Health Services Research & Development

• Creech SK, Benzer JK, Meyer EC, DeBeer BB, Kimbrel NA, Morissette SB. Longitudinal associations in the direction and prediction of PTSD symptoms and romantic relationship impairment over one year in post 9/11 veterans: A comparison of theories and exploration of potential gender differences. Journal of abnormal psychology. 2019 Apr 1; 128(3):245-255.
• Finley EP, Mader M, Haro EK, Noël PH, Bernardy N, Rosen CS, Bollinger M, Garcia HA, Sherrieb K, Pugh MJV. Use of Guideline-Recommended Treatments for PTSD Among Community-Based Providers in Texas and Vermont: Implications for the Veterans Choice Program. The journal of behavioral health services & research. 2019 Apr 1; 46(2):217-233.
• Etingen B, Hill JN, Miller LJ, Schwartz A, LaVela SL, Jordan N. An Exploratory Pilot Study to Describe Shared Decision-Making for PTSD Treatment Planning: The Provider Perspective. Military medicine. 2019 Mar 1; 184(Supplement_1):467-475.
• Meis LA, Noorbaloochi S, Hagel Campbell EM, Erbes CR, Polusny MA, Velasquez TL, Bangerter A, Cutting A, Eftekhari A, Rosen CS, Tuerk PW, Burmeister LB, Spoont MR. Sticking it out in trauma-focused treatment for PTSD: It takes a village. Journal of consulting and clinical psychology. 2019 Mar 1; 87(3):246-256.
• Valenstein-Mah H, Kehle-Forbes S, Nelson D, Danan ER, Vogt D, Spoont M. Gender differences in rates and predictors of individual psychotherapy initiation and completion among Veterans Health Administration users recently diagnosed with PTSD. Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy. 2019 Jan 28.

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• Post 9/11 Veterans Less Likely to Delay Mental Health Treatment
  This study compared delay of treatment for PTSD, major depressive disorder (MDD), and/or alcohol-use disorder (AUD) among post-9/11 Veterans relative to pre-9/11 Veterans and civilians. Findings showed that post-9/11 Veterans were less likely than both pre-9/11 Veterans and civilians to delay mental health treatment for PTSD and depression. Median time to PTSD treatment was 2.5 years for post-9/11...
  
  Date: March 7, 2019
• Veterans Encouraged by a Loved One to Face Stress Induced by Trauma-Focused Therapy More Likely to Stay in Treatment
  One in three Veterans drop out of trauma-focused treatment. Social system factors may be especially important to understanding these dropout rates, yet when and how family relationships influence PTSD treatment dropout remains unknown. This study examined two support system factors in predicting treatment dropout: social control (direct efforts by loved ones to encourage Veterans to participate in...
  
  Date: March 1, 2019
• Over-Prescribing of Medication for Insomnia, Particularly among Women Veterans
  Zolpidem, a non-benzodiazepine sedative hypnotic, is extensively prescribed in the U.S. for short-term treatment of insomnia. FDA recommends cutting the dose for women in half because women metabolize the same dose of zolpidem more slowly than men; VA’s national Pharmacy Benefits Management service policy is in line with FDA guidelines. This study examined prescribing patterns among all VA patient...
  
  Date: March 1, 2019
• Reduced Psychiatric Symptoms among Veterans Associated with More In-Person Social Contact but Not More Facebook Contact
  This study sought to determine whether social contact on Facebook—or in-person—is associated with a lower risk of screening positive for psychiatric disorders or suicidality in Veterans. Findings showed that although Veterans who frequently use Facebook also are typically social in their offline life, it is their offline (in-person) social interaction – not their social contact on Facebook – that ...
  
  Date: January 15, 2019
• Comparisons between VA and Non-VA Hospitals May Not Accurately Account for Mental Health Diagnoses
  While CMS publishes performance metrics on Hospital Compare, the risk-adjustment algorithms underlying these metrics are often unclear. Further, recently published literature questions whether existing risk-adjustment algorithms accurately adjust for mental health comorbidities. This study sought to determine whether current risk-adjustment algorithms fairly compare VA hospitals with non-federal h...
  
  Date: December 14, 2018

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• Management Briefs eBrief-no66 - Screening for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in Primary Care
  ...tools in primary care settings were of high quality, and only one was conducted within the VA. The Primary Care-PTSD (PC-PTSD) — the screen...
  
  
• Management Briefs eBrief-no109 - Interventions to Improve Medication Adherence for Serious Mental Illness and PTSD
  ...Management Briefs eBrief-no109 Interventions to Improve Medication Adherence for Serious Mental Illness and PTSD Management eBrief no. 109...
  
  
• Management Briefs eBrief-no143 - Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for TBI and PTSD
  ...Management Briefs eBrief-no143 Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for TBI and PTSD Management eBrief no. 143 » Back to list of all Management eBriefs...
  
  
• Management Briefs eBrief-no122 - Benefits and Harms of Cannabis in Chronic Pain or PTSD
  ...stress disorder (PTSD) as the primary reason for the request. Approximately 15% of Veterans who are treated in VA outpatient PTSD clinics report...
  
  
• Management Briefs eBrief-no124 - Effectiveness of Stellate Ganglion Block for Treatment of PTSD
  ...PTSD. Consequently, the need for PTSD treatment may increase within the Veteran population in the coming years. Conventional treatments for PTSD...
  
  

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• Treatment of PTSD in Veterans 09/08/2017
• Implementation of Evidence-Based Psychotherapy for PTSD 07/19/2017

Other Resources

• Learn more about the studies being conducted within HSR&D's PTSD CREATE (Collaborative Research to Enhance and Advance Transformation and Excellence) initiative.
• Learn more about the VA's Quality Enhancement Research Initiative PTSD Veterans Choice Act Evaluation project.
• Visit the VA's Office of Research & Development healthcare topic overview section to learn more about milestones in VA's PTSD research, read research updates, and download research fact sheets.