Lauren M. Borges

ORCID: 0000-0003-0784-3142
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Research Areas
  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
  • Resilience and Mental Health
  • Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
  • Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
  • Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
  • Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Ethics in medical practice
  • Disaster Response and Management
  • Traumatic Brain Injury Research
  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
  • Torture, Ethics, and Law
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Primary Care and Health Outcomes
  • Mental Health and Psychiatry
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
  • Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment

Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Centers
2017-2024

University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
2018-2023

United States Department of Veterans Affairs
2023

Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions
2022

Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center
2021

Augusta University
2021

University of Colorado Denver
2019-2021

VA Rocky Mountain Network
2021

Rocky Mountain MS Center
2019-2021

VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System
2021

Although little is known about moral injury in nonmilitary populations, the COVID-19 pandemic has made it clear that injury's relevance extends beyond battlefield. Health care providers are experiencing potentially morally injurious events may violate their code or values, yet almost no research been conducted on among health to date. The purpose of this commentary describe and spark a dialogue motivates future research, prevention, intervention. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all...

10.1037/tra0000698 article EN Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy 2020-06-04

War zone veterans who experience posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms might struggle with co-occurring cognitive, emotional, and behavioral expressions of suffering that align conceptual definitions moral injury (MI). However, given PTSD is a multidimensional condition, disentangling the apparent interplay MI may inform clinical practice research. This study incorporated cross-lagged design to explore temporal associations between self- other-directed outcomes related severity DSM-5...

10.1002/jts.22367 article ES Journal of Traumatic Stress 2019-02-04

Medical leaders have warned of the potential public health burden a “parallel pandemic” faced by healthcare workers during COVID-19 pandemic. These individuals may experienced scenarios in which their moral code was violated resulting potentially morally injurious events (PMIEs). In present study, hierarchical linear modeling utilized to examine role PMIEs on pandemic-related difficulties psychosocial functioning among 211 providers (83% female, 89% White, and an average 11.30 years...

10.1371/journal.pone.0260033 article EN public-domain PLoS ONE 2021-11-12

Intervening in the cycle of symptom exacerbation and recidivism among justice-involved veterans is critical given elevated rates psychiatric diagnoses mental health sequelae. To responsively effectively address veterans' needs, it essential to examine distinct groups who are at heightened risk (e.g., marginalized communities). Although racial ethnic disparities within justice system well established, veteran-focused research remains limited.We hypothesized that significant differences exist...

10.1037/lhb0000511 article EN Law and Human Behavior 2023-02-01

Abstract Objective We examined Veterans’ perspectives on discussing moral injury in veterans affairs (VA) evidence‐based psychotherapies (EBPs) for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other VA treatment. Methods Fourteen male warzone (ages 25–74) who completed an EBP PTSD within the past year participated semistructured interviews related to treatment (e.g., EBPs PTSD, chaplaincy). Qualitative were evaluated using a thematic analysis. Results Four themes identified; is often not...

10.1002/jclp.22887 article EN Journal of Clinical Psychology 2019-11-12

Dimensional models of personality have been widely acknowledged in the field as alternatives to a trait-based system nomenclature. While importance dimensional has established, less is known about constructs underlying these dimensions. Emotion regulation one such potential construct. The goal current study was examine relationship between dimensions and emotion regulation. More specifically, predictive capacity accounting for symptoms on Schedule Nonadaptive Adaptive Personality-2 above...

10.1002/pmh.1390 article EN Personality and Mental Health 2017-08-30

BackgroundThere were three objectives in this study. The first was to investigate if deficits understanding and identifying emotions (i.e., alexithymia) would lead further difficulties with emotion regulation subsequently symptoms of an eating disorder. second purpose determine which are most relevant for individuals high alexithymia who report disorder symptoms. third study utilise a mood‐induction task state measures more closely approximate the conditions that call real‐life.MethodsWe...

10.1111/cp.12210 article EN Clinical Psychologist 2020-03-16

The limitations of self‐report confine clinicians’ ability to accurately predict suicides and suicide attempts ( SA s). Behavioral assessments (e.g., Death Implicit Association Test [ IAT ]) may be a means supplementing clinician prediction. Objective authors aimed build test predictive model s that included established risk factors measures risk, scores. also sought the validity among subgroups Veterans with without PTSD. Method Participants 166 psychiatrically hospitalized Veterans....

10.1111/sltb.12511 article EN Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior 2018-09-11
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