychosocial antecedentsImmunodeficiency virus infectionRisk behavior reductionVideogame interventionMinority adolescentsBehavioral interventionsRisky sexual behaviorLarge-scale trialsMinority youthControl gameCommunity-based programsPeer pressureAssessment dataSummer campStudy visitBehavior reductionVirus infectionPrevention interventionsGame designersSchool programsAdolescentsEmpiric testing