2004
An Increased Capacity for Adrenal DHEA Release is Associated with Decreased Avoidance and Negative Mood Symptoms in Women with PTSD
Rasmusson AM, Vasek J, Lipschitz DS, Vojvoda D, Mustone ME, Shi Q, Gudmundsen G, Morgan CA, Wolfe J, Charney DS. An Increased Capacity for Adrenal DHEA Release is Associated with Decreased Avoidance and Negative Mood Symptoms in Women with PTSD. Neuropsychopharmacology 2004, 29: 1546-1557. PMID: 15199367, DOI: 10.1038/sj.npp.1300432.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPost-traumatic stress disorderNegative mood symptomsAdrenal cortisol responsePremenopausal womenMood symptomsPTSD subjectsCortisol responseDHEA releaseAdrenal activationClinician-Administered PTSD Scale scoresChronic post-traumatic stress disorderHPA axis adaptationCorticotropin-releasing factorSeverity of PTSDEndogenous plasma levelsNontraumatized subjectsAdrenal axisDHEAS levelsPlasma levelsAdrenocorticotropic hormonePituitary ACTHProgesterone levelsDHEA responsesHealthy individualsAntiglucocorticoid mifepristone
1998
PTSD Symptoms in Bosnian Refugees 1 Year After Resettlement in the United States
Weine S, Vojvoda D, Becker D, McGlashan T, Hodzic E, Laub D, Hyman L, Sawyer M, Lazrove S. PTSD Symptoms in Bosnian Refugees 1 Year After Resettlement in the United States. American Journal Of Psychiatry 1998, 155: 562-564. PMID: 9546008, DOI: 10.1176/ajp.155.4.562.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPosttraumatic stress disorderPTSD symptomsInitial assessmentPTSD severity scoresOlder refugeesSeverity scoreSevere symptomsPTSD symptom profilesSymptom profilesGreater riskPTSD diagnosisSymptomsBosnian refugeesStress disorderStandardized instrumentsUnited StatesSeverityPossible factorsAuthors' goalOverall decreaseYearsDiagnosis
1995
Adolescent Survivors of “Ethnic Cleansing”: Observations on the First Year in America
WEINE S, BECKER D, McGLASHAN T, VOJVODA D, HARTMAN S, ROBBINS J. Adolescent Survivors of “Ethnic Cleansing”: Observations on the First Year in America. Journal Of The American Academy Of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 1995, 34: 1153-1159. PMID: 7559309, DOI: 10.1097/00004583-199509000-00012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPosttraumatic stress disorderCluster symptomsDelayed-onset posttraumatic stress disorderStandard assessment scalesFirst yearDepressive disorderBosnian adolescentsPsychiatric assessmentClinical InterviewAssessment ScaleStress disorderSymptomsAdolescent survivorsSexual traumaMassive psychic traumaLower ratesTraumaDisordersTrauma testimonyAdolescentsPsychic traumaInsufficient timeYearsCleansingSurvivorsPsychiatric consequences of "ethnic cleansing": clinical assessments and trauma testimonies of newly resettled Bosnian refugees
Weine S, Becker D, McGlashan T, Laub D, Lazrove S, Vojvoda D, Hyman L. Psychiatric consequences of "ethnic cleansing": clinical assessments and trauma testimonies of newly resettled Bosnian refugees. American Journal Of Psychiatry 1995, 152: 536-542. PMID: 7694901, DOI: 10.1176/ajp.152.4.536.Peer-Reviewed Original Research