Jeffrey M Pyne

Biographic Data

ID5534680
NAMEJeffrey M Pyne
GIVEN NAMESJeffrey M
FAMILY NAMEPyne
SIGNATUREPYNE J M
AFFILIATIONSCentral Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System
ORCID0000-0001-9501-6053
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS29
TOTAL CITATIONS3
AUTHOR COUNT29
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2003
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • Toward a strengths-based approach to evidence-based psychotherapy for PTSD

    Brittany N Hampton, Marcela C Weber et al.ARTICLEPsychological Trauma Theory…2026

    Veterans bring many strengths to posttraumatic stress disorder therapy, yet these are often underused. There is a need to develop resources and adjunctive interventions for integrating strengths into TF-EBP delivery and to implement family involvement in care. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved)

  • A Scoping Review of Protective Factors That Contribute to Posttraumatic Wellbeing for Trauma-Exposed Military Service Members and Veterans

    Open AccessMarcela C Weber, Sheila Hanson et al.ARTICLETrauma Violence & Abuse2025

    Military service members experience higher levels of cumulative trauma than the general population, increasing their risk of mental health problems. This scoping review synthesizes evidence on protective factors that contribute to posttraumatic wellbeing among military service members and veterans. PubMed and PsycINFO databases were searched using keywords for military/veterans, traumatic event exposure, posttraumatic stress, and wellbeing outcom…

  • Factors contributing to Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy in Veterans later in the pandemic

    Open AccessJeffrey M Pyne, Karen H Seal et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    Vaccine hesitancy remains a significant public health concern despite the widespread availability of vaccines. Little is known about factors influencing hesitancy among U.S. military Veterans later in the pandemic. The goal of this study was to identify factors contributing to COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and hesitancy among U.S. military Veterans more than one year after vaccine availability. This study was part of the COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance…

  • Veterans’ Experiences of and Preferences for Patient-Centered, Measurement-Based PTSD Care

    Marcela C Weber, Ashlyn M Jendro et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2024References: 24

    BACKGROUND: Up to 50% of veterans drop out of trauma-focused evidence-based psychotherapies (TF-EBP) without completing treatment or recovering; evidence suggests this is in part because their posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) care is insufficiently patient-centered. There is also evidence that measurement-based care (MBC) for mental health should be personalized to the patient, yet this is not common practice in VA PTSD care. OBJECTIVES: To e…

  • Predicting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Treatment Response Using Heart Rate Variability to Virtual Reality Environment and Modified Stroop Task

    Open AccessJeffrey M Pyne, Joseph I Constans et al.ARTICLECyberpsychology Behavior and…2023

    Predicting treatment response can inform treatment decisions, expectations, and optimize use of mental health treatment resources. This study examined heart rate (HR), heart rate variability (HRV), and a modified Stroop task (mStroop) to predict post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) treatment response. We report on an observational, longitudinal study with 45 U.S. veterans in outpatient PTSD care, who had deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan. HR and H…

  • Exposure to potentially morally injurious events and mental health outcomes among frontline workers affected by the coronavirus pandemic

    Anandi C Ehman, Andrew J Smith et al.ARTICLEPsychological Trauma Theory…2022

    Efforts to facilitate and maintain the well-being of the public health workforce should specifically address critical incidents encountered by frontline workers that have embedded moral and ethical challenges. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)

  • Mental Health Clinician Community Clergy Collaboration to Address Moral Injury Symptoms

    Open AccessJeffrey M Pyne, Steve Sullivan et al.ARTICLEJournal of Religion and Health2021

  • Psychiatrist and Psychologist Experiences with Telehealth and Remote Collaborative Care in Primary Care

    Open AccessMolly Howland, McKenna Tennant et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Rural Health2021

    PURPOSE: Availability of mental health services is limited in the rural United States. Two promising models to reach patients with limited access to care are telehealth referral and collaborative care. The objective of this study was to assess telepsychiatrist- and telepsychologist-level facilitators and barriers to satisfaction with and implementation of these 2 telehealth models in rural settings. METHODS: Focus groups were held in 2019 using a…

  • Telephone veteran peer coaching for mental health treatment engagement among rural veterans

    Open AccessKaren H Seal, Jeffrey M Pyne et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Rural Health2021

    PURPOSE: To determine the effectiveness of telephone motivational coaching delivered by veteran peers to improve mental health (MH) treatment engagement among veterans. METHODS: Veterans receiving primary care from primarily rural VA community-based outpatient clinics were enrolled. Veterans not engaged in MH treatment screening positive for ≥1 MH problem(s) were randomized to receive veteran peer-delivered feedback on MH screen results and refer…

  • Mental Health Clinician and Community Clergy Collaboration to Address Moral Injury in Veterans and the Role of the Veterans Affairs Chaplain

    Jeffrey M Pyne, Aline Rabalais et al.ARTICLEJournal of Health Care Chaplaincy2019

    Moral injury in veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder includes symptoms of guilt and shame, and these symptoms are often not responsive to evidence-based mental health treatments. Clergy provide a pathway for relieving the guilt and shame. However, there is a long history of mistrust between clergy and mental health clinicians and not enough Veterans Health Administration chaplains to meet this need. The goal of this study was to gather qua…

  • Developing Telemental Health Partnerships Between State Medical Schools and Federally Qualified Health Centers

    Open AccessJohn C Fortney, Richard C Veith et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Rural Health2019

    BACKGROUND: Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) deliver care to 26 million Americans living in underserved areas, but few offer telemental health (TMH) services. The social missions of FQHCs and publicly funded state medical schools create a compelling argument for the development of TMH partnerships. In this paper, we share our experience and recommendations from launching TMH partnerships between 12 rural FQHCs and 3 state medical school…

  • HIV patient and provider feedback on a telehealth collaborative care for depression intervention

    Karen L Drummond, Jacob T Painter et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2017

    In the HIV Translating Initiatives for Depression into Effective Solutions project, we conducted a randomized controlled effectiveness and implementation trial comparing depression collaborative care with enhanced usual care in Veterans Health Administration HIV clinics in the US. An offsite HIV depression care team including a psychiatrist, a depression care manager (DCM), and a clinical pharmacist provided collaborative care using a stepped-car…

  • Usual Care for Rural Veterans With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

    Open AccessKathleen M Grubbs, John C Fortney et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Rural Health2017

    PURPOSE: Community-Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs) provide primary-care-based mental health services to rural veterans who live long distances from Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals. Characterizing the composition of usual care will highlight the need and potential strategies to improve access to and engagement in evidence-based psychotherapy for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). METHOD: Veterans (N = 132) with PTSD recruited from 5 large- (5,…

  • Situating mental health work in place

    Open AccessTara H Abraham, Christopher J Koenig et al.ARTICLEHealth & Place2017Cited by: 1References: 20

  • Pre‐Implementation Strategies to Adapt and Implement a Veteran Peer Coaching Intervention to Improve Mental Health Treatment Engagement Among Rural Veterans

    Open AccessChristopher J Koenig, Tara H Abraham et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Rural Health2016

    PURPOSE: Telephone motivational coaching has been shown to increase urban veteran mental health treatment initiation. However, no studies have tested telephone motivational coaching delivered by veteran peers to facilitate mental health treatment initiation and engagement. This study describes pre-implementation strategies with 8 Veterans Affairs (VA) community-based outpatient clinics in the West and Mid-South United States to adapt and implemen…

  • Examining the effects of alexithymia on the relation between posttraumatic stress disorder and over-reporting

    Robert E Brady, Sarah J Bujarski et al.ARTICLEPsychological Trauma Theory…2016

    Alexithymia should be considered as a potential mechanism contributing to the over-reporting phenomena observed in the assessment and treatment of PTSD, and warrants further study. Brief interventions to improve understanding and description of emotional experiences may help to improve accuracy of symptom report. (PsycINFO Database Record

  • The Pew Versus the Couch

    Open AccessSteve Sullivan, Jeffrey M Pyne et al.ARTICLEJournal of Religion and Health2014

  • Differentiating between appraisal process and product in cognitive theories of posttraumatic stress

    John T Nanney, Joseph I Constans et al.ARTICLEPsychological Trauma Theory…2014

    Biased appraisal is central to cognitive theories of posttraumatic stress, but little research has examined the potentially distinct meanings of the term. The ongoing process of appraising social information and the beliefs that emerge as products of that process can be distinguished conceptually. This study sought to examine whether these 2 meanings are empirically distinct as well, and if so, to begin exploring potential relations between these…

  • Building Partnerships With Rural Arkansas Faith Communities to Promote Veterans’ Mental Health

    Greer Sullivan, Justin Hunt et al.ARTICLEProgress in community health…2014

    Building Partnerships With Rural Arkansas Faith Communities to Promote Veterans’ Mental Health:Lessons Learned Greer Sullivan, MD, MSPH, Justin Hunt, MD, Tiffany F. Haynes, PhD, Keneshia Bryant, RN, PhD, Ann M. Cheney, PhD, Jeffrey M. Pyne, MD, Christina Reaves, MPH, Steve Sullivan, MDiv, ThM, Caleb Lewis, MDiv, Bonita Barnes, MDiv, Michael Barnes, MDiv, Cliff Hudson, Susan Jegley, MSW, Bridgette Larkin, Shane Russell, Penny White, LaNissa Gilmor…

  • Building Partnerships With Rural Arkansas Faith Communities to Promote Veterans’ Mental Health

    Greer Sullivan, Justin Hunt et al.ARTICLEProgress in community health…2014Cited by: 2References: 1

    Academics can partner with local faith communities to create unique programs that benefit the mental health of returning veterans. Research is needed to determine the effectiveness of community based programs, especially relative to typical "top-down" outreach approaches

  • Effectiveness-implementation Hybrid Designs

    Geoffrey M Curran, Mark Bauer et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2012References: 30

    OBJECTIVES: This study proposes methods for blending design components of clinical effectiveness and implementation research. Such blending can provide benefits over pursuing these lines of research independently; for example, more rapid translational gains, more effective implementation strategies, and more useful information for decision makers. This study proposes a "hybrid effectiveness-implementation" typology, describes a rationale for thei…

  • Development and implementation of collaborative care for depression in HIV clinics

    Geoffrey M Curran, Jeffrey M Pyne et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2011

    We sought to develop and implement collaborative depression care in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) clinics in a project called HIV Translating Initiatives for Depression into Effective Solutions (HITIDES). Here we describe: (i) the formative evaluation (FE) conducted prior to implementation; (ii) the process used to adapt the primary care collaborative care model for depression to specialty HIV clinics; and (iii) the intervention itself. The …

  • A Budget Impact Analysis of Telemedicine-based Collaborative Care for Depression

    John C Fortney, Matthew L Maciejewski et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2011

    BACKGROUND: Patients with depression use more health services than patients without depression. However, when depression symptoms respond to treatment, use of health services declines. Most depression quality improvement studies increase total cost in the short run, which if unevenly distributed across stakeholders, could compromise buy-in and sustainability. The objective of this budget impact analysis was to examine patterns of utilization and …

  • Quality indicators for depression care in HIV patients

    Jeffrey M Pyne, Steven M Asch et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2008

    HIV patients are at increased risk for depression. However, a comprehensive set of quality of care indicators for depression in the context of HIV does not exist. We report the results of a recent expert panel convened to develop a comprehensive set of HIV depression quality indicators. We systematically reviewed the depression and HIV depression literature to provide the evidence for the quality indicators. The HIV depression quality indicators …

  • Beliefs About Depression and Depression Treatment Among Depressed Veterans

    Mark J Edlund, John C Fortney et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2008References: 27

    INTRODUCTION: Because of the misunderstanding and stigmatization of mental health disorders and treatment, health beliefs may be important in treatment seeking for depression. It is important to understand patients' beliefs about mental health disorders and mental health treatment to improve systems of care. METHODS: We studied beliefs about depression and depression treatment among patients in a randomized trial of a chronic care intervention to…