Kathleen M. Grubbs's research while affiliated with VA San Diego Healthcare System and other places

... Research has shown that interventions addressing dyads can reliably improve DS and may be useful in this regard, but they should be tailored to the unique needs of MFCs, who are often different from their civilian counterparts. 45,46 For example, one study on caregivers using a psycho-education intervention for dyads (caregiver and care recipient) found positive effects on mental, emotional, and functional HOs, as well as on self-efficacy. 47 Likewise, on the basis of research supporting direct links between social support and DS, 17 behavioural interventions targeting mental HOs might consider incorporating strategies for enhancing social support and support networks. ...

... La TCT realizada de forma combinada: presencial-telemática, ha resultado efectiva para tratar el trastorno de estrés postraumático de esta paciente. Este formato podría permitir más flexibilidad para los pacientes y mejor cumplimiento terapéutico al no tener que desplazarse a la clínica correspondiente, siempre que se sigan rigurosamente las recomendaciones clínicas y adaptaciones que proporciona la literatura científica para las intervenciones telemáticas en pacientes con TEPT (13,14,15). Como limitación al caso presentado, estaría la falta de pruebas objetivas de evaluación y de evolución clínica y se sugiere, en futuras intervenciones, realizar más pruebas objetivas a través de cuestionarios validados científicamente en tres momentos del tratamiento: inicio, mitad y fin del mismo. ...

... Thus, gender may serve as an initial indicator for treatment targets, whereby a clinician can bolster such skills for those experiencing greater PTSS. Finally, emphasizing resiliency skills, which is integral when encountering traumatic events (Campbell et al., 2020;Carmassi et al., 2020), through early intervention reinforces social and emotional outcomes in addition to PTSS (Richins et al., 2020;Vranceanu et al., 2020). These results highlight the differences in benefits that male and female informal caregivers receive from resiliency factors, which can inform the delivery of interventions to promote coping and prevent chronic PTSS. ...

... The Harik et al. (2020) paper appeared in the JTS, which is published by the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS), and consequently not only has significant reach, but also important political influence in defining international treatment guidelines for PTSD and complex PTSD. The retraction was sought by the authors, not the Editor. ...

... Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a highly prevalent condition [1] and a pervasive and persistent mental disease, The main feature of PTSD includes nightmares, personality changes, emotional dissociation, that trigger traumatic memories, irritability, memory loss, being easily frightened and there are some flashlight in their minds. It is because of terrible or impressive experiences or to react to major stress. ...

... We define telehealth as the use of phone (audio-only) or videoconferencing to deliver synchronized, real-time care to patients, and include articles on using either of these modalities for mental health treatments. Studies that brought patients into a clinic and then connected them to a remotely located provider [13][14][15] are also included and treated as video studies. Studies on internet-based treatments, mobile apps, email, or instant messaging were not included. ...

... A full paper review was conducted on 253 papers, and 12 articles were selected for inclusion (see Figure 1). Details of the 12 included studies [29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40] are summarized in Table 1. ...

... The study protocol was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the University of California, San Diego, and this study's design and hypotheses were preregistered; see Trial Registration: NCT02720016. The study methods have been published (Morland et al., 2019). ...

... While the relationship between gender and mental health has been somewhat outlined in CWs and other PSP, future research needs to consider how the other demographic factors impact the different facets of care. A systematic review included in this review highlighted the importance of examining gender, racial, and cultural factors when designing digital mental health interventions for PSP since they may result in differential outcomes, preferences, and needs (26,134,135). ...

... In research assessing brain age-related to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Veterans Administration researchers modeled Veterans as having an active military status and as patients actively seeking treatment in the Veterans Administration Health Care System (Clausen et al., 2022). Chen et al. (2020) researched therapeutic alliance across trauma-focused psychotherapies among Veterans with PTSD. This VA study modeled Veterans only as those eligible for the Veterans Administration Health Care System. ...