Disentangling PTSD and MDD: Examining temporal changes in symptoms during trauma-focused treatment. Journal of Affective disorders. doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...

Feasibility of intensive prolonged exposure for PTSD: a pragmatic pilot study in Swedish public outpatient psychiatry - BMC Psychiatry BMC Psychiatry - Prolonged exposure (PE) is an established treatment for PTSD, but outcomes are often limited by dropout and delivery constraints. This study evaluated the feasibility,...

Feasibility of intensive prolonged exposure for PTSD: a pragmatic pilot study in Swedish public outpatient psychiatry. BMC Psychiatry. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Cost-effectiveness of evidence-based psychotherapies for PTSD: An examination of different treatment delivery modalities. Psychological Services. psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/...

Trauma Exposure Across the Lifespan Is Associated With Persistent Mild TBI Symptoms in US Military Veterans. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation. journals.lww.com/headtrauearm...

The protocol matters: A meta-analysis of psychotherapy dropout from specific PTSD treatment approaches in U.S. service members and veterans. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...

A Daily Diary Study of How Affective States Are Associated with and Predict Suicidal Ideation in Adults Seeking Intensive Outpatient Treatment Negative affective states are known risk factors for suicidal ideation (SI). However, most research to date has used cross-sectional or longitudinal designs with long follow-up periods to understan...

A Daily Diary Study of How Affective States Are Associated with and Predict Suicidal Ideation in Adults Seeking Intensive Outpatient Treatment: Archives of Suicide Research: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial Testing Theory-driven Enhancements – Growth Mindsets and Message Framing -- to a Brief CBT Text-Message Invention for Co-occurring PTSD Symptoms and Alcohol ... This paper describes the primary outcomes from a registered randomized clinical trial (RCT; NCT05372042) evaluating a brief, self-directed cognitive b…

Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial Testing Theory-driven Enhancements – Growth Mindsets and Message Framing -- to a Brief CBT Text-Message Invention for Co-occurring PTSD Symptoms and Alcohol Misuse. Behaviour Research and Therapy. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Clinical Impact of a Computer-Assisted Transdiagnostic CBT Intervention for Veterans with Co-Occurring Anxiety and Substance Use Disorders This study examined feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary clinical impact of Veterans Affairs Coordinated Anxiety Learning and Management- Substance (VA CALM-S), a computer-assisted, transdia...

Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Clinical Impact of a Computer-Assisted Transdiagnostic CBT Intervention for Veterans with Co-Occurring Anxiety and Substance Use Disorders. Journal of dual diagnosis. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Remembering and Forgetting: A Dynamic Social Retrieval Theory of Posttraumatic Stress Posttraumatic stress is about memory; distressing and intrusive memories of a traumatic event. Although considerable focus has been on initial encodin…

Remembering and Forgetting: A Dynamic Social Retrieval Theory of Posttraumatic Stress. Behaviour Research and Therapy. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Qualitative examination of the feasibility, acceptability, and considerations for implementation of massed evidence-based psychotherapies for PTSD into outpatient clinics Massed evidence-based psychotherapies (mEBPs) for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) allow patients to receive effective PTSD treatment in a fractio…

Qualitative examination of the feasibility, acceptability, and considerations for implementation of massed evidence-based psychotherapies for PTSD into outpatient clinics. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Patient perspectives on the effectiveness of written exposure therapy and medication for posttraumatic stress disorder delivered in primary care Providing posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) treatment in primary care is a key strategy for increasing treatment access. This qualitative descriptive study examined patients’ perspectives on the e....

Patient perspectives on the effectiveness of written exposure therapy and medication for posttraumatic stress disorder delivered in primary care. Journal of Traumatic Stress. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

The role of the therapeutic alliance in dropout in cognitive processing therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder Dropout rates for treatments for adult posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are high. To date, most investigations have focused primarily on patient f…

The role of the therapeutic alliance in dropout in cognitive processing therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder. Behavior Therapy. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Is There Harm in Asking? Relative Distress and Cost-Benefit of Sexual Assault-Focused Research Participation Among College-Aged Women - Elsa K. Mattson, Jenna M. Bagley, Cailan Splaine, Lori A. Zoelln... Given concerns about possible “retraumatization” among individuals who participate in research examining the impact of sexual assault (SA), this study explored ...

Is There Harm in Asking? Relative Distress and Cost-Benefit of Sexual Assault-Focused Research Participation Among College-Aged Women. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Written exposure therapy for dually diagnosed veterans in a residential domiciliary substance use treatment program: A pilot study.Traumatology. psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...

The Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) User Guide: a five-step guide for conducting implementation research using the framework - Implementation Science Background The Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) is a determinant framework that includes constructs from many implementation theories, models, and frameworks; it is used to pr...

The Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) User Guide: a five-step guide for conducting implementation research using the framework. Implementation Science. implementationscience.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Within Day Variation in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptom Clusters Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has four symptom clusters: intrusion, avoidance, negative cognitions/mood, and hyperarousal. Little is known about the extent to which the intensity of the symp...

Within Day Variation in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptom Clusters. Psychiatry. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of Cognitive Restructuring for PTSD and Alcohol Misuse following Recent Sexual Assault: Initial Efficacy and Feasibility Sexual assault is a pervasive problem, particularly for US college women. Although many recover naturally, a significant minority develop posttraumati…

A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of Cognitive Restructuring for PTSD and Alcohol Misuse following Recent Sexual Assault: Initial Efficacy and Feasibility. Behaviour research and therapy. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Therapist adherence to cognitive-behavioural therapy and quality of care from a patient perspective Despite efforts to implement evidence-based guidelines, little is known about the quality of cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) for depression, anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, an...

Therapist adherence to cognitive-behavioural therapy and quality of care from a patient perspective. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Efficacy of psychological interventions for adult PTSD in reducing comorbid depression: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. The British journal of psychiatry. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Collaborative Care for Opioid Use Disorder in Primary Care This cluster randomized clinical trial investigates if collaborative care for opioid use disorder and co-occurring mental health symptoms is superior to collaborative care for co-occurring mental heal...

Collaborative Care for Opioid Use Disorder in Primary Care. JAMA psychiatry. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Associations between delivery modality and treatment dose and density of trauma-focused evidence-based psychotherapy for posttraumatic stress disorder Recommended evidence-based psychotherapies (EBPs) for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), including Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) and Prolonged…

Associations between delivery modality and treatment dose and density of trauma-focused evidence-based psychotherapy for posttraumatic stress disorder. General hospital psychiatry. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Evaluating the Efficacy of ChatGPT-3.5 Versus Human-Delivered Text-Based Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy: A Comparative Pilot Study | American Journal of Psychotherapy Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of an artificial intelligence (AI) therapist (ChatGPT-3.5) and a human therapist in delivering text-based cognitive-behavioral therapy...

Evaluating the Efficacy of ChatGPT-3.5 Versus Human-Delivered Text-Based Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy: A Comparative Pilot Study. The American journal of psychotherapy. psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/...

World Health Organization Risk Drinking Level Reductions as Treatment Outcomes in PTSD and Substance Use Disorder Trials Alcohol use disorder (AUD) clinical trials have traditionally prioritized abstinence, and more recently, heavy drinking cessation as primary treatment…

World Health Organization Risk Drinking Level Reductions as Treatment Outcomes in PTSD and Substance Use Disorder Trials. Drug and alcohol dependence. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Effect of internet-delivered exposure therapy versus healthy lifestyle promotion for patients with persistent physical symptoms (SOMEX1): a randomized controlled trial with planned moderator analysis. Psychological medicine. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

If you are a VA therapist or trainee who would like to learn CPT from leaders in the field, contact us at vhaannsmarttherapist@va.gov

I’m thrilled to collaborate with Shannon Wiltsey Stirman, Kate Chard, Billie Nahum-Shani @d3center.bsky.social, John Dziak, Kelly Maieritsch, Michelle Bowen, and Nina Sayer on this project

The long-term goal is to develop a sustainable model of therapy training that is personalized to the needs of the therapist trainee

This study will empirically optimize an adaptive model for Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) training for VA therapists

Very excited to announce a new project funded by VA HSR: SMART Therapist Training: A Hybrid Factorial-SMART design

A network analysis of psychosocial functioning and posttraumatic stress disorder and depression symptoms in a nationally representative U.S. veteran cohort. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...