Moira Haller
Biographic Data
| ID | 6616490 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Moira Haller |
| GIVEN NAMES | Moira |
| FAMILY NAME | Haller |
| SIGNATURE | HALLER M |
| AFFILIATIONS | VA San Diego Healthcare System |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Addressing pandemic-related guilt and shame in U.S. military veterans
Findings suggest that veterans with PTSD and guilt may benefit more from trauma- or morally injurious event-focused interventions like TrIGR, while veterans without PTSD may be adequately supported by SCT. Larger, more diverse samples are needed to identify optimal approaches for guilt and shame arising from morally injurious events. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)
The role of posttraumatic cognitions in integrated treatments for co-occurring posttraumatic stress disorder and alcohol use disorder
Findings suggest that changes in posttraumatic cognitions in integrated treatments for PTSD/AUD are not solely important for symptom change but are implicated in improvements in functioning. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved)
Diagnosing obstructive sleep apnea in a residential treatment program for veterans with substance use disorder and PTSD
OSA diagnostic testing on the residential unit was feasible and acceptable by participants and was effective in diagnosing OSA. OSA testing should be considered for everyone entering a SUD and PTSD residential unit. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
A model for treating Covid-19–related guilt, shame, and moral injury
During the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic, people around the world have faced a myriad of heart-rending and ethically difficult scenarios (e.g., not being able to tend to a sick or dying loved one) that may lead to subsequent guilt, shame, or moral injury. Trauma-informed guilt reduction therapy is a brief intervention that helps clients accurately appraise their role in a stressful event (such as those experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic) …
Does exposure exacerbate symptoms in veterans with PTSD and alcohol use disorder
Exposure therapy did not lead to more clinical exacerbation than nonexposure therapy during the course of treatment, providing support that exposure therapy should not be withheld from patients with PTSD/AUD. This was a secondary analysis. and future studies that are sufficiently powered may demonstrate different results. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved)
Evidence-based psychotherapy completion and symptom improvement among returning combat veterans with PTSD
This is one the first studies to use a comprehensive model to examine factors relevant to treatment completion and symptom improvement. Results suggest that nonmodifiable predisposing characteristics do not drive treatment completion and symptom improvement, underscoring the potential importance of targeting enabling resources and needs factors for intervention. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved)
Shame versus trauma-related guilt as mediators of the relationship between PTSD symptoms and aggression among returning veterans
These results indicate that it is worthwhile to examine whether addressing shame in PTSD treatment may also reduce verbal aggression in returning veterans. (PsycINFO Database Record
Roles of Response Inhibition and Gene–Environment Interplay in Pathways to Adolescents' Externalizing Problems
This study used two waves of data to investigate pathways through which adolescents' response inhibition related to later externalizing problems. A polygenic risk score indexed genetic risk for poor response inhibition. Adolescents' performance on a response inhibition task mediated the relation between adolescents' polygenic risk scores and mother's inconsistent parenting (i.e., evocative rGE), even after controlling for mothers' genetic risk (i…
The Indirect Effects of Parent Psychopathology on Offspring Affective Disorder Through Difficulty During the Leaving Home Transition
The current study examined risk for young adult affective disorder in the children of parents with alcohol use disorders (AUDs), and tested whether negative experiences during the leaving home transition mediated this effect. Using multiple reporter data from a high-risk community sample, the current study included 346 emerging adults ( M = 21.97 years old; 49% female, 72% non-Hispanic Caucasian, and 47% with at least one alcohol-disordered paren…
The interactive effects of effort to regulate alcohol use, anxiety disorders and affective disorders on long-term remission from alcohol dependence
Individuals who try harder to limit their drinking are more likely to maintain long-term remission from alcohol dependence. However, affective and anxiety disorders may undermine the protective effect of effort to regulate alcohol use on long-term remission
The influence of PTSD symptoms on alcohol and drug problems
The present study used longitudinal data from a community study of familial alcoholism to examine the extent to which the long-term influence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms on future adult alcohol and drug problems was mediated by increases in early adult internalizing or externalizing symptoms. The subsample of participants included in this study were exposed to at least one traumatic event and had measures of both pre- and pos…
Roles of Response Inhibition and Gene–Environment Interplay in Pathways to Adolescents' Externalizing Problems
This study used two waves of data to investigate pathways through which adolescents' response inhibition related to later externalizing problems. A polygenic risk score indexed genetic risk for poor response inhibition. Adolescents' performance on a response inhibition task mediated the relation between adolescents' polygenic risk scores and mother's inconsistent parenting (i.e., evocative rGE), even after controlling for mothers' genetic risk (i…
The influence of PTSD symptoms on alcohol and drug problems
The present study used longitudinal data from a community study of familial alcoholism to examine the extent to which the long-term influence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms on future adult alcohol and drug problems was mediated by increases in early adult internalizing or externalizing symptoms. The subsample of participants included in this study were exposed to at least one traumatic event and had measures of both pre- and pos…
The Indirect Effects of Parent Psychopathology on Offspring Affective Disorder Through Difficulty During the Leaving Home Transition
The current study examined risk for young adult affective disorder in the children of parents with alcohol use disorders (AUDs), and tested whether negative experiences during the leaving home transition mediated this effect. Using multiple reporter data from a high-risk community sample, the current study included 346 emerging adults ( M = 21.97 years old; 49% female, 72% non-Hispanic Caucasian, and 47% with at least one alcohol-disordered paren…
The interactive effects of effort to regulate alcohol use, anxiety disorders and affective disorders on long-term remission from alcohol dependence
Individuals who try harder to limit their drinking are more likely to maintain long-term remission from alcohol dependence. However, affective and anxiety disorders may undermine the protective effect of effort to regulate alcohol use on long-term remission
Shame versus trauma-related guilt as mediators of the relationship between PTSD symptoms and aggression among returning veterans
These results indicate that it is worthwhile to examine whether addressing shame in PTSD treatment may also reduce verbal aggression in returning veterans. (PsycINFO Database Record
Roles of Response Inhibition and Gene–Environment Interplay in Pathways to Adolescents' Externalizing Problems
This study used two waves of data to investigate pathways through which adolescents' response inhibition related to later externalizing problems. A polygenic risk score indexed genetic risk for poor response inhibition. Adolescents' performance on a response inhibition task mediated the relation between adolescents' polygenic risk scores and mother's inconsistent parenting (i.e., evocative rGE), even after controlling for mothers' genetic risk (i…
Evidence-based psychotherapy completion and symptom improvement among returning combat veterans with PTSD
This is one the first studies to use a comprehensive model to examine factors relevant to treatment completion and symptom improvement. Results suggest that nonmodifiable predisposing characteristics do not drive treatment completion and symptom improvement, underscoring the potential importance of targeting enabling resources and needs factors for intervention. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved)
A model for treating Covid-19–related guilt, shame, and moral injury
During the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic, people around the world have faced a myriad of heart-rending and ethically difficult scenarios (e.g., not being able to tend to a sick or dying loved one) that may lead to subsequent guilt, shame, or moral injury. Trauma-informed guilt reduction therapy is a brief intervention that helps clients accurately appraise their role in a stressful event (such as those experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic) …
Does exposure exacerbate symptoms in veterans with PTSD and alcohol use disorder
Exposure therapy did not lead to more clinical exacerbation than nonexposure therapy during the course of treatment, providing support that exposure therapy should not be withheld from patients with PTSD/AUD. This was a secondary analysis. and future studies that are sufficiently powered may demonstrate different results. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved)
Diagnosing obstructive sleep apnea in a residential treatment program for veterans with substance use disorder and PTSD
OSA diagnostic testing on the residential unit was feasible and acceptable by participants and was effective in diagnosing OSA. OSA testing should be considered for everyone entering a SUD and PTSD residential unit. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
The role of posttraumatic cognitions in integrated treatments for co-occurring posttraumatic stress disorder and alcohol use disorder
Findings suggest that changes in posttraumatic cognitions in integrated treatments for PTSD/AUD are not solely important for symptom change but are implicated in improvements in functioning. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved)
Addressing pandemic-related guilt and shame in U.S. military veterans
Findings suggest that veterans with PTSD and guilt may benefit more from trauma- or morally injurious event-focused interventions like TrIGR, while veterans without PTSD may be adequately supported by SCT. Larger, more diverse samples are needed to identify optimal approaches for guilt and shame arising from morally injurious events. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)
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