2016
Correlates of VA Mental Health Treatment Utilization Among OEF/OIF/OND Veterans: Resilience, Stigma, Social Support, Personality, and Beliefs About Treatment
DeViva JC, Sheerin CM, Southwick SM, Roy AM, Pietrzak RH, Harpaz-Rotem I. Correlates of VA Mental Health Treatment Utilization Among OEF/OIF/OND Veterans: Resilience, Stigma, Social Support, Personality, and Beliefs About Treatment. Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice And Policy 2016, 8: 310-318. PMID: 26237497, DOI: 10.1037/tra0000075.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOEF/OIF/OND veteransPTSD symptomsAdaptive beliefsMental health careSocial supportPostdeployment social supportMeasures of resilienceMental health treatment utilizationDevelopment of interventionsMental health treatmentTreatment utilizationNT participantsPosttraumatic growthEmotional stabilityPP participantsMental health care utilizationPersonality factorsHealth careNT groupPP groupDifferent decision pointsHealth treatmentVA mental health careMental health service utilizationHealth care utilization
2011
Cognitive-behavioral coping strategies associated with combat-related PTSD in treatment-seeking OEF–OIF Veterans
Pietrzak RH, Harpaz-Rotem I, Southwick SM. Cognitive-behavioral coping strategies associated with combat-related PTSD in treatment-seeking OEF–OIF Veterans. Psychiatry Research 2011, 189: 251-258. PMID: 21813184, DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2011.07.019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPosttraumatic stress disorderAvoidance coping strategiesPostdeployment social supportCombat-related PTSD symptomsCombat-related posttraumatic stress disorderOEF-OIF veteransPTSD symptomsCoping strategiesSocial supportAvoidance copingCognitive-behavioral coping strategiesCognitive therapy modelTrauma-related thoughtsMaladaptive coping strategiesMeasures of worryIraqi Freedom veteransBehavioral distractionCognitive copingStructural equation modelSocial avoidanceStress disorderThought controlCombat exposureGreater perceptionOperation Enduring Freedom