2024
Using the Moral Injury and Distress Scale to identify clinically meaningful moral injury
Maguen S, Griffin B, Pietrzak R, McLean C, Hamblen J, Norman S. Using the Moral Injury and Distress Scale to identify clinically meaningful moral injury. Journal Of Traumatic Stress 2024, 37: 685-696. PMID: 38655683, DOI: 10.1002/jts.23050.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPotentially morally injurious eventsTrauma-related guiltMoral injuryCut scoresClinically significant mental health symptomsSignificant mental health symptomsExposure to potentially morally injurious eventsSample of military veteransMental health symptomsPopulation-based sampleHealth care workersRisk of negative outcomesFunctional impairmentDepressive symptom severityMorally injurious eventsInjury carePMIE exposureNon-HispanicMental healthHealth symptomsCare workersInjury eventsPosttraumatic stressMilitary veteransSymptom severityDifferential associations of adverse childhood experiences and mental health outcomes in U.S. military veterans
Slavin A, Fischer I, Pietrzak R. Differential associations of adverse childhood experiences and mental health outcomes in U.S. military veterans. Journal Of Psychiatric Research 2024, 172: 261-265. PMID: 38412789, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2024.02.040.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdverse childhood experiencesMental health outcomesChildhood traumaEmotional neglectMilitary veteransChildhood experiencesNational Health and ResiliencePrevalence of childhood traumaAssociated with adverse mental health outcomesHealth outcomesChildhood emotional neglectPosttraumatic stress disorderEffects of adverse childhood experiencesU.S. military veteransAssociation of adverse childhood experiencesSample of veteransAdverse mental health outcomesAdverse mental health effectsStress disorderGeneralized anxietyPopulation-based sample of veteransVeterans StudySuicidal thoughtsPopulation-based sampleIndividual adverse childhood experiences
2022
Genetic liability to suicidal thoughts and behaviors and risk of suicide attempt in US military veterans: moderating effects of cumulative trauma burden
Nichter B, Koller D, De Angelis F, Wang J, Girgenti M, Na P, Hill M, Norman S, Krystal J, Gelernter J, Polimanti R, Pietrzak R. Genetic liability to suicidal thoughts and behaviors and risk of suicide attempt in US military veterans: moderating effects of cumulative trauma burden. Psychological Medicine 2022, 53: 6325-6333. PMID: 36444557, DOI: 10.1017/s0033291722003646.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPolygenic risk scoresUS military veteransLifetime suicide attemptsSuicide attemptsTrauma exposureTrauma burdenGenetic liabilityMilitary veteransDrug repurposing analysisPopulation-based sampleCumulative trauma exposureLifetime trauma exposureLow trauma exposureSuicide prediction modelsChronic inflammationInflammatory processNervous system developmentRisk scorePsychiatric characteristicsSuicidal behaviorExposure interactionsLarge genome-wide association studiesHigh levelsVeteransSuicidality
2020
Self‐reported exercise frequency and PTSD: results from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study
Adams T, Forte J, Fogle B, Southwick S, Pietrzak R. Self‐reported exercise frequency and PTSD: results from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 2020, 142: 486-495. PMID: 32961606, DOI: 10.1111/acps.13234.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProbable posttraumatic stress disorderPosttraumatic stress disorderSelf-reported exercise frequencyExercise frequencyNational HealthDaily exercisePhysical exerciseGreater severityVeterans StudyDays/weekMilitary veteransPopulation-based sampleAnxious arousal symptomsU.S. military veteransWeekly exerciseRe-experiencing symptomsU.S. veteransClinical implicationsProtective factorsStress disorderArousal symptomsCross-sectional dataPrevalenceSeverityVeterans