2024
Pain, Substance Use Disorders, Mental Health, and Buprenorphine Treatment among Patients With and Without HIV
Miller E, McGinnis K, Edelman E, Feinberg T, Gordon K, Kerns R, Marshall B, Patterson J, McRae M. Pain, Substance Use Disorders, Mental Health, and Buprenorphine Treatment among Patients With and Without HIV. AIDS And Behavior 2024, 28: 3994-4004. PMID: 39264485, PMCID: PMC11586311, DOI: 10.1007/s10461-024-04494-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMental health classesSubstance use disordersOpioid use disorderHIV statusBuprenorphine initiationVeterans Aging Cohort StudyInitiate buprenorphineMental health diagnosesAging Cohort StudyBuprenorphine treatmentMultiple pain conditionsAssociated with HIV statusInfluence treatment retentionUse disorderTreatment of opioid use disorderHigher comorbidity burdenAge of patientsClinical encountersMental healthHealth diagnosisBlack veteransHealth classesLatent class analysisCohort studyPrescription data
2022
An Analysis of the Role of Mental Health in a Randomized Trial of a Walking Intervention for Black Veterans With Chronic Pain
Hammett PJ, Eliacin J, Makris UE, Allen KD, Kerns RD, Heapy A, Goldsmith ES, Meis LA, Taylor BC, Saenger M, Cross LJS, Do T, Branson M, Burgess DJ. An Analysis of the Role of Mental Health in a Randomized Trial of a Walking Intervention for Black Veterans With Chronic Pain. Journal Of Pain 2022, 24: 55-67. PMID: 36162790, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2022.07.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMental health disordersPain-related disabilityCo-occurring mental health disordersUsual careChronic painHealth disordersIntensive treatmentBlack veteransVA health care systemChronic musculoskeletal painChronic pain patientsMental health diagnosesTelephone coaching sessionsHealth care systemMusculoskeletal painPain patientsBlack patientsPainSecondary analysisPatientsMental healthCare systemHealth diagnosisIntervention effectivenessDisorders
2021
Military sexual trauma and suicidal ideation in VHA-care-seeking OEF/OIF/OND veterans without mental health diagnosis or treatment
Decker SE, Ramsey CM, Ronzitti S, Kerns RD, Driscoll MA, Dziura J, Skanderson M, Bathulapalli H, Brandt CA, Haskell SG, Goulet JL. Military sexual trauma and suicidal ideation in VHA-care-seeking OEF/OIF/OND veterans without mental health diagnosis or treatment. Psychiatry Research 2021, 303: 114089. PMID: 34247061, DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2021.114089.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMental health diagnosesMilitary sexual traumaVeterans Healthcare AdministrationSuicidal ideationHealth diagnosisSexual traumaRelative risk estimatesOEF/OIF/OND veteransSample of veteransPost-9/11 veteransSuicide risk factorsMental health concernsClinical remindersRisk factorsRelative riskHigh riskMen veteransMental healthcareHealth concernRisk estimatesMST survivorsWomenDiagnosisTraumaVeterans