4 results match your criteria: "The National Center for PTSD at Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System[Affiliation]"
Data-Driven Cutoff Selection for the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 Depression Screening Tool.
JAMA Netw Open
November 2024
Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates how using small datasets to select an optimal cutoff score for the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) can lead to inaccurate results.
- Researchers evaluated whether data-driven methods for cutoff selection resulted in scores that were significantly different from the true population optimal score and if these methods produced biased accuracy estimates.
- Findings showed that many small studies frequently failed to identify the correct optimal cutoff score, particularly in smaller samples, leading to an overestimation of test sensitivity.
Examining unique and prospective relationships among self-injurious thoughts and behaviors and posttraumatic stress disorder: a network analysis in two trauma-exposed samples.
Psychol Med
March 2022
Department of Psychology, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA.
Background: As self-injurious thoughts and behaviors (SITB) remain a pressing public health concern, research continues to focus on risk factors, such as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Network analysis provides a novel approach to examining the PTSD-SITB relationship. This study utilized the network approach to elucidate how individual PTSD symptoms may drive and maintain SITB.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAn Empirical Crosswalk for the PTSD Checklist: Translating DSM-IV to DSM-5 Using a Veteran Sample.
J Trauma Stress
October 2019
The National Center for PTSD at Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
The fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) introduced numerous revisions to the fourth edition's (DSM-IV) criteria for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), posing a challenge to clinicians and researchers who wish to assess PTSD symptoms continuously over time. The aim of this study was to develop a crosswalk between the DSM-IV and DSM-5 versions of the PTSD Checklist (PCL), a widely used self-rated measure of PTSD symptom severity. Participants were 1,003 U.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFVeterans' experiences initiating VA-based mental health care.
Psychol Serv
November 2019
Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research, Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System.
Military veterans who could benefit from mental health services often do not access them. Research has revealed a range of barriers associated with initiating United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) care, including those specific to accessing mental health care (e.g.
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