A5010563624- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices
- Sleep and related disorders
- Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
- Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
- Sleep and Wakefulness Research
- EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
- Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations
- Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
- Torture, Ethics, and Law
- Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
- Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Coffee research and impacts
- Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
- Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
- Child Abuse and Related Trauma
- Electroconvulsive Therapy Studies
- Circadian rhythm and melatonin
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
Center for Independent Living
2023
Film Independent
2020
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
2008-2019
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
1991-2012
Wayne State University
2000-2002
University of South Carolina
2001
William S. Hall Psychiatric Institute
2001
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) are signature illnesses of the Iraq Afghanistan wars, but current diagnostic therapeutic measures for these conditions suboptimal. In our study, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is used to try differentiate military service members with: PTSD mTBI, alone, mTBI neither nor mTBI. Those with then randomized virtual reality exposure therapy or imaginal exposure. fMRI repeated after treatment along...
ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to collect data that would provide information about the frequency, attitudes, and consequences alcohol use in U.S. Army. A questionnaire used assess frequency consumption, attitudes related alcohol, adverse experienced with use. survey conducted at Walter Reed Army Medical Center Washington, D.C. Survey participants included both military employees working patients. No attempt made identify medical status participants. investigators distributed 1,200...
To explore the characteristics of military service tattoos a descriptive study was conducted at Walter Reed Army Medical Center to collect information from convenience sample. An investigator-developed questionnaire provided data for this study. Over ensuing 12 month-period researchers collected 126 questionnaires. Typical respondents were enlisted men with least one deployment an area combat operations. Among respondents, 57% acquired their before deployment. One-quarter reported only...
The authors' principle objective was determining the prevalence and characteristics of medical malingering in military. authors accessed an electronic database used by Department Defense to monitor manage military health care activities worldwide. searched from 2006 2011 Northern Regional Medical Command for all instances where a provider, consequent outpatient visit, diagnosed malingering, factitious disorder with psychological symptoms, or physical symptoms. During time period studied,...
This study describes the characteristics and global effectiveness of treatment a military intensive outpatient program for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Thirty-nine personnel completed outcome questionnaires. Results showed statistically significant reduction in depression PTSD symptoms after participants 3 weeks therapy. The findings have clinical research implications length, intensity, focus treatment.
The objective of this study was to examine the relationships between combat related trauma, insomnia, and alcohol misuse. author reviewed standardized tests results from 39 active duty service members, all whom had recent deployments either Iraq or Afghanistan. battery self-test instruments assessed effects military anxiety, depression, use, insomnia. Among subjects, entire group reported significant sleep problems, with bedtime arousals impeding initiation. Male subjects' an average AUDIT...
This study compared the characteristics of two direct alcohol biomarkers, ethyl glucuronide and sulfate. Both biomarkers were analyzed from urine specimens submitted by 58 active duty service members at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center's Addiction Treatment Service. These individuals, as a result serial testing, total 374 for laboratory analysis. Of specimens, paired tests most often negative (n = 295, 78.9%).The both positive less frequently 38, 10.2%). In an interesting...
Sleep problems among active-duty service members are pervasive and complicate the recovery from comorbid posttraumatic stress mood disorders.To better understand chronic sleep members.Medical records for who completed enhanced assessments during an 18-month period beginning in October 2010 at Walter Reed National Military Medical Centers' Psychiatry Continuity Service were retrospectively reviewed. assessment measures included Pittsburgh Insomnia Rating Scale, Alcohol Use Disorders...
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Military suicide rates have been rising over the past decade and continue to challenge military treatment facilities. Assessing risk improving treatments are a large part of mission for clinicians who work with uniformed service members. This study attempts expand toolkit prevention by focusing on protective factors factors. In 1983, Marsha Linehan published checklist called Reasons Living Scale, which asked subjects check reasons they choose living, rather than choosing suicide. The authors...
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and substance use are two of the most prominent psychiatric disorders among military service members. Seeking Safety (SS) is an evidence-based behavioral therapy model for this comorbidity. This article reports results a study SS conducted in setting. Our pilot trial addressed outcomes, feasibility, satisfaction. was as to evaluate its impact without adaptation culture. The sample 24 outpatient members (from Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines) with 33%...
The objective of this study was to collect data providing information about the biomarker characteristics alcohol use among a sample military personnel in U.S. Army. Military enrolled Army Substance Abuse Program at Walter Reed Medical Center Washington, DC, received comprehensive assessment that included panel direct and indirect biomarkers. A total 80 records were reviewed assess results. Higher Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test scores correlated with higher gamma...
Objective: This article examined the factors associated with suicide during America’s Civil War and years immediately following cessation of armed conflict. Methods: Contemporary newspaper reports, complemented by book journal articles, provide an understanding incidence motivations suicide. Results: The rate in general population dramatically increased war’s end. During War, suicides occurred nearly every month, reliably peaking spring each year. Depression alcohol abuse were major military...