2024
What Happens Next? Maintenance of Gains After Discharge From VA Residential PTSD Treatment
Grau P, Harpaz-Rotem I, Ilgen M, Ganoczy D, Sripada R. What Happens Next? Maintenance of Gains After Discharge From VA Residential PTSD Treatment. The Journal Of Nervous And Mental Disease 2024, 212: 197-204. PMID: 38536046, DOI: 10.1097/nmd.0000000000001749.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMaintenance of gainsResidential PTSD treatmentPosttraumatic stress disorderPTSD treatmentStress disorderResidential treatmentSymptom reboundDepartment of Veterans AffairsCohort of veteransSignificant respondersTreatment responseNational cohort of veteransVeteransAssociated with maintenanceResponse profilesPain severityVeterans AffairsGreater pain severitySessionsAssociated with decreased oddsPsychotherapyAssociated with increased oddsSeverityDisordersRespondents
2023
Not all traumas are created equal: Phenotypic heterogeneity of PTSD symptoms in relation to index traumas in U.S. military veterans
Kachadourian L, Duek O, Tsai J, Harpaz-Rotem I, Pietrzak R. Not all traumas are created equal: Phenotypic heterogeneity of PTSD symptoms in relation to index traumas in U.S. military veterans. Journal Of Affective Disorders 2023, 340: 728-731. PMID: 37572698, PMCID: PMC10754253, DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2023.08.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPosttraumatic stress disorderU.S. military veteransMilitary veteransIndex traumaPTSD symptomsDysphoric arousal symptomsIllness/injuryGreater overall severityIndex traumatic eventClinical presentationNational HealthDiagnostic criteriaTreatment approachesGreater severityOverall severityVeterans StudyInterpersonal violenceStress disorderTraumaArousal symptomsSymptomsVeteransPhenotypic heterogeneityTraumatic eventsSeverity
2022
Comparative effectiveness of group v. individual trauma-focused treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder in veterans
Spiller TR, Duek O, Buta E, Gross G, Smith NB, Harpaz-Rotem I. Comparative effectiveness of group v. individual trauma-focused treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder in veterans. Psychological Medicine 2022, 53: 4561-4568. PMID: 35959560, PMCID: PMC10388318, DOI: 10.1017/s0033291722001441.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGroup cognitive processing therapyCognitive processing therapyPosttraumatic stress disorderIndividual cognitive processing therapyPTSD symptom severitySymptom severityStress disorderReal-world effectivenessComparative effectiveness studiesResidential treatmentEffective treatmentComparative effectivenessVeterans AffairsEffectiveness studiesPTSD ChecklistPTSD severityGroup therapySeverityVeteransTreatmentDSM-5Group V.TherapyDisordersSmall reduction