The symptoms of PTSD and pain frequently co-occur following a traumatic event; however, very little is known about how these two conditions are associated with physical and psychosocial functioning. The current study intended to first examine the differential association of co-occurring pain complaints and PTSD symptoms with disability in the domains of psychosocial and physical functioning, an...

Objective: Several studies have explored the correlation between postpartum depression and a weak mother-infant bond; however, fewer analyzed how other mental health conditions, such as childbirth-related post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), or important personal characteristics, including adult attachment styles, affect quality of bond. This study aims to examine association styles bonding i...

Objective: Several research studies have explored the correlation between postpartum depression and a weak mother-infant bond. However, fewer studies have analyzed how other postpartum mental health conditions, such as childbirth-related post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), or important personal characteristics such as adult attachment styles, affect the quality of the mother-infant bond. The...

This study assessed the longitudinal association between clinician and patient ratings of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms over the course of 2 different randomized clinical trials of veterans with chronic PTSD. One trial, the Department of Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study 420 (CSP 420; N = 360) compared trauma-focused and present-centered group therapies, and the 2nd trial compa...

OBJECTIVE To examine the effectiveness of a treatment model of psychodynamic group therapy (PGT) for combat Veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). METHOD A total of 158 male Veterans with PTSD (mean age = 30.09 years) were assigned to 15 treatment groups of 7-13 patients each. PGT was a 1-year therapy, 1.5 hour, once-a-week sessions administered in the following stages: group bui...

While high prevalence rates of psychological symptoms have been documented in civilian survivors of war, little is known about the mechanisms by which trauma exposure might lead to poor psychological outcomes in these populations. One potential mechanism that may underpin the association between war-related traumatic experiences and psychopathology is interpersonal sensitivity. In the current s...

OBJECTIVE Combat stress exposed soldiers may respond to post-deployment stressful life events (SLE) with increases in symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), consistent with a model of stress sensitization. Several lines of research point to sensitization as a model to describe the relations between exposure to traumatic events, subsequent SLE, and symptoms of PTSD. Based on previous ...

OBJECTIVE Childhood and combat trauma have been observed to interact to influence amygdala volume in a sample of U.S. military veterans with and without PTSD. This interaction was assessed in a second, functionally-related fear system component, the pregenual and dorsal anterior cingulate cortex, using the same sample and modeling approach. METHOD Anterior cingulate cortical tissues (gray + w...

OBJECTIVE Recent developments in psychometrics enable the application of network models to analyze psychological disorders, such as PTSD. Instead of understanding symptoms as indicators of an underlying common cause, this approach suggests symptoms co-occur in syndromes due to causal interactions. The current study has two goals: (1) examine the network structure among the 20 DSM-5 PTSD symptom...