Rachel Shor

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences | USUHS · Department of Psychiatry

Background While previous studies have reported high rates of documented suicide attempts (SAs) in the U.S. Army, the extent to which soldiers make SAs that are not identified in the healthcare system is unknown. Understanding undetected suicidal behavior is important in broadening prevention and intervention efforts. Methods Representative survey...

Experiencing sexual harassment and bullying during military service can lead to negative consequences for a soldier’s mental health and life satisfaction, including increased risk of depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress. No studies have to date investigated the prevalence and correlates of sexual harassment and bullying among Norwegian Afg...

Introduction Most research on suicide attempts among U.S. service members has been focused on risk factors that occur during service. There is an important gap in our understanding of premilitary factors, such as personality characteristics, that may be associated with future suicide attempt risk during service. Of particular importance is identify...

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors are the most commonly prescribed class of medications for patients with PTSD. However, many patients are not responsive to SSRIs and there is no rapid, uncomplicated way to determine who will benefit from this family of medications. Loudness dependence of auditory evoked potentials, a measure derived from aud...

Objective: Trauma-exposed veterans may be more likely to experience posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), chronic pain, and sleep disturbance together rather than in isolation. Although these conditions are independently associated with distress and impairment, how they relate to social functioning and suicidal ideation (SI) when experienced comorb...

Objective: Avoidance of trauma-related stimuli is thought to be central in the development and maintenance of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). However, knowledge of trauma-related avoidance has been limited by conceptualization of this construct as unifactorial and consisting of only two components. The Posttraumatic Avoidance Behaviour Quest...

RationaleAberrations in the stress response are associated with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptom development, maintenance, and severity. Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), the brain’s primary inhibitory neurotransmitter, may play a key role in stress recovery.Objectives In this preliminary study, we examined whether plasma GABA levels diff...

Extensive research demonstrates that corresponding implicit and explicit attitudes are less similar when examined socially sensitive topics. However, little research has examined attitudes towards people living in poverty, a marginalized and growing portion of people in the United States. We developed a Classism Implicit Association Test (IAT-C) an...

Highlights Financial stress is a key predictor of classism among college students. Financial stress predicts classism across immigration status and race. For U.S. born students, higher reported social class predicts greater exposure to classist narratives.

The paper will describe the development and impact of a course that exemplifies the principles and values of community psychology, but does so outside the bounds of a community psychology program or concentration in a large, diverse, public university. The class, Community Engagement for Social Change, has two aims: to teach undergraduates that soc...

The significant sex-based discrepancy in violent crime suggests that something about maleness or masculinity contributes to this pattern. Research on masculinities clearly indicates that if men struggle to meet masculine gender role expectations, they are likely to report distress (Eisler & Skidmore, 1987; O'Neil, 2008). Empirical work demonstrates...

Client-centered practice, also termed survivor-centered practice in the context of domestic violence, has broad support as a set of strategies for working effectively with trauma survivors. However, research, evaluation and staff training are limited by a lack of measurement tools. This paper describes the process of developing an index of hotline...

Poverty is a widespread social problem that affects a substantial number of Americans each year. Attitudes can affect a range of judgments, behavioral intentions, and actions related to addressing this problem. However, existing tools that measure attitudes toward those in poverty do not fully capture the deficit ideology that is a critical compone...

This study extended research on transformational service learning by examining the impact that a community placement context can have on college students’ transformational processes. Kiely’s Transformational Service-Learning Process Model was used as a framework to better understand how context, dissonance, and student reactions are interrelated. U...

Study abroad can have a significant impact on students and provide them with greater insight into how culture shapes the way people think about themselves, others, and the world around them. As globalization continues, local communities have increased cross-border and international dimensions (Lyons, 2006) thereby exposing communities to increasing...

Racial socialisation describes the mechanisms by which youth acquire concepts of race and racism. The field addressing racial dynamics in the United States has primarily focused on the racial socialisation of youth of colour, generally regarding White racial socialisation as superfluous for White people, and therefore mostly absent in White familie...