Suzanne E Decker

Biographic Data

ID4687515
NAMESuzanne E Decker
GIVEN NAMESSuzanne E
FAMILY NAMEDecker
SIGNATUREDECKER S E
AFFILIATIONSVA Connecticut Healthcare System
ORCID0000-0002-8653-0509
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS18
AUTHOR COUNT7
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2011
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX2

  • The Promise of a Retreat

    Open AccessCandice Presseau, Sarah Wall et al.ARTICLEViolence Against Women2025References: 4

    To supplement the mental health programming offered to women veterans within the Veterans Health Administration, a retreat-based suicide prevention program could foster healing through social connection and holistic health. However, no study has investigated retreat-based suicide prevention program components relevant for violence-exposed women veterans. To address this gap, we conducted focus groups with women veterans and semi-structured interv…

  • Mixed-methods formative evaluation of implementing an adapted suicide prevention treatment

    Open AccessSuzanne E Decker, Aimee Kroll‐desrosier et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2024

    https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05000749, identifier NCT05000749

  • Themes in experiences of PTSD symptoms and relationships among male veterans with risky sexual behavior

    Open AccessSuzanne E Decker, Anthony J Pavlo et al.ARTICLEPsychological Trauma Theory…2020

    Male veterans with PTSD symptoms and HRSB reported engagement in significant self-management to reengage in life, and still reported high levels of difficulty in relationships. They described both wanting to avoid perceived risk associated with intimate relationships and wanting to take risks that caused them to feel alive. Implications for treatment include increased efforts to facilitate coping, to recognize and moderate risk-taking urges, and …

  • Gender Differences in Suicide and Self-Directed Violence Risk Among Veterans With Post-traumatic Stress and Substance Use Disorders

    Open AccessS Ronzitti, Amy M Loree et al.ARTICLEWomen s Health Issues2019

  • Incidence of Mental Health Diagnoses in Veterans of Operations Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom, and New Dawn, 2001–2014

    Christine Ramsey, James Dziura et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2017Cited by: 2References: 30

    Objectives. To evaluate gender, age, and race/ethnicity as predictors of incident mental health diagnoses among Operations Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom, and New Dawn veterans. Methods. We used US Veterans Health Administration (VHA) electronic health records from 2001 to 2014 to examine incidence rates and sociodemographic risk factors for mental health diagnoses among 888 142 veterans. Results. Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was the mos…

  • Military Sexual Assault and Homeless Women Veterans

    Open AccessSuzanne E Decker, Robert Rosenheck et al.ARTICLEWomen s Health Issues2013

  • Ethical Issues in Research on Sensitive Topics

    Open AccessSuzanne E Decker, Amy E Naugle et al.ARTICLEJournal of Empirical Research on…2011Cited by: 16References: 6

    While many studies ask participants to disclose sensitive information or to participate in emotionally arousing tasks, little is known about participants' subjective experiences of discomfort and benefit. Ethics review committees, therefore, have little information about participant experiences to guide their informed decision-making. We asked undergraduate females about their experiences in a study that included an experimental session, intervie…