A5022991647- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Traumatic Brain Injury Research
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Health and Medical Research Impacts
- Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
- Ethics in Clinical Research
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
American University
2019-2022
Henry M. Jackson Foundation
2015
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
2013
The Department of Defense (DoD) is implementing universal behavioral health screening for all DoD health-care beneficiaries presenting to military primary care clinics. PTSD Checklist-Civilian Version (PCL-C; Weathers, Litz, Herman, Huska, & Keane, 1993) used the identification posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD); however, operating characteristics PCL-C remain unstudied in this population. This study examined a sample 213 patients from 3 Washington, D.C., area Blinded raters independently...
Collaborative care models hold promise as a means to improve the Military Health System (MHS) better meet mental health needs of U.S. military personnel. This article describes an Army-wide collaborative initiative, RESPECT-Mil ("Re-engineering Systems Primary Care Treatment for Depression and PTSD in Military"), aimed at improving soldiers with depression post traumatic stress disorder. Essential implementation has been use centralized coordinating team facilitate practice policy activities...
Achieving adequate retention rates in clinical trials is essential to ensuring meaningful results. Although financial reimbursement an effective strategy increase participant retention, current policies restrict the use of federal funds reimburse U.S. active duty Service members for research participation. It unknown whether permitting among this population would improve trial rates. A recent randomized effectiveness received approval provide member participants several months after...
Suicide rates have been steadily increasing in both the U.S. general population and military, with significant psychological economic consequences. The purpose of current study was to examine costs cost-benefit suicide-focused Collaborative Assessment Management Suicidality (CAMS) intervention versus enhanced treatment as usual (ETAU) an active duty military sample using data from a recent randomized controlled trial CAMS ETAU. full intent-to-treat included 148 participants (mean age 26.8...
The Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Checklist (PCL) is a 17-item self-report measure of PTSD symptom severity that has demonstrated excellent psychometric properties across variety settings, purposes, and populations. PCL widely used in busy Department Defense primary care settings as part routine screening, requiring it easy for patients to complete providers score. clinical utility the may be improved through use zero-anchored Likert-type response scale by providing intuitive anchors...