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• Pebole MM, Hall KS. Insights Following Implementation of an Exercise Intervention in Older Veterans with PTSD. International journal of environmental research and public health. 2019 Jul 23; 16(14).
• Hall KS, Morey MC, Bosworth HB, Beckham JC, Pebole MM, Sloane R, Pieper CF. Pilot randomized controlled trial of exercise training for older veterans with PTSD. Journal of behavioral medicine. 2019 Jul 1.
• Hoerster KD, Campbell S, Dolan M, Stappenbeck CA, Yard S, Simpson T, Nelson KM. PTSD is associated with poor health behavior and greater Body Mass Index through depression, increasing cardiovascular disease and diabetes risk among U.S. veterans. Preventive medicine reports. 2019 Sep 1; 15:100930.
• Koenig HG, Youssef NA, Smothers Z, Oliver JP, Boucher NA, Ames D, Volk F, Teng EJ, Haynes K. Hope, Religiosity, and Mental Health in U.S. Veterans and Active Duty Military with PTSD Symptoms. Military medicine. 2019 Jun 27.
• Spoont MR. Promoting Pharmacotherapy for PTSD in CBOCs: Briefing before the Research briefing presented via webinar for Veterans Health Administration VISN Chief Medical Officer/Quality Management Officer & Chief of Staff meeting; 2019 Jun 10; Conference Call.

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• Veterans with PTSD and/or Depression More Likely to Participate in Cardiac Rehabilitation than Veterans without These Disorders
  This study sought to determine whether Veterans with depression and/or PTSD were more or less likely than those without depression or PTSD to participate in cardiac rehabilitation (CR) programs following hospitalization for heart attack or coronary revascularization. Findings showed that Veterans with PTSD and/or depression were more likely to participate in CR than Veterans without these mental h...
  
  Date: June 4, 2019
• 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

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• Assessment and Treatment of Individuals with History of TBI and PTSD
  ...with PTSD? Is there evidence of harms? Are therapies for treatment of PTSD effective when PTSD is comorbid with mTBI? Is there evidence of harms?...
  
  
• Screening for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in Primary Care: A Systematic Review
  ...event at some time during their lives and that approximately 8% will subsequently develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). PTSD is one of...
  
  
• Interventions to Support Caregivers or Families of Patients with TBI, PTSD, or Polytrauma: A Systematic Review
  ...Interventions to Support Caregivers or Families of Patients with TBI, PTSD, or Polytrauma: A Systematic Review Interventions to Support Caregivers...
  
  
• Evidence Brief: Effectiveness of Stellate Ganglion Block for Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  ...Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Evidence Brief: Effectiveness of Stellate Ganglion Block for Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)...
  
  
• FORUM, May 2012: PTSD, suicide
  ...traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) literature consistently find that women experience PTSD at rates approximately twice that of men. The Role...
  
  

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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.