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• Sripada RK, Pfeiffer PN, Rauch SAM, Ganoczy D, Bohnert KM. Factors associated with the receipt of documented evidence-based psychotherapy for PTSD in VA. General hospital psychiatry. 2018 Jul 11; 54:12-17.
• Shepherd-Banigan M, Smith VA, Maciejewski ML, Stechuchak KM, Hastings SN, Wieland GD, Miller KEM, Kabat M, Henius J, Campbell-Kotler M, Van Houtven CH. The Effect of Support and Training for Family Members on Access to Outpatient Services for Veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Administration and policy in mental health. 2018 Jul 1; 45(4):550-564.
• Lehavot K, Goldberg SB, Chen JA, Katon JG, Glass JE, Fortney JC, Simpson TL, Schnurr PP. Do trauma type, stressful life events, and social support explain women veterans' high prevalence of PTSD? Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology. 2018 Jun 23.
• Harris JI, Usset T, Voecks C, Thuras P, Currier J, Erbes C. Spiritually integrated care for PTSD: A randomized controlled trial of "Building Spiritual Strength". Psychiatry Research. 2018 Jun 20; 267:420-428.
• Bohnert KM, Sripada RK, Ganoczy D, Walters H, Valenstein M. Longitudinal patterns of PTSD symptom classes among US National Guard service members during reintegration. Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology. 2018 Jun 9.

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• Mantram Repetition Effective in Treatment of Veterans with PTSD
  Mantram teaches people to intentionally slow down thoughts and to practice “one-pointed attention” by silently repeating a personalized mantram – a word or phrase with spiritual meaning. This study compared Mantram therapy to Present-Centered Therapy – a supportive, problem-solving, non-trauma-focused treatment for PTSD. Findings showed that among Veterans with PTSD, individually-delivered Mantram...
  
  Date: June 20, 2018
• Medical Records Flag for Suicide Risk Increases VA Healthcare Visits among Veterans with Substance Use Disorder
  VA has identified suicide prevention as a top priority and established policies to include high-risk suicide patient record flags (PRFs) in the electronic medical record to alert providers of patient risk and increase healthcare contacts. This study sought to identify predictors of new PRFs and to describe healthcare use before and after PRF initiation among VA patients who had received a substanc...
  
  Date: June 8, 2018
• Evaluating Care Coordination Program for Pregnant Veterans
  The VA Maternity Care Coordinator Telephone Care Program (MCC-TCP) was created to support MCCs and includes outlines to guide up to eight calls with Veterans on topics such as VA maternity care benefits, chronic health problems, substance use cessation, and depression and suicide screening. Investigators evaluated the program and assessed its feasibility, as well as facilitators and barriers to it...
  
  Date: May 23, 2018
• VA Successfully Implements Interferon-free Treatment for Hepatitis C Virus in Previously Undertreated Patient Populations
  This study examined the adoption of interferon-free treatment for hepatitis C virus (HCV) in VA to learn who received this therapy and whether the limitations of interferon-containing treatments have been overcome, including low rates of use among VA healthcare users who are African American or Hispanic, and among those with HCV-HIV co-infection. Findings showed that with the advent of interferon-...
  
  Date: March 7, 2018
• Evidence-based Psychotherapy Template Use Associated with Treatment Quality for Veterans with PTSD
  This study measured the prevalence of evidence-based psychotherapy (EBP) templated notes in VA, testing the hypothesis that template use would be associated with quality of care for Veterans with PTSD. Findings showed that facility-level EBP template use was associated with a greater proportion of PTSD-diagnosed patients treated in specialty clinics, greater facility-level rates of diagnostic asse...
  
  Date: September 30, 2017

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• Management Briefs eBrief-no132 - Interventions to Support Caregivers or Families of Patients with TBI, PTSD, or Polytrauma
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• 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...
  
  
• Management Briefs eBrief-no124 - Effectiveness of Stellate Ganglion Block for Treatment of PTSD
  ...outcomes between subgroups of patients with different demographics, prior conventional PTSD treatment trials, predominant PTSD symptom clusters,...
  
  
• Management Briefs eBrief-no143 - Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for TBI and PTSD
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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?...
  
  

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

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• 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.