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    Jason DeViva, PhD

    Associate Professor of Psychiatry
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    Contact Info

    jason.deviva@va.gov

    Psychiatry

    950 Campbell Ave., West Haven VA Medical Center

    West Haven, CT 06516

    United States

    About

    Titles

    Associate Professor of Psychiatry

    Biography

    Jason DeViva is a clinical psychologist who currently works with the VA Connecticut Health Care System as part of the posttraumatic stress disorder and anxiety disorders treatment program. He serves as co-director of the PTSD Clinical Team and is a PTSD mentor for VA's New England region. He is the military sexual trauma coordinator for VA Connecticut and the VA military sexual trauma point of contact for the New England region. He is a national lead trainer for the VA's dissemination of cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia and a regional trainer and national consultant for the dissemination of cognitive processing therapy for PTSD. He has worked in the VA system for the past 19 years, treating veterans of all eras with posttraumatic stress disorder and anxiety disorders. He has published numerous papers on sleep in individuals with PTSD and on factors related to engagement with and completion of evidence-based psychotherapy for PTSD. He is co-author of an award-winning book for family and loved ones of individuals with posttraumatic stress.

    Appointments

    • Psychiatry

      Associate Professor on Term
      Primary
      Psychiatry

    Other Departments & Organizations

    Education & Training

    Postdoctoral Fellow
    Dartmouth Medical School (2003)
    Predoctoral Intern
    Battle Creek VA Medical Center (2001)
    PhD
    University of Hawaii (2001)

    Research

    Overview

    The first research supporting the efficacy of cognitive-behavioral therapy in the treatment of PTSD was published over 20 years ago. However, data indicate that veterans diagnosed with PTSD tend not to receive or engage in evidence-based psychotherapy. When they do engage, studies show that completion rates are lower than those typically seen in clinical trials. I have been interested in identifying treatment engagement and completion rates among veterans with PTSD and determining what factors might be associated with engagement and completion. I have also focused on methods for increasing engagement with and completion of PTSD treatment.

    I am also interested in the relationship between trauma and sleep. Disturbed sleep appears to be associated with the development of PTSD as well as with other aspects of posttraumatic stress. Difficulties falling and staying asleep are among the most common posttraumatic symptoms, and evidence-based therapies for PTSD improve sleep only about half of the time. I have been interested in identifying the effects of treating PTSD on sleep difficulties, as well the effects of treating insomnia in individuals with otherwise untreated PTSD.

    Research at a Glance

    Yale Co-Authors

    Frequent collaborators of Jason DeViva's published research.

    Publications

    2024

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    Psychiatry

    950 Campbell Ave., West Haven VA Medical Center

    West Haven, CT 06516

    United States