2022
Mental Health Burden in Enlisted and Commissioned U.S. Military Veterans: Importance of Indirect Trauma Exposure in Commissioned Veterans
Merians AN, Na PJ, Tsai J, Harpaz-Rotem I, Pietrzak RH. Mental Health Burden in Enlisted and Commissioned U.S. Military Veterans: Importance of Indirect Trauma Exposure in Commissioned Veterans. Psychiatry 2022, 85: 418-432. PMID: 35532217, DOI: 10.1080/00332747.2022.2068301.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPosttraumatic stress disorderMajor depressive disorderU.S. military veteransSuicidal ideationMilitary veteransTrauma exposureMost mental health outcomesMental health burdenPast-year suicidal ideationDrug use disordersU.S. veteran populationMental health historyHigh exposureMental health outcomesMultivariable analysisDepressive disorderNational HealthHealth burdenPost-stratification weightsUse disordersVeteran populationHealth historyHealth outcomesIndirect trauma exposureVeterans Study
2018
In Their Own Words: Clinician Experiences and Challenges in Administering Evidence-Based Treatments for PTSD in the Veterans Health Administration
Doran JM, O’Shea M, Harpaz-Rotem I. In Their Own Words: Clinician Experiences and Challenges in Administering Evidence-Based Treatments for PTSD in the Veterans Health Administration. Psychiatric Quarterly 2018, 90: 11-27. PMID: 30209719, DOI: 10.1007/s11126-018-9604-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVeterans Affairs Healthcare SystemEvidence-based psychotherapiesClinician experienceVeteran populationVeterans Health AdministrationOutpatient PTSD clinicClinicians' perceptionsPTSD clinicClinical practiceHealth AdministrationTreatment effectivenessHealthcare systemPTSDTreatmentOne-hour focus groupsCliniciansRepresentative quotesPresent studyFocus groupsActive ingredientsChange/improvementClinicPopulation
2016
Hostility and telomere shortening among U.S. military veterans: Results from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study
Watkins LE, Harpaz-Rotem I, Sippel LM, Krystal JH, Southwick SM, Pietrzak RH. Hostility and telomere shortening among U.S. military veterans: Results from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study. Psychoneuroendocrinology 2016, 74: 251-257. PMID: 27689898, DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2016.09.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsU.S. military veteransClinical variablesNational HealthTelomere lengthMilitary veteransMultivariable binary logistic regression analysisVeterans StudyAccelerated cellular agingBinary logistic regression analysisLogistic regression analysisU.S. veteran populationNon-veteran populationsAge-related disordersPolymerase chain reaction methodChronic disordersRisk factorsChain reaction methodQuantitative polymerase chain reaction methodVeteran populationU.S. veteransSecondary analysisTreatment effortsVeteransRegression analysisBiological age