Journal Articles

Benedek D.M., Friedman M.J., Zatzick D., & Ursano R.J. Guideline watch: practice guidelines for the treatment of patients with acute stress disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder, 2009. [PDF]

Benedek D.M., & Ursano R.J. Understanding PTSD: From phenomenology to clinical practice. Focus 7:160-175, 2009. [no PubMed cite]

Braga M., Aroniadou-Anderjaska V., Li H., & Rogawski M. Topiramate reduces excitability in the basolateral amygdala selectively inhibiting GluK1 (GluR5) Kainate receptor on interneurons and positively modulating GABAA receptors on principal neurons. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics 2009 Aug;330(2):558-66 (in press).[PubMed]

Donaldson L.P., Ahearn F.L., Fullerton C.S., Gifford R.K., & Ursano R.J. Resiliency among people who are homeless during the Washington-area sniper attacks of October 2002. Journal of Poverty 13(1):20-39, 2009. [no PubMed cite]

Fullerton C.S., Gifford R.K., Flynn B.W., Peterson K., Ahearn F., Donaldson L., Ursano & R.J. Effects of the 2002 sniper attacks on the homeless population in Washington, DC. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 3(4):1-5, 2009. [PubMed]

Howe E.G., Kosaju A., Laraby P.R., & Casscells S.W. Guantanamo: Ethics interrogation, and forced feeding. Military Medicine 174(1):iv-xiii, 2009. [PubMed]

Howe E.G. Using nonevidence-based approaches to treat patients with Alzheimer’s disease. Psychiatry (Edgemont) 6(3):20–25, 2009. [PubMed]

Howe E.G. Increasing consensus with inpatients and their loved ones. The Journal of Clinical Ethics 20(1):1-12, 2209. [no PubMed cite]

Jiang X., Xing G., Yang C., Verma A., Zhang L., & Li H. Stress impairs 5-HT2A receptor-mediated serotonergic facilitation of GABA release in juvenile rat basolateral amygdala. Neuropsychopharmacology 34(2):410-423, 2009. [PubMed]

Jiang X., Zhanj Z-j., Zhang S., Gamble E., Jia M., & Ursano R.J, Li H. 5-HT2A receptor antagonism by MDL 11,939 administered prior to inescapable stressor prevents subsequent exaggeration of acoustic startle response and reduced body weight in rats. Journal of Psychopharmacology (in press). [no PubMed cite]

Kang H.K., Li B., Mahan C.M., Eisen S.A., & Engel C.C. Health of U.S. veterans of 1991 Gulf War: a follow-up survey in 10 years. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 51(4):401-410, 2009. [PubMed]

Kessler R.C., Keane T.M., Mokdad A.H., Petukhava M., Ursano R.J., & Zaslavsky A.M. Measuring vulnerability in post-disaster mental health needs assessments. Health Affairs (in press). [no PubMed cite]

Su T., Zhang L., Chung M., Chen Y., Bi Y., Chou Y., Barker J.L., Barrett J.E., Maric D., Li X.X., Li H., Webster M.J., Benedek D.M., Carlton J.R., & Ursano R.J. Levels of the potential biomarker p11 in peripheral blood cells distinguish patients with PTSD from those with other major psychiatric disorders. Journal of Psychiatric Research 43(13):1078-1085, 2009. [PubMed]

Ursano R.J., Zhang L., Li H., Johnson L., Carlton J.R., Fullerton C.S., & Benedek D.M. PTSD and traumatic stress: from gene to community and bench to bedside. Brain Research, 1293:2-12, 2009. [PubMed]

Yuan P., Salvadore G., Li X.X., Zhang L., Du J., Chen G., & Manji H.K. Vaproate actives the Notch 3/c-FLIP signaling cascade: a strategy to attenuate white matter hyperintensities in bipolar disorder in late life? Bipolar Disorders 11(3):256-269, 2009. [PubMed]

Zhang L., Li H., Benedek D.M., Li X.X., & Ursano R.J. A strategy for the development of biomarker tests for PTSD. Medical Hypotheses 2009 Sep;73(3):404-9 (in press).[PubMed]