PTSD Research Quarterly (RQ)
PTSD Research Quarterly (RQ)
Abstract: Accelerated aging is when a person’s biological age appears to be greater than their chronological age. In cases of accelerated aging, an individual may be at risk for a variety of age-related conditions, such as cardiovascular and neurological disorders, at a younger age than would otherwise be expected. About 10 years ago, the National Center for PTSD published a Research Quarterly on the association of PTSD with accelerated aging. In this update, Dr. Erika Wolf highlights key research over the past decade that has helped to confirm and suggest potential mechanisms for this association. This line of research also opens to door for potential interventions to “slow” accelerated aging to help reduce early mortality and morbidity among individuals with PTSD.
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- The Longitudinal Investigation of Gender, Health, and Trauma (LIGHT) Study: Understanding the Impact of Trauma and Community Violence on Veteran Health (PDF)
RQ Vol. 36(4), 2025 by Tara E. Galovski, PhD and Yael I. Nillni, PhD - The Veterans After-Discharge Longitudinal Registry (Project VALOR) (PDF)
RQ Vol. 36(3), 2025 by Brian P. Marx, PhD; Michelle J. Bovin, PhD; Kelly L. Harper, PhD; Nicholas A. Livingston, PhD; Johanna Thompson-Hollands, PhD; Denise M. Sloan, PhD; and Terence M. Keane, PhD - Suicide Risk in U.S. Military Veterans:
Insights from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study (PDF)
RQ Vol. 36(2), 2025 by Ian C. Fischer, PhD; Brandon Nichter, PhD; Peter J. Na, MD, MPH; and Robert H. Pietrzak, PhD, MPH - The Role of Non-traditional Practices in the Management of PTSD (PDF)
RQ Vol. 36(1), 2025 by Hayley Myers, BA, USMC Veteran; and Ariel J. Lang, PhD, MPH
- Update on Novel Psychedelic Treatments for PTSD (PDF)
RQ Vol. 35(4), 2024 by Stephanie L. Haft, PhD; Ellen Bradley, MD; Aoife O'Donovan, PhD; and Josh Woolley, MD/PhD - Massed and Brief Treatments for PTSD (PDF)
RQ Vol. 35(3), 2024 by Jennifer Schuster Wachen, PhD and Denise Sloan, PhD - Genomic Perspectives on PTSD (PDF)
RQ Vol. 35(2), 2024 by Matthew J. Girgenti, PhD - Clinical Practice Guidelines for PTSD (PDF)
RQ Vol. 35(1), 2024 by Jessica L. Hamblen, PhD and Paula P. Schnurr, PhD
- Trauma, Minority Stress, and Disproportionate Health Burden Among LGBTQ+ People (PDF)
RQ Vol. 34(4), 2023 by Nicholas A. Livingston, PhD - Examining Functioning and Well-Being Outcomes in PTSD Treatment Outcome Research (PDF)
RQ Vol. 34(3), 2023 by Dawne Vogt, PhD, Shaina A. Kumar, MA, and Lewina O. Lee, PhD - PTSD and Death from Suicide: An Update from 2017 (PDF)
RQ Vol. 34(2), 2023 by Jenna A. Park, MD, MPH; Natalie B.V. Riblet, MD, MPH; Brian Shiner, MD, MPH; and Jaimie L. Gradus, DMSc, DSc, MPH - PTSD Treatment Response in Military Populations (PDF)
RQ Vol. 34(1), 2023 by Paula P. Schnurr, Ph.D.
- PTSD and Neuroimaging (PDF)
RQ Vol. 33(4), 2022 by Sanne J.H. van Rooij, PHD; Paul E. Holtzheimer, MD - Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in the Context of a Global Pandemic (PDF)
RQ Vol. 33(3), 2022 by Mathilde Husky, PhD; Addie Merians, PhD; Robert H. Pietrzak, PhD; Brian P. Marx, PhD - Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Chronic Pain (PDF)
RQ Vol. 33(2), 2022 by Jennifer L. Murphy; PhD, Mary A. Driscoll, PhD; Annie S. Odom, PhD; Katherine Hadlandsmyth, PhD - Moral Injury (PDF)
RQ Vol. 33(1), 2022 by Shira Maguen, PhD and Sonya B. Norman, PhD
- Exciting New Developments in Pharmacotherapy for PTSD (PDF)
RQ Vol. 32(4), 2021 by Lori L. Davis, MD - Couple/Family Interventions for PTSD (PDF)
RQ Vol. 32(3), 2021 by Candice M. Monson, PhD and Steffany J. Fredman, PhD - Literature on DSM-5 and ICD-11: An Update (PDF)
RQ Vol. 32(2), 2021 by Michelle J. Bovin, PhD; Abigail A. Camden; Frank W. Weathers, PhD - Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Racial Trauma (PDF)
RQ Vol. 32(1), 2021 by Monnica T. Williams, PhD; Angela M. Haeny, PhD; Samantha C. Holmes, PhD
- Racial and Ethnic Disparities in PTSD (PDF)
RQ Vol. 31(4), 2020 by Michele Spoont, PhD; Juliette McClendon, PhD - Anger and PTSD (PDF)
RQ Vol. 31(3), 2020 by Leslie Morland, PhD, PsyD, Eric Elbogen, PhD, ABPP (Forensic) and Kirsten Dillon, PhD - Behavioral Interventions for Comorbid PTSD and Substance Use Disorder (PDF)
RQ Vol. 31(2), 2020 by Sonya B. Norman, PhD and Denise A. Hien, PhD, ABPP - Practical Implications of Research on Intimate Partner Violence Against Women (PDF)
RQ Vol. 31(1), 2020 by Katherine M. Iverson, PhD
- PTSD and Aging (PDF)
RQ Vol. 30(4), 2019 by Lewina Lee, PhD - Medication-Assisted Psychotherapy for PTSD (PDF)
RQ Vol. 30(3), 2019 by Boadie W. Dunlop, MD and Barbara O. Rothbaum, PhD - PTSD and TBI Comorbidity (PDF)
RQ Vol. 30(2), 2019 by Jasmeet P. Hayes, PhD - Opioid Use Among Individuals with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PDF)
RQ Vol. 30(1), 2019 by Nancy Bernardy, PhD and Macgregor Montaño, PharmD, BCPP
- Inflammation and PTSD (PDF)
RQ Vol. 29(4), 2018 by Thomas C. Neylan, MD and Aoife O'Donovan, PhD - The Dissociative Subtype of PTSD: An Update of the Literature (PDF)
RQ Vol. 29(3), 2018 by Francesca L. Schiavone, Paul Frewen, PhD, Margaret McKinnon, PhD, and Ruth A. Lanius, MD, PhD - Focal Brain Stimulation for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PDF)
RQ Vol. 29(2), 2018 by Paul Holtzheimer, MD - Shared Decision-making for PTSD (PDF)
RQ Vol. 29(1), 2018 by Juliette Harik, PhD
- PTSD and Death from Suicide (PDF)
RQ Vol. 28(4), 2017 by Jaimie L. Gradus, DSc, MPH - Patient Engagement in PTSD Treatment (PDF)
RQ Vol. 28(3), 2017 by Shannon Kehle-Forbes, PhD and Rachel Kimerling, PhD - Meditation-based Approaches in the Treatment of PTSD (PDF)
RQ Vol. 28(2), 2017 by Alexander M. Talkovsky, PhD and Ariel J. Lang, PhD, MPH - Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Cardiovascular Disease (PDF)
RQ Vol. 28(1), 2017 by Melanie Arenson, BS and Beth Cohen, MD, MAS
- PTSD and Sleep (PDF)
RQ Vol. 27(4), 2016 by Philip Gehrman, PhD, Gerlinde Harb, PhD, and Richard Ross, MD, PhD - PTSD and Accelerated Aging (PDF)
RQ Vol. 27(3), 2016 by Erika J. Wolf, PhD - Group Treatment for PTSD - Revised (PDF)
RQ Vol. 27(2), 2016 by Denise M. Sloan, and J. Gayle Beck (REVISED version posted 6/24/2016) - Forty Years After the War: How are Vietnam Veterans Doing Today? (PDF)
RQ Vol. 27(1), 2016 by Nida H. Corry, PhD, Richard Kulka, PhD and John A. Fairbank, PhD, and William E. Schlenger, PhD
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