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Mental Health
Using the latest research methods and community interventions, researchers at the Yale School of Public Health seek to understand and improve mental health outcomes in a variety of contexts. These include:
- How substance use affects mental health
- Attitudes and stigma toward aging and its effects on mental health
- The effects of caregiving on the mental health of the caregiver and patient
- Interventions to improve mental health outcomes in the LGBTQ community
- The effect of stigma, discrimination and racism on mental health
- How use of emerging technologies improve mental health outcomes
- Interventions to improve mental health and reduce suicide in global settings
- How maternal depression affects birth outcomes and parenting
- Resilience of refugees and the role of violence and trauma in their lives
- Survivorship
- How one’s social networks and physical environment influence their mental health
- Health care use and policy influence on mental health
Recent Publications
- Physical health correlates of co-occurring chronic pain and PTSD Among U.S. Veterans: Results from a nationally representative study.Reed DE 2nd, Fischer IC, Williams RM, Na PJ, Engel CC, Pietrzak RH. Psychiatry Res. 2025 Jun; 2025 Mar 10. PMID: 40088518.
- The Mental Health of Sexual Minority Individuals: Five Explanatory Theories and Their Implications for Intervention and Future Research.Pachankis JE, Clark KA. Annu Rev Clin Psychol. 2025 May; 2024 Dec 2. PMID: 39621422.
- Utilization of Mental Health Counseling Services Among Refugees and Asylum-Seekers in Malaysia.Brooks MA, Mukherjee T, Pillai V, Khoshnood K, Kim R, El-Bassel N. Adm Policy Ment Health. 2025 May; 2024 Nov 27. PMID: 39601928.
- Sexual Orientation Differences in Age of First Treatment for a Mental Health Diagnosis: A Population-Based Study of Childhood and Adolescence.Bränström R, Pachankis JE. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2025 May; 2024 Aug 2. PMID: 39098721.
- Epigenetic and genetic profiling of comorbidity patterns among substance dependence diagnoses.Pathak GA, Pietrzak RH, Lacobelle A, Overstreet C, Wendt FR, Deak JD, Friligkou E, Nunez YZ, Montalvo-Ortiz JL, Levey DF, Kranzler HR, Gelernter J, Polimanti R. Mol Psychiatry. 2025 Apr 17; 2025 Apr 17. PMID: 40247127.
- Traumatic Brain Injury in US Veterans: Prevalence and Associations With Physical, Mental, and Cognitive Health.Karr JE, Rippey CS, Hubert TJ, Stein MB, Adams TG, Pietrzak RH. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2025 Apr; 2024 Nov 28. PMID: 39613218.
- Long COVID Characteristics and Experience: A Descriptive Study From the Yale LISTEN Research Cohort.Sawano M, Wu Y, Shah RM, Zhou T, Arun AS, Khosla P, Kaleem S, Vashist A, Bhattacharjee B, Ding Q, Lu Y, Caraballo C, Warner F, Huang C, Herrin J, Putrino D, Michelsen T, Fisher L, Adinig C, Iwasaki A, Krumholz HM. Am J Med. 2025 Apr; 2024 Apr 24. PMID: 38663793.
- Sexual orientation differences in mental health service use and unmet mental health care needs: a cross-sectional population-based study of young adults.Roxo L, Pachankis J, Bränström R. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2025 Mar 11; 2025 Mar 11. PMID: 40067368.
- Association of gender-based discrimination and burnout among faculty in an urban academic medical center.Peccoralo LA, de Guillebon E, Clifton E, He C, Kaplan S, Deshpande R, Kaplan C, Pietrzak RH, Charney D, Ripp JA. Work. 2025 Mar; 2024 Nov 14. PMID: 40297874.
- Psychometric properties, factor structure, and functional correlates of the PTSD checklist for DSM-5 in a U.S. national sample of older veterans.Cook JM, Bovin MJ, Günak MM, Lawrence KA, Pietrzak RH. Int Psychogeriatr. 2025 Mar; 2024 Dec 4. PMID: 40086904.
- Gender Differences in "Making Weight" Behaviors Among U.S. Iraq and Afghan War Veterans: Implications for Future Health.Cary A, Herb Neff KM, Buta E, Fenn LM, Ramsey CN, Snow JL, Haskell SG, Masheb RM. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2025 Mar; 2024 Nov 8. PMID: 39510825.
- Racism-related stress, health outcomes, substance use, and PrEP attitudes among Asian sexual minority men.Chin LL, Kershaw T, Hernandez-Ramirez RU, Ramos SR. Sci Rep. 2025 Feb 27; 2025 Feb 27. PMID: 40016341.
- Pre-disaster Health Vulnerabilities Predict Major Depressive Disorder Symptoms Among High-Risk Puerto Rican Adults after Hurricanes Maria and Irma.Musicaro RM, Valdespino-Hayden Z, Lozano MM, Ramos CN, Joshipura K, Lowe SR. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2025 Feb 6; 2025 Feb 6. PMID: 39911054.
- Examining the Role of Posttraumatic Stress and Depressive Symptoms in HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Motivation Among Women Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence.Phillips KA, Kernshaw T, Alexander KA, Sharpless L, Katague M, Willie TC. AIDS Behav. 2025 Feb; 2024 Nov 25. PMID: 39581904.
- Posttraumatic stress disorder and insomnia in US military veterans: Prevalence, correlates, and psychiatric and functional burden.Georgescu MF, Fischer IC, Beydoun MA, McCarthy E, DeViva JC, Pietrzak RH. J Sleep Res. 2025 Feb; 2024 Jun 7. PMID: 38845413.
- Vicarious Racism, Direct Racism, and Mental Health Among Racialized Minority Healthcare Workers.Hennein R, Tiako MJN, Bonumwezi J, Tineo P, Boatright D, Crusto C, Lowe SR. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2025 Feb; 2023 Nov 7. PMID: 37935947.
- "I think we're on a cusp of some change:" coping and support for mental wellness among Black American women.McCall T, Foster M, Tomlin H, Adepoju B, Bolton-Johnson M, Bellamy CD. Front Psychol. 2024; 2025 Jan 14. PMID: 39877228.
- Beyond the storms: Exploring predictors of posttraumatic stress and posttraumatic growth among survivors of hurricanes Irma and Maria in Puerto Rico.Meadows MC, Serino N, Camacho-Monclova DM, Joshipura K, Lowe SR. J Clim Chang Health. 2025 Jan-Feb; 2024 Nov 29. PMID: 40026672.
- Successful Aging in US Veterans with Mental Disorders: Results From the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study.Shin J, Fischer IC, Na PJ, Jeste DV, Pietrzak RH. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2025 Jan; 2024 Aug 10. PMID: 39214753.
- Psychedelic Art and Implications for Mental Health: Randomized Pilot Study.Peng ML, Monin J, Ovchinnikova P, Levi A, McCall T. JMIR Form Res. 2024 Dec 3; 2024 Dec 3. PMID: 39626224.
- Prevalence of mental disorders in adult populations from the Global South following exposure to natural hazards: a meta-analysis.Kip A, Valencia S, Glunz E, Lowe SR, Tam KP, Morina N. Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci. 2024 Nov 28; 2024 Nov 28. PMID: 39605165.
- Persistent distress related to systemic racism among black veterans in the United States.Whealin JM, Jegede O, Na PJ, Haeny AM, Pietrzak RH. J Affect Disord. 2024 Nov 15; 2024 Aug 13. PMID: 39147153.
- The 2024 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: facing record-breaking threats from delayed action.Romanello M, Walawender M, Hsu SC, Moskeland A, Palmeiro-Silva Y, Scamman D, Ali Z, Ameli N, Angelova D, Ayeb-Karlsson S, Basart S, Beagley J, Beggs PJ, Blanco-Villafuerte L, Cai W, Callaghan M, Campbell-Lendrum D, Chambers JD, Chicmana-Zapata V, Chu L, Cross TJ, van Daalen KR, Dalin C, Dasandi N, Dasgupta S, Davies M, Dubrow R, Eckelman MJ, Ford JD, Freyberg C, Gasparyan O, Gordon-Strachan G, Grubb M, Gunther SH, Hamilton I, Hang Y, Hänninen R, Hartinger S, He K, Heidecke J, Hess JJ, Jamart L, Jankin S, Jatkar H, Jay O, Kelman I, Kennard H, Kiesewetter G, Kinney P, Kniveton D, Kouznetsov R, Lampard P, Lee JKW, Lemke B, Li B, Liu Y, Liu Z, Llabrés-Brustenga A, Lott M, Lowe R, Martinez-Urtaza J, Maslin M, McAllister L, McMichael C, Mi Z, Milner J, Minor K, Minx J, Mohajeri N, Momen NC, Moradi-Lakeh M, Morrisey K, Munzert S, Murray KA, Obradovich N, O'Hare MB, Oliveira C, Oreszczyn T, Otto M, Owfi F, Pearman OL, Pega F, Perishing AJ, Pinho-Gomes AC, Ponmattam J, Rabbaniha M, Rickman J, Robinson E, Rocklöv J, Rojas-Rueda D, Salas RN, Semenza JC, Sherman JD, Shumake-Guillemot J, Singh P, Sjödin H, Slater J, Sofiev M, Sorensen C, Springmann M, Stalhandske Z, Stowell JD, Tabatabaei M, Taylor J, Tong D, Tonne C, Treskova M, Trinanes JA, Uppstu A, Wagner F, Warnecke L, Whitcombe H, Xian P, Zavaleta-Cortijo C, Zhang C, Zhang R, Zhang S, Zhang Y, Zhu Q, Gong P, Montgomery H, Costello A. Lancet. 2024 Nov 9; 2024 Oct 30. PMID: 39488222.
- Unveiling the Structure in Mental Disorder Presentations.Spiller TR, Duek O, Helmer M, Murray JD, Fielstein E, Pietrzak RH, von Känel R, Harpaz-Rotem I. JAMA Psychiatry. 2024 Nov 1. PMID: 39110437.
- Prevalence, Correlates, and Burden of Subthreshold PTSD in US Veterans.Fischer IC, Na PJ, Harpaz-Rotem I, Marx BP, Pietrzak RH. J Clin Psychiatry. 2024 Oct 23; 2024 Oct 23. PMID: 39480145.
- Psychological Resilience of Mental Health Workers During the Russia-Ukraine War: Implications for Clinical Interventions.Kang H, Fischer IC, Vus V, Kolyshkina A, Ponomarenko L, Chobanian A, Esterlis I, Pietrzak RH. Prim Care Companion CNS Disord. 2024 Oct 22; 2024 Oct 22. PMID: 39441963.
- Social Support and Psychological Capital Mediate the Effect of Personalities on the Mental Health of Professional Staff in China During COVID-19 Pandemic.Yao Y, Tang J, Li Z, Chen S, Du H, Lu L. Psychol Res Behav Manag. 2024; 2024 Oct 5. PMID: 39385810.
- Guided internet-based LGBTQ-affirmative cognitive-behavioral therapy: A randomized controlled trial among sexual minority men in China.Yi M, Li X, Chiaramonte D, Sun S, Pan S, Soulliard Z, Eisenstadt BE, Ljótsson B, Hagaman A, Pachankis J. Behav Res Ther. 2024 Oct; 2024 Jul 14. PMID: 39029333.
- Residential Proximity to Oil and Gas Development and Mental Health in a North American Preconception Cohort Study: 2013-2023.Willis MD, Campbell EJ, Selbe S, Koenig MR, Gradus JL, Nillni YI, Casey JA, Deziel NC, Hatch EE, Wesselink AK, Wise LA. Am J Public Health. 2024 Sep; 2024 Jul 11. PMID: 38991173.
- Heatwaves and Hardship: Shortcomings and Solutions for Enhancing the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program to Mitigate Extreme Heat and Energy Insecurity.Carrión D, Hernández D. Electr J. 2024 Aug-Dec; 2024 Sep 21. PMID: 39464545.
- A Mixed Methods Exploration of Young Women's Agency and Mental Health during COVID-19 in Low-Income Communities in Mumbai, India.Brault MA, Peskin MF, Jones AN, Saikia A, Bhutia RO, Cheruvu SS, Jagtap VM, Singh R, Nair P, Vedanthan R, Vermund SH, Maitra S. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2024 Jul 31; 2024 Jul 31. PMID: 39200618.
- Helping the Helpers: Mental Health Challenges of Psychosocial Support Workers During the Russian-Ukrainian War.Kang H, Fischer IC, Esterlis I, Kolyshkina A, Ponomarenko L, Chobanian A, Vus V, Pietrzak RH. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2024 Jun 3; 2024 Jun 3. PMID: 38829179.
- Weight-related discrimination, perceived stress and psychological and physical well-being of persons with type 2 diabetes: A mediation analysis.Akyirem S, Ekpor E, Abwoye DN, Wang K. Diabet Med. 2024 Jun; 2024 Apr 1. PMID: 38561918.
- An mHealth Intervention for Gay and Bisexual Men's Mental, Behavioral, and Sexual Health in a High-Stigma, Low-Resource Context (Project Comunică): Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.Leluțiu-Weinberger C, Filimon ML, Hoover D, Lixandru M, Hanu L, Dogaru B, Kovacs T, Fierbințeanu C, Ionescu F, Manu M, Mariș A, Pană E, Dorobănțescu C, Streinu-Cercel A, Pachankis JE. JMIR Res Protoc. 2024 May 6; 2024 May 6. PMID: 38709550.
- Perceived barriers and influencing factors of psychological help-seeking amongst Chinese nurses exposed to COVID-19.Tan J, Shi W, Yuan GF, Lowe SR, Liu J. J Res Nurs. 2024 May; 2024 May 21. PMID: 38883255.
- "WOOP is my safe haven": A qualitative feasibility and acceptability study of the Wish Outcome Obstacle Plan (WOOP) intervention for spouses of people living with early-stage dementia.Mroz EL, Schwartz AE, Valeika S, Oettingen G, Marottoli R, David D, Hagaman A, Fedus D, Monin JK. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2024 May. PMID: 38687142.
- Problem Opioid Use Among US Military Veterans: Prevalence, Correlates, and Psychiatric Characteristics.Na PJ, Petrakis IL, Krystal JH, Pietrzak RH. J Addict Med. 2024 May-Jun 01; 2024 Mar 18. PMID: 38498625.
- A Proposal of Utilizing Six Types of Involvement Model to Guide Kindergarten to 12th Grade School Parental Communication and Support During a Pandemic.Li D, Li Y, Zheng Z, Zhou X, Castro D, Vermund SH, Brault MA. Med Res Arch. 2024 Apr; 2024 Apr 26. PMID: 39118855.
- Differential associations of adverse childhood experiences and mental health outcomes in U.S. military veterans.Slavin AZ, Fischer IC, Pietrzak RH. J Psychiatr Res. 2024 Apr; 2024 Feb 26. PMID: 38412789.
- Occupational differences in the effects of retirement on hospitalizations for mental illness among female workers: Evidence from administrative data in China.Wang T, Sun R, Sindelar JL, Chen X. Econ Hum Biol. 2024 Apr; 2024 Feb 5. PMID: 38340649.
- Neighborhood-level economic characteristics and depression and PTSD symptoms among Houstonians who have experienced Hurricane Harvey and COVID-19.Cohen GH, Wang R, Rosenberg SB, Sampson L, Lowe SR, Cabral H, Ruggiero K, Galea S. Psychiatry Res. 2024 Mar; 2024 Feb 2. PMID: 38335779.
- Psychological Health and Ischemic Heart Disease in Women: A Review of Current Evidence and Clinical Considerations across the Healthspan.Gaffey AE, Spatz ES. Curr Atheroscler Rep. 2024 Mar; 2024 Jan 19. PMID: 38240928.
- Psychological Burden of Systemic Racism-Related Distress in New York City Healthcare Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Tong M, Hurtado A, Deshpande R, Pietrzak RH, He C, Kaplan C, Kaplan S, Akhtar S, Feder A, Feingold JH, Ripp JA, Peccoralo LA. J Gen Intern Med. 2024 Feb; 2023 Oct 16. PMID: 37845586.
- "There are still broken or fragmented systems": Qualitative assessment of needs to strengthen adolescent mental health services in American Samoa.Mew EJ, Blas V, Winschel J, Hunt L, Soliai-Lemusu S, Johansson A, Lowe SR, Faiai M, Naseri J, Toelupe RLM, Ipou F, Seui M, Ledoux-Sunia T, Sunia F, Galea'i A, Poulin R, Hawley NL, McCutchan-Tofaeono J. Int J Ment Health Nurs. 2024 Feb; 2023 Sep 10. PMID: 37691318.
- Perceived Stress and Depressive Symptoms Are Associated With Emotional Eating but Not Nutritional Intake During Pregnancy: A Prospective Cohort Study.Carandang RR, Epel E, Radin R, Lewis JB, Ickovics JR, Cunningham SD. J Midwifery Womens Health. 2024 Jan-Feb; 2023 Jun 26. PMID: 37358371.
- A scoping review of multigenerational impacts of grandparental exposures on mental health in grandchildren.Xiao J, Jain A, Bellia G, Nyhan K, Liew Z. Curr Environ Health Rep. 2023 Dec; 2023 Nov 27. PMID: 38008881.
- Co-occurring mental health and drug use experiences among Black and Hispanic/Latino sexual and gender diverse individuals.Watson RJ, Caba AE, Layland EK, Simon K, Morgan E, Edelman EJ, Chan PA, Eaton L. J Behav Med. 2023 Dec; 2023 Jul 6. PMID: 37407904.
- Mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic in a longitudinal study of Hurricane Katrina survivors.Zacher M, Raker EJ, Meadows MC, Ramírez S, Woods T, Lowe SR. SSM Ment Health. 2023 Dec; 2023 Feb 20. PMID: 36844796.
- Prevalence and factors associated with depression, anxiety, and stress symptoms among home isolated COVID-19 patients in Western Nepal.Adhikari B, Poudel L, Thapa TB, Neupane D, Maharjan P, Hagaman A, Bhandari N, Katuwal N, Shrestha B, Maharjan R, Shrestha S, Shrestha A, Tamrakar D, Rajbhandari B, Shahi BB, Shrestha R, Karmacharya BM, Shrestha A. Dialogues Health. 2023 Dec; 2022 Dec 5. PMID: 36624774.
- "It's starting to weigh on me": Exploring the Experiences and Support Needs of Harm Reduction Staff in Connecticut using the Social-Ecological Model.Hill K, Dunham K, Grau LE, Heimer R. Harm Reduct J. 2023 Nov 14; 2023 Nov 14. PMID: 37964261.
- Barriers to mental health service use among people with disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic.Manning RB, Cipollina R, Lowe SR, Bogart KR, Ostrove JM, Adler JM, Nario-Redmond MR, Wang K. Rehabil Psychol. 2023 Nov; 2023 Jul 20. PMID: 37470994.
- Almajiri health; a scoping review on disease, health literacy and space for participatory research.Muhammad MI, Abdulsalam AH, Petit-Clair F, Acquaye A, Nobles A, Fleischer B, Konkwo C, Ransome Y, Paintsil E. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2023; 2023 Oct 11. PMID: 37819921.
- Engagement With Mental Health Services Among Survivors of Firearm Injury.Magee LA, Ortiz D, Adams ZW, Marriott BR, Beverly AW, Beverly B, Aalsma MC, Wiehe SE, Ranney ML. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Oct 2; 2023 Oct 2. PMID: 37902754.
- Experiences of stigma, mental health, and coping strategies in Lebanon among Lebanese and displaced Syrian men who have sex with men: A qualitative study.Abboud S, Seal DW, Pachankis JE, Khoshnood K, Khouri D, Fouad FM, Heimer R. Soc Sci Med. 2023 Oct; 2023 Sep 13. PMID: 37742387.
- Guided LGBTQ-affirmative internet cognitive-behavioral therapy for sexual minority youth's mental health: A randomized controlled trial of a minority stress treatment approach.Pachankis JE, Soulliard ZA, Layland EK, Behari K, Seager van Dyk I, Eisenstadt BE, Chiaramonte D, Ljótsson B, Särnholm J, Bjureberg J. Behav Res Ther. 2023 Oct; 2023 Sep 9. PMID: 37716019.
- Adolescent Providers' Experiences of Harassment Related to Delivering Gender-Affirming Care.Hughes LD, Gamarel KE, Restar AJ, Sequeira GM, Dowshen N, Regan K, Kidd KM. J Adolesc Health. 2023 Oct; 2023 Aug 15. PMID: 37589604.
- Recent Economic Intimate Partner Violence and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms Among a Racially and Ethnically Diverse Sample of U.S. Women Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence.Willie TC, Alexander KA, Sharpless L, Zemlak JL, Smith MV, Kershaw TS. J Interpers Violence. 2023 Oct; 2023 Jun 30. PMID: 37387530.
- Associations of Discrimination, Low Social Support, and Limited English Proficiency with Depression in South Asian Immigrants.Roy S, Hassan S, Kanaya AM, Kandula NR, Desai MM. J Immigr Minor Health. 2023 Oct; 2023 Mar 20. PMID: 36940078.
- Impact of Marital Stress on 1-Year Health Outcomes Among Young Adults With Acute Myocardial Infarction.Zhu C, Dreyer RP, Li F, Spatz ES, Caraballo-Cordovez C, Mahajan S, Raparelli V, Leifheit EC, Lu Y, Krumholz HM, Spertus JA, D'Onofrio G, Pilote L, Lichtman JH. J Am Heart Assoc. 2023 Sep 5; 2023 Aug 17. PMID: 37589125.
- Changes in mental health among U.S. military veterans during the COVID-19 pandemic: A network analysis.Spiller TR, Na PJ, Merians AN, Duek O, Ben-Zion Z, Tsai J, von Känel R, Harpaz-Rotem I, Pietrzak RH. J Psychiatr Res. 2023 Sep; 2023 Aug 11. PMID: 37595331.
- Psychological Resilience in U.S. Military Veterans: Results from the 2019-2020 National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study.Georgescu MF, Fischer IC, Lowe S, Pietrzak RH. Psychiatr Q. 2023 Sep; 2023 Jul 13. PMID: 37438571.
- Seeking and Providing Social Support on Twitter for Trauma and Distress During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Content and Sentiment Analysis.Esener Y, McCall T, Lakdawala A, Kim H. J Med Internet Res. 2023 Aug 31; 2023 Aug 31. PMID: 37651178.
- Erectile Dysfunction in a U.S. National Sample of Male Military Veterans.Way BM, Griffin KR, Kraus SW, Tsai J, Pietrzak RH. Mil Med. 2023 Aug 29. PMID: 35792506.
- Depression and PTSD among Houston Residents who Experienced Hurricane Harvey and COVID-19: Implications for Urban Areas Affected by Multiple Disasters.Cohen GH, Wang R, Sampson L, Lowe SR, Ettman CK, Abdalla SM, Wellenius GA, Cabral H, Ruggiero K, Galea S. J Urban Health. 2023 Aug; 2023 Aug 7. PMID: 37550501.
- Toward Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Sexual Minority Women: Voices From Stakeholders and Community Members.Scheer JR, Clark KA, McConocha E, Wang K, Pachankis JE. Cogn Behav Pract. 2023 Aug; 2022 Mar 16. PMID: 37547128.
- Pandemic-related posttraumatic psychological growth in U.S. military veterans: A 3-year, nationally representative, longitudinal study.Kang H, Na PJ, Fischer IC, Tsai J, Tedeschi RG, Pietrzak RH. Psychiatry Res. 2023 Aug; 2023 Jul 24. PMID: 37499281.
- Tradeoffs, Constraints, and Strategies in Transgender and Nonbinary Young Adults' Romantic Relationships: The Identity Needs in Relationships Framework.Murchison GR, Eiduson R, Agénor M, Gordon AR. J Soc Pers Relat. 2023 Jul; 2022 Nov 24. PMID: 38736630.
- Exacerbated PTSD symptoms among older U.S. military veterans during the COVID-19 pandemic: Results from the national health and resilience in veterans study.Cations M, Cook JM, Fischer I, Pietrzak RH. J Psychiatr Res. 2023 Jul; 2023 May 30. PMID: 37269773.
- Gender Discrimination and Mental Health Among Health Care Workers: Findings from a Mixed Methods Study.Hennein R, Poulin R, Gorman H, Lowe SR. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2023 Jul; 2023 May 30. PMID: 37256783.
- "I Know Myself Again, Which Makes Me Motivated for Life": Feasibility and Acceptability of Using Experience Sampling Methods With Trauma-Exposed Sexual Minority Women.Scheer JR, Cascalheira CJ, Helminen EC, Shaw TJ, Schwarz AA, Jaipuriar V, Brisbin CD, Batchelder AW, Sullivan TP, Jackson SD. J Interpers Violence. 2023 Jul; 2023 Feb 15. PMID: 36789733.
- A Developmental Model of the Sexual Minority Closet: Structural Sensitization, Psychological Adaptations, and Post-closet Growth.Pachankis JE, Jackson SD. Arch Sex Behav. 2023 Jul; 2022 Aug 17. PMID: 35978203.
- Prevalence, correlates, and mental health burden associated with homelessness in U.S. military veterans.Nichter B, Tsai J, Pietrzak RH. Psychol Med. 2023 Jul; 2022 Mar 18. PMID: 35301973.
- The Gender-Diversity and Autism Questionnaire: A Community-Developed Clinical, Research, and Self-Advocacy Tool for Autistic Transgender and Gender-Diverse Young Adults.Strang JF, McClellan LS, Raaijmakers D, Caplan R, Klomp SE, Reutter M, Lai MC, Song M, Gratton FV, Dale LK, Schutte A, de Vries ALC, Gardiner F, Edwards-Leeper L, Minnaard AL, Eleveld NL, Corbin E, Purkis Y, Lawson W, Kim DY, van Wieringen IM, Rodríguez-Roldán VM, Harris MC, Wilks MF, Abraham G, Balleur-van Rijn A, Brown LXZ, Forshaw A, Wilks GB, Griffin AD, Graham EK, Krause S, Pervez N, Bok IA, Song A, Fischbach AL, van der Miesen AIR. Autism Adulthood. 2023 Jun 1; 2023 Jun 13. PMID: 37346994.
- Pre- and peri-traumatic event stressors drive gender differences in chronic stress-related psychological sequelae: A prospective cohort study of COVID-19 frontline healthcare providers.Hennein R, Lowe SR, Feingold JH, Feder A, Peccoralo LA, Ripp JA, Mazure CM, Pietrzak RH. J Psychiatr Res. 2023 Jun; 2023 Apr 20. PMID: 37105023.
- Trajectories of alcohol consumption in U.S. military veterans: Results from a 10-year population-based longitudinal study.Na PJ, Montalvo-Ortiz J, Petrakis I, Krystal JH, Polimanti R, Gelernter J, Pietrzak RH. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2023 May 1; 2023 Mar 6. PMID: 36963160.
- Moderators of LGBQ-affirmative cognitive behavioral therapy: ESTEEM is especially effective among Black and Latino sexual minority men.Keefe JR, Rodriguez-Seijas C, Jackson SD, Bränström R, Harkness A, Safren SA, Hatzenbuehler ML, Pachankis JE. J Consult Clin Psychol. 2023 Mar; 2023 Feb 13. PMID: 36780265.
- Prevalence, characteristics, and health burden of rheumatoid arthritis in the U.S. veteran population.Morse JL, Afari N, Norman SB, Guma M, Pietrzak RH. J Psychiatr Res. 2023 Mar; 2023 Jan 29. PMID: 36746059.
- Moral injury and substance use disorders among US combat veterans: results from the 2019-2020 National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study.Maguen S, Nichter B, Norman SB, Pietrzak RH. Psychol Med. 2023 Mar; 2021 Aug 19. PMID: 34409932.
- Eating disorders in sexual minority adolescents and young adults: examining clinical characteristics and psychiatric co-morbidities in an inpatient medical setting.Chaphekar AV, Downey A, Garber AK, Kuykendall M, Bojorquez-Ramirez P, Ganson KT, Buckelew SM, Nagata JM. J Eat Disord. 2023 Feb 28; 2023 Feb 28. PMID: 36855189.
- Gender discrimination among women healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: Findings from a mixed methods study.Hennein R, Gorman H, Chung V, Lowe SR. PLoS One. 2023; 2023 Feb 6. PMID: 36745623.
- Mental health of U.S. combat veterans by war era: Results from the National health and Resilience in veterans study.Na PJ, Schnurr PP, Pietrzak RH. J Psychiatr Res. 2023 Feb; 2022 Dec 20. PMID: 36565542.
- Perceived Purpose in Life, Mental Health, and Suicidality in Older U.S. Military Veterans: Results From the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study.Fischer IC, Tsai J, Harpaz-Rotem I, McCutcheon VE, Schulenberg SE, Pietrzak RH. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2023 Feb; 2022 Sep 24. PMID: 36253289.
- Mental health impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in U.S. military veterans: a population-based, prospective cohort study.Hill ML, Nichter B, Na PJ, Norman SB, Morland LA, Krystal JH, Pietrzak RH. Psychol Med. 2023 Feb; 2021 Jun 14. PMID: 34120667.
- "'Oh gosh, why go?' cause they are going to look at me and not hire": intersectional experiences of black women navigating employment during pregnancy and parenting.Mehra R, Alspaugh A, Dunn JT, Franck LS, McLemore MR, Keene DE, Kershaw TS, Ickovics JR. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2023 Jan 10; 2023 Jan 10. PMID: 36627577.
- Psychosocial resources underlying disaster survivors' posttraumatic stress symptom trajectories: insight from in-depth interviews with mothers who survived Hurricane Katrina.Tekin S, Burrows K, Billings J, Waters M, Lowe SR. Eur J Psychotraumatol. 2023. PMID: 37334999.
- The path to healthy ageing in China: a Peking University-Lancet Commission.Chen X, Giles J, Yao Y, Yip W, Meng Q, Berkman L, Chen H, Chen X, Feng J, Feng Z, Glinskaya E, Gong J, Hu P, Kan H, Lei X, Liu X, Steptoe A, Wang G, Wang H, Wang H, Wang X, Wang Y, Yang L, Zhang L, Zhang Q, Wu J, Wu Z, Strauss J, Smith J, Zhao Y. Lancet. 2022 Dec 3; 2022 Nov 21. PMID: 36423650.
- The child and family traumatic stress intervention: Factors associated with symptom reduction for children receiving treatment.Stover CS, Hahn H, Maciejewski KR, Epstein C, Marans S. Child Abuse Negl. 2022 Dec; 2022 Sep 21. PMID: 36152531.
- Associations between sexual stigma, enacted HIV stigma, internalized HIV stigma and homonegativity, and depression: testing an extended minority stress model among men who have sex with men living with HIV in India.Chakrapani V, Kershaw T, Kaur J, Shunmugam M, Nelson R, Vijin PP, Rajan M, Subramanian T. AIDS Care. 2022 Dec; 2022 Sep 5. PMID: 36062378.
- Factors Associated With Burnout Among Nurses Providing Direct Patient Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Cohen B, DePierro J, Chan CC, Tolan E, Deshpande R, Feder A, Feingold JH, Peccoralo L, Pietrzak RH, Ripp J. J Nurs Adm. 2022 Nov 1. PMID: 36301869.
- Prevalence of Chronic Diseases, Depression, and Stress Among US Childcare Professionals During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Elharake JA, Shafiq M, Cobanoglu A, Malik AA, Klotz M, Humphries JE, Murray T, Patel KM, Wilkinson D, Yildirim I, Diaz R, Rojas R, Kuperwajs Cohen A, Lee A, Omer SB, Gilliam WS. Prev Chronic Dis. 2022 Sep 22; 2022 Sep 22. PMID: 36137183.
- Personality modifies the effect of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and society support on depression-anxiety-stress in the residents undergone catastrophic flooding in Henan, China.Jing X, Lu L, Yao Y. Med Pr. 2022 Sep 5; 2022 Jul 4. PMID: 35781532.
- The Effects of Maternal Disaster Exposure on Adolescent Mental Health 12 Years Later.Zacher M, Arkin M, Rhodes J, Lowe SR. Res Child Adolesc Psychopathol. 2022 Sep; 2022 Mar 22. PMID: 35316440.
- Effectiveness of an integrated primary care intervention in improving psychosocial outcomes among Latino adults with diabetes: the LUNA-D study.Castañeda SF, Gallo LC, Garcia ML, Mendoza PM, Gutierrez AP, Lopez-Gurolla M, Roesch S, Pichardo MS, Muñoz F, Talavera GA. Transl Behav Med. 2022 Aug 17. PMID: 35776001.
- Mechanisms linking distal minority stress and depressive symptoms in a longitudinal, population-based study of gay and bisexual men: A test and extension of the psychological mediation framework.Lattanner MR, Pachankis JE, Hatzenbuehler ML. J Consult Clin Psychol. 2022 Aug. PMID: 36066865.
- Posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms, work-related trauma exposure, and substance use in first responders.Bonumwezi JL, Tramutola D, Lawrence J, Kobezak HM, Lowe SR. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2022 Aug 1; 2022 Apr 7. PMID: 35623285.
- Cannabis use among U.S. military veterans with subthreshold or threshold posttraumatic stress disorder: Psychiatric comorbidities, functioning, and strategies for coping with posttraumatic stress symptoms.Hill ML, Loflin M, Nichter B, Na PJ, Herzog S, Norman SB, Pietrzak RH. J Trauma Stress. 2022 Aug; 2022 Mar 11. PMID: 35275431.
- A prospective cohort study of the psychological consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on frontline healthcare workers in New York City.Peccoralo LA, Pietrzak RH, Feingold JH, Syed S, Chan CC, Murrough JW, Kaplan C, Verity J, Feder A, Charney DS, Southwick SM, Ripp JA. Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 2022 Aug; 2022 Jan 22. PMID: 35064838.
- Investigating Strategies of Emotion Regulation As Mediators of Occupational Stressors and Mental Health Outcomes in First Responders.Kshtriya S, Lawrence J, Kobezak HM, Popok PJ, Lowe S. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Jun 8; 2022 Jun 8. PMID: 35742258.
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- Mental Health, Alcohol Use, and Substance Use Correlates of Sexism in a Sample of Gender-Diverse Sexual Minority Women.Scheer JR, Batchelder AW, Wang K, Pachankis JE. Psychol Sex Orientat Gend Divers. 2022 Jun; 2021 Jul 29. PMID: 35677582.
for Faculty working in this area.
Centers and other resources
- Empower Neighborhoods and Relationships to Improve Community Health (ENRICH)ENRICH explores the impact of people and environments on individuals and communities, and in collaboration with communities, develops programs to improve community health.
- Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS (CIRA)CIRA provides HIV-related resources, skills, services, training, and professional networking opportunities to HIV researchers and practitioners who can contribute to advances in HIV prevention and treatment.
- Yale LGBTQ Mental Health InitiativeThis initiative provides a home for scholars and scholarship devoted to understanding and improving the mental health of LGBTQ populations in the US and around the world.
- Family Accommodation Obsessive-Compulsive DisorderFAOCD refers to family members' or significant others’ participation in or facilitation of patients’ rituals and/or avoidance.
- The Substance Abuse and Sexual Health Lab (SASH)SASH lab focuses on conducting and disseminating strengths-based youth substance use and HIV prevention research.