2021
Subthreshold post-traumatic stress disorder as a risk factor for post-traumatic stress disorder: results from a sample of USA veterans
Pietrzak RH, Javier FG, Krystal JH, Southwick SM. Subthreshold post-traumatic stress disorder as a risk factor for post-traumatic stress disorder: results from a sample of USA veterans. The British Journal Of Psychiatry 2021, 219: 456-459. PMID: 35048836, DOI: 10.1192/bjp.2021.17.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSubthreshold post-traumatic stress disorderPost-traumatic stress disorderStress disorderRisk factorsProspective national cohortPotential risk factorsLow dispositional optimismSpecific PTSD symptomsTrauma-exposed veteransNational cohortAssociated FactorsPreventive interventionsPTSD symptomsVeteransDisordersGreater ageCognitive difficultiesWave 1Dispositional optimismCohortSymptomsFactorsTrauma
2016
Late-life exacerbation of PTSD symptoms in US veterans: results from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study.
Mota N, Tsai J, Kirwin PD, Harpaz-Rotem I, Krystal JH, Southwick SM, Pietrzak RH. Late-life exacerbation of PTSD symptoms in US veterans: results from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study. The Journal Of Clinical Psychiatry 2016, 77: 348-54. PMID: 27046308, DOI: 10.4088/jcp.15m10101.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOlder US veteransPosttraumatic stress disorderUS veteransPTSD symptomsNational HealthVeterans StudyMultivariable logistic regression modelWorst traumaDelayed-onset posttraumatic stress disorderExecutive dysfunctionWave 2Population-based dataUS military veteransLogistic regression modelsWave 1Cohort studySignificant exacerbationGreater severitySymptomsOlder ageStress disorderSelf-reported cognitive difficultiesPotential targetMilitary veteransLater life