Publications by authors named "Emily Gentes"

The effects of sleep deprivation on emotional function are not yet fully understood. Although sleep deprivation has been shown to have larger effects on positive emotional reactivity than on negative, this research has been limited by the use of separate stimuli for positive and negative emotion elicitation. Different sets of stimuli represent a confound that makes it difficult to interpret this difference with confidence.

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To identify predictors of outcome of acute partial hospital (PH) treatment, patients admitted during a 15-month period were studied. Outcomes were change in the Behavior and Symptom Identification Scale and readmission within 30 days. Predictors were clinical and demographic variables obtained on all patients.

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  • - Recent research highlights a significant link between cannabis use disorders and PTSD in veterans, yet information on cannabis use among veterans seeking PTSD treatment remains limited.
  • - A study involving 719 male veterans at a VA PTSD specialty clinic found that 14.6% reported cannabis use in the past 6 months, which correlated with factors like unmarried status, tobacco use, and increased PTSD severity.
  • - The results suggest that cannabis use is common among veterans in PTSD treatment and may indicate poorer overall mental health, underscoring the need for screening and intervention in such clinical settings.
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Background: Although a large body of literature has linked posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with poor physical health among older veterans, less is known regarding the association between PTSD and health among relatively younger cohorts of veterans.

Objective: The current study examined the association between PTSD and self-reported health among a sample of veterans who served in the recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Method: Veterans (N = 1030) who served in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan completed measures of PTSD symptom severity and self-rated health between September 2009 and February 2010.

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The current study examined the latent factor structure of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) based on criteria in a sample of participants ( = 374) recruited for studies on trauma and health. Confirmatory factor analyses (CFA) were used to compare the fit of the previous 3-factor model of PTSD to the 4-factor model specified in as well as to a competing 4-factor "dysphoria" model (Simms, Watson, & Doebbeling, 2002) and a 5-factor (Elhai et al., 2011) model of PTSD.

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Although studies have documented heightened stress sensitivity in major depressive disorder (MDD) and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), the mechanisms involved are poorly understood. One possible mechanism is the tendency to ruminate in response to stress. We used ecological momentary assessment to study ruminative thoughts after stressful events in 145 adults with MDD, GAD, comorbid MDD-GAD, or no psychopathology.

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Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a significant problem among Iraq/Afghanistan-era veterans. To date, however, there has been only limited research on how the recent changes in DSM-5 influence the prevalence and factor structure of PTSD. To address this key issue, the present research used a modified version of a gold-standard clinical interview to assess PTSD among a large sample of Iraq/Afghanistan-era veterans (N = 414).

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Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and major depressive disorder (MDD) frequently co-occur, yet the reasons for their comorbidity remain poorly understood. In the present experiment, we tested whether a tendency to engage in negative, repetitive thinking constitutes a common risk process for the two disorders. A mixed sample of adults with comorbid GAD-MDD (n=50), GAD only (n=35), MDD only (n=34), or no lifetime psychopathology (n=35) was administered noncontingent failure and success feedback on consecutive performance tasks.

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Intolerance of uncertainty (IU) has been suggested to reflect a specific risk factor for generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), but there have been no systematic attempts to evaluate the specificity of IU to GAD. This meta-analysis examined the cross-sectional association of IU with symptoms of GAD, major depressive disorder (MDD), and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Random effects analyses were conducted for two common definitions of IU, one that has predominated in studies of GAD (56 effect sizes) and another that has been favored in studies of OCD (29 effect sizes).

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Diverse theories of psychopathology suggest that reactions to internal experiences, such as emotion, are important in the development and maintenance of psychological distress and symptomatology. This study examines the relationships between one type of reaction to emotion, fear of emotion, and reactivity to, recovery from, and interference of emotional material. As predicted, fear of emotion was related to greater increases in distress, negative affect, and skin conductance in reaction to an emotional film clip, and to greater interference of film-related material in a modified emotional Stroop task.

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Prior research has indicated a seemingly unique relation between obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) that appears to relate to negative treatment outcome for OCD. However, to date, the prevalence of trauma and PTSD in individuals seeking treatment for OCD is unclear. To begin to address this gap, this study assessed history of traumatic experiences and current PTSD in individuals seeking treatment for treatment-resistant OCD.

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Though some researchers and clinicians postulate that trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may be implicated in the etiologic underpinnings of trichotillomania (TTM), very little research to date has examined such postulations. To address this gap in the literature, the current study assessed the prevalence of trauma and PTSD in 42 individuals seeking treatment for TTM. Relations between symptoms of PTSD and TTM also were examined, as were differences in TTM symptoms between those with and without PTSD.

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