Brett T Litz

Datos Biográficos

ID3466183
NOMBREBrett T Litz
NOMBRESBrett T
APELLIDOLitz
FIRMALITZ B T
AFILIACIONESVA Boston Healthcare System
ORCID0000-0002-0479-8887
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS41
TOTAL DE CITAS0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR40
TOTAL COMO EDITOR1
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2000
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2023
ÍNDICE H0

  • An examination of the criterion-related validity of varying methods of indexing clinically significant change in posttraumatic stress disorder treatment

    Open AccessNatasha Benfer, Benjamin C Darnell et al.ARTICLEPsychological Trauma Theory…2023

    The J&T methodology for indexing CSC in PTSD symptoms has criterion-related validity, and a norm-referenced benchmark appears to be the most potent. However, the norm-referenced parameters may be overly specific, potentially leading to an underestimate of improvement. Research is needed to test the generalizability of these results. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved)

  • DSM-5 criterion-a-based trauma types in service members and veterans seeking treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder

    Open AccessNatasha Benfer, Breanna Grunthal et al.ARTICLEPsychological Trauma Theory…2023

    Because of discrepancies between participant and assessor typologies, clinical researchers should use participants' ratings, and these should trump assessor judgment. Differences in pretreatment behavioral and mental health problems across some participant-endorsed trauma types partially support the validity of the participant ratings. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved)

  • Hyperarousal symptoms linger after successful PTSD treatment in active duty military

    Open AccessShannon R Miles, Willie J Hale et al.ARTICLEPsychological Trauma Theory…2022

    Even among service members who recovered from PTSD after CPT, a significant minority continue to report hyperarousal symptoms while other symptoms remit. Hyperarousal symptoms may require additional treatment. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)

  • Perceptions and experiences of web-prolonged exposure for posttraumatic stress disorder

    Open AccessCarmen P Mclean, Madeleine Miller et al.ARTICLEPsychological Trauma Theory…2022

    Perceptions and experience of Web-PE are favorable and help to highlight the strengths (e.g., flexibility) and challenges (e.g., requiring self-motivation) associated with Web-treatment for PTSD. The results of this study may inform further development of Web-PE or other Web-based treatment programs. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)

  • Defining and Assessing the Syndrome of Moral Injury

    Open AccessBrett T Litz, Rachel A Plouffe et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2022

    Potentially morally injurious events (PMIEs) entail acts of commission (e.g., cruelty, proscribed or prescribed violence) or omission (e.g., high stakes failure to protect others) and bearing witness (e.g., to grave inhumanity, to the gruesome aftermath of violence), or being the victim of others' acts of commission (e.g., high stakes trust violations) or omission (e.g., being the victim of grave individual or systemic failures to protect) that t…

  • A Closer Examination of Relational Outcomes from a Pilot Study of Abbreviated, Intensive, Multi‐Couple Group Cognitive‐Behavioral Conjoint Therapy for PTSD with Military Dyads

    Open AccessSteffany J Fredman, Yunying Le et al.ARTICLEFamily Process2021

    Cognitive‐behavioral conjoint therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder (CBCT for PTSD) is associated with improvements in patients’ PTSD symptoms, partners’ psychological distress, and relationship satisfaction. However, little is known about whether CBCT for PTSD is associated with changes in other relationship domains that have theoretical and clinical relevance to the relational context of PTSD. The current study is a secondary analysis of re…

  • Temporal-dimensional examination of the Scale for Suicidal Ideation in a cohort of service members in treatment for PTSD

    Open AccessJonathan Butner, Craig J Bryan et al.ARTICLEPsychological Trauma Theory…2021

    The cyclic nature of suicidal ideation suggests that assessment timing and context could influence observed associations with other variables. Analytic approaches and clinical methods that do not account for the temporal dynamics of suicide risk could miss these properties, thereby hindering efforts to identify mechanisms underlying the relationship between PTSD and suicidal thoughts and behaviors and limiting opportunities for proactive and time…

  • What the public should know about veterans returning from combat deployment to support reintegration

    Open AccessNina A Sayer, Robert J Orazem et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Orthopsychiatry2021

    to reintegration. Themes were present across groupings by gender, type of military service and screening status for posttraumatic stress disorder. Findings can inform interventions that target the public's understanding of and response to returning veteran. Consistent with an ecological model of reintegration, such interventions have the potential to foster successful reintegration. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved)

  • Profiles of moral distress and associated outcomes among student veterans

    Brandon J Griffin, Christian L Williams et al.ARTICLEPsychological Trauma Theory…2020

    Objective Military veterans who interpret their own or others' actions as moral transgressions are theorized to experience moral distress. The purpose of this study was to explore patterns of moral distress and associated psychological, social, and religious or spiritual problems among student veterans. Method Student veterans (N = 498) retrospectively reported experiences of moral distress associated with deployment-related events in which they …

  • The effects of web-prolonged exposure among military personnel and veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder

    Open AccessCarmen P Mclean, Edna B Foa et al.ARTICLEPsychological Trauma Theory…2020

    Web-PE significantly reduced PTSD symptoms in both studies, although the reductions in PTSD symptoms were greater among open trial participants, who were specifically seeking a web-based treatment. Future research should evaluate Web-PE relative to another web-based treatment. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)

  • Introduction to the Special Issue on Moral Injury

    Open AccessBrett T Litz, Patricia K KerigARTICLEJournal of Traumatic Stress2019

    This article introduces a special issue of the Journal of Traumatic Stress devoted to new directions in the study of moral injury (MI), defined as transgressive harms and the outcomes of those experiences. Although a significant body of research has emerged devoted to the study of the MI construct, a number of conceptual and empirical challenges have arisen; these are summarized and discussed in the present article. In addition, this article prop…

  • Moral Injury

    Open AccessBrandon J Griffin, Natalie Purcell et al.ARTICLEJournal of Traumatic Stress2019

    Individuals who are exposed to traumatic events that violate their moral values may experience severe distress and functional impairments known as “moral injuries.” Over the last decade, moral injury has captured the attention of mental health care providers, spiritual and faith communities, media outlets, and the general public. Research about moral injury, especially among military personnel and veterans, has also proliferated. For this article…

  • Online expressive writing intervention for reintegration difficulties among veterans

    Open AccessSheila Frankfurt, Patricia A Frazier et al.ARTICLEPsychological Trauma Theory…2019

    Analyses revealed several subgroups with unique patterns of change. Non-therapist-assisted expressive writing may be most suitable for veterans with less complex psychosocial problems. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved)

  • An epidemiological evaluation of trauma types in a cohort of deployed service members

    Open AccessCandice Presseau, Brett T Litz et al.ARTICLEPsychological Trauma Theory…2019

    More epidemiological research is needed to understand the role of trauma type in relation to mental health among nontreatment-seeking service members. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved)

  • Distinguishing war-related PTSD resulting from perpetration- and betrayal-based morally injurious events

    Amity Jordan, Alexander H Jordan et al.ARTICLEPsychological Trauma Theory…2017

    The associations of perpetration and betrayal with PTSD, controlling for danger-based combat events, highlight the limitations of conceptualizations and treatments of PTSD based on fear or helplessness as sole etiologic factors. (PsycINFO Database Record

  • Ethnoracial differences in PTSD symptoms and trauma-related cognitions in treatment-seeking active duty military personnel for PTSD

    Open AccessBrittany Hall-Clark, Brittany N Hall-Clark et al.ARTICLEPsychological Trauma Theory…2017

    These findings suggest ethnoracial variation in PTSD symptom burden and posttraumatic cognitions among treatment-seeking service members with PTSD. Attending to cultural factors related to differences in PTSD presentation and cognitive coping strategies during the assessment and treatment process could increase rapport and lead to more comprehensive trauma processing. (PsycINFO Database Record

  • Psychometric analysis of the PTSD Checklist-5 (PCL-5) among treatment-seeking military service members.

    Open AccessJennifer Wortmann, Amity Jordan et al.ARTICLEPsychological Assessment2016

    The Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist (PCL-5; Weathers et al., 2013) was recently revised to reflect the changed diagnostic criteria for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5; American Psychiatric Association, 2013). We investigated the psychometric properties of PCL-5 scores in a large cohort (N = 912) of military service members seeking PTSD treatment …

  • Identity adjustment among Afghanistan and Iraq war veterans with reintegration difficulty

    Open AccessRobert J Orazem, Patricia A Frazier et al.ARTICLEPsychological Trauma Theory…2016

    Identity adjustment is a critical yet understudied aspect of veteran reintegration into community life following combat deployment. (PsycINFO Database Record

  • The structure of PTSD in active-duty marines across the deployment cycle

    Alyssa Boasso, Alyssa M Boasso et al.ARTICLEPsychological Trauma Theory…2016

    The temporal consistency and convergence demonstrated by our analyses underscores the validity of the 5-factor model among service members exposed to warzone stressors. In particular, the findings suggest that diagnostic criteria for PTSD may benefit from disaggregating hyperarousal symptoms in military samples

  • Residual sleep disturbances following PTSD treatment in active duty military personnel

    Open AccessKristi E Pruiksma, Daniel J Taylor et al.ARTICLEPsychological Trauma Theory…2016

    Insomnia was found to be one of the most prevalent and persistent problems among service members receiving PTSD treatment. Nightmares were relatively more positively responsive to treatment. For some service members with PTSD, the addition of specific treatments targeting insomnia and/or nightmares may be indicated. (PsycINFO Database Record

  • Psychotherapy for Military-Related PTSD

    Maria M Steenkamp, Brett T Litz et al.ARTICLEJAMA2015

    IMPORTANCE: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a disabling psychiatric disorder common among military personnel and veterans. First-line psychotherapies most often recommended for PTSD consist mainly of "trauma-focused" psychotherapies that involve focusing on details of the trauma or associated cognitive and emotional effects. OBJECTIVE: To examine the effectiveness of psychotherapies for PTSD in military and veteran populations. EVIDENCE R…

  • Early PTSD symptom sub-clusters predicting chronic posttraumatic stress following sexual assault

    Teresa L Marino Carper, Teresa L Carper et al.ARTICLEPsychological Trauma Theory…2015

    Contemporary models of PTSD disaggregate this disorder into sub-clusters that differentially impact functioning. Severity of different types of PTSD symptoms in the acute posttrauma period may be predictive of the course of PTSD over time. Few research studies, however, have examined the predictive utility of PTSD sub-clusters. This study sought to determine the relative predictive validity of 4 sub-clusters, namely reexperiencing, strategic avoi…

  • Adaptive Disclosure

    Brett T Litz, Leslie Lebowitz et al.BOOKAdaptive Disclosure2015

  • Clinical heuristics and strategies for service members and veterans with war-related PTSD

    Brett T LitzARTICLEPsychoanalytic Psychology2014

  • Psychometric Evaluation of the Moral Injury Events Scale

    William P Nash, Teresa L Marino Carper et al.ARTICLEMilitary Medicine2013

    Literature describing the phenomenology of the stress of combat suggests that war-zone experiences may lead to adverse psychological outcomes such as post-traumatic stress disorder not only because they expose persons to life threat and loss but also because they may contradict deeply held moral and ethical beliefs and expectations. We sought to develop and validate a measure of potentially morally injurious events as a necessary step toward stud…