2022
Risk for PTSD symptom worsening during new PTSD treatment episode in a nationally representative sample of treatment-seeking U.S. veterans with subthreshold PTSD
Gross GM, Pietrzak RH, Hoff RA, Katz IR, Harpaz-Rotem I. Risk for PTSD symptom worsening during new PTSD treatment episode in a nationally representative sample of treatment-seeking U.S. veterans with subthreshold PTSD. Journal Of Psychiatric Research 2022, 151: 304-310. PMID: 35526446, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2022.04.040.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSymptom worseningRisk factorsSubthreshold PTSDPTSD symptom clustersSymptom clustersPTSD symptomsHealth care utilizationPTSD specialty clinicPoor treatment outcomesUnited States veteransBinary logistic regressionAdjusted analysisCare utilizationTreatment episodesRepresentative sampleSpecialty clinicSignificant symptomsTreatment outcomesSignificant worseningStates veteransSubthreshold symptomsEligible veteransNew episodesOutcome assessmentDiagnostic threshold
2020
Validation of a Brief Pornography Screen across multiple samples
Kraus SW, Gola M, Grubbs JB, Kowalewska E, Hoff RA, Lew-Starowicz M, Martino S, Shirk SD, Potenza MN. Validation of a Brief Pornography Screen across multiple samples. Journal Of Behavioral Addictions 2020, 9: 259-271. PMID: 32644937, PMCID: PMC8939429, DOI: 10.1556/2006.2020.00038.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCompulsive sexual behavior disorderMale patientsU.S. representative sampleU.S. veteransBehavior disorderHigh internal consistencyReceiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curveCharacteristic curveOne-factor solutionFactor structureOperating Characteristic curveFive-itemPolish adultsSexual behavior disorderInternal consistencyPsychometric propertiesRepresentative sampleDiscriminant validityProblematic pornography useScoresItem endorsementStudy 1PatientsIndependent samplesCurrent gaps