2023

Baghdadi, S., Walsh, T. R., & McCarroll, J. E. (2023, May 16-18). A public health approach to child abuse and neglect in the military using the Haddon Matrix framework. USU Research Days 2023, Bethesda, MD

Benedek, D.M. (2023, Jan), "Fostering Resilience After Combat: Return to Military Duty or Reintegration into Civilian Life" Mental Health Education Series for National Healthcare Providers. Darnitsa Pharmaceutical, Ukraine

Benedek, D. (2023, July 15). Combat Psychopharmacology: Return to Military Duty vs. Reintegration into Civilian Life. UKRESG2302243OCE Behavioral Health Workshop, Rzeszów, Poland.

Benedek, D.M. (2023, 16 November). Fostering Resilience after Combat: Return to Duty vs Reintegration into Civilian Life [Virtual presentation]. Mental Health Education Series for National Healthcare Providers, Darnitsa Pharmaceutical, Ukraine

Blumhorst, A., Weingrad, A., Mash H. H., Fullerton, C. S., Morganstein, J. C., Ursano, R. J. (2023, April). Association of COVID-19-Related National Guard Deployment Stressors with Mental Health Outcomes. Poster presentation at Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA) Annual Conference, Washington, D.C.

Blumhorst, A., Weingrad, A., Mash, H.M., Fullerton, C.S., Morganstein, J.C., Ursano, R.J. (2023, August). National Guard Members’ Feelings of Mattering and Valuing COVID-19-Related Work: Association with Anger and Alcohol Use. American Psychological Association (APA) Convention. Washington, D.C.

Bossarte, R. M., Dempsey, C. L., Benedek, D. M., Spangler, P. T., West, J. C., Nock, M. K., Zuromski, K. L., Georg, M. W., Ao, J., Haller, K., Probe, D. M., & Ursano, R. J. (2023). Associations between Individual and Area Level Factors and Firearm-Related Suicide among Veterans [Poster presentation]. National Research Conference for the Prevention of Firearm-Related Harms, Chicago, IL

Brenner, G.H., Koyfman, S., Naturale, A., Clegg, K.A., & West, J.C. (May 2023) Chronic Cyclical Disaster Model. Presentation at Vibrant Disaster Behavioral Health Symposium, Washington, DC.

Clegg, K.A., West, J.C. Brenner, G.H., & Koyfman, S. (May 2023) Chronic Cyclical Disasters: A Community Context-Sensitive Approach to Promoting Adaptive Disaster Response. Presentation at American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

Cobb, E., Lee-Tauler, S., Ghahramanlou-Holloway, M., Walsh, A. (2023, April). A peer-delivered cognitive behavioral program for military life transitions (Mil-iTransition) following medical separation. Symposium presented at Suicide Research Symposium 2023, virtual attendance.

Cozza, S.J. (2023, October 23). Fundamentals of Disaster Response with Children [Oral presentation]. American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Annual Meeting, NY.

Cozza, S. J., & Ogle, C. M. (July, 2023). Safe is strong: Enhancing safety in young military families. Distinguished Lecture presentation at the 2023 Military Child Education Coalition Global Training Summit, Washington, D.C.

Cozza, S. J., Ogle, C. M., Fisher, J. E., Zhou, J., Walsh, T., Zuleta, R., Dempsey, C., West, J., Fullerton, C., & Ursano, R. J. (2023). Associations of posttraumatic stress disorder and family composition with firearm ownership and unsafe firearm storage practices among military service members and veterans. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York, N.Y.

Cozza, S.J., Ogle, C.M., Fisher, J.E., Zhou, J., Walsh, T.R., Zuleta, R.F., Dempsey, C.L., West, J.C., Dhanraj, N., Fullerton, C.S. & Ursano, R.J. (2023, October). The Associations of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Family Composition with Firearm Ownership and Unsafe Firearm Storage Practices among Military Service Members and Veterans [Poster Presentation]. American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Annual Meeting, NY.

Dempsey, C. L., David M. Benedek, D. M., West, J. C., Nock, M. K., Zuromski, K., Ao, J., Georg, M. W., Probe, D. M., Haller, K., Blumhorst, A., Griffith, L.M., Dhanraj, N., Bossarte, R. M., & Ursano, R. J. Firearm Behavioral Practices and Suicidal Behaviors Among U.S. Army Soldiers and Veterans: Implications for Suicide Intervention and Prevention. 2023 International Convention of Psychological Science (ICPS). Brussels, Belgium. March 9-11.

Dempsey, C. L., Benedek, D. M., West, J. C., Nock, M. K., Zuromski, K., Georg, M. W., Ao, J., Probe, D.M., MA., Haller, K., MSPH., Griffith, L.M. M.A., Dhanraj, N. B.S.,Bossarte, R. M., & Ursano, R. J. (2023). Firearm Behavioral Practices and Suicidal Behaviors in U.S. Army Service Members: Implications for Suicide Prevention. 2023 Military Health System Research Symposium, Kissimmee, FL.

Dempsey, C. L., Benedek, D. M., West, J. C., Nock, M. K., Zuromski, K., Ao, J., Georg, M. W., Probe, D. M., Haller, K., Blumhorst, A., Griffith, L. M., Dhanraj, N., Bossarte, R. M., & Ursano, R. J. Firearm Storage and Carrying Practices and Suicide Attempt and Ideation Among U.S. Army Service Members: Implications for Suicide Prevention [Poster presentation]. 2023 Anxiety Depression Association of America (ADAA). Washington, DC.

Dempsey, C. L., Benedek, D. M., Spangler, P. T., West, J. C., Nock, M. K., Zuromski, K. L., Georg, M. W., Ao, J., Haller, K., Probe, D. M., Bossarte, R. M., Ursano, R. J. (2023). Perception of Safety, Reasons for Firearm Ownership and Unsafe Storage Practices: Opportunities for Suicide Prevention in US. Army Servicemembers [Poster presentation]. National Research Conference for the Prevention of Firearm-Related Harms, Chicago, IL

Dempsey, C. L., West, J. C., and Bossarte, R. M. (2023) Firearm Behavioral Practices and Suicidal Behaviors in U.S. Army Servicemembers and Veterans: Opportunities for Suicide Intervention and Prevention [Symposia presentation]. 2023 National Research for the Prevention of Firearm-Related Harms, Chicago, IL

Dempsey, C. L., West, J. C., Bossarte, R. M., Benedek, D.M., Spangler, P.T., Nock, M. K., Zuromski, K., Georg, M. W., Ao, J.,Haller, K.H., Probe, D.M., MA., & Ursano, R. (2023, Nov). Firearm Behavioral Practices and Suicidal Behaviors in U.S. Army Servicemembers and Veterans: Opportunities for Suicide Intervention and Prevention [Poster presentation]. National Research for the Prevention of Firearm-Related Harms, Chicago, IL.

Dhanraj, N., Griffith, L.M., Dempsey, C.L., Benedek, D.M., Nock, M.K., Zuromski, K., Ao, J., Georg, M.W., Haller, K., Aliaga, P.A., Brent, D., Heeringa, S.G., Kessler, R.C., Stein, M.B., Ursano, R.J. (2023). Bullying from military peers, superiors, subordinates, friends or family members in the month prior to suicide: Results from the Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers (Army STARRS). USUHS Research Days 2023

Fisher, J. E. Cozza, S. J., Zhou, J., Skritskaya, N., Mauro, C., Ogle, C. M., Bloom, C., Zuleta, R., Fullerton, C., Ursano, R. J., & Shear, M. K. (2023). Utilization, acceptability, and grief-related outcomes following an online selective intervention in bereaved family members: Proof of concept. Presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Washington, D.C.

Fisher, J. E., Ogle, C. M., Zhou, J., Walsh, T. R., Zuleta, R. F., & Cozza, S. J. (2023). Avoidant coping and supportive coping differentiate patterns of comorbidity in groups in 9/11-bereaved fifteen years after 9/11. ISTSS 39th Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA.

Fisher, J. E., Ogle, C. M., Zhou, J., Zuleta, R. F., Walsh, T. R., & Cozza, S. J. (2023, August 15). Influence of adverse childhood experiences on grief adaptation in bereaved military family members. 2023 Military Health System Research Symposium, Kissimmee, FL.

Fisher, J. E., Ogle, C. M., Zhou, J., Walsh, T. R., Zuleta, R. F., & Cozza, S. J. (2023, November). Avoidant coping and supportive coping differentiate patterns of comorbidity in groups in 9/11-bereaved fifteen years after 9/11. ISTSS 39th Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA.

Friedman, S.K. Foley, E. Kelly, J. Buck-Atkinson, A.K. Walsh, B. Heintz Morrissey, J.C. Baker, A. Bryan, C.J. Bryan, M.D. Anestis, M.E. Betz. (2023, August 14-17). Project Safe Guard: Evaluating a Lethal Means Safety Intervention to Reduce Firearm Suicide in the National Guard. [Oral Presentation]. 2023 Military Health System Research Symposium, Kissimmee, FL.

Gabbay, F., Spangler, P. Colvonen, P., West, J.C. (May 2023) The Fragmented Life: Examining Relationships Between PTSD, Nightmares, and Sleep Moving Towards Integrated and Personalized Care. Presentation at American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

Gabbay, F. H., Wynn, G. H., Georg, M. W., Gildea, S. M., Kennedy, C. J., King, A. J., Sampson, N. A., Ursano, R. J., Stein, M. B., Wagner, J. R., Kessler, R. C., Capaldi V. F., II. (2023, August). Toward personalized medicine in the US Army: using machine learning to predict response to insomnia treatment. In Precision medicine research: optimizing warfighter healthcare, readiness, and return to duty. Poster presented at the 2023 Military Health System Research Symposium, Kissimmee, FL.

Gentry, M.T., Villanueva, R., & West, J.C. (Jun 2023) Race and other patient identifiers in the clinical learning environment: “What’s the harm?” Presentation at Association of Directors of Medical Student Education in Psychiatry Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.

Ghahramanlou-Holloway, M., Stivers, M., Winters, Heintz-Morrissey, B. (2023, April). Essentials of Ethical Research with Human Subjects at Risk for Suicide. Symposium presented at Suicide Research Symposium 2023, virtual attendance.

Gregory J, Akadri S, Cleaves E. (2023, May). Difficulties in Evaluating and Managing Sedative, Hypnotic, and Anxiolytic Use Disorder and Withdrawal in a Patient with Tardive Dyskinesia. American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

Griffith, L.M., Udayakumar, P. S., Hooke, J. A., Blumhorst, A., Weingrad, A.B., Mash, H.H., Fullerton, C.S. (2023, May). Perceived work importance, COVID-19 activation stress, and probable PTSD in National Guard members [poster presentation]. USU Research Days, Bethesda, MD.

Gutierrez, P. M., Walsh, A. K., Heintz Morrissey, B., Hanson, J., & Morganstein, J. (October 15-18, 2023). Impact of Trainer Mentoring on Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper Training Outcomes [Poster Presentation]. 2023 IASR/AFSP International Summit on Suicide Research. Barcelona, Spain.

Gutierrez, P.M., Walsh, A.K., Heintz Morrissey, B.A., Hanson, J., Morganstein, J.C. (2023, September 19-23). Increasing the Fidelity of Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper Training [Oral Presentation]. International Association for Suicide Prevention, Piran, Slovenia.

Heintz Morrissey, B.A. (2023). Project SafeGuard: Peer-to-Peer Lethal Means Safety Evaluation Project. First National Guard Primary Prevention Symposium at the National Guard Professional Education Center in Little Rock, Arkansas

Heintz Morrissey, B. A., Walsh, A. K., Morganstein, J. C., McGuinness, M. C., Meyer, M. C. (2023, February). Finding the Words: A Video and Podcast Project to Find the Best Words to Encourage Help-Seeking. Poster presentation at 2023 AMSUS Annual Meeting, National Harbor, MD.

Hillman, K., Spangler, P., Phares, A., Bolis, M., West, J., Mochari-Greenberger, H., Cao, L., Haase, E., Koyfman, S., Brenner, G., Vance, M., McLean. A. (2023, August). Coping and Outcomes Pandemic Effects Study (COPES) on Healthcare Workers: Qualitative Results. Poster, Division 56, American Psychological Association, APA 2023 Convention, Washington, DC.

Kotlyar, B., Ping Tsao, C., Russo, R. Cleaves, E. Gluzman, E., West, J., Schilling, D., Schatte, D.,& Song, X. (Jun 2023) Finding Needles In The Haystacks: Results of a Scoping Review of Methods of Evaluating Medical Student Performance. Poster presentation at meeting of Association of Directors of Medical Student Education in Psychiatry, San Diego, CA.

Kumer, K. Cleaves, E. West, J.C., Hamaoka, D., & Capaldi, V. (Jun 2023) Mass Casualty Response Teaching for Medical Students Using Large Scale Simulation. Presentation at Association of Directors of Medical Student Education in Psychiatry Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.

Morganstein, J.C. (2023, Jan). Caring for Patients in War and Other Disasters. Mental Health Education Series for National Healthcare Providers, Darnitsa Pharmaceutical, Ukraine.

Morganstein, J.C. (2023, Apr). Finding Structure in Chaos: Protecting Mental Health and Fostering Resilience in Pandemics, Tornadoes, War, and Other Disasters. Presented online at Grand Rounds for Carillion Care and Virginia Tech School of Medicine.

Morganstein, J.C. (2023, May). Disasters and Community Mental Health: Crisis Leadership Behaviors to Foster Action, Sustainment, and Recovery. Keynote Presented at 3rd Annual Disaster Behavioral Health Symposium, Crisis Emotional Care Team, Vibrant Emotional Health, Washington, DC.

Morganstein, J.C. (2023, May). Psychological and Behavioral Effects of CBRN and other Disasters: Impacts, Risks, and Interventions to Foster Resilience and Readiness. Presented at Medical Management of Bio/Chem Casualties Course, U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, MD.

Nicholson, R., Garfinkle, T., Benedict, D., Greene, E., Kumer, K., Williams, J., Best, N., Moret, N., & Paruchabutr, K. (2023, June 4-7). High Anxiety: Intense Emotion Simulation and Safety for Participants [Conference presentation]. Association of Standardized Patient Educators (ASPE) Annual Conference, Portland, OR.

Ogle, C. M., Fisher, J. E., Zhou, J., Walsh, T., Nemcek, S., Zuleta, R., Fullerton, C., Ursano, R. J., & Cozza, S. J. (May, 2023). Child protective actions in response to specific types of child neglect. Poster to be presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Washington, D.C.

Santiago, N., Shor, R., Arditte Hall, K.A., Smith, B.N., Davison, E.H., Pineles, S.L. (2023, November). Examining the relationship between history of interpersonal trauma and lifetime suicide attempt among treatment-seeking women Veterans [Poster presentation]. International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies 39th Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA.

Sheth, N.K., Adam Wilson, A., Schilling, D., Rhee, S., West, J.C, & Napier, T.C. (Jun 2023) Words Can Hurt: How Language Impacts Trainees' Attitudes and Actions in Treating Substance Use Disorders. Poster presentation at meeting of Association of Directors of Medical Student Education in Psychiatry, San Diego, CA.

Spangler, P., Benedek, D., Dempsey, C. L., Hilmi, A., Kwasinski, R., Mills, E., Probe, D., West, J., Winslow, B. (2023, August). Pilot Results of a Novel Treatment for Posttraumatic Nightmares in a Military and Veteran Sample. Poster, Division 56, American Psychological Association, APA 2023 Convention, Washington, DC.

Udayakumar, P. S., Hooke, J. A., Griffith, L. M., Blumhorst, A., Weingrad, A. B., Mash, H. H., Fullerton, C. S. (2023, May). Stress management and psychological responses in National Guard Service members activated during COVID-19 [poster presentation]. USU Research Days, Bethesda, MD.

Ursano, R. J. (2023, February 23). "364 Days of full-scale war" A reflection on a year of full-scale war in Ukraine [Presentation and Panel Discussion]. European College of Neurophysopharamcology Traumatic Stress Network Hot Topics.

Ursano, R. J., Benedek, D., Assonov, D. (2022, March). Psychological First Aid for Military. Virtual presentation in the series “Hot Topics in Dark Times,” Traumatic Stress Network, European College of Neuropsychopharmacology. 

Walsh, A. K., Meyer, M.C., Heintz Morrissey, B. A., Morganstein, J.C. (2023, April 26-28) Drop the Pen and Pick up the Mic: The Creation of a Podcast Series that Delivers Expert and Holistic Information about Suicide Prevention to the Public. Suicide Research Symposium 2023

Walsh, A. K., Morganstein, J.C., Stanley, I., Betz, E., Heintz Morrissey, B. A., Fullerton, C. S., Ursano, R. J. (2023, April 26-28). Take the Lead: The Development of a Leader Driven Approach to Firearm Safety and Suicide Prevention. Suicide Research Symposium 2023

Walsh, A. K.,Weingrad, A. B., Meyer, M.C., Morganstein, J. C., Heintz Morrissey, B. A., Fullerton, C. S., Ursano, R. J. (2023, April 26-28). Partnering, Implementing and Evaluating: A How to Process of Developing Suicide Prevention Tools for the Public. Suicide Research Symposium 2023

Walsh, A.K., Gutierrez, P., Heintz Morrissey, B.A., Morganstein, J.C. (2023, August 14-17). A Novel Mentoring Model to Increase Fidelity of Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper Training: A Pilot Evaluation Study of SafeTALK in the United States Coast Guard. [Poster Presentation]. 2023 Military Health System Research Symposium, Kissimmee, FL.

Walsh, A. K., Heintz Morrissey, B. A., Meyer, M. C., McGuinness, M. C., and Morganstein, J. C. (2023, February). Evaluation Matters! Using a Meta-Evaluation Framework to Monitor the Development of Evidence-Based Suicide Prevention Projects. Poster presentation at 2023 AMSUS Annual Meeting, National Harbor, MD.

Walsh, A.K., Morganstein, J.C., Betz, E., Heintz Morrissey, B.A., Bryan, C.J., Anestis, M.D. (2023, August 14-17). Peer Adaptation of an Evidence Based Approach to Firearm Safe Storage: A Formative Evaluation of Four Training Sites in the National Guard. [Poster Presentation]. 2023 Military Health System Research Symposium, Kissimmee, FL.

Walsh, A. K., Weingrad, A. B., McGuinness, M. C., Morganstein, J. C., Heintz Morrissey, B. A., Fullerton, C. S., Petrini, J. M., Ursano, R. J. (2023, February). Recognizing Suicide as a Traumatic Event: Implementing a Novel Public Health Approach to Stem the Tide of Rising Suicide in the Military. Poster presentation at 2023 AMSUS Annual Meeting, National Harbor, MD.

Walsh, A.K., Weingrad, A.B., Meyer, M.C., Morganstein, J.C., & Heintz Morrissey, B.A. (October 12-14, 2023). Safety Belts and Suicide: Conceptualizing and Addressing Suicide from a Pragmatic Safety Perspective. [Poster Presentation]. The Mental Health Services Conference, American Psychiatric Association. Washington, D.C.

Wang, J., Ursano, R. J., Dinh, H., Thomas, J. L., Cohen, G. H., Sampson, L., Galea, S., & Fullerton, C. S. Suicide Ideation and Adversities in Separating U.S. National Guard and Reserve Service members. American Psychological Association Annual Meeting. Washington, D.C., August 3-5, 2023.

Wang, J., Biggs, Q. M., Baghdadi, S., Dhanraj, N., Hooke, J., Thomas, A., Fullerton, C. S., Amin, R., & Ursano, R. J. (2023). Time of Day Variation in Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms in Service Members: Results from an Ecological Momentary Assessment Study. 2023 Military Health System Research Symposium, Kissimmee, FL.

Weingrad, A. B., Blumhorst, A., Mash, H. H., Udayakumar, P., Griffith, L.-M., Fullerton, C. S., Morganstein, J. C., & Ursano, R. J. (2023, August 14-17). Personal Experience of COVID-19, Training Related Stress, and PTSD in National Guard Members [Poster Presentation]. Military Health System Research Symposium, Kissimmee, FL.

West, J. C., Morganstein, J. C. (2023, June 9). Growing the Tent: Disaster Psychiatry Education Across the Professional Spectrum to Enhance Global Mental Health. Disaster Psychiatry Canada Conference, Toronto, Canada

West, J. C., Dempsey, C. L., Benedek, D. M., Spangler, P. T., Nock, M. K., Zuromski, K. L., Georg, M. W., Ao, J., Haller, K., Probe, D. M., Bossarte, R. M., & Ursano, R. J. (2023). Relationships Between Firearm Behaviors and Suicide Risk in a Longitudinal Sample [Poster presentation]. National Research Conference for the Prevention of Firearm-Related Harms, Chicago, IL

Zuleta, R. F., Udayakumar, P. S., Ogle, C. M., Fisher, J. E., Zhou, J., & Cozza, S. J. (2023). Opinions about Gold Star criteria among children of fathers who died or went missing during the Vietnam War. USU Research Days 2023, Bethesda, MD.