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Robert J Ursano, M.D.

CURRICULUM VITAEROBERT J. URSANO, M.D.

Position

Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience
Director, Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress

Address

Department of Psychiatry
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
4301 Jones Bridge Road, Bethesda, Maryland 20814
Phone: (301) 295-9797 Fax: (301) 319-6965
Email: Robert.Ursano@usuhs.edu

Education

B.S., Magna Cum Laude, University of Notre Dame, 1969
M.D., Yale University, 1973
Resident in Psychiatry, Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center, 1973-75
Postdoctoral Fellow (Psychiatry) Yale University & Yale
Psychiatric Institute, 1975-77
USAF Primary Course in Aerospace Medicine, Brooks Air Force
Base Texas, 1977
Washington Psychoanalytic Institute, 1980-1986 (graduated)

Licensure andSpecialty Certification

Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners, No. 13577
Certified (Psychiatry) American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 1979
New York No. 125606
MarylandNo. D24531

CAREER
2017-

Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry,
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD

1992-17

Professor and Chairman, Department of Psychiatry, Uniformed Services
University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD

1990-92

Professor and Acting Chairman, Department of Psychiatry, Uniformed
Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD

1987-90

Professor and Associate Chairman, Department of Psychiatry, Uniformed
Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD

1987-

Director, Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress1983-86

Associate Professor and Associate Chairman, Department of Psychiatry,
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD

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1981-83

Associate Professor and Director, Third Year Clerkship, Department of
Psychiatry, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences,
Bethesda, MD

1979-81

Assistant Professor and Director, Third Year Clerkships, Department of
Psychiatry, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences(USUHS), Bethesda, MD

1979

Consultant, Walter Reed U. S. Army Medical Center, Washington, DC

1979

Consultant, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD

1977-79

Consultant and Supervisor in Psychotherapy, Wilford Hall USAF Medical
Center, Department of Psychiatry Residency Program

1977-79

Clinical Assistant Professor, The University of Texas Health Sciences Center,
San Antonio, TX

1977-79

Staff Psychiatrist, USAF School of Aerospace Medicine, Neuropsychiatry
Branch, Brooks AFB, TX

PROFESSIONAL HONORS AND RECOGNITION
2019
2018
2016
2015
2014
2012
2008-11
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2009
2007
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AMSUS Lifetime Achievement Award
APA Bruno Lima Award in Disaster Psychiatry
Joseph Tupin Visiting Professor and Invited Lectureship, University ofCalifornia, Davis
Pellegrino Lectureship, Eastern Virginia Medical University
Uniformed Services University James J. Leonard Award for Excellence in
Research
American College of Physicians: William C Menninger Memorial Award forDistinguished Contributions to Mental HealthAppointed Mental Health Advisory Subcommittee, National Bioterrorism
Science Advisory Board, to Secretary of Health and Human Services
Appointed Board of Scientific Counselors, Coordinating Office for Terrorism
Preparedness and Emergency Response (name changed to Office of Public
Health Readiness), CDC, Department of Health and Human Services
AAP Presidential Citation for Contributions to Psychiatric Education,
Association of Academic Psychiatry
Listed in Who’s Who in Medicine and Health Care, Sixth Edition
Listed in Best Doctors in America
Director of the CME Institute on Lessons from Katrina: Psychiatric Times
Listed in Best Doctors in America
Listed in Marquis Who's Who in the World
Lifetime Achievement Award, International Society of Traumatic StressStudies
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The Dr. Henry P. and Page Laughlin Award for Distinguished Teaching, The
American Society of Psychoanalytic Physicians
Editor, Psychiatry: The Journal of Interpersonal and Biological Processes
Outstanding Faculty Member Award-PGY3, National Capital Consortium of
Graduate Medical Education Programs
Editorial Board, Military Medicine
Listed in Who's Who in America
Listed in Who’s Who in Medicine and Health Care, Second Edition
Listed in Who's Who in Medicine and Health Care, First Edition
Elected Fellow, The American College of Psychoanalysts
Elected Fellow, The American College of Psychiatrists
William C. Porter Award for Outstanding Contribution to Psychiatry,
Association of Military Surgeons of the United States
Editorial Board, Journal of Psychotherapy Practice and Research
Humanitarian Service Medal (Department of Defense)
Reviewer: New England Journal of Medicine, American Journal of Public
Health, Lancet, British Journal of Psychiatry
Reviewer: Journal of Psychotherapy Practice and Research
Department of Veterans Affairs, Merit Review Board for Mental Health andthe Behavioral Sciences
Meritorious Service Award, International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies
National Institute of Mental Health, Violence and Traumatic Stress Research
Branch Trauma/Disaster Study Section, Rapid Research Review
Committee
Superior Service Medal (Department of Defense)
Reviewer: Journal of Traumatic Stress
Veterans Administration Scientific Merit Review (ad hoc)
Elected to American College of Psychiatrists
Elected Fellow, American Psychiatric Association
Specialty Site Visitor, Residency Review Committee, Accreditation Council
for Graduate Medical Education
Reviewer: The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
Outstanding Service Award, Washington Psychiatric Society
Joint Service Commendation Medal (Department of Defense)
Special Assistant to USAF Surgeon General
Reviewer: Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
Psychosomatics
Psychiatry
Journal of Applied Social Psychology
Archives of General Psychiatry (now JAMA Psychiatry)
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Hospital and Community Psychiatry
Medical Care

1984
19791979
1979
1974-761969
1968-69
1967

New England Journal of Medicine
Journal of American Medical Association
Examiner, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Reviewer: American Journal of Psychiatry
Commendation Medal (Department of the Air Force)
USAF Clinical Instructor Special Experience Identifier
Falk Fellow, American Psychiatric Association
Phi Beta Kappa
Editor, Science Quarterly, University of Notre Dame
Alpha Epsilon Delta, Pre-med Honor Society

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIESThe American Psychiatric Association
Distinguished Life Fellow
The American College of Psychiatrists
Emeritus Fellow
The American College of Psychoanalysts
Fellow
American Psychoanalytic Association
MemberWashington Psychoanalytic Society/
Washington Baltimore Center for Psychoanalysis Member
American Psychosomatic Society
Past Member
Association for Academic Psychiatry
Past Member
International Psychoanalytic Association
Past Member
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies Past Member
Washington Psychiatric Society
Past Member

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
19911990198719871985-90

Professor of Neuroscience, Division of Neuroscience, Uniformed Services
University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
Professor (National Naval Medical Center), Department of Psychiatry,
Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC
Teaching Faculty, (Teaching Analyst, 1989) Washington Psychoanalytic Institute,
Washington, DC
Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Uniformed Services University of the
Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
Supervisor, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Program, Washington Psychoanalytic
Institute, Washington, DC
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1981-86
1980-84
1979-81
1977-79
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Associate Professor (National Naval Medical Center), Department of Psychiatry,
Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Uniformed Services University of
the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
Assistant Professor (National Naval Medical Center), Department of Psychiatry,
Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Uniformed Services University of
the Health Sciences School of Medicine, Bethesda, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas
Health Science Center School of Medicine, San Antonio, TX
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of
Medicine, New Haven, CT

ADVISORY BOARDS AND COMMITTEES
2024-pres Member, Board of Advisors, Military Traumatic Brain Injury Initiative (MTBI2),
School of Medicine, USU
2023-pres Director (First), PTSD, ASD, and Stress
Workgroup of Brain and Behavior Hub, School of Medicine, USU
2022-23
Director (First), Brain and Behavior Hub, School of Medicine, USU
2022
Member, Uniformed Services University of Health Science (USU) Inspector
General Search Committee
2019
Section Lead, Risk Identification, President’s Roadmap to Empower Veterans andEnd a National Tragedy of Suicide
2015-pres Scientific Advisory Board, VA Center of Excellence Stress and Mental Health(CESAMH), University of California San Diego
2014-pres CoFounder Friedman-Leahy VA-DoD PTSD Brain Bank and Member Scientific
Advisory Board
2014-pres Senior Internal Advisory Board, Collaborative Health Initiative Program,(CHIRP), USU
2015-18
Chair, Committe on Disaster Psychiatry, American Psychiatric Association
2016-18
Chair, Search Committee, Dept of Medicine, USU
2015-16
Co-Chair, Chair Search Committee, Dept of Medical and Clinical Psychology,
USU
2015
Scientific Advisory Group on Mental Health, Director USAID
2014
Co-Chair, Chair Search Committee, Dept of Preventive Med and Biostatistics
2014-15
Strategic Task Force, President of USUHS
2014
United Nations/IAEA Committee on Societal and Technologic Effects ofFukushima Nuclear Disaster, Vienna Austria
2011
DoD Violence Workgroup
2011
DoD Workgroup on PTSD and TBI
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2009-pres Programmatic Oversite Committee, Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative
Medicine, USU (DoD/NIH)
2008-13
National Capital Area Clinical Research Site. DoD Scientific Advisory Board
2009-10Chair, Board of Scientific Counselors, CDC OPTER ad hoc work group “Review
of CDC’s Emergency Operations Center” , CDC, Department of Health andHuman Services
2010-13Chair, Task Force on Disaster Psychiatry, American Psychiatric Association
2009-12Council on Research and Quality Care, (member) American Psychiatric
Association
2009-12
Honors Award Committee, American College of Psychiatrists
2009
Committee on Medical Preparedness for a Terrorist Nuclear Event. Institute ofMedicine2009
Blue Ribbon Symposium on Traumatic Brain Injury and Traumatic Stress,
Department of Defense
2009
Member, Search Committee, National Institute of Mental Health Intramural
Program, tenure scientist
2008-13
Mental Health Advisory Subcommittee, National Bioterrorism Science Advisory
Board, Secretary of Health and Human Services
2008-11
Board of Scientific Counselors, Coordinating Office for Terrorism Preparedness
and Emergency Response, CDC, Department of Health and Human
Services
2008-13
DSM-V Anxiety Disorders Workgroup, PTSD Subcommittee, APA
2008-09
Member, National Academy of Science, Institute of Medicine, Committee on
Medical Preparedness for a Nuclear Detonation
2007-14
Advisory Board, National Child Traumatic Stress Network, SAMSHA, HHS
2006-pres Editorial Board, Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness
2006
Planning Group, Research on PTSD: NIMH, VA, DoD
2005 -07 Member, National Academy of Science, Institute of Medicine, Committee on
Compensation for PTSD
2005
Research Planning for Terrorism Workgroup: Executive Office of President;
Office of Science and Technology (ad hoc member)
2005
Member, Guidelines for Behavioral and Mental Health Preparedness for SARS
and Pandemic, American Public Health Association
2004-pres Member, National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Department of
Veterans Affairs, Advisory Board
2004
Armed Forces Epidemiology Board, Select Committee on Meflaquine and
Neuropsychiatric Events
2003-05
Chair, Treatment Guidelines for PTSD/ASD, American Psychiatric Association
2003
Chair, Special Emphasis Review Committee, Bioterrorism/Disaster Research
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Co-Chair, Task Force on the Biopsychosocial Consequences of Terrorism,
American Psychosomatic Society
Member, National Academies of Science, Institute of Medicine, Committee on
Responding to the Psychological Consequences of Terrorism
Member, Executive Committee, Section on Military and Disaster Psychiatry of
the World Psychiatric Association
Member, Scientific Publications Committee, International Society of TraumaticStressChair, Practice Guidelines for the Treatment of Patients with PTSD/Acute Stress
Disorder, American Psychiatric Association
Planning Committee for Annual Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental Health
PolicyMember, Advisory Board, National Partnership for Workplace Mental Health,American Psychiatric Association
Chair, Neuroscience Program Director Search Committee, USUHSMember, National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine, Committee on
Psychological Responses to Terrorism
Appointment to the Center for Terrorism of University of Oklahoma
Appointment to the SAMSHA (HHS) Advisory Board on Bioterrorism
Appointment to the JCAHO Task Force on Terrorism
Appointment to DoD Task Force on Bioterrorism
Appointment, HHS Task Force on Terrorism and Children (Member)
Scientific Advisory Board, Center for Study of Terrorism, Department of
Psychiatry, University of Oklahoma
Member, Consequences of Trauma and Terrorism Coordinating Group,
SAMSHA, Center of Mental Health Services, Department of Health andHuman Services
White House Conference on Mental Health
Program Committee, American College of Psychiatrists
Scientific Advisory Board, Mitchell Center for Prisoner of War Studies
Chairman, Committee on Psychiatric Dimensions of Disaster, American
Psychiatric Association
Chairman, Committee of Clinical Sciences' Chairs, USUHSScientific Committee, Second World Conference of the International Society forTraumatic Stress Studies
Governing Board, National Capitol Mental Health Alliance
Consultant, Committee on Psychiatric Dimensions of Disaster, American
Psychiatric Association
Chairman, Search Committee for Chairman, Department of Medicine, USUHS
Committee on the Practice of Psychotherapy, American Psychiatric Association(corresponding member)
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Chairman, Promotions and Tenure Committee, USUHS
Reviewer, Disaster Crisis Counseling Assistance Grants, FEMA and the Center
for Mental Health Services, SAMSA, Department of Health and Human
Services
Chairman, Committee on Psychiatric Dimensions of Disaster, American
Psychiatric Association
Program Committee, International Society of Traumatic Stress
Department of Veterans Affairs, Committee on Psychiatric Effects of Toxic
Exposure
Chairman, Search Committee for Chairman, Department of Radiology, USU
Chairman, Task Force on Psychiatric Aspects of Disaster, American Psychiatric
Association
Task Force on Local Arrangements, American Psychiatric Association
Dean's Executive Advisory Committee, Uniformed Services University of the
Health Sciences
Task Force on Psychiatric Aspects of Disaster, American Psychiatric Association
Chairman, Joint Department of Defense-Veterans Affairs Committee on PostTraumatic Stress in Persian Gulf Returnees
Graduate Education Advisory Committee, Uniformed Services University of the
Health Sciences
Continuing Health Education Committee, Uniformed Services University of the
Health Sciences
Chairman, Military Psychiatry Committee, Washington Psychiatric Society
Chairman, Program Committee, International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies
Executive Council, Washington Psychoanalytic Society
Admissions Committee, Washington Psychoanalytic InstitutePromotions and Tenure Committee, Uniformed Services University of the Health
Sciences
National Advisory Mental Health Council, National Institute of Mental Health (exofficio)
Search Committee for Chairman, Department of Physiology, USUHS
Nominating Committee, Suburban Maryland Chapter of the Washington
Psychiatric Society
Executive Council, Washington Psychiatric Society
Search Committee for Chairman, Department of Family Practice, USUHS
Task Force on Prevention of Preadolescent and Teenage Suicide, Montgomery
County Board of Education, State of Maryland
Chairman, Curriculum Committee, Uniformed Services University of the Health
Sciences
Student Awards Committee, Uniformed Services University of the Health
Sciences
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1984

Chairman, Committee on Student Assessment, Board of Regents/Faculty Retreat,
USUHS
Chairman, Clinical Science Subcommittee of the Curriculum Committee, USUHSCurriculum Committee, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Clinical Clerkship Advisory Committee, Uniformed Services University of the
Health Sciences
Consultant, Committee on Federal Government Health Services, American
Psychiatric Association
Clinical Science Subcommittee of the Curriculum Committee, USUHSExecutive Committee, Suburban Maryland Chapter of the Washington PsychiatricSociety
Co-Chairman, Program Committee, Suburban Maryland Chapter: Washington
Psychiatric Society

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Clerkship Coordinators Group, Uniformed Services University of the Health
Sciences
Military Mental Health Education Advisory Group, The Psychiatric InstituteFoundation, Washington, D.C.
Advisory Board, Department of Psychiatry, Uniformed Services University of the
Health Sciences
Basic Science Subcommittee of the Curriculum Committee, USUHS
Graduate Training Committee, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University (exofficio)
Resident Selection Committee, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University
Task Force on Ethics in Research, American Psychiatric Association
Council on Research and Development, American Psychiatric Association(participant-observer)
Member, Science Council, College of Science, University of Notre Dame

ORIGINAL ARTICLES
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Hukovskyy, O., Morganstein, J., West, J., Augusterfer, E. F., Benedek, D. M., Ursano, R.
J., Adler, A. B., & the Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress. (2024). The Combat Path:
Sustaining psychological readiness in Ukrainian soldiers. Parameters, 54(2).
Krantz, D. S., Gabbay, F. H., Belleau, E. A., Aliaga, P. A., Wynn, G. H., Stein, M. B.,
Ursano, R. J., & Naifeh, J. A. (2024). PTSD, Comorbidities, Gender, and Increased Risk of
Cardiovascular Disease in a Large Military Cohort. medRxiv : the preprint server for healthsciences, 2024.04.13.24305769. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.04.13.24305769 [Preprint]
Hu, X. Z., Ursano, R. J., Benedek, D., Li, X., Biomarker Study Group, & Zhang, L. (2024).
Association of 5-HTTLPR With Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in US Service

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Members. Chronic stress (Thousand Oaks, Calif.), 8, 24705470241245497.
https://doi.org/10.1177/24705470241245497
Nievergelt, C. M., Maihofer, A. X., Atkinson, E. G., Chen, C. Y., Choi, K. W., Coleman, J.
R. I., Daskalakis, N. P., Duncan, L. E., Polimanti, R., Aaronson, C., Amstadter, A. B.,
Andersen, S. B., Andreassen, O. A., Arbisi, P. A., Ashley-Koch, A. E., Austin, S. B.,
Avdibegoviç, E., Babić, D., Bacanu, S. A., Baker, D. G., … Ursano, R. J., … Koenen, K.
C. (2024). Genome-wide association analyses identify 95 risk loci and provide insights into
the neurobiology of post-traumatic stress disorder. Nature genetics, 10.1038/s41588-02401707-9. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-024-01707-9
Sadler, N., Pedlar, D., & Ursano, R. J. (2024). Suicide in Military and Veteran Populations:
A View Across the Five Eyes Nations. Psychiatry, 1–4. Advance online publication.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00332747.2024.2306794
Stein, M. B., Jain, S., Papini, S., Campbell-Sills, L., Choi, K. W., Martis, B., Sun, X., He,
F., Ware, E. B., Naifeh, J. A., Aliaga, P. A., Ge, T., for International Suicide Genetics
Consortium, for MVP Suicide Exemplar Workgroup, for VA Million Veteran Program, for
Suicide Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, Smoller, J. W.,
Gelernter, J., Kessler, R. C., & Ursano, R. J. (2024). Polygenic risk for suicide attempt is
associated with lifetime suicide attempt in US soldiers independent of parental
risk. Journal of affective disorders, 351, 671–682. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2024.01.254
Zuromski, K. L., Wilks, C. R., Al-Suwaidi, M., Wittler, E., Scherban, L., Hite, B.,
Raymond, L., Dempsey, C. L., Stein, M. B., Ursano, R. J., Benedek, D., & Nock, M. K.
(2024). Perspectives of suicide loss survivors: Qualitative analysis of data from a
psychological autopsy study of U.S. Army soldiers. Suicide & life-threatening behavior,
10.1111/sltb.13052. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/sltb.13052
Tsai, J., Szymkowiak, D., Hooshyar, D., Gildea, S. M., Hwang, I., Kennedy, C. J., King, A.
J., Koh, K. A., Luedtke, A., Marx, B. P., Montgomery, A. E., O'Brien, R. W., Petukhova,
M. V., Sampson, N. A., Stein, M. B., Ursano, R. J., & Kessler, R. C. (2024). Predicting
Homelessness Among Transitioning U.S. Army Soldiers. American journal of preventive
medicine, S0749-3797(24)00034-5. Advance online publication.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2024.01.018
Ogle, C. M., Zhou, J., Fisher, J. E., Aliaga, P. A., Rose, V. C., Huleatt, W., Chiarantona, K.
H., Naifeh, J. A., Herberman Mash, H. B., Fullerton, C. S., Ursano, R. J., & Cozza, S. J.
(2024). Overview and design of the Child Maltreatment in Military Families Life Course
Study. Psychiatry: Interpersonal and Biological Processes. Advance online publication.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00332747.2023.2258750
Meng, X., Navoly, G., Giannakopoulou, O., Levey, D. F., Koller, D., Pathak, G. A., Koen,
N., Lin, K., Adams, M. J., Rentería, M. E., Feng, Y., Gaziano, J. M., Stein, D. J., Zar, H. J.,
Campbell, M. L., van Heel, D. A., Trivedi, B., Finer, S., McQuillin, A., Bass, N., …
Ursano, R. J., …Kuchenbaecker, K. (2024). Multi-ancestry genome-wide association studyof major depression aids locus discovery, fine mapping, gene prioritization and causal
inference. Nature genetics, 56(2), 222–233. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-023-01596-4
Wilkerson, M. D., Hupalo, D., Gray, J. C., Zhang, X., Wang, J., Girgenti, M. J., Alba, C.,
Sukumar, G., Lott, N. M., Naifeh, J. A., Aliaga, P., Kessler, R. C., Turner, C., Pollard, H.
B., Dalgard, C., Ursano, R. J., & Stein, M. B. (2023). Uncommon protein-coding variants
associated with suicide attempt in a diverse sample of US Army soldiers. BiologicalPage 10 of 119

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psychiatry, S0006-3223(23)01783-3. Advance online publication.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2023.12.008
Naifeh, J. A., Ursano, R. J., Stein, M. B., Mash, H. B. H., Aliaga, P. A., Fullerton, C. S.,
Shor, R., Kao, T. C., Sampson, N. A., & Kessler, R. C. (2023). Optimism, Sociability, andthe Risk of Future Suicide Attempt among U.S. Army Soldiers. Military medicine,usad457. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usad457
Docherty, A. R., Mullins, N., Ashley-Koch, A. E., … Ursano, R. J., … Beckham J. C.,
Kimbrel, N. A., Ruderfer, D. M. (2023). GWAS Meta-Analysis of Suicide Attempt:
Identification of 12 Genome-Wide Significant Loci and Implication of Genetic Risks forSpecific Health Factors. The American Journal of Psychiatry, 180(10), 723–738.
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.21121266
Nievergelt CM, Maihofer AX, Atkinson EG, ...Ursano RJ, ... Stein MB, Ressler KJ,
Koenen KC. (2023). Discovery of 95 PTSD loci provides insight into genetic architectureand neurobiology of trauma and stress-related disorders. Nature Genetics [accepted]
Campbell-Sills, L., Kautz, J. D., Ray, C., Lester, P. B., Choi, K. W., Naifeh, J. A., Aliaga,
P. A., Kessler, R. C., Stein, M. B., Ursano, R. J., & Bliese, P. D. (2023). Associations ofactive-duty mental health trajectories with post-military adjustment: Results from the
STARRS Longitudinal Study. Journal of affective disorders, 340, 535–541. Advanceonline publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2023.08.029
Naifeh, J. A., Ursano, R. J., Stein, M. B., Wang, J., Herberman Mash, H. B., Aliaga, P. A.,
Fullerton, C. S., Dinh, H. M., Kao, T.-C., Sampson, N. A., & Kessler, R. C. (in press).
Prospective association of attachment style with suicide attempts among U.S. Armysoldiers. Psychological Medicine.
Mash, H. B. H., Fullerton, C. S., Adler, A. B., Morganstein, J. C., Biggs, Q. M., & Ursano,R. J. (2023). National Guard Deployment in Support of COVID-19: Psychological and
Behavioral Health. Military medicine, usad177. Advance online publication.
https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usad177
Papini, S., Norman, S. B., Campbell-Sills, L., Sun, X., He, F., Kessler, R. C., Ursano, R. J.,
Jain, S., & Stein, M. B. (2023). Development and Validation of a Machine Learning
Prediction Model of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder After Military Deployment. JAMA
network open, 6(6), e2321273. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.21273
Campbell-Sills, L., Sun, X., Papini, S., Choi, K. W., He, F., Kessler, R. C., Ursano, R. J.,
Jain, S., & Stein, M. B. (2023). Genetic, environmental, and behavioral correlates oflifetime suicide attempt: Analysis of additive and interactive effects in two cohorts of US
Army soldiers. Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of
Neuropsychopharmacology, 10.1038/s41386-023-01596-2. Advance online publication.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41386-023-01596-2
Mash, H.B. Herberman, Ursano, R.J., Kessler, R.C., Naifeh, J.A., Fullerton, C.S., Aliaga,
P.A., Dinh, H.M., Sampson, N.A., Kao, T.-C., & Stein, M.B. (2023). Predictors of suicide
attempt within 30 days of first medically documented major depression diagnosis in U.S.
Army Soldiers with no prior suicidal ideation. BMC Psychiatry, 23, 392. doi:
10.1186/s12888-023-04872-z
Forbes, D., Adler, A. B., Pedlar, D., Asmundson, G. J. G., & MHRIC across the Five Eyes
Nations [Ursano, R. J.] (2023). Problematic anger in military and veteran populations withand without PTSD: The elephant in the room. Journal of anxiety disorders, 96, 102716.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2023.102716
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Mash, H. B. H., Morganstein, J. C., Fullerton, C. S., & Ursano, R. J. (2023). COVID-19
Pandemic Responses among National Guard Service Members: Stressors, Coping
Strategies, Sleep Difficultiesand Substance Use. International Journal of Environmental
Research and Public Health, 20(9), 5731. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20095731
Gabbay, F. H., Wynn, G. H., Georg, M. W., Gildea, S. M., Kennedy, C. J., King, A. J.,
Sampson, N. A., Ursano, R. J., Stein, M. B., Wagner, J. R., Kessler, R. C., & Capaldi, V. F.
(2023). Toward personalized care for insomnia in the US Army: development of a machinelearning model to predict response to pharmacotherapy. Journal of clinical sleep medicine :JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine,
10.5664/jcsm.10574. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.5664/jcsm.10574
Wang, J., Ursano, R. J., Dinh, H., Thomas, J. L., Cohen, G. H., Sampson, L. A., Galea, S.,& Fullerton, C. S. (2023). Understanding a Time of High Risk for Suicide: Adversities
Associated with Separation from Military Service among National Guard and Reserve
Service Members. Psychiatry, 1–13. Advance online publication.
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Campbell-Sills, L., Papini, S., Norman, S. B., Choi, K. W., He, F., Sun, X., Kessler, R. C.,
Ursano, R. J., Jain, S., & Stein, M. B. (2023). Associations of polygenic risk scores withposttraumatic stress symptom trajectories following combat deployment. Psychological
medicine, 1–10. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291723000211
Campbell-Sills, L., Kautz, J., Choi, K., Naifeh, J., Aliaga, P., Jain, S., . . . Ursano, R. J.,
Bliese, P. (2023). Effects of prior deployments and perceived resilience on anger
trajectories of combat-deployed soldiers. Psychological Medicine, 53(5), 2031-2040.
doi:10.1017/S0033291721003779
Luu, A., Campbell-Sills, L., Sun, X., Kessler, R. C., Ursano, R. J., Jain, S., & Stein, M. B.
(2023). Prospective Association of Unmet Mental Health Treatment Needs With Suicidal
Behavior Among Combat-Deployed Soldiers. Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.),
appips20220248. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20220248
Montgomery, A. E., Koh, K. A., King, A. J., O'Brien, R., Sampson, N. A., Petriceks, A.,
Stein, M. B., Ursano, R. J., & Kessler, R. C. (2023). Stressful Life Events and Risk ofHomelessness After Active Duty: An Assessment of Risk and Resilience Among
Servicemembers. Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974), 333549221149092.
Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/00333549221149092
Ursano, R. J.(Collaborator on), Wendt, F. R., Garcia-Argibay, M., Cabrera-Mendoza, B.,
Valdimarsdóttir, U. A., Gelernter, J., Stein, M. B., Nivard, M. G., Maihofer, A. X., PostTraumatic Stress Disorder Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium,
Nievergelt, C. M., Larsson, H., Mattheisen, M., Polimanti, R., & Meier, S. M. (2023). The
Relationship of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder With Posttraumatic Stress
Disorder: A Two-Sample Mendelian Randomization and Population-Based Sibling
Comparison Study. Biological psychiatry, 93(4), 362–369.
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Campbell-Sills, L., Sun, X., Kessler, R. C., Ursano, R. J., Jain, S., & Stein, M. B. (2023).
Exposure to Bullying or Hazing During Deployment and Mental Health Outcomes Among
US Army Soldiers. JAMA network open, 6(1), e2252109.
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Kim, S. Y., Soumoff, A. A., Raiciulescu, S., Kemezis, P. A., Spinks, E. A., Brody, D. L,
Capaldi, V. F., Ursano, R. J., Benedek, D. M., Choi, K. H. (2023). Association ofTraumatic Brain Injury Severity and Self-Reported Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in
Wounded Military Service Members. Neurotrauma Reports, 4(1), 14-24.
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Maihofer, A. X., Engchuan, W., Huguet, G., Klein, M., MacDonald, J. R., Shanta, O.,
Thiruvahindrapuram, B., Jean-Louis, M., Saci, Z., Jacquemont, S., Scherer, S. W., Ketema,E., Aiello, A. E., Amstadter, A. B., Avdibegović, E., Babic, D., Baker, D. G., Bisson, J. I.,
Boks, M. P., Bolger, E. A., …, Ursano, R. J., ..., Nievergelt, C. M. (2022). Rare copy
number variation in posttraumatic stress disorder. Molecular psychiatry, 27(12), 5062–
5069. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-022-01776-4
Hu, X.-Z., Ursano, R. J., Benedek, D., Li, X., Li, Z., & Zhang, L. (2023). Sex-relateddifference of association of mitochondrial DNA copy number with PTSD in U.S. service
members. Journal of Psychiatric Research.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2023.01.007
Kearns, J., Edwards, E., Finley, E., Geraci, J., Gildea, S., Goodman, M., . . ., Ursano, R. J.,
Kessler, R. (2023). A practical risk calculator for suicidal behavior among transitioning
U.S. Army soldiers: Results from the Study to Assess Risk and Resilience inServicemembers-Longitudinal Study (STARRS-LS). Psychological Medicine, 53(15),7096-7105. doi:10.1017/S0033291723000491
Nagamatsu, S. T., Rompala, G., Hurd, Y. L., Núñez-Rios, D. L., Montalvo-Ortiz, J. L., &Traumatic Stress Brain Research Group (2023). CpH methylome analysis in human corticalneurons identifies novel gene pathways and drug targets for opioid use disorder. Frontiersin psychiatry, 13, 1078894. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1078894
Ursano, R. J. (Collaborator on), Kimbrel, N. A., Ashley-Koch, A. E., Qin, X. J., Lindquist,
J. H., Garrett, M. E., Dennis, M. F., Hair, L. P., Huffman, J. E., Jacobson, D. A., Madduri,
R. K., Trafton, J. A., Coon, H., Docherty, A. R., Mullins, N., Ruderfer, D. M., Harvey, P.
D., McMahon, B. H., Oslin, D. W., Beckham, J. C., Hauser, E. R., … Million Veteran
Program Suicide Exemplar Workgroup, the International Suicide Genetics Consortium, theVeterans Affairs Mid-Atlantic Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center
Workgroup, and the Veterans Affairs Million Veteran Program (2022). Identification ofNovel, Replicable Genetic Risk Loci for Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors Among US
Military Veterans. JAMA psychiatry, 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2022.3896. Advance online
publication. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2022.3896
Naifeh, J. A., Ursano, R. J., Stein, M. B., Mash, H., Aliaga, P. A., Fullerton, C. S., Dinh, H.
M., Kao, T. C., Sampson, N. A., & Kessler, R. C. (2022). Prospective associations ofemotion reactivity and risk behaviors with suicide attempts in US Armysoldiers. Psychological medicine, 1–8. Advance online publication.
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291722003300
Naifeh, J. A., Capaldi, V. F., Chu, C., King, A. J., Koh, K. A., Marx, B. P., Montgomery,A. E., O'Brien, R. W., Sampson, N. A., Stanley, I. H., Tsai, J., Vogt, D., Ursano, R. J.,
Stein, M. B., & Kessler, R. C. (2022). Prospective associations of military discharge
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Taylor, C. T., Campbell-Sills, L., Kessler, R. C., Sun, X., Nock, M. K., Ursano, R. J., Jain,
S., & Stein, M. B. (2022). Social network size and personality traits independently andprospectively predict distress disorders and suicidal behavior in U.S. Army soldiers.
Psychological Medicine, 1–10. Advance online publication.
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291722002082
Mash, H.B.H., Fullerton, C.S., Morganstein, J.C., Liu, A.G., Vance, M.C., Wang, L.,
Mullins-Hussain, B., & Ursano, R.J. (2022). Responding to repeated disasters: Time torecovery in public health workers. Disaster Medicine & Public Health Preparedness.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2022.130
Naifeh, J. A., Ursano, R. J., Stein, M. B., Mash, H., Aliaga, P. A., Fullerton, C. S., Dinh, H.
M., Kao, T. C., Sampson, N. A., & Kessler, R. C. (2022). Association of premilitary mental
health with suicide attempts during US Army service. JAMA Network Open, 5(6),e2214771. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.14771
Adler, A. B., Forbes, D., & Ursano, R. J. (2022). Sustaining NATO service member mental
health during the crisis in Ukraine. BMJ Military Health, e002136.
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjmilitary-2022-002136
Chu, C., Stanley, I. H., Marx, B. P., King, A. J., Vogt, D., Gildea, S. M., Hwang, I. H.,
Sampson, N. A., O'Brien, R., Stein, M. B., Ursano, R. J., & Kessler, R. C. (2022).
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among high-risk soldiers: results from the Study to Assess Risk and Resilience inServicemembers-longitudinal study (STARRS-LS). Psychological Medicine, 1–11.
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Frankova, I., Vermetten, E., Shalev, A. Y., Sijbrandij, M., Holmes, E. A., Ursano, R.,
Schmidt, U., & Zohar, J. Digital psychological first aid for Ukraine. The Lancet Psychiatry.
https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(22)00147-X
Wang, J., Naifeh, J. A., Herberman Mash, H. B., Morganstein, J. C., Fullerton, C. S.,
Cozza, S. J., Stein, M. B., & Ursano, R. J. (2022). Attachment style and risk of suicide
attempt among new soldiers in the U.S. Army. Psychiatry, 1–12. Advance online
publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/00332747.2022.2062661
Raut, S. B., Marathe, P. A., van Eijk, L., Eri, R., Ravindran, M., Benedek, D. M., Ursano,R. J., Canales, J. J., & Johnson, L. R. (2022). Diverse therapeutic developments for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) indicate common mechanisms of memory modulation.
Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 108195. Advance online publication.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pharmthera.2022.108195
Koh, K. A., Montgomery, A. E., O'Brien, R. W., Kennedy, C. J., Luedtke, A., Sampson, N.
A., Gildea, S. M., Hwang, I., King, A. J., Petriceks, A. H., Petukhova, M. V., Stein, M. B.,
Ursano, R. J., & Kessler, R. C. Predicting homelessness among U.S. Army Soldiers nolonger on active duty. American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2021.12.028
Raut, S. B., Canales, J. J., Ravindran, M., Eri, R., Benedek, D. M., Ursano, R. J., &Johnson, L. R. (2022). Effects of propranolol on the modification of trauma memory
reconsolidation in PTSD patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of
Psychiatric Research, 150, 246–256. Advance online publication.
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Fisher, J. E., Krantz, D. S., Ogle, C. M., Zhou, J., Zuleta, R. F., Strickman, A. K., Fullerton,
C. S., Ursano, R. J., & Cozza, S. J. (2022). Mental health, ill-defined conditions, andhealthcare utilization following bereavement: A prospective case-control study. Journal of
the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, S2667-2960(22)00020-9. Advance online
publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaclp.2022.02.007
Wang, J., Ursano, R. J., Gifford, R. K., Dinh, H., Weinberg, A., Cohen, G. H., Sampson,L., Galea, S., & Fullerton, C. S. (2022). Suicide ideation and social support trajectories in
National Guard and Reserve Servicemembers. Psychiatry, 1–13.
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Stanley, I. H., Chu, C., Gildea, S. M., Hwang, I. H., King, A. J., Kennedy, C. J., Luedtke,
A., Marx, B. P., O'Brien, R., Petukhova, M. V., Sampson, N. A., Vogt, D., Stein, M. B.,
Ursano, R. J., & Kessler, R. C. (2022). Predicting suicide attempts among U.S. Armysoldiers after leaving active duty using information available before leaving active duty:
results from the Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers-Longitudinal
Study (STARRS-LS). Molecular Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-021-01423-4
Katrinli, S., Maihofer, A. X., Wani, A. H., Pfeiffer, J. R., Ketema, E., Ratanatharathorn, A.,
Baker, D. G., Boks, M. P., Geuze, E., Kessler, R. C., Risbrough, V. B., Rutten, B., Stein,
M. B., Ursano, R. J., Vermetten, E., Logue, M. W., Nievergelt, C. M., Smith, A. K., &Uddin, M. (2022). Epigenome-wide meta-analysis of PTSD symptom severity in threemilitary cohorts implicates DNA methylation changes in genes involved in immune systemand oxidative stress. Molecular Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-021-01398-2
Naifeh, J. A., Nock, M. K., Dempsey, C. L., Georg, M. W., Aliaga, P. A., Dinh, H. M.,
Fullerton, C. S., Mash, H. B. H., Kao, T.-C., Sampson, N. A., Wynn, G. H., Zaslavsky, A.
M., Stein, M. B., Kessler, R. C., & Ursano, R. J. (2021). Association of emotion reactivity
and distress intolerance with suicide attempts in U.S. Army soldiers. Suicide and LifeThreatening Behavior. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/sltb.12821
Maihofer, A. X., Choi, K. W., Coleman, J., Daskalakis, N. P., Denckla, C. A., Ketema, E., .
. ., Ursano, R. J., … Nievergelt, C. M. (2021). Enhancing discovery of genetic variants for
posttraumatic stress disorder through integration of quantitative phenotypes and trauma
exposure information. Biological Psychiatry, S0006-3223(21)01632-2.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2021.09.020
Mullins, N., Kang, J., Campos, A. I., Coleman, J., Edwards, A. C., Galfalvy, H., . . .,Ursano, R. J., … Ruderfer, D. M. (2021). Dissecting the shared genetic architecture ofsuicide attempt, psychiatric disorders, and known risk factors. Biological Psychiatry,
S0006-3223(21)01570-5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2021.05.029
Hupalo, D., Forsberg, C. W., Goldberg, J., Kremen, W. S., Lyons, M. J., Soltis, A. R.,
Viollet, C., Ursano, R. J., Stein, M. B., Franz, C. E., Sun, Y. V., Vaccarino, V., Smith, N.
L., Dalgard, C. L., Wilkerson, M. D., & Pollard, H. B. (2021). Rare variant association
study of veteran twin whole-genomes links severe depression with a nonsynonymouschange in the neuronal gene BHLHE22. The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry, 1-12.
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Fikretoglu, D., Sharp, M.-L., Adler, A. B., Bélanger, S., Benassi, H., Bennett, C., Bryant,
R., Busuttil, W., Cramm, H., Fear, N., Greenberg, N., Heber, A., Hosseiny, F., Hoge, C.
W., Jetly, R., McFarlane, A., Morganstein, J., Murphy, D., O'Donnell, M., Phelps, A.,
Richardson, D. J., Sadler, N., Schnurr, P. P., Smith, P., Ursano, R., Hooff, Wessely, S.,
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Review, 102100. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2021.102100
Khan, A. J., Campbell-Sills, L., Sun, X., Kessler, R. C., Adler, A. B., Jain, S., Ursano, R.
J., & Stein, M. B. (2021). Association between responsibility for the death of others andpostdeployment mental health and functioning in US Soldiers. JAMA Network Open, 4(11),e2130810. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.30810
Bossarte, R. M., Ziobrowski, H. N., Benedek, D. M., Dempsey, C. L., King, A. J., Nock,
M. K., Sampson, N. A., Stein, M. B., Ursano, R. J., & Kessler, R. C. (2021). Mental
disorders, gun ownership, and gun carrying among soldiers after leaving the army, 20162019. American Journal of Public Health, 111(10), 1855–
1864. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2021.306420
Smith, D. M., Meruelo, A., Campbell-Sills, L., Sun, X., Kessler, R. C., Ursano, R. J., Jain,
S., Stein, M. B., & Army STARRS Team (2021). Pre-enlistment anger attacks and postenlistment mental disorders and suicidality among US Army Soldiers. JAMA Network
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Giannakopoulou, O., Lin, K., Meng, X., Su, M. H., Kuo, P. H., Peterson, R. E., Awasthi,S., Moscati, A., Coleman, J., Bass, N., Millwood, I. Y., Chen, Y., Chen, Z., Chen, H. C.,
Lu, M. L., Huang, M. C., Chen, C. H., Stahl, E. A., Loos, R., Mullins, N., … 23andMe
Research Team, China Kadoorie Biobank Collaborative Group, and Major Depressive
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Architecture of Depression in Individuals of East Asian Ancestry: A Genome-Wide
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Bryant, R. A., Greenberg, N., Forbes, D., & 5 Eyes Mental Health Research and Innovation
Collaborative in military and veteran mental health group (2021). The effect of thewithdrawal from Afghanistan on military personnel's mental health. The Lancet Psychiatry,
S2215-0366(21)00369-2. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/S22150366(21)00369-2
Mash, H., Ursano, R. J., Kessler, R. C., Naifeh, J. A., Fullerton, C. S., Aliaga, P. A., RiggsDonovan, C. A., Dinh, H. M., Vance, M. C., Wynn, G. H., Zaslavsky, A. M., Sampson, N.
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first medically documented suicidal ideation in U.S. Army Soldiers. The American Journalof Psychiatry. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2021.20111570
Stein, M. B., Jain, S., Campbell-Sills, L., Ware, E. B., Choi, K. W., He, F., Ge, T.,
Gelernter, J., Smoller, J. W., Kessler, R. C., & Ursano, R. J. (2021). Polygenic risk for
major depression is associated with lifetime suicide attempt in US soldiers independent of
personal and parental history of major depression. American Journal of Medical Genetics.
Part B, Neuropsychiatric Genetics. Advance online publication.
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O'Donnell, C. J., Schwartz Longacre, L., Cohen, B. E., Fayad, Z. A., Gillespie, C. F.,
Liberzon, I., Pathak, G. A., Polimanti, R., Risbrough, V., Ursano, R. J., Vander Heide, R.
S., Yancy, C. W., Vaccarino, V., Sopko, G., & Stein, M. B. (2021). Posttraumatic Stress
Disorder and Cardiovascular Disease: State of the Science, Knowledge Gaps, and Research
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Aliaga, P. A., Heeringa, S. G., Kessler, R. C., Stein, M. B., & Ursano, R. J. (2021). Social
closeness and support are associated with lower risk of suicide among U.S. Army soldiers.
Suicide & life-threatening behavior. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/sltb.12778
Vance, M. C., Mash, H., Ursano, R. J., Zhao, Z., Miller, J. T., Clarion, M., West, J. C.,
Morganstein, J. C., Iqbal, A., & Sen, S. (2021). Exposure to workplace trauma andposttraumatic stress disorder among intern physicians. JAMA Network Open, 4(6),e2112837. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.12837
Biggs, Q. M., Ursano, R. J., Wang, J., Wynn, G. H., Amin, R., & Fullerton, C. S. (2021).
Daily variation in sleep characteristics in individuals with and without post traumatic stressdisorder. BMC Psychiatry, 21(1), 292. doi: 10.1186/s12888-021-03282-3
Wang, J., Naifeh, J. A., Mash, H., Morganstein, J. C., Fullerton, C. S., Cozza, S. J., Stein,
M. B., & Ursano, R. J. (2021). Parental suicide attempt and subsequent risk of preenlistment suicide attempt among male and female new soldiers in the U.S. Army. Suicide& Life-Threatening Behavior. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/sltb.12772
Naifeh, J. A., Ursano, R. J., Stein, M. B., Mash, H., Aliaga, P. A., Fullerton, C. S., Dinh, H.
M., Vance, M. C., Wynn, G. H., Kao, T. C., Sampson, N. A., & Kessler, R. C. (2021). Riskof suicide attempt in reserve versus active component soldiers during deployment to thewars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Suicide & Life-Threatening Behavior, doi:
10.1111/sltb.12770.
Campbell-Sills, L., Sun, X., Choi, K. W., He, F., Ursano, R. J., Kessler, R. C., Levey, D.
F., Smoller, J. W., Gelernter, J., Jain, S., & Stein, M. B. (2021). Dissecting theheterogeneity of posttraumatic stress disorder: differences in polygenic risk, stress
exposures, and course of PTSD subtypes. Psychological medicine, 1–9. Advance online
publication. doi: 10.1017/S0033291721000428
Mash, H., Fullerton, C. S., Morganstein, J. C., Vance, M. C., Wang, L., Liu, A. G.,
Mullins-Hussain, B., & Ursano, R. J. (2021). Longitudinal study of hurricane preparedness
behaviors: Influence of collective efficacy. Disaster Medicine and Public HealthPreparedness, 1–7. doi: 10.1017/dmp.2020.504
Naifeh, J. A., Mash, H., Stein, M. B., Vance, M. C., Aliaga, P. A., Fullerton, C. S., Dinh,
H. M., Wynn, G. H., Kao, T. C., Sampson, N. A., Kessler, R. C., & Ursano, R. J. (2021).
Sex differences in US Army suicide attempts during the wars in Iraq and
Afghanistan. Medical Care, 59, S42–S50. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000001425
Polimanti, R., Levey, D. F., Pathak, G. A., Wendt, F. R., Nunez, Y. Z., Ursano, R. J.,
Kessler, R. C., Kranzler, H. R., Stein, M. B., & Gelernter, J. (2021). Multi-environment
gene interactions linked to the interplay between polysubstance dependence and suicidality.
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Mash, H.B. Herberman, Fullerton, C.S., & Ursano, R.J. (2020). Safety and confidence inlocal law enforcement and government during serial shooting events: Association withdaily life activities. Disaster Medicine & Public Health Preparedness, 1-7. doi:
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190. Biggs, Q. M., Fullerton, C. S., McCarroll, J. E., Liu, X., Wang, L., Dacuyan, N. M.,
Ursano, R. J. (2016). Early intervention for PTSD, depression and quality of life inmortuary affairs soldiers post-deployment. Military Medicine, 181 (11): e1553-e1560. doi:
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191. Flynn, B. W., Morganstein, J. C., Ursano, R. J., Regier, D. A., West, J. C., Wynn, G. H.,
Benedek, D. M., & Fullerton, C. S. (2016) Global mental health: Optimizing uniformed
services roles. Joint Forces Quarterly. Advance online publication.
192. Naifeh, J. A., Nock, M. K., Ursano, R. J., Vegella, P. L., Aliaga, P. A., Fullerton, C. S.,
Kessler, R. C., Wryter, C. L, Heeringa S. G. & Stein, M. B. (2016). Neurocognitive
function and suicide in U.S. Army Soldiers. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 47(5),589-602. doi: 10.1111/sltb.12307
193. Ursano, R. J., Wang, J., Ramsawh, H., Russell, D.W., Benfer, N., Gifford, R. K., Cohen, G.
H., Galea, S., & Fullerton, C. S. (2016). Post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, andbinge drinking in the Reserve Component of the U.S. Armed Forces. Military Medicine,
181(10), 1287-1293. doi: 10.7205/milmed-d-15-00445
194. Rosellini, A. J., Monahan, J., Street, A. E., Hill, E. D., Petukhova, M., Reis, B. Y.,
Sampson, N. A., Benedek, D. M., Bliese, P., Stein, M. B., Ursano, R. J., & Kessler, R. C.
Using administrative data to identify U.S. Army soldiers at high-risk of perpetrating minor
violent crimes. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 84, 128-136. doi:
10.1016/j.jpsychires.2016.09.028
195. Pollard, H. B., Shivakumar, C., Starr, J., Eidelman, O., Jacobowitz, D. M., Dalgard, C. L.,
Srivastava, M., Wilkerson, M. D., Stein, M. B. & Ursano, R. J. (2016). “Soldier's Heart”: A
genetic basis for elevated cardiovascular disease risk associated with post-traumatic stressdisorder. Front Mol Neurosci, 9(87). doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2016.00087
196. Naifeh, J. A., Colpe, L. J., Aliaga, P. A., Sampson, N. A., Heeringa, S. G., Stein, M. B.,
Ursano, R. J., Fullerton, C. S., Nock, M. K., Schoenbaum, M., Zaslavsky, A. M., &Kessler, R. C. (2016). Barriers to initiating and continuing mental health treatment amongsoldiers in the Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers (ArmySTARRS). Mil Med, 181(9), 1021-1032. doi: 10.7205/milmed-d-15-00211.
197. Mash, H. B. H., Fullerton, C. S., Ng, T. H., Nock, M. K., Wynn, G. H., & Ursano, R. J.
(2016). Alcohol use and reasons for drinking as risk factors for suicidal behavior in the
U.S. Army. Mil Med, 181(8), 811-820. doi: 10.7205/milmed-d-15-00122.
198. Cox, K. L., Nock, M. K., Biggs, Q. M., Bornemann, J., Colpe, L. J., Dempsey, C. L.,
Heeringa, S. G., McCarroll, J. E., Ng, T. H., Schoenbaum, M. Ursano, R. J., Zhang, B. G.,
Benedek, D. M., & Army STARRS Collaborators. (2016). An examination of potential
misclassification of army suicides: Results from the Army Study to Assess Risk andResilience in Servicemembers. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 47(3), 257-265.
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199. Polimanti, R., Chen, C. Y., Ursano, R. J., Heeringa, S. G., Jain, S., Kessler, R. C., Nock, M.
K., Smoller, J., Sun, X., Gelernter, J., & Stein, M. B. (2016). Cross-phenotype polygenic
risk score analysis of persistent post-concussive symptoms in U.S. Army soldiers with
deployment-acquired traumatic brain injury. J Neurotrauma, 34(4), 781-789. doi:
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200. Kessler, R. C., Stein, M. B., Petukhova, M. V., Bliese, P., Bossarte, R. M., Bromet, E. J.,
Fullerton, C. S., Gilman, S. E., Ivany, C., Lewandowski-Romps, L., Bell, A. M., Naifeh, J.
A., Nock, M. K., Reis, B. Y., Rosellini, A. J., Sampson, N. A., Zaslavsky, A. M., Ursano,R. J., & Army STARRS Collaborators. (2016). Predicting suicides after outpatient mental
health visits in the Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers (ArmySTARRS). Mol Psychiatry, 22(4), 544-551. doi: 10.1038/mp.2016.110
201. Wagner, J., Schroeder, H. M., Piskorowski, A., Ursano, R. J., Stein, M. B., Heeringa, S. G.,
Colpe, L. J. & on behalf of the Army STARRS collaborators. (2016). Timing the modeswitch in a sequential mixed-mode survey: An experimental evaluation of the impact on
final response rates, key estimates, and costs. Social Science Computer Review, 35(2), 262276. doi:10.1177/0894439316654611
202. Fink, D. S., Lowe, S., Cohen, G. H., Sampson, L. A., Ursano, R. J., Giffrod, R. K.,
Fullerton, C. S., & Galea, S. (2016). Trajectories of posttraumatic stress symptoms after
civilian or deployment traumatic event experiences. Psychological Trauma: Theory,
Research, Practice and Policy, 9(2), 138-146. doi: 10.1037/tra0000147
203. Russell, D. W., Benedek, D. M., Naifeh, J. A., Benevides, K. N., Zhang, L., Fullerton C. S.,& Ursano, R. J. (2016). Social support and mental health outcomes among U.S. Armyspecial operations personnel. Military Psychology, 28(6), 361-375. doi:
10.1037/mil0000114
204. Prager, E. M., Wynn, G. H., & Ursano, R J. (2016). The tenth annual amygdala, stress and
PTSD conference: The amygdala: Dysfunction, hyperfunction, and connectivity, Journal of
Neuroscience Research, 94(6), 433-436. doi: 10.1002/jnr.23742
205. Ursano, R. J., Kessler, R. C., Stein, M. B., Naifeh, J. A., Aliago P. A., Fullerton, C. S.,
Wynn, G. H., Vegella P. L., Ng, T., Zhang, B. G., Wryter, C. L., Sampson N. A., Kao, T.
C., Colpe, L. J., Schoenbaum, M., McCarroll J. E., Cox, K. L., & Heeringa, S., & on behalfof the Army STARRS collaborators (2016). Risk factors, methods, and timing of suicide
attempts among U.S. Army soldiers, JAMA Psychiatry, 73(7), 741-749. doi:
10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2016.0600
206. Cozza, S. J., Fisher, J. E., Mauro, C., Zhou, J., Ortiz, C. D., Skritskaya, N., Wall, W. M.,
Fullerton, C. S., Ursano, R. J., & Shear, M. K. (2016). Performance of DSM-5 persistentcomplex bereavement disorder criteria in a community sample of bereaved military family
members. American Journal of Psychiatry, 173(9), 919-929. doi:
10.1176/appi.ajp.2016.15111442
207. Stein, M. B., Chen, C. Y., Ursano, R. J., Cai, T., Gelernter, J., Heeringa, S. G., Jain, S.,
Jensen K., Maihofer, A. X., Mitchell, C., Nievergelt, C. M., Nock, M. K., Neale, B. M.,
Polimanti, R., Ripke, S., Sun, X., Thomas, M. L., Wang, Q., Ware, E. B., Borja, S.,
Kessler, R. C., & Smoller, J. W. (2016). Genome-wide association studies of posttraumaticstress disorder in 2 cohorts of U.S. Army soldiers. JAMA Psychiatry, 73(7), 695-804. doi:
10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2016.0350
208. Stein, M. B., Ursano, R. J., Campbell-Sills, L., Colpe, L. J., Fullerton, C. S., Heeringa, S.
G., Nock, M.K., Sampson, N.A., Schoenbaum, M., Sun, X., Jain, S., & Kessler, R. C.
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J Neurotrauma, 33(23), 2125-2132. doi: 10.1089/neu.2015.4320
Herberman-Mash, H. B., Fullerton, C. S., Benevides, K. N., & Ursano, R. J. (2016).
Identification with terrorist victims of the Washington, D.C. sniper attacks: Posttraumaticstress and depression. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 29(1), 41-48. doi: 10.1002/jts.22069
Fink, D. S., Cohen, G. H., Sampson, L. A., Gifford, R. K., Fullerton, C. S., Ursano, R. J., &Galea, S. (2016). Incidence of and risk for post-traumatic stress disorder and depression ina representative sample of U.S. Reserve and National Guard. Annals of Epidemiology,
26(3), 189-197. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2016.01.00
Cohen, G. H., Sampson, L. A., Fink, D. S., Wang, J., Russell, D. W., Gifford, R.K.,
Fullerton, C. S., Ursano, R. J., & Galea, S. (2016). Gender, position of authority, and therisk of depression and posttraumatic stress disorder among a national sample of U.S.
reserve component personnel. Women’s Health Issues, 26(3), 268-77. doi:
10.1016/j.whi.2016.01.001.
Morganstein, J. C., Benedek, D. M., & Ursano, R. J. (2016). Post-traumatic stress indisaster first responders. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 10(1), 1-2.
Castro-Gomes, V., Bergstrom, H. C., McGuire, J. L., Parkers, C. C., Coyner, J., LandeiraFernandez, J., Ursano, R. J., Palmer, A. A., & Johnson, L. R. (2016). A dendriticorganization of lateral amygdala neurons in fear susceptible and resistant mice.
Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 127, 64-71. doi: 10.1016/j.nlm.2015.11.010
Rosselini, A. J., Monahan, J., Street, A. E., Heeringa, S. G., Hill, E. D., Petukhova, M.,
Reis, B. Y., Sampson, N. A., Bliese, P., Schoenbaum, M., Stein, M. B., Ursano, R. J., &Kessler, R. C. (2015). Predicting non-familial major physical violent crime perpetration in
the US Army from administrative data. Psychological Medicine, 46(2), 303-316. doi:
10.1017/S003329171500177
Cozza, S. J., Ortiz, C. D., Fullerton, C. S., McCarroll, J. E., Holmes, A. K., Harris, A. M.,
Wryter, C. L., & Ursano, R. J. (2015). Types, subtypes, and severity of substantiated childneglect in U.S. Army communities. Military Medicine, 180(11), 1147-1153. doi:
10.7205/MILMED-D-14-00373
Licznerski, P., Duric, V., Banasr, M., Alavian, K. N., Ota, K. T., Kang, H. J., Jonas, E. A.,
Ursano, R. J., Krystal J. H., Duman, R. S., Traumatic Stress Brain Study Group. (2015).
Decreased SGK1 expression and function contributes to behavioral deficits induced bytraumatic stress. PLoS Biology, 13(10), 1-18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002282
Colpe, L. J., Naifeh, J. A., Aliaga, P., Sampson, N. A., Heeringa, S. G., Stein, M. B.,
Ursano, R. J., Fullerton, C. S., Nock, M. K., Schoenbaum, M. L., Zaslavsky, A. M.,
Kessler, R. C., & On behalf of the Army STARRS Collaborators. (2015). Mental healthtreatment among soldiers with current mental disorders in the Army Study to Assess Risk
and Resilience in Servicemembers (Army STARRS). Military Medicine, 180(10), 10411051. doi: 10.7205/MILMED-D-14-00686
Stein, M. B., Kessler, R. C., Heeringa, S. G., Jain, S., Campbell-Sills, L., Colpe, L. J.,
Fullerton, C. S., Nock, M. K., Sampson, N. A., Schoenbaum, M., Sun, X., Thomas, M. L.,
Ursano, R. J., & on behalf of the Army STARRS Collaborators. (2015). Prospective
longitudinal evaluation of the effect of deployment-acquired traumatic brain injury on
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Thomas, M. L., Brown, G. G., Gur, R. C., Moore, T. M., Patt, V. M., Nock, M. K., Naifeh,
J. A., Heeringa, S., Ursano, R. J., Stein, M. B., & on behalf of the Army STARRSCollaborators. (2015). Measurement of latent cognitive abilities involved in concept
identification learning. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 37(6), 653669. doi: 10.1080/13803395.2015.1042358
LaFlair, L. N., Fullerton, C. S., Cozza, S. J., Herberman Mash, H. B., McCarroll, J. E.,
Ortiz, C. D., & Ursano, R. J. (2015). Military families: Measurement of community
resource adequacy. Psychological Reports, 117(1), 133-43. doi: 10.2466/08.PR0.117c14z0.
Fullerton, C. S., Ursano, R. J., Liu, X., McKibben, J. B. A., Wang, L., & Reissman D. B.
(2015). Depressive symptom severity and community collective efficacy following the2004 Florida hurricanes. PLoS ONE, 10(6), e0130863. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0130863.
Thomas, M. L., Brown, G. G., Gur, R. C., Moore, T. M., Patt, V. M., Nock, M. K., Naifeh,
J. A., Heeringa, S., Ursano, R. J., Stein, M. B., & on Behalf of the Army STARRSCollaborators. (2015). Measurement of latent cognitive abilities involved in concept
identification learning. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 37(6), 653669. doi: 10.1080/13803395.2015.1042358
Kessler, R. C., Stein, M. B., Bliese, P. D., Bromet, E. J., Chiu, W. T., Cox, K. L., Colpe, L.
J., Fullerton, C. S., Gilman, S. E., Gruber, M. J., Heeringa, S. G., Lewandoski-Romps, L.,
Millikan-Bell, A., Naifeh, J. A., Nock, M. K., Petukhova, M. V.,Rosellini, A. J., Sampson,
N. A., Schoenbaum, M., Zaslavsky, A. M., & Ursano, R. J. (2015.) Occupational
differences in U.S. Army suicide rates. Psychological Medicine, 45(15), 3293-304. doi:
10.1017/S0033291715001294.
Fullerton C. S., Herberman-Mash H. B., Benevides K. N., Morganstein, J. C., Ursano, R. J.
(2015). Distress of routine activities and perceived safety associated with post- traumaticstress, depression, and alcohol use: 2002 Washington, D.C, Sniper Attacks. Disaster
Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 9(5), 509-515. doi: 10.1017/dmp.2015.67
Ursano, R. J., Kessler, R. C., Stein, M. B., Naifeh, J. A., Aliaga,P. A., Fullerton, C. S.,
Sampson, N. A., Kao, T. C., Colpe, L. J., Schoenbaum, M., Cox, K. L., Heeringa, S. G.
(2015). Suicide attempts in the U.S. Army during the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, 20042009. JAMA Psychiatry, 72(9), 917-926. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2015.0987
Zhang, L., Li, H., Hu, X., Benedek, D. M., Fullerton, C. S., Forsten, R. D., Naifeh, J. A.,
Li, X., Wu, H., Benevides, K. N., Le, T., Smerin, S., Russell, D. W., & Ursano, R.J. (2015).
Mitochondria-focused gene expression profile reveals common pathways and CPT1B
dysregulation in both rodent stress model and human subjects with PTSD. Translational
Psychiatry, 16(5): e580. doi: 10.1038/tp.2015.65
Ursano, R. J., Kessler, R. C., Heeringa, S. G., Cox, K. L., Naifeh, J. A., Fullerton, C. S.,
Sampson, N. A., Kao, T., Aliaga, P. A., Vegella, P., Mash, H., Buckley, C., Colpe, L. J.,
Schoenbaum, M., & Stein, M. B. (2015). Non-fatal suicidal behaviors in U.S. Armyadministrative records, 2004-2009: Results from the Army Study to Assess Risk andResilience in Servicemembers (Army STARRS). Psychiatry, 78(1), 1-21. doi:
10.1080/00332747.2015.1006512
Kessler, R. C., Warner, C. H., Ivany, C., Petukhova, M. V., Rose, R. Bromet, E. J., Brown
III, M., Cai, T., Colpe, L. J., Cox, K. L., Fullerton, C. S., Gilman, S. E., Gruber, M. J.,
Heeringa, S. G., Lewandowski-Romps, L., Li, J., Millikan-Bell, A. M., Naifeh, J. A., Nock,
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M. K., Rosellini, A .J., Sampson, N. A., Schoenbaum, M., Stein, M. B., Wessely, S.,
Zaslavsky, A. M., Ursano, R. J. (2015). Predicting U.S. Army suicides after
hospitalizations with psychiatric diagnoses in the Army Study to Assess Risk andResilience in Servicemembers (Army STARRS). JAMA Psychiatry, 72(1), 49-57. doi:
10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2014.1754
Dalgard, C. L., Jacobowitz, D. M., Sing, V., Saleem, K. S., Ursano, R. J., Starr, J. M., &Pollard, H. (2015). A novel analytical brain block tool to enable functional annotation of
discriminatory transcript biomarkers among discrete regions of the fronto-limbic circuit inprimate brain. Brain Research, 1600, 42-58. doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2014.12.031
Rosellini, A. J., Stein, M. B., Colpe, L. J., Heeringa, S. G., Petukhova, M. V., Sampson, N.
A., Schoenbaum, M., Ursano, R. J., & Kessler, R. C. (2015). Approximating a DSM-5
diagnosis of PTSD using DSM-IV criteria. Depression and Anxiety, 32(7), 493-501. doi:
10.1002/da.22364
Russell, D. W., Cohen, G., Gifford, R. K., Fullerton, C. S., Galea, S., & Ursano, R. J.
(2015). Mental health among a nationally representative sample of United States militaryreserve component personnel. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 50(4), 639651. doi: 10.1007/s00127-014-0981-2
Street, A. E., Gilman, S. F., Rosellini, A. J., Stein, M. B., Bromet, E. J., Cox, K. L., Colpe,
L. J., Fullerton, C. S., Gruber, M. J., Heeringa, S. G., Lewandowski-Romps, L., Little, R.
J. A., Naifeh, J. A., Nock, M. K., Sampson, N. A., Schoenbaum, M., Ursano, R. J.,
Zaslavsky, A. M., & Kessler, R. C. (2015). Understanding the elevated suicide risk offemale soldiers during deployments. Psychological Medicine, 45(4), 717-726. doi:
10.1017/S003329171400258X
Nock, M. K., Ursano, R. J., Heeringa, S. G., Stein, M. B., Jain, S., Raman, R., Sun, X.,
Chiu, W. T., Colpe, L. J., Fullerton, C. S., Gilman, S. E., Hwang, I., Naifeh, J. A.,
Rosellini, A.J., Sampson, N.A., Schoenbaum, M.,Zaslavsky, A.M., & Kessler, R.C.; The
Army STARRS Collaborators. (2015). Mental disorders, comorbidity, and pre-enlistment
suicidal behavior among new soldiers in the U.S. Army: Results from the Army Study toAssess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers (Army STARRS). Suicide Life Threat
Behav, 45(5), 588-599. doi: 10.1111/sltb.12153.
Rosellini, A. J., Heeringa, S. G., Stein, M. B., Ursano, R. J., Chiu, W. T., Colpe, L. J.,
Fullerton, C. S., Gilman, S. E., Hwang, I., Naifeh, J. A., Nock, M. K., Petukhova, M.,
Sampson, N. A., Schoenbaum, M., Zaslavsky, A. M., & Kessler, R. C. (2015). Lifetime
prevalence of DSM-IV mental disorders among new soldiers in the U.S. Army: Resultsfrom the Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers (Army STARRS).
Depression and Anxiety, 32(1), 13-24. doi: 10.1002/da.22316
Ursano, R. J., Heeringa, S. G., Stein, M. B., Jain, S., Raman, R., Sun, X., Chiu, W. T.,
Colpe, L. J., Fullerton, C. S., Gilman, S. E., Hwang, I., Naifeh, J. A., Nock, M. K.,
Rosellini, A. J., Sampson, N. A., Schoenbaum, M., Zaslavsky, A. M., & Kessler, R. C.
(2015). Prevalence and correlates of suicidal behavior among new soldiers in the U.S.
Army: Results from the Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers(Army STARRS). Depression and Anxiety, 32(1), 3-12. doi: 10.1002/da.22317
Jia, M., Smerin, S. E., Zhang, L., Xing, G., Li, X., Benedek, D., Ursano, R. J., & Li, H.
(2015). Coricosterone mitigates the stress response in an animal model of PTSD. Journal of
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237. Ursano, R. J., Benedek, D. M., & Wynn, G. H. (2014). Deployment to war and mental
health consequences. Commentary on: Mental health consequences of overstretch in the
UK Armed Forces, 2007–09: A population-based cohort study. Lancet Psychiatry 1(7),487-489. doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(14)00052-2
238. Morganstein, J. C. & Ursano, R. J. (2014). What psychiatrists should know about Ebola.
Psychiatric Times, 31(12), 26.
239. Zhang, L., Hu, X. Z., Benedek, D. M., Fullerton, C. S., Forsten, R. D., Naifeh, J. A., Li, X.,
Li, H., Benevides, K. N., Smerin, S., Le, T., Choi, K., & Ursano, R. J. (2014). Theinteraction between stressful life events and leukocyte telomere length is associated with
PTSD. Molecular Psychiatry, 19(8), 855-856. doi: 10.1038/mp.2013.14
240. Engel, C. C., Cordova, E. H., Benedek, D. M., Liu, X., Gore, K. L, Goertz, C., Freed, M.
C., Crawford, C., Jonas, W. B., & Ursano, R. J. (2014). Randomized effectiveness trial of abrief course of acupuncture for posttraumatic stress disorder. Medical Care, 52(12 suppl.
5), S57-S64. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000237
241. Li, H., Li, X., Smerin, S., Zhang, L., Jia, M., Xing, G., Su, Y., Wen, J., Benedek, D.,
Ursano, R. J. (2014). Mitochondrial gene expression profiles and metabolic pathways in the
amygdala associated with exaggerated fear in an animal model of PTSD. Frontiers in
Neurology, 5(164). doi: 10.3389/fneur.2014.00164
242. Lewandowski-Romps, L., Peterson, C., Berglund, P. A., Collins, S., Cox, K., Hauret, K.,
Jones, B., Kessler, R. C., Mitchell, C., Park, N., Schoenbaum, M., Stein, M. B., Ursano, R.
J., & Heeringa, S. G. (2014). Risk factors for accident death in the U.S. Army, 2004-2009.
American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 47(6), 745-753. doi:
10.1016/j.amepre.2014.07.052
243. Coyner, J., McGuire, J. L., Parker, C. C., Ursano, R. J., Palmer, A. A., & Johnson, L. R.
(2014). Mice selectively bred for High and Low fear behavior show differences in thenumber of pMAPK (p44/42 ERK) expressing neurons in lateral amygdala following
Pavlovian fear conditioning. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 112, 195-203. doi:
10.1016/j.nlm.2013.06.010.
244. Mash, H. B. H., Fullerton, C. S., Ng, T. H. H., & Ursano, R. J. (2014). Factor analysis of
the drinking motives questionnaire in a young adult U.S. Army sample. Psychological
Reports, 115(2), 339-350. doi: 10.2466/18.PR0.115c21z6
245. Tomita, H. & Ursano, R. J. (2014). Psychosocial/mental health concerns and building
community resilience: Summary. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 8(4),363-365. doi: 10.1017/dmp.2014.68
246. Gadermann, A. M., Heeringa, S. G., Stein, M. B., Ursano, R. J., Colpe, L. J., Fullerton, C.
S., Gilman, S. E., Gruber, M. J., Nock, M. K., Rosellini, A. J., Sampson, N. A.,
Schoenbaum, M., Zaslavsky, A. M., Kessler, R. C.; On behalf of the Army STARRS
collaborators. (2014). Classifying U.S. Army military occupational specialties using theoccupational information network. Military Medicine, 179(7), 752-761. doi:
10.7205/MILMED-D-13-00446
247. Ursano, R. J., Colpe, L. J., Heeringa, S. G., Kessler, R. C., Schoenbaum, C., & Stein, M. B.
(2014). The Army study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers (ArmySTARRS). Psychiatry, 77(2), 107-119. doi: 10.1521/psyc.2014.77.2.107
248. Zhang, L., Hu, X. Z., Li, X., Li, H., Smerin, S., Russell, D., & Ursano, R. J. (2014).
Telomere lenth – A cellular aging marker for depression and posttraumatic stress disorder.
Medical Hypotheses, 83(2), 182-185. doi: 10.1016/j.mehy.2014.04.03
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249. Le, T., Xia, M., Jia, M., Sarkar, N., Chen, J., Li, H., Wynn, G. H., Ursano, R. J., & Choi, K.
H. (2014). Association between initial morphine intake and body weight change, acoustic
startle reflex and drug seeking in rats. Psychopharmacology, 231(23), 4569-4577. doi:
10.1007/s00213-014-3606-2.
250. Mash, H. B., Fullerton, C. S., Shear, M. K., & Ursano, R. J. (2014). Complicated grief anddepression in young adults: Personality & relationship quality. Journal of Nervous &Mental Disease, 202(7), 539-543. doi: 10.1097/NMD.0000000000000155
251. Worthen, M., Rathod, S. D., Cohen, G., Sampson, L., Ursano, R. J., Gifford, R., Fullerton,
C. S., Galea, S., Ahern, J. (2014). Anger problems and posttraumatic stress disorder in maleand female National Guard and Reserve service members. Journal of PsychiatricResearch, 55, 52-58. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2014.04.004
252. Gilman, S. E., Bromet, E. J., Cox, K. L., Colpe, L. J., Fullerton, C. S., Gruber, M. J.,
Heeringa, S. G., Lewandowski-Romps, L., Millikan-Bell, A. M., Naifeh, J. A., Nock, M.
K., Petukhova, M. V., Sampson, N. A., Schoenbaum, M., Stein, M. B., Ursano, R. J.,
Wessely, S., Zaslavsky, A. M., Kessler R. C., and on behalf of the Army STARRSCollaborators. (2014). Sociodemographic and career history predictors of suicide mortality
in the United States Army 2004–2009. Psychological Medicine, 44, 2579-2592. doi:
10.1017/S003329171400018X
253. Mash, H. B., Fullerton, C. S., Ramsawh, H. J., Ng, T. H., Wang, L., Kessler, R. C., Stein,
M. B., Ursano, R. J. (2014). Risk for suicidal behaviors associated with alcohol and energy
drink use in the U.S. Army. Social Psychiatry & Psychiatric Epidemiology, 49(9), 13791387. doi: 10.1007/s00127-014-0886-0.
254. Ramsawh, H. J., Fullerton, C. S., Mash, H. B., Ng, T. H. H., Kessler, R. C., Stein, M. B.,
Ursano, R .J. (2014). Risk for suicidal behaviors associated with PTSD, depression, andtheir comorbidity in the US Army. Journal of Affective Disorders, 161, 116-122. doi:
10.1016/j.jad.2014.03.016
255. Schoenbaum, M., Kessler, R. C., Gilman, S. E., Colpe, L. J., Heeringa, S. G., Stein, M. B.,
Ursano, R. J., Cox, K. L. (2014) Predictors of suicide and accident death in the Army Study
to Assess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers (Army STARRS): Results From the
Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers (Army STARRS). JAMA
Psychiatry, 71(5), 493-503.
256. Kessler, R. C., Heeringa, S. G., Stein, M. B., Colpe, L. J., Fullerton, C. S., Hwang, I.,
Naifeh, J. A., Nock, M. K., Petukhova, M., Sampson, N. A., Shoenbaum, M., Zaslavsky, A.
M., Ursano, R. J. (2014) Thirty-day prevalence of DSM-IV mental disorders among
nondeployed soldiers in the U.S. Army: Results from the Army Study to Assess Risk andResilience in Servicemembers (Army STARRS). JAMA Psychiatry, 71(5), 504-513.
257. Nock, M. K., Stein, M. B., Heeringa, S. G., Ursano, R. J., Colpe, L. J., Fullerton, C. S.,
Hwang, I., Naifeh, J. A., Sampson, N. A., Schoenbaum, M., Zaslavsky, A. M., & Kessler,
R. C. (2014). Prevalence and correlates of suicidal behavior among soldiers: Results fromthe Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers (Army STARRS).
JAMA Psychiatry, 71(5), 514-522.
258. Ursano, R. J., McKibben, J. B. A., Reissman, D. B., Liu, X., Wang, L., et al. (2014).
Posttraumatic stress disorder and community collective efficacy following the 2004
Florida hurricanes. PLoS One, 9(2), e88467. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0088467
259. Walsh, K., Koenen, K. C., Cohen, G. H., Ursano, R. J., Gifford, R. K., Fullerton, C. S., &Galea, S. (2014). Sexual violence and mental health symptoms among National Guard andPage 35 of 119

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Reserve soldiers. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 29(1), 104-109. doi:
10.1007/s11606-013-2555-5
Zhang, L., Benedek, D. M., Fullerton, C. S., Forsten, R. D., Naifeh, J. A., Li, X. X., Hu, X.
Z., Li, H., Jia, M., Xing, G. Q., Benevides, K. N., & Ursano, R. J. (2014). PTSD risk is
associated with BDNF Val66Met and BDNF over-expression. Molecular Psychiatry, 19(1),8-10. doi: 10.1038/mp.2012.180
McKibben, J. B. A., Fullerton, C. S., Herberman-Mash, H. B., Nock, M. K., Naifeh, J. A.,
Kessler, R. C., Stein, M. B., & Ursano, R. J. (2014). Suicidal behaviors and the use of mental
health services among active duty Army soldiers. Psychiatric Services, 65(3), 374-380. doi:
10.1176/appi.ps.201200460
Ursano, R. J. (2013). Ask the expert: Posttraumatic stress disorder and brain injury. Focus,
11(3), 1-3.
Kessler, R. C., Santiago, P. N., Colpe, L. J., Dempsey, C. L., First, M. B., Heeringa, S. G.,
Stein, M. B., Fullerton, C. S., Gruber, M. J., Naifeh, J. A., Nock, M. K., Sampson, N. A.,
Schoenbaum, M., Zaslavsky, A. M., & Ursano, R. J. (2013). Clinical reappraisal of theComposite International Diagnostic Interview Screening Scales (CIDI-SC) in the Army
Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers (Army STARRS). International
Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 22(4), 303-321. doi: 10.1002/mpr.1398
Kessler, R. C., Heeringa, S. G., Colpe, L. J., Fullerton, C. S., Gebler, N., Hwang, I., Naifeh,
J. A., Nock, M. K., Sampson, N. A., Schoenbaum, M., Zaslavsky, A. M., Stein, M. B., &Ursano, R. J. (2013). Response bias, weighting adjustments, and design effects in the Army
Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers (Army STARRS). International
Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 22(4), 288-302. doi: 10.1002/mpr.1399
Heeringa, S. G., Gebler, N., Colpe, L. J., Fullerton, C. S., Hwang, I., Kessler, R. C., Naifeh,
J. A., Nock, M. K., Sampson, N. A., Schoenbaum, M., Zaslavsky, A. M., Stein, M. B., &Ursano, R. J. (2013). Field procedures in the Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience inServicemembers (Army STARRS). International Journal of Methods in PsychiatricResearch, 22(4), 276-287. doi: 10.1002/mpr.1400
Kessler, R. C., Colpe, L. J., Fullerton, C. S., Gebler, N., Naifeh, J. A., Nock, M. K.,
Sampson, N. A., Schoenbaum, N., Zaslavsky, A. M., Stein, M. B., Ursano, R. J., &Heeringa, S. G. (2013). Design of the Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience inServicemembers (Army STARRS). International Journal of Methods in PsychiatricResearch, 22(4), 267-275. doi: 10.1002/mpr.1401
Fullerton, C. S., McKibben, J. B. A., Reissman, D. B., Scharf, T., Kowalski-Trakofler, K.
M., Shultz, J. M., & Ursano, R. J. (2013). Posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, alcoholand tobacco use in public health workers following the 2004 Florida hurricanes. Disaster
Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 7(1), 89-95. doi: 10.1017/dmp.2013.6
Ortiz, C. D., Cozza, S. J., Fullerton, C. S., & Ursano, R. J. (2013). Feasibility of amultimedia program for parentally bereaved children. Child & Youth Care Forum, 42, 489506. doi: 10.1007/s10566-013-9216-z
Santiago, P. N., Ursano, R. J., Gray, C. L., Pynoos, R. S., Spiegel, D., Lewis-Fernandez, R.,
Friedman, M. J., & Fullerton, C. S. (2013). A systematic review of PTSD prevalence andtrajectories in DSM-5 defined trauma exposed populations: Intentional and non-intentional
traumatic events. PLoS One, 8(4), e59236. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059236
Thomas, M. L., Brown, G. G., Gur, R. C., Hansen, J. A., Nock, M. K., Heeringa, S.,
Ursano, R. J., & Stein, M. B. (2013). Parallel psychometric and cognitive modeling
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analyses of the Penn Face Memory Test in the Army Study to Assess Risk and Resiliencein Service Members. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Psychology, 35(3), 225245. doi: 10.1080/13803395.2012.762974
Nock, M. K., Deming, C. A., Fullerton, C. S., Gilman, S., Goldenberg, M., Kessler, R. C.,
McCarroll, J. E., McLaughlin, K. A., Peterson, C., Schoenbaum, M., Stanley, B., &Ursano, R. J. (2013). Suicide among soldiers: A review of psychosocial risk and protective
factors. Psychiatry, 76(2), 97-125. doi: 10.1521/psyc.2013.76.2.97
Umhau, J. C., George, D. T., Heaney R. P., Lewis, M. D., Ursano, R. J., Heilig, M.,
Hibbeln, J. R., & Schwandt, M. L. (2013). Low vitamin D status and suicide: A casecontrol study of active duty military service members. PLoS One, 8(1), e51543. doi:
10.1371/journal.pone.0051543
McGuire J. L., Bergstrom H. C., Parker C. C., Le, T., Morgan, M., Tang, H., Selwyn R. G.,
Silva A. C., Choi, K., Ursano, R. J., Palmer, A. A., & Johnson, L. R. (2013). Traits of fear
resistance and susceptibility in an advanced intercross line. European Journal of
Neuroscience, 38(9), 3314-3324. doi: 10.1111/ejn.12337
Herberman-Mash H. B., Fullerton, C. S., Kowalski-Trakofler, K., Reissman, D. B., Scharf,T., Shultz, J. M., & Ursano, R. J. (2013). Florida Department of Health workers’ response
to 2004 hurricanes: A qualitative analysis. Disaster Medicine and Public HealthPreparedness, 7(2), 153-159. doi: 10.1017/dmp.2013.13
Herberman-Mash, H. B., Fullerton, C. S., & Ursano, R. J. (2013). Complicated grief andbereavment in young adults following close friend and sibling loss. Depression andAnxiety, 30(12), 1202-1210. doi: 10.1002/da.22068
McKibben, J. B. A., Fullerton, C. S., Gray, C. L., Kessler, R. C., Stein, M. B., Ursano, R. J.
(2013). Mental health service utilization in the U.S. Army. Psychiatric Services, 64(4),347-353. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.000602012
Coyner, J., McGuire, J. L., Parker, C. C., Ursano, R. J., Palmer, A. A., & Johnson L. R.
(2013). Mice selectively bred for high and low fear behavior show difference in the numberof pMAPK (p44/42 ERK) expressing neurons in lateral amygdala following Pavlovian fear
conditioning. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 112, 195-203. doi:
10.1016/j.nlm.2013.06.010
Ursano, R. J., Benedek, D. M., & Engel, C. C. (2012). Trauma informed care for primarycare: The lessons of war. Annals of Internal Medicine, 157(12), 905-906. doi:
10.7326/0003-4819-157-11-201212040-00542
Jia, M., Meng, F., Smerin, S. E., Xing, G., Zhang, L., Su, D. M., Benedek, D. M., Ursano,R. J., Su, Y. A., & Li, H. (2012). Biomarkers in an animal model for revealing neural,
hematologic, and behavioral correlates of PTSD. Journal of Visual Experiments, 68, e3361.
doi: 10.3791/3361
Choi, K. H., Le, T., McGuire, J., Coyner, J., Higgs, B. W., Diglisic, S., Johnson, L. R.,
Benedek, D. M., & Ursano, R. J. (2012). Expression profiles of mitochondrial genes in thefrontal cortex and the caudate nucleus of developing humans and mice selectively bred forhigh and low fear. PLoS One, 7(11), e49183. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.004918
Choi, K., Le, T., McGuire, J., Xing, G., Zhang, L., Li, H., Parkers, C. C., Johnson, L. R., &Ursano, R. J. (2012). Expression pattern of the cannabinoid receptor genes in the frontal
cortex of mood disorder patients and mice selectively bred for high and low fear. Journalof Psychiatric Research, 46(7), 882-889. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2012.03.021

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282. Ursano, R. J. (2012). Trauma, posttraumatic stress disorder, and biological processes: Carefor trauma-exposed individuals and communities. Psychosomatic Medicine. 74(2), 118119. doi: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e318249c50a
283. Pfefferbaum, B., Flynn, B. W., Schonfeld, D., Brown, L. M., Jacobs, G. A., Dodgen, D.,
Donato, D., Kaul, R. E., Stone, B., Norwood, A. E., Reissman, D. B., Herrmann, J.,
Hobfoll, S. E., Jones, R. T., Ruzek, J. I., Ursano, R. J., Taylor, R. J., & Lindley, D. (2012).
The integration of mental and behavioral health into disaster preparedness, response, andrecovery. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 6(1), 60-66. doi:
10.1001/dmp.2012.1
284. Pfefferbaum, B., Schonfeld, D., Flynn, B. W., Norwood, A. E., Dodgen, D., Kaul, R. E.,
Donato, D., Stone, B., Brown, L. M., Reissman, D. B., Jacobs, G. A., Hobfoll, S. E., Jones,
R. T., Herrmann, J., Ursano, R. J., & Ruzek, J. I. (2012). The H1N1 crisis: A case study ofthe integration of mental and behavioral health in public health crises. Disaster Medicine
and Public Health Preparedness, 6(1), 67-71. doi: 10.1001/dmp.2012.2
285. Zhang, L., Ursano, R. J., & Li, H. (2012). P11: A potential biomarker for posttraumaticstress disorder. Methods in Molecular Biology, 829, 453-468. doi: 10.1007/978-1-61779458-2_29
286. Picardi, A., Bartone, P. T., Querci, R., Bitetti, D., Tarsitani, L., Roselli, V., Maraone, A.,
Fabi, E., De Michele, F., Gaviano, I., Flynn, B., Ursano, R. J., & Biondi, M. (2012).
Development and validation of the Italian version of the 15-item dispositional resilience
scale. Rivista di Psichiatria, 47(3), 231-237. doi: 10.1708/1128.12446
287. Fullerton, C. S., McCarroll, J. E., Feerick, M., McKibben, J., Cozza, S., Ursano, R. J., & Child
Neglect Workgroup. (2011). Child neglect in Army families: A public health perspective.
Military Medicine, 176(12), 1432-1439.
288. Ursano, R. J. (2011). Disease and illness: Prevention, treatment, caring and health.
Preventing Chronic Disease, 8(6), A128.
289. Choi, K., Le, T., Xing, G., Johnson, L. R., & Ursano, R. J. (2011). Analysis of kinase gene
expression in the frontal cortex of suicide victims: Implications of fear and stress. Frontiersin Behavioral Neuroscience, 5, 46. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2011.00046
290. Xing, G., Carlton, J., Zhang, L., Jiang, X., Fullerton, C. S., Li, H., & Ursano, R. J. (2011).
Cannabinoid receptor expression and phosphorylation are differentially regulated between
male and female cerebellum and brain stem after repeated stress: Implication for PTSD anddrug abuse. Neuroscience Letters, 502(1), 5-9. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2011.05.013
291. Zhang, L., Li, H., Hu, X., Li, X. X., Smerin, S., & Ursano, R. J. (2011). Glucocorticoidinduced p11 over-expression and chromatin remodeling: A novel molecular mechanism of
traumatic stress? Medical Hypotheses, 76(6), 774-777. doi: 10.1016/j.mehy.2011.02.015
292. Zhang, L., Su, T. P., Choi, K., Webster, M., Li, C. T., Chung, M. Y., Chen, Y. S., Bai, Y.,
Chou, Y., Barker, J., Barrett, J. E., Li, X., H., Benedek, D. M., & Ursano, R. J. (2011). P11(S100A10) as a potential biomarker of psychiatric patients at risk of suicide. Journal of
Psychiatric Research, 45(4), 435-441. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2010.08.01
293. Zhang, L., Hu, X. Z., Li, H., Li, X., Smerin, S., Benedek, D. M., & Ursano, R. J. (2011).
Startle response related genes. Medical Hypotheses, 77(4), 685-691. doi:
10.1016/j.mehy.2011.07.018
294. Jiang, X., Zhang, Z.J., Zhang, S., Gamble, E., Jia, M., Ursano, R.J., & Li, H. (2011). 5HT2A receptor antagonism by MDL 11,939 during inescapable stress prevents subsequent

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exaggeration of acoustic startle response and reduced body weight in rats. Journal of
Psychopharmacology, 25(2), 289-297. doi: 10.1177/0269881109106911
Bryant, R. A., Friedman, M. J., Spiegel, D., Ursano, R. J., & Strain, J. (2011). A review ofacute stress disorder in DSM-5. Depression and Anxiety, 28(9), 802-817. doi:
10.1002/da.20737
Jiang, X. L., Zhang, Z. J., Ursano, R. J., Gamble, E., Zhang, S., Jia, M., & Li, H. (2011).
MDL 11,939 administered prior to inescapable stressor blocks subsequent exaggeration of
acoustic startle response and sustained body weight loss in rats. Journal of
Psychopharmacology, 25(2), 1-9.
Ursano, R. J., Goldenberg, M., Zhang, L., Carlton, J., Fullerton, C. S., Li, H., Johnson, L.,& Benedek, D. M. (2010). Posttraumatic stress disorder and traumatic stress: From bench
to bedside, from war to disaster. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1208, 7281. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2010.05721.x
Shigemura, J., Fullerton, C. S., Ursano, R. J., Wang, L., Querci-Daniore, R., Horikawa, N.,
Yoshino, A., & Nomura, S. (2010). Gender differences in the fear of terrorism among
Japanese individuals in the Washington, DC area. Asian Journal of Psychiatry, 3(3), 117120. doi: 10.1016/j.ajp.2010.03.011
McKibben, J. B. A., Fullerton, C. S., Ursano, R. J., Reissman, D. B., Kowalski-Trakofler,
K., Shultz, J. M., & Wang, L. (2010). Sleep and arousal as risk factors for adverse healthand work performance in public health workers involved in the 2004 Florida hurricane
season. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 4(suppl 1), S55-S62. doi:
10.1001/dmp.2010.9
McCarroll, J. E., Ursano, R. J., Liu, X., Thayer, L. E., Newby, J. H., Norwood, A. E., &Fullerton, C. S. (2010). Deployment and the probability of spousal aggression by U.S.
Army soldiers. Military Medicine, 175(5), 352-356. doi: 10.7205/MILMED-D-10-00048
Hamaoka, D. A., Kilgore, J. A., Carlton, J. R., Benedek, D. M., & Ursano, R. J. (2010).
Military and civilian disaster response and resilience: From gene to policy. Military
Medicine, 175(suppl 7), 32-36. doi: 10.7205/MILMED-D-10-00169
Forbes, D., Creamer, M., Bisson, J., Cohen, J., Crow, B., Foa, E., Friedman, M., Keane, T.,
Kudler, H., & Ursano, R. J. (2010). A guide to guidelines for the treatment of PTSD andrelated conditions. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 23(5), 537-562. doi: 10.1002/jts.20565
Biggs, Q. M., Fullerton, C. S, Reeves, J. J., Grieger. T. A, Reissman, D., & Ursano, R. J.
(2010). Acute Stress Disorder, depression and tobacco use in disaster workers following
9/11. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 80(4), 586-592. doi: 10.1111/j.19390025.2010.01063.x
Cozza, S. J., Guimond, J. M., McKibben, J. B., Chun, R. S., Arata-Maiers, T. L.,
Schneider, B., Maiers, A., Fullerton, C. S., & Ursano, R. J. (2010). Combat-injured service
members and their families: The relationship of child distress and spouse-perceived family
distress and disruption. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 23(1), 112-115. doi: 10.1002/jts.20488
Fullerton, C. S., Reissman, D. B., Gray, C., Flynn, B. W., & Ursano, R .J. (2010).
Earthquake response and psychosocial health outcomes: Applying lessons from integrating
systems of care and recovery to Haiti. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness,
4(1), 15-7. doi: 10.1017/S1935789300002354
Shigemura, J., Nakamoto, K., & Ursano, R. J. (2009). Responses to the outbreak of novel
influenza A (H1N1) in Japan: Risk communication and Shimaguni Konjo. American
Journal of Disaster Medicine, 4(3), 133-134.
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307. Craske, M. G., Rauch, S. L., Ursano, R. J., Prenoveau, J., Pine, D. S., & Zinbarg, R. E.
(2009). What is an anxiety disorder? Depression and Anxiety, 26(12), 1066-1085. doi:
10.1002/da.20633
308. Benedek, D. M., Friedman, M. J., Zatzick, D., & Ursano, R. J. (2009). Guideline watch:
Practice guideline for the treatment of patients with acute stress disorder and posttraumaticstress disorder. American Psychiatric Association and Focus 7(2), 204-213.
309. Zhang, L., Li, H., Benedek, D. M., Li, X., & Ursano, R. J. (2009). A strategy for thedevelopment of biomarker tests for PTSD. Medical Hypotheses, 73(3), 404-409. doi:
10.1016/j.mehy.2009.02.038
310. Fullerton, C. S., Gifford, R. K., Flynn, B. W., Peterson, K. M., Ahearn, F. L., Donaldson,
L. P., & Ursano, R. J. (2009). Effects of the 2002 sniper attacks on the homeless populationin Washington DC. Disaster Medicine Public Health Preparedness, 3(3), 163-167. doi:
10.1097/DMP.0b013e3181aa2675
311. Donaldson, L. P., Ahearn, F. L., Fullerton, C. S., Gifford, R. K. & Ursano, R. J. (2009).
Resiliency among people who are homeless during the Washington-area sniper attacks ofOctober 2002. Journal of Poverty, 13(1), 20-39. doi: 10.1080/10875540802623286
312. Zhang, L., He L., Carlton, J.R., & Ursano, R. J. (2009). The injury profile after the 2008
earthquakes in China. Injury, 40(1), 84–86. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2008.08.045
313. Su, T. P., Zhang, L., Chung, M. Y., Chen, Y. S., Bi, Y. M., Chou, Y. H., 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. (2009). Levels of the potential biomarker p11 in peripheral blood cells
distinguish patients with PTSD from those with other major psychiatric disorders. Journalof Psychiatric Research, 43(13), 1078-1085. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2009.03.010
314. Benedek, D. M. & Ursano, R. J. (2009). Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Fromphenomenology to clinical practice. Focus, 7(2), 160-175. doi: 10.1176/foc.7.2.foc160
315. Ursano, R. J., Zhang, L., Li, H., Johnson, L., Carlton, J., Fullerton, C. S. & Benedek, D. M.
(2009). PTSD and traumatic stress from gene to community and bench to bedside. Brain
Research, 1293, 2-12. doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.03.030
316. McCarroll, J. E., Fan, Z., Newby, J. H., & Ursano, R. J. (2008). Trends in U.S. Army childmaltreatment reports: 1990-2004. Child Abuse Review, 17(2), 108-118. doi:
10.1002/car.986
317. Vineburgh, N. T., Benedek, D. M., Fullerton, C. S., Gifford, R. K., & Ursano, R. J. (2008).
Workplace resources for crisis management: Implications for public private sector planning,
policy and response to disasters. International Journal of Public Policy, 3(5/6), 378-388. doi:
10.1504/IJPP.2008.020989
318. Vineburgh, N. T., Ursano, R. J., Hamaoka, D., & Fullerton, C. S. (2008). Public healthcommunication for disaster planning and response. International Journal of Public Policy
3(5/6), 292-301. doi: 10.1504/IJPP.2008.020983
319. Benedek, D. M. & Ursano, R. J. (2008). Applicability in highly industrialized, resource richcommunities: The IASC guidelines on mental health and psychosocial support inemergency settings. Intervention, 6(3/4), 243-247.
320. Su, Y. A., Wu, J., Zhang, L., Zhang, Q., Su, D. M., He, P., Wang, B. D., Li, H., Webster,M. J., Traumatic Stress Brain Study Group, Rennert, O. M., & Ursano, R. J. (2008).
Dysregulated mitochondrial genes and networks with drug targets in postmortem brain ofpatients with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) revealed by human mitochondria-

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focused cDNA microarrays. International Journal of Biological Science, 4(4), 223-235.
doi: 10.7150/ijbs.4.223
Zhang, L., Li, H., Su, T. P., Barker, J. L., Maric, D., Fullerton, C. S., Webster, M. J.,
Hough, C. J., Li, X. X., Traumatic Stress Brain Study Group, & Ursano, R. J. (2008). P11
is up regulated in the forebrain of stressed rats by glucocoricoid acting via two specificglucocorticoid response elements in the p11 promotor. Neuroscience, 153(4), 1126-1134.
10.1016/j.neuroscience.2008.03.02
Kessler, R. C., Keane, T. M., Ursano, R. J., Mokdad, A. H., & Zaslavsky, A. M. (2008).
Sample and design considerations in post-disaster mental health needs assessment tracking
surveys. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 17(Suppl 2), S6-S20.
doi: 10.1002.mpr.269
Osuch, E. A., Willis, M., Bluhm, R., CSTS Neuroimaging Study Group, Ursano, R. J., &Drevets, W. C. (2008). Neurophysiological responses to traumatic reminders in the acuteaftermath of serious motor vehicle collisions using [15O]-H2O positron emission
tomography. Biological Psychiatry, 64(4), 327-335. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2008.03.010
Ursano, R. J. & Engel, C. C. (2008). The importance of assessing exposure to trauma.
Psychiatric Services, 59(3), 229. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.59.3.229
Kessler, R. C., Galea, S., Gruber, M. J., Sampson, N. A., Ursano, R. J., & Wessely, S.
(2008). Trends in mental illness and suicidality after Hurricane Katrina. MolecularPsychiatry, 13(4), 374-384. doi: 10.1038/sj.mp.4002119
Ursano, R. J., Benedek, D. M., & Fullerton, C. S. (2008). Posttraumatic stress disorder:
Neurobiology, psychology, and public health. Psychiatric Times, 25(3), 16-20.
Benedek, D. M. & Ursano, R. J. (2008). Exposure to war as a risk factor for mental
disorders. Public Library of Science: Medicine, 5(4), e82. doi:
10.1371/journal.pmed.0050082
Ursano, R. J., Li, H., Zhang, L., Hough, C. J., Fullerton, C. S., Benedek, D. M., Grieger, T.
A., & Holloway, H. C. (2008). Models of PTSD and traumatic stress: The importance of
research “from bedside to bench to bedside” Progressive Brain Research, 167, 203-215.
doi: 10.1016/S0079-6123(07)67014-9
Stuart, J., Ursano, R. J., Fullerton, C. S., & Wesley, S. (2008). Belief in exposure tochemical and biological agents in Persian Gulf War soldiers. Journal of Nervous andMental Disease, 196(2), 122-127. doi: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e318162aad3
Galea, S., Brewin, C. R., Jones, R. T., King, D. W., King, L. A., McNally, R. J., Ursano, R.
J., Petukhova, M., & Kessler, R. (2007). Exposure to hurricane related stressors and mental
illness after Katrina. Archives of General Psychiatry, 64(12), 1427-1434. doi:
10.1001/archpsyc.64.12.1427
Hamaoka, D., Fullerton C. S., Benedek, D. M., Gifford, R., Nam, T., & Ursano, R. J.
(2007). Medical students’ responses to an inpatient suicide: Opportunities for educationand support. Academic Psychiatry, 31(5), 380-383. doi: 10.1176/appi.ap.31.5.350
Ursano, R. J., Benedek, D. M., & Engel, C. C. (2007). Mental illness in deployed soldiers.
British Medical Journal, 335(7620), 571-572. doi: 10.1136/bmj.39329.663368.BE
Hobfoll, S., Watson, P., Bell, C. C., Bryant, R. A., Brymer, M. J., Friedman, M. J.,
Friedman, M., Gersons, B. P. R., de Jong, J., Layne, C. M., Maguen, S., Neria, Y.,
Norwood, A. E., Pynoos, R. S., Reissman, D., Ruzek, J. I., Shalev, A. Y., Solomon, Z.,
Steinberg, A. M., & Ursano, R. J. (2007). Five essential elements of immediate and mid-

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term mass trauma intervention: Empirical evidence. Psychiatry: Interpersonal andBiological Processes, 70(4), 283-315. doi: 10.1521/psyc.2007.70.4.283
Ursano, A. M., Kartheiser, P. E. & Ursano, R. J. (2007). The teaching alliance: A
perspective on the good teacher adn effective learning. Psychiatry: Interpersonal andBiological Processes, 70(3), 187-194. doi: 10.1521/psyc.2007.70.3.187
Ursano, R. J. & Shaw, J. A. (2007). Children of war and opportunities for peace (Editorial).
Journal of the American Medical Association, 298(5), 567-568. doi:
10.1001/jama.298.5.567
Benedek, D. M., Fullerton, C. S., & Ursano, R. J. (2007). First responders: Mental healthconsequences of natural and human-made disasters for public health and public safety
workers. Annual Review of Public Health, 28, 55-68. doi:
10.1146/annurev.publhealth.28.021406.144037
Ursano, R. J., Fullerton, C. S., Benedek, D. M., & Hamaoka, D. A. (2007). Hurricane
Katrina: Disasters teach us and we must learn. Academic Psychiatry, 31(3), 180-182. doi:
10.1176/appi.ap.31.3.180
Ursano, R. J., Benedek, D. M., Hamaoka, D. A., Fullerton, C. S., & Kessler, R. C. (2007).
World disasters and mental health: A commentary on: “Prevalence of and genderdisparities in posttraumatic stress disorder in an internally-displaced population six months
after the 2004 Tsunami in Sri Lanka. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness,
1, 41-43.
Kessler, R. C., Galea, S., Jones, R., Parker, H., on behalf of The Hurricane Katrina
Community Advisory Group (member R. J. Ursano). (2006). Mental illness and suicidality
after Hurricane Katrina. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 84, 930-939.
Benedek, D. M., Ursano, R. J., Fullerton, C. S., Vineburgh, N. T. & Gifford, R. K. (2006).
Responding to workplace terrorism: Applying military models of behavioral health andpublic health response. Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health, 21(3/4), 21-33. doi:
10.1300/J490v21n03_02
Grieger, T. A., Cozza, S. J., Ursano, R. J., Hoge, C., Martinez, P. E., Engel, C. C., & Wain,
H. (2006). Posttraumatic stress disorder and depression in battle-injured soldiers. American
Journal of Psychiatry, 163(10), 1777-1783. doi: 10.1176/ajp.2006.163.10.1777
Zhang, L., Zhou, R., Li, X., Ursano, R. J., & Li, H. (2006). Stress-induced change of
mitochondria membrane potential regulated by genomic and non-genomic GR signaling: A
possible mechanism for hippocampus atrophy in PTSD. Medical Hypotheses, 66(6), 12051208. doi: 10.1016/j.mehy.2005.11.041
Hough, C. J. & Ursano, R. J. (2006). A guide to the genetics of psychiatric disease.
Psychiatry: Interpersonal and Biological Processes, 69(1), 1-20. doi:
10.1521/psyc.2006.69.1.1
Fullerton, C. S., Ursano, R. J., Reeves, J., Shigemura, J., & Grieger, T. (2006). Perceived
safety in disaster workers following 9/11. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 194(1),61-63. doi: 10.1097/01.nmd.0000195307.28743.b2
Gifford, R. K., Ursano, R. J., Stuart, J. A., & Engel, C. C. (2006). Stress and stressors of
the early phases of the Persian Gulf War. Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society
B, 361, 585-591. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2006.1818
Ursano, R. J., Cerise, F. P., DeMartino, R., Reissman, D. B., & Shear, M. K. (2006). The
impact of disasters and their aftermath on mental health. Primary Care Companion Journal of
Clinical Psychiatry, 8(1), 4-11. doi: 10.4088/pcc.v08n0101
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347. Ursano, R. J., Cerise, F. P., DeMartino, R., Reissman, D. B., & Shear, M. K. (2006). The
impact of disasters and their aftermath on mental health. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry,67(1), 7-14. doi: 10.4088/pcc.v08n0101
348. Vineburgh, N. T., Ursano, R. J., Gifford, R. K., Benedek, D. M., & Fullerton, C. S. (2006).
Disaster preparedness in the 21st century: EAPs can play a vital role in protecting andsustaining the human capital and continuity of our nation's workplaces in the face of disasterand terrorism. Journal of Employee Assistance, 36(4), 14-17.
349. Grieger, T. A., Waldrep, D. A., Lovasz, M. M., & Ursano, R. J. (2005). Follow-up of
Pentagon employees two years after the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001. PsychiatricServices, 56(11), 1374-1378. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.56.11.1374
350. Newby, J. H., McCarroll, J. E., Ursano, R. J., Fan, Z., Shigemura, J., & Tucker-Harris, Y.
(2005). Positive and negative consequences of a military deployment. Military Medicine,
170(10), 815-819. doi: 10.7205/milmed.170.10.815
351. Benedek, D. M. & Ursano, R. J. (2005). Beyond posttraumatic stress disorder: Commentary.
Biosecurity and Bioterrorism: Biodefense Strategy, Practice, and Science, 3(2), 164-165. doi:
10.1089/bsp.2005.3.164
352. Vineburgh, N. T., Ursano, R. J., & Fullerton, C. S. (2005). Disaster consequence
management: An integrated approach for fostering human continuity in the workplace.
Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health, 20, 159-181. doi: 10.1300/J490v20n01_09
353. Newby, J. H., Ursano, R. J., McCarroll, J. E., Liu, X., Fullerton, C. S. & Norwood, A. E.
(2005). Post-deployment domestic violence by U.S. Army soldiers. Military Medicine,
170(8), 643-647. doi: 10.7205/milmed.170.8.643
354. Ursano, R. J. (2005). Preparedness for SARS, influenza, and bioterrorism. PsychiatricServices, 56(1), 7. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.56.1.7
355. Osuch, E., Ursano, R. J., Li, H., Webster, M., Hough, C. Fullerton, C. S., & Leskin, G.
(2004). Brain environment interactions: Stress, posttraumatic stress disorder, and the needfor a postmortem brain collection. Psychiatry: Interpersonal and Biological Processes,
67(4), 353-383. doi: 10.1521/psyc.67.4.353.56565
356. McCarroll, J. E., Ursano, R. J., Fan, Z., & Newby, J. H. (2004). Patterns of mutual andnonmutual spouse abuse in the U.S. Army (1998-2002). Violence and Victims, 19(4), 453-468.
357. Ursano, R. J., Bell, C., Eth, S., Friedman, M., Norwood, A. E., Pfefferbaum, B., Pynoos,R., Zatzick, D. F., Benedek, D. M., McIntyre, J.S., Charles, S. C., Altshuler, K., Cook, I.,
Cross, C. D., Mellman, L., Moench, L. A., Norquist, G., Twemlow, S. W., Wood, S.,
Yager, J., & Work Group on ASD and PTSD; Steering Committte on Practice Guidelines.
(2004). Practice guidelines for the treatment of patients with acute stress disorder andposttraumatic stress disorder. American Journal of Psychiatry, 161(11 Suppl), 3-31.
358. Hall, M. J., Ng, A., Ursano, R. J., Holloway, H., Fullerton, C. S., & Casper, J. (2004).
Psychological impact of the animal-human bond in disaster preparedness and response.
Journal of Psychiatric Practice, 10(6), 368-374.
359. Ritchie, E. C., Friedman, M., Watson, P., Ursano, R. J., Wessely, S., & Flynn, B. (2004).
Mass violence and early mental health intervention: A proposed application of best practiceguidelines to chemical, biological, and radiological attacks. Military Medicine, 169(8), 575579. doi: 10.7205/milmed.169.8.575
360. Grieger, T. A., Fullerton, C. S., & Ursano, R. J. (2004). Posttraumatic stress disorder,
depression, and perceived safety 13 months after September 11. Psychiatric Services,55(9), 1061-1063. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.55.9.1061
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361. Fullerton, C. S., Ursano, R. J., & Wang, L. (2004). Acute stress disorder, posttraumaticstress disorder, and depression in disaster/rescue workers. American Journal of Psychiatry,
161(8), 1370-1376. doi
362. McCarroll, J. E., Ursano, R. J., Fan, Z., & Newby, J. H. (2004). Classification of theseverity of U.S. Army and civilian reports of child maltreatment. Military Medicine,169(6), 461-464.
363. Hall. M. J., Adamo, G., McCurry, L., Lacy, T., Waits, E., Chow, J. Rawn, L., & Ursano, R.
J. (2004). Use of standardized patients to enhance a psychiatry clerkship. Academic
Medicine, 79(1), 28-31.
364. McCarroll, J. E., Ursano, R. J., Fan, Z., & Newby, J. H. (2004). Patterns of spouse andchild maltreatment by discharged U.S. soldiers. The Journal of the American Academy of
Psychiatry and the Law, 32(1), 53-62.
365. McCarroll, J. E., Ursano, R. J., Fan, Z., & Newby, J. H. (2004). Comparison of U.S. Armyand civilian substantiated reports of child maltreatment. Child Maltreatment, 9(1), 103-110.
366. Stuart, J., Ursano, R. J., Fullerton, C. S., Norwood, A. E., & Murray, K. (2003). Belief in
exposure to terrorist agents: Reported exposure to nerve/mustard gas by Gulf War veterans.
Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 191(7), 431-436.
367. Ursano, R. J. & Benedek, D. M. (2003). Prisoners of war: Long-term health outcomes. The
Lancet, 362, 22-23.
368. Grieger, T. A., Fullerton, C. S., Ursano, R. J., & Reeves, J. J. (2003). Acute stress disorder,
alcohol use, and perception of safety among hospital staff after the sniper attacks.
Psychiatric Services, 54(10): 1383-1388.
369. Grieger, T. A., Fullerton, C. S., & Ursano, R. J. (2003). Posttraumatic stress disorder,
depression, alcohol use, and perceived safety thirteen months following the terrorist attackon the Pentagon. Psychiatric Services, 54(10), 1380-1383.
370. Newby, J. H., Ursano, R. J., McCarroll, J. E., Martin, L. T., Norwood, A. E., Fullerton, C.
S. (2003). Spousal aggression by U.S. Army female soldiers toward employed andunemployed civilian husbands. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 73(3), 288-293.
371. Hall, M. J., Norwood, A. E., Ursano, R. J., & Fullerton, C. S. (2003). The psychologicalimpacts of bioterrorism. Biosecurity and Bioterrorism: Biodefense Strategy, Practice, andScience, 1(2), 139-144.
372. McCarroll, J. E, Ursano, R. J., Newby, J. H., Liu, X., Fullerton, C. S., Norwood, A. &Osuch, E. A. (2003). Domestic violence and deployment in US Army soldiers. The Journalof Nervous and Mental Disease, 191(1), 3-9.
373. Hall, M. J., Norwood, A. E., Fullerton, C. S., & Ursano, R. J. (2002). Preparing forbioterrorism at the state level: Report of an informal survey. American Journal of
Orthopsychiatry, 72(4), 486-491.
374. Ursano, R. J. (2002). Editorial: Posttraumatic stress disorder. New England Journal of
Medicine, 346(2), 130-131.
375. Hall, M., Norwood, A. E., Ursano, R. J., Fullerton, C. S., & Levinson, C. J. (2002).
Psychological and behavioral impacts of bioterrorism. PTSD Research Quarterly, 13(4), 17.
376. Hoge, C. W., Engel, C. C., Orman, D. T., Crandell, E. O., Patterson, V. J., Cox, A. L.,
Tobler, S. K., & Ursano, R. J. (2002). Development of a brief questionnaire to measuremental health outcomes among Pentagon employees following the September 11, 2001
attack. Military Medicine, 167(9 Suppl), 60-63.
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377. Fullerton, C. S. & Ursano, R. J. (2002). Mental health intervention and high-risk groups indisasters. World Psychiatry, 1(3), 157-158.
378. Stuart, J. E. Murry, K. M., Ursano, R. J., & Wright, K. M. (2002). The Department of
Defense’s Persian Gulf War Registry Year 2000: An examination of veterans’ health status.
Military Medicine, 167(2), 121-128.
379. McCarroll, J. E., Ursano, R. J., Fullerton, C. S., Liu, X., & Lundy, A. (2002). Somatic
symptoms in Gulf War mortuary workers. Psychosomatic Medicine, 64(1), 29-33.
380. Fullerton, C. S., Ursano, R. J., Wang, L., Osuch, E. (2001). Psychological and behavioral
responses to disaster: The role of identification. Atlantic Psychiatry, 1, 63-78.
381. Pfefferbaum, B. North, C. S., Flynn, B. W., Ursano, R. J., McCoy, G., DeMartino, R., Julian,
W. E., Dumont, C. E., Holloway, H. C., & Norwood, A. E. (2001). The emotional impact of
injury following an international terrorist incident. Public Health Review, 29(2-4), 271-280.
382. Norwood, A. E., Holloway, H. C., & Ursano, R. J. (2001). Psychological effects ofbiological warfare. Military Medicine, 166(12 Suppl), 27-28.
383. Fullerton, C. S., Ursano, R. J., Epstein, R. S., Crowley, B., Vance, K., Kao, T., & Baum, A.
(2001). Gender differences in posttraumatic stress disorder after motor vehicle accidents.
American Journal of Psychiatry, 158(9), 1486-1491.
384. Dougall, A. L., Ursano, R. J., Posluszny, D. M., Fullerton, C. S., & Baum, A. (2001).
Predictors of posttraumatic stress among victims of motor vehicle accidents.
Psychosomatic Medicine, 63(3), 402-411.
385. Slusarcick, A. L., Ursano, R. J., Dinneen, M. P., & Fullerton, C. S. (2001). Factors
associated with depression on a hospital ship deployed during the Persian Gulf War.
Military Medicine, 166(3), 248-252.
386. McCarroll, J. E., Ursano, R. J., Fullerton, C. S., Liu, X., & Lundy, A. (2001). Effects of
exposure to death in a war mortuary on posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms of intrusion
and avoidance. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 189(1), 44-48.
387. Ursano, R. J. (2000). Essential papers on post traumatic stress disorder. American Journalof Psychiatry, 157(8), 1358.
388. McCarroll, J. E., Thayer, L. E., Liu, X., Newby, J. H., Norwood, A. E., Fullerton, C. S. &Ursano, R. J. (2000). Spouse abuse recidivism in the U.S. Army by gender and military
status. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 68(3), 521-525.
389. Fullerton, C. S., Ursano, R. J., Epstein, R. S., Crowley, B., Vance, K. L., Kao, T. C., &Baum, A. (2000). Peritraumatic dissociation following motor vehicle accidents:
Relationship to prior trauma and prior major depression. The Journal of Nervous andMental Disease, 188(5), 267-272.
390. Norwood, A. E., Ursano, R. J., & Fullerton, C. S. (2000). Disaster psychiatry: Principles
and practice. Psychiatric Quarterly, 71(3), 207-226.
391. Fullerton, C. S., Ursano, R. J., Vance, K., & Wang, L. (2000). Debriefing following
trauma. Psychiatric Quarterly, 71(3), 259-276.
392. Engel, C. C., Liu, X., Miller, R. F., McCarthy, B. D., & Ursano, R. J. (2000). Relationshipof physical symptoms to posttraumatic stress disorder among veterans seeking care for
Gulf War-related health concerns. Psychosomatic Medicine, 62(6), 739-745.
393. Grieger, T. A., Staab, J. P., Cardena, E., McCarroll, J. E., Brandt, G. T., Fullerton, C. S., &Ursano, R. J. (2000). Acute stress disorder and subsequent posttraumatic stress disorder ina group of exposed disaster workers. Depression and Anxiety, 11(4), 183-184.

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394. Newby, J. H., McCarroll, J. E., Thayer, L. E., Norwood, A. E., Fullerton, C. S., & Ursano,R. J. (2000). Spouse abuse by black and white offenders in the U.S. Army. Journal of
Family Violence, 15(2), 199-208.
395. Hawk, L. W., Dougall, A. L., Ursano, R. J., & Baum, A. (2000). Urinary catecholamines
and cortisol in recent-onset posttraumatic stress disorder following motor vehicle accidents.
Psychosomatic Medicine, 62(3), 423-434.
396. McCarroll, J. E., Thayer, L. E., Ursano, R. J., Newby, J. H., Norwood, A. E., & Fullerton, C. S.
(2000). Are respondents who omit Conflict Tactics Scale items more violent than those whoomit none? A methodological note. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 15(8), 872-881.
397. Fullerton, C. S., Ursano, R. J., Epstein, R. S., Crowley, B., Vance, K., & Baum, A. (2000).
PTSD in community samples: A measurement problem. Nordic Journal of Psychiatry, 54(1),5-12.
398. McCarroll, J. E., Ursano, R. J., Liu, X., Thayer, L. E., Newby, J. H., Norwood, A. E., &Fullerton, C. S. (2000). Deployment and the probability of spousal aggression by U.S.
Army soldiers. Military Medicine, 165(1), 41-44.
399. Ursano, R. J. & Fullerton, C. S. (1999). Posttraumatic stress disorder: Cerebellar regulationof psychological, interpersonal, and biological responses to trauma? Psychiatry, 62(4), 325328.
400. Ursano, R. J., Fullerton, C. S., Epstein, R. S., Crowley, M. D., Vance, K., Kao, T. C., &Baum, A. (1999). Peritraumatic dissociation and posttraumatic stress disorder following
motor vehicle accidents. American Journal of Psychiatry, 156(11), 1808-1810.
401. Engel, C. C., Ursano, R. J., Magruder, C., Tartaglione, R., Jing, Z., Labbate, L. A., &Debakey, S. (1999). Psychological conditions diagnosed among veterans seeking
Department of Defense Care for Gulf-War-related health concerns. Journal of
Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 41(5), 384-392.
402. Slusarcick, A. L., Ursano, R. J., Fullerton, C. S., & Dinneen, M. P. (1999). Life events inhealth care providers before and during Persian Gulf War deployment: The USNS Comfort.
Military Medicine, 164(10), 675-682.
403. Slusarcick, A., Ursano, R. J., Dinneen, M. P., & Fullerton, C. S. (1999). Measurement ofdepression in a military sample. Psychological Reports, 85(1), 82-88.
404. McCarroll, J. E., Newby, J. H., Thayer, L. E., Ursano, R. J., Norwood, A. E., & Fullerton,
C. S. (1999). Trends in child maltreatment in the U.S. Army Central Registry (1975-1997).
Child Abuse & Neglect, 23(9), 855-861.
405. Fullerton, C. S., Ursano, R. J., Kao, T. C., & Bhartiya, V. (1999). Disaster-related
bereavement: Acute symptoms and subsequent depression. Aviation, Space, andEnvironmental Medicine, 70(9), 902-909.
406. Ursano, R. J., Fullerton, C. S., Epstein, R. S., Crowley, B., Kao, T. C., Vance, K., Craig, K.
J., Dougall, A. L., & Baum, A. (1999). Acute and chronic posttraumatic stress disorder inmotor vehicle accident victims. American Journal of Psychiatry, 156(4), 589-595. doi:
10.1176/ajp.156.4.589.
407. Slusarcick, A., Ursano, R. J., Fullerton, C. S., & Dinneen, M. P. (1999). Stress and copingin male and female health care providers during the Persian Gulf War: The USNS Comfort
Hospital Ship. Military Medicine, 164(3), 166-173.
408. Ursano, R. J., Fullerton, C. S., Vance, K., & Kao, T. C. (1999). Posttraumatic stress disorderand identification in disaster workers. American Journal of Psychiatry, 156(3), 353-359.

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409. McCarroll, J. E., Newby, J. H., Thayer, L. E., Norwood, A. E., Fullerton, C. S., & Ursano,R. J. (1999). Reports of spouse abuse in the U.S. Army Central Registry (1989-1997).
Military Medicine, 164(2), 77-84.
410. Shalev, A. Y., Peri, T., Rogel-Fuchs, Y., Ursano, R. J., & Marlowe, D. (1998). Historicalgroup debriefing after combat exposure. Military Medicine, 163(7), 494-498.
411. Epstein, R. S., Fullerton, C. S., & Ursano, R. J. (1998). Posttraumatic stress disorder following
an air disaster: A prospective study. American Journal of Psychiatry, 155(7), 934-938.
412. Engel, C. C., Kayanan, D., Roy, M. & Ursano, R. J. (1998). Multidisciplinary treatment of
persistent symptoms after Gulf War service. Military Medicine, 163(4), 202-208.
413. Norwood, A. E., Ursano, R. J., & Gabbay, R. H. (1997). Health effects of the stressors of
extreme environments on military women. Military Medicine, 162(10), 643-648.
414. McCarroll, J. E., Fagan, J. G., Hermsen, J. M., & Ursano, R. J. (1997). Posttraumatic stressdisorder in U.S. Army Vietnam veterans who served in the Persian Gulf War. Journal of
Nervous Mental Disease, 185(11), 682-685.
415. Holloway, H. C., Norwood, A. E., Fullerton, C. S., Engel, C. C., & Ursano, R. J. (1997).
The threat of biological weapons: prophylaxis and mitigation of psychological and social
consequences. Journal of American Medical Association, 278(5), 425-427.
416. Delahanty, D. L., Herberman, H. B., Craig, K. J., Hayward, M. C., Fullerton, C. S., Ursano,R. J., & Baum, A. (1997). Acute and chronic distress and posttraumatic stress disorder as afunction of responsibility for serious motor vehicle accidents. Journal of Consulting andClinical Psychology, 65(4), 560-567.
417. Norwood, A. E. & Ursano, R. J. (1997). Psychiatric interventions in disaster settings.
Directions in Psychiatry, 17, 247-262.
418. Brandt, G. T., Norwood, A. E., Ursano, R. J., Wain, H., Jaccard, J. T., Fullerton, C. S., &Wright, K. (1997). Psychiatric morbidity in medical and surgical patients evacuated fromthe Persian Gulf War. Psychiatric Services, 48(1), 102-104.
419. Wong, J. C. M., & Ursano, R. J. (1997). Traumatic stress - an overview of diagnostic
evolution and clinical treatment. Annals, Academy of Medicine, Singapore, 26(1), 76-87.
420. Ursano, R. J. (1997). Disaster: stress, immunologic function and human behavior.
Psychosomatic Medicine, 59(2), 142-143.
421. McCarroll, J. E., Fullerton, C. S., Ursano, R. J., & Hermsen, J. M. (1996). Posttraumaticstress symptoms following forensic dental identification: Mt. Carmel, Waco, Texas.
American Journal of Psychiatry, 153(6), 778-782.
422. Staab, J. P., Grieger, T. A., Fullerton, C. S. & Ursano, R. J. (1996). Acute stress disorder,subsequent posttraumatic stress disorder and depression after a series of typhoons. Anxiety,2(5), 219-225.
423. Ursano, R. J, Fullerton, C. S., and Norwood, A. E. (1995). Psychiatric dimensions ofdisaster: Patient care, community consultation, and preventive medicine. Harvard Review
of Psychiatry, 3(4), 196-209.
424. McCarroll, J. E., Ursano, R. J., Fullerton, C. S., & Lundy, A. (1995). Anticipatory stress ofhandling human remains from the Persian Gulf War: Predictors of intrusion and avoidance.
Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 183(11), 698-703.
425. McCarroll, J. E., Ursano, R. J., & Fullerton, C. S. (1995). Symptoms of PTSD following
recovery of war dead: 13-15 month follow-up. American Journal of Psychiatry, 152(6), 939941.

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426. Brandt, G. T., Fullerton, C. S., Saltzgaber, L., Ursano, R. J., and Holloway, H. C. (1995).
Disasters: Psychological responses in health care providers and rescue workers. Nordic
Journal of Psychiatry, 49, 89-94.
427. McCarroll, J. E., Ursano, R. J., Fullerton, C. S., Oates, G. L., Ventis, W. L., Friedman, H.,
Shean, G. D., & Wright, K. (1995). Gruesomeness, emotional attachment, and personal
threat: Dimensions of the anticipated stress of body recovery. Journal of Traumatic Stress,
8(2), 343-349.
428. Ursano, R. J., Fullerton, C. S., Kao, T., and Bhartiya, V. (1995). Longitudinal assessmentof posttraumatic stress disorder and depression after exposure to traumatic death. Journalof Nervous & Mental Disease, 183(1), 36-42.
429. Epstein, R., Fullerton, C. S., & Ursano, R. J. (1994). Factor analysis of the General Health
Questionnaire. Psychological Reports, 75, 979-983.
430. Brandt, G. T., Norwood, A. E. & Ursano, R. J. (1994). Urosepsis: An unusual presentationof social phobia. American Journal of Psychiatry, 151(10), 1520.
431. Fullerton, C. S. & Ursano, R. J. (1994). Health care delivery in the high-stress environmentof chemical and biological warfare. Military Medicine, 159(7), 524-528.
432. Fullerton, C. S. & Ursano, R. J. (1994). Preadolescent peer friendships: A criticalcontribution to adult social relatedness? Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 23, 43-63.
433. Norwood, A. E., Ursano, R. J., Holloway, H. C., Fullerton, C. S., Dinneen, M. P., &Rundell, J. R. (1993). The Viet Nam War and the ethics of combat psychiatry. American
Journal of Psychiatry, 150(7), 1000-1010.
434. Rundell, J. R., Sasaki, J., & Ursano, R. J. (1993). Effectiveness of an educational
intervention session in changing student attitudes and beliefs about HIV: Impact of aninterview with an HIV-infected physician. Academic Psychiatry, 17, 202-207.
435. McCarroll, J. E., Ursano, R. J., & Fullerton, C. S. (1993). Symptoms of posttraumatic stressdisorder following recovery of war dead. American Journal of Psychiatry, 150(12), 18751877.
436. McCarroll, J. E., Ursano, R. J., Ventis, W. L., Fullerton, C. S., Oates, G. L., Friedman, H.,
Shean, G. D., & Wright, K. M. (1993). Anticipation of handling the dead: Effects of genderand experience. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 32, 466-468.
437. Fullerton, C. S., Wright, K., Ursano, R. J., & McCarroll, J. E. (1993). Social support ofdisaster workers: The role of significant others. Nordic Journal of Psychiatry, 47, 315-324.
438. McCarroll, J. E., Ursano, R. J., Fullerton, C. S., & Lundy, A. (1993). Traumatic stress of a
wartime mortuary: Anticipation of exposure to mass death. Journal of Nervous and Mental
Disease, 181(9), 545-551.
439. McCarroll, J. E., Ursano, R. J., Wright, K. M., & Fullerton, C. S. (1993). Handling bodies
after violent death: Strategies for coping. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 63(2), 209214.
440. Ursano, R. J., Kao, T., & Fullerton, C. S. (1992). Posttraumatic stress disorder and meaning:
structuring human chaos. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 180(12), 756-759.
441. Fullerton, C. S., Ursano, R. J., Kao, T., & Bhartiya, V. (1992). The chemical and biological
warfare environment: Psychological responses and social support in a high stressenvironment. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 22(20), 1608-1624.
442. McCarroll, J. E., Ursano, R. J., Fullerton, C. S., & Wright, K. M. (1992). Community
consultation following a major air disaster. Journal of Community Psychology, 20, 271275.
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443. Fullerton, C. S., McCarroll, J. E., Ursano, R. J., & Wright, K.(1992). Psychologicalresponses of rescue workers: Fire fighters and trauma. American Journal of
Orthopsychiatry, 62(3), 371-378.
444. McCarroll, J. E., Ursano, R. J., Wright, K. M., & Fullerton, C. S. (1990). Medical
requirements and psychological trauma following the crash of United Airlines Flight 232.
Journal of the U.S. Army Medical Department, PB8-90-9/10, 36-41.
445. Ursano, R. J. & Fullerton, C. S. (1990). Cognitive and behavioral responses to trauma.
Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 20(21), 1766-1775.
446. Rundell, J., Ursano, R. J., Holloway, H. C., & Jones, D. (1990). Combat stress disorders
and the U.S. Air Force. Military Medicine, 155(11), 515-518.
447. Ursano, R. J. & McCarroll, J. E. (1990). The nature of a traumatic stressor: Handling deadbodies. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 178(6), 396-398.
448. Ursano, R. J. & Rundell, J. R. (1990). The prisoner of war. Military Medicine, 155(4), 176-180.
449. Shalev, A., Bleich, A., & Ursano, R. J. (1990). Posttraumatic stress disorder: Somatic
comorbidity and effort tolerance. Psychosomatics, 31(2), 197-203.
450. Wright, K., Ursano, R. J., Bartone, P., & Ingraham, L. (1990). The shared experience ofcatastrophe: An expanded classification of the disaster community. American Journal of
Orthopsychiatry, 60(1), 35-42.
451. Fullerton, C. S. & Ursano, R. J. (1990). Behavioral and psychological responses tochemical and biological warfare. Military Medicine, 155(2), 54
452. Ursano, R. J., Holloway, H. C., Jones, D., Rodriguez, A., & Belenky, G. (1989).
Psychiatric care in the military community: Family and military stressors. Hospital andCommunity Psychiatry, 40(12), 1284-1289.
453. Fullerton, C. S., Ursano, R. J., Wetzler, H. P., & Slusarcick, A. (1989). Birth order,
psychological well-being and social supports in young adults. Journal of Nervous andMental Disease, 177(9), 556-559.
454. Bartone, P., Ursano, R. J., Saczynski, K., & Ingraham, L. H. (1989). The impact of amilitary air disaster on the health of assistance workers: A prospective study. Journal of
Nervous and Mental Disease, 177(6), 317-328.
455. Young, J. J., Ursano, R. J., Bally, R. E., & McNeil, D. S. (1989). Consultation to a clinic
following suicide. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 59(3), 473-476.
456. Rundell, J. R., Ursano, R. J., Holloway, H. C., & Silberman, E. K. (1989). Psychiatricresponses to trauma. Hospital and Community Psychiatry, 40(1), 68-74.
457. Shalev, A. & Ursano, R. J. (1988). Haloperidol in neuroleptic malignant syndrome. American
Journal of Psychiatry, 145(5), 653-654.
458. Wetzler, H. P. & Ursano, R. J. (1988). A positive association between physical health practices
and psychological well-being. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 176(5), 280-283.
459. Ursano, R. J., Wetzler, H. P., Slusarcick, A., & Gemelli, R. J. (1987). Preadolescent friendships
recalled by the young adult. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 175(11), 686-687.
460. Ursano, R. J., Wheatley, R. D., Carlson, E. A., & Rahe, A. J. (1987). The prisoner of war:Stress, illness and resiliency. Psychiatric Annals, 17(8), 532-535.
461. Rothberg, J., Ursano, R. J., & Holloway, H. C. (1987). Suicide in the U.S. military. Psychiatric
Annals, 17(8), 545-548.
462. Ursano, R. J. (1987). Posttraumatic stress disorder: The stressor criterion (commentary).
Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 175(5), 273-275.

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463. Ursano, R. J. & Hales, R. E. (1986). A review of brief individual psychotherapies.
American Journal of Psychiatry, 143(12), 1507-1517.
464. Ursano, R. J., Wheatley, R., Sledge, W., Rahe, A., & Carlson, E. (1986). Coping andrecovery styles in the Vietnam era prisoner of war. Journal of Nervous and Mental
Disease, 174(12), 707-714.
465. Rundell, J. R., Wise, M., & Ursano, R. J. (1986). Three cases of AIDS-related psychiatricdisorders. American Journal of Psychiatry, 143(6), 777-778.
466. Rundell, J. R., Ursano, R. J., & Silberman, E. K. (1986). Posttraumatic stress disorder’srelationship to depressive illness. American Journal of Psychiatry, 143(2), 267-268.
467. Ursano, R. J. & Jackson, W. G. (1986). The flight surgeon and psychiatry: Interest andskills. Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine, 57(2), 126-130.
468. Holloway, H. C. & Ursano, R. J. (1984). The Vietnam veteran: Memory, social context andmetaphor. Psychiatry, 47(2), 103-108.
469. Wetzler, H. P., Ursano, R. J., & Cruess, D. (1983). Psychological well-being in USAF
fliers. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 171(6), 342-347.
470. Wheatley, R. & Ursano, R. J. (1982). Serial personality evaluations of repatriated U.S. Air
Force Southeast Asia POWs. Aviation, Space & Environmental Medicine, 53(3), 251-257.
471. Ursano, R. J. (1981). Psychiatric education of non-psychiatrist physicians: A methodology
for curriculum design. Journal of Psychiatric Education, 5(4), 329-339.
472. Ursano, R. J. & Jones, D. (1981). The individual's versus the organization's doctor: Value
conflict in psychiatric aeromedical evaluation. Aviation, Space and Environmental
Medicine, 52, 704-706.
473. Ursano, R. J. (1981). The Vietnam era prisoner of war: Precaptivity personality and thedevelopment of psychiatric illness. American Journal of Psychiatry, 138(3), 315-318.
474. Ursano, R. J., Boydstun, J., & Wheatley, R. (1981). Psychiatric illness in U.S. Air Force
Vietnam prisoners of war: A five year follow-up. American Journal of Psychiatry, 138(3),310-314.
475. Ursano, R. J. (1980). Stress and adaptation: the interaction of the pilot personality anddisease. Aviation, Space and Environmental Medicine, 51(11), 1245-1249.
476. Ursano, R. J. (1979). Psychiatric education in aerospace medicine. Aviation, Space andEnvironmental Medicine, 50(6), 619-624.
477. Ursano, R. J. & Dressler, D. (1974). Brief versus long-term psychotherapy: Clinician
attitudes and organizational design. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 18(1), 55-60.
478. Ursano, R. J. & Dressler, D. (1974). Brief versus long-term psychotherapy: A treatment
decision. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 159(3), 164-171.

BOOKS
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Educating Health Professionals to Address the Social Determinants of Mental Health:
Proceedings of a Workshop (Consultant to Planning Committee) National Academies of
Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 2020. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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Ursano, R. J., Fullerton, C. S., Weisaeth, L., & Raphael, B. (Eds.). (2017). Textbook ofDisaster Psychiatry (2nd Ed.). Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. doi:
10.1017/9781316481424
Prager, E.M., Wynn, G.H., Ursano, R.J., (Eds.). (2016). Special Issue: The Amygdala:
Dysfunction, Hyperfunction and Connectivity. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons
Stoddard F., Benedek, D., Milad, M., Ursano R.J. Handbook of Trauma and Stressor Related
Disorders. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press
Cozza, S.J., Goldenberg, M.N., & Ursano, R.J. (Eds.). (2014). Care of military service
members, veterans, and their families. Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Publishing.
Tasman, A., Kaye, J., & Ursano, R.J. (Eds.) (2013). The Psychiatric Interview: Evaluation andDiagnosis. New Jersey: Wiley-Blackwell Press.
McCarroll J.E., Vineburgh N., & Ursano R.J. (Eds.). (2013). Disaster, Disease and Distress:
Resources to Promote Psychological Health and Resilience in Military and Civilian
Communities. Bethesda, MD: Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress.
Benjamin, G., McGeary, M., McCutchen S., & Committee on Medical Preparedness for a
Terrorist Nuclear Event (RJ Ursano member) (Eds.). (2009). Assessing Medical Preparedness
to Respond to a Terrorist Nuclear Event: Workshop Report. Washington, DC: Institute ofMedicine.
Blumenfield, M. & Ursano, R.J. (Eds). (2008). Early Intervention After Mass Violence.
London, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Committee on Veteran’s Compensation for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder of Institute ofMedicine (RJ Ursano member). (2007). PTSD Compensation and Military Service.
Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
Ursano, R.J., Fullerton, C.S., Raphael, B., & Weisaeth, L. (Eds.). (2007). Textbook of Disaster
Psychiatry. London, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Ursano, R.J., Sonnenberg, S.M., & Lazar, S.G. (Eds.). (2004). Psychodynamic Psychotherapy:
Principles and Techniques of Brief, Intermittent and Long-term Psychodynamic
Psychotherapy (3rd Ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press.
Ursano, R.J., Fullerton, C.S., & Norwood, A.E. (Eds.). (2004). Bioterrorism: Psychologicaland Public Health Interventions. London, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Ursano, R.J., Fullerton, C.S., & Norwood, A.E. (Eds.). (2003). Terrorism and Disaster:
Individual and Community Mental Health Interventions. London, UK: Cambridge University
Press.
Ursano, R.J. & Norwood, A.E. (Eds.). (2003). Trauma and Disaster Responses andManagement. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Publishing.
Butler, A.S., Panzer, A., & M.Goldfrank, L.R. (Eds.). (2003). Preparing the PsychologicalConsequences of Terrorism: A Public Health Strategy. (Committee on responding to thePsychological Consequences of Terrorism Board on Neuroscience and Behavioral Health:Lewis R. Goldfrank, M.D., Gerard A. Jacobs, Ph.D., Carol S. North, M.D., M.P.E., Patricia
Quinlisk, M.D., M. P.H., Robert J. Ursano, M.D., Nancy Wallace, C.S.W., Marlene Wong,
L.C.S.W., Andrew Pope, Ph.D., Adrienne Stith Butler, Ph.D.). Institute of Medicine, The
National Academies Press.
National Institute of Mental Health. (2002). Mental Health and Mass Violence: Evidence
Based Early Psychological Intervention for Victims/Survivors of Mass Violence. A Workshop
to Reach Consensus on Best Practices. National Institute of Health Publication No. 02-5138,
Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office.
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Ursano, R.J., Sonnenberg, S., & Lazar, S. (Eds.). (1998). Psychodynamic Psychotherapy:
Principles and Techniques in the Era of Managed Care. Washington, DC: American
Psychiatric Press. (Translated into Chinese Classical, Chinese Simplified, and Korean,
reprinted in China.)
Fullerton, C.S. & Ursano, R.J. (Eds.). (1997). Post-traumatic Stress Disorder: Acute andLong-Term Responses to Trauma and Disaster. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press.
Ursano, R.J. & Norwood, A. (Eds.). (1996). Emotional Aftermath of the Persian Gulf War:
Veterans, Families, Communities, and Nations. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press.
Ursano, R.J., McCaughey, B., & Fullerton, C.S. (Eds.). (1994). Individual and Community
Responses to Trauma and Disaster: The Structure of Human Chaos. London, UK: Cambridge
University Press.
Ursano, R.J., Sonnenberg, S., & Lazar, S. (Eds.). (1991). Psychodynamic Psychotherapy.
Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press. (Translated into Russian, 1992; Persian, 1995;
Japanese, 1995.)

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Ursano, R.J., Fullerton C.S. and Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress Scientists: Fact
Sheets< Courage to Care and resources on Disaster and Terrorism: Preparing, Responding
and Recovering, Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress, USUHS, Bethesda MD
www.usuhs.mil/csts (ongoing)
Kessler R and the Katrina Scientific Advisory Group: Baseline Katrina Report August 2006,
http://hurricanekatrina.med.harvard.edu/pdf/baseline_report%208-25-06.pdf
Jordan, B. W., Ursano, R. J., Hall, M. J., Steury, S. and Fullerton, C. S. (Eds.). Code Yellow
Code Orange: How will we respond, Washington DC Department of Mental Health andCenter for the Study of Traumatic Stress, Uniformed Services University of the Health
Sciences, Bethesda, MD, 2005
Ursano, R. J., Fullerton, C. S., and Norwood, A. E. (Eds.). Bioterrorism In Bioterrorism:
Psychological and Public Health Interventions. Cambridge University Press, London, 2004.
Ursano, R. J., Norwood, A. E., Fullerton, C. S. and Levinson, C. P. (Eds.). Emerging Hope in
the face of Bioterrorism: Affirming Life at a time of fear, Bethesda, MD: Uniformed Services
University of the Health Sciences, Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress, 2003
Ursano, R. J., Fullerton, C. S., and Norwood, A. E. (Eds.): Terrorism and Disaster In
Terrorism and Disaster: Individual and Community Mental Health Interventions. Cambridge
University Press, London, 2003.
Ursano, R. J., Fullerton, C. S., Norwood, A. E., and Levinson, C. P. (Eds.). Bioterrorism andPublic Health: Communities and leaders preparing for psychological and behavioral
responses to a bioterrorist attack, Bethesda, MD, Uniformed Services University of the
Health Sciences, Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress, 2003.
Ursano, R.J.: Psychological Consequences of the September 11th Terrorist Attack: Sam
Donaldson of ABC News Interview with Robert J. Ursano, M.D. on Sept.18, 2001.
Ursano, R. J., Fullerton, C. S., Norwood, A. E., McCurry, L.: Disaster Psychiatry. CD
Rom/Video, Washington, D.C.: American Psychiatric Association Press, 2001
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Benedek D.M., Morganstein J.C., West, J.C., Ursano R.J. (2024). Disaster Psychiatry:
Disasters, Terrorism, and War. In R. Boland, M.L. Verduin, & P. Ruiz (Eds.). Kaplan &Sadock’s Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry, 12Ed. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Baltimore, MD.
West, J.C., Morganstein, J.C., Benedek, D., & Ursano, R. (2023). Managing PsychologicalConsequences in Disaster Populations. In Tasman, A. et al. (Eds.), Tasman’s Psychiatry, fifth
edition. New York: Springer.
Ursano, A.M., Sonnenberg, S.M., Lapid, M.I., Ursano, R.J. (2023). The Physician–Patient
Relationship. In: Tasman, A., et al. Tasman’s Psychiatry. Springer, Cham.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42825-9_93-1
Goldenberg, M.N, Benedek, D., Ursano, R.J. (2022). Distaster Victims and the Response to
Trauma. In Sowers, W.E., McQuistion, H.L., Ranz, J.M., Feldman, J.M., Runnels, P.S. (Eds.).
Textbook of Community Psychiatry. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-03110239-4_32
Morganstein, J.C., Mash, H.H., Teisberg, M.B., Ford, S.C., Fullerton, C.S., Ursano, R.J.
(2022). Pandemics & Mental Health: Epidemiology & Public Health. In M. Dugue, M.
Llorente, & R. Roca, R. (Eds.). Geriatric Mental Health Care: Lessons from a Pandemic (pp.
1-22). American Psychiatric Association Publishing. Washington, DC.
Zhang, L., Hu, X., Li, X. & Ursano, R. J. (2021). Chemokines as potential biomarkers for
PTSD in military population. In N. V. Gorbunov (Ed.), Current Topics on Military Medicine,(pp. 1-10) IntechOpen, doi: 10.5772/intechopen.96133. Available
from: https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/75246
Biggs, Q. M., Vance, M. C., Fullerton, C. S., & Ursano, R. J. (2021). The epidemiology ofacute stress disorder and other early responses to trauma in adults. In J. G. Beck, & D. M.
Sloan (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Traumatic Stress Disorders (2nd ed.). New York, NY:
Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190088224.013.6
Morganstein, J.C., Mash, H.H., Teisberg, M.B., Ford, S.C., Fullerton, C.S., Ursano, R.J. (inpress). Pandemics & Mental Health: Epidemiology & Public Health. In Dugue, M., Llorente,
M., Roca, R. (Eds.). Geriatric Mental Health Care: Lessons from a Pandemic. American
Psychiatric Association Publishing. Washington, DC.
Morganstein, J.C., Mash, H.B. Herberman, Vance, M.C., Fullerton, C.S., & Ursano, R.J. (inpress). Public mental health interventions following mass casualties. In M. Friedman, T.
Keane, & P. Schnurr (Eds.). Handbook of PTSD: Science and Practice, 3rd Edition.
Ursano, R. J., Morganstein, J. C., & West, J. C. (2020). Essential issues on terrorism: Planning
for acute response and intervention. In E. Vermetten, I. Frankova, L. Carmi, O. Chaban, & J.
Zohar (Eds.), NATO science for peace and security series: Risk management of terrorism
induced stress – Guidelines for the golden hours (Vol. 148, pp. 3-9). IOS Press.
West, J. C., Hamaoka, D. A., & Ursano, R. J. (2020). Outpatient treatment of the suicidal
patient. In L. H. Gold & R. Frierson (Eds.), Textbook of suicide risk assessment andmanagement. American Psychiatric Publishing.
Morganstein, J.C., Yang, S., Wynn, G.H., Benedek, D.M., Ursano, R.J. (2019). Acute Stress
Disorder. In B.O. Olatunji (Ed.). Handbook of Anxiety and Related Disorders (pp. 685-722).
Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

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Morganstein, J. C., West, J. C., & Ursano, R. J. (2019). Work Associated Trauma. In M. B.
Riba, S. Parikh, & J. Greden (Eds.). Mental Health in the Workplace: Strategies and Tools to
Optimize Outcomes. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature Publishing Company.
Mash, H. B. H., Naifeh, J. A., Fullerton, C. S., Morganstein, J. C., & Ursano, R. J. (2018)
Suicidal behaviors in military and veteran populations: Risk factors and strategies forprevention and intervention. In L. Roberts & C. Warner (Eds.), Military and veteran mental
health (pp. 401-419). New York, NY: Springer.
Wynn, G. H., Benedek, D. M., Morganstein, J. C., & Ursano, R. J. (2018). PTSD and War. In
C.B. Nemeroff, C. Marmar (Eds.). Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. New York City, NY:
Oxford University Press.
Stoddard, F. J., Benedek, D. M., Milad, M. R., & Ursano, R. J. (2018). Future directions inclinical care, research, and nosology. In F. Stoddard, D. Benedek, M. Milad, & R. Ursano(Eds.). Trauma- and stressor- related disorders (Primer on) (pp. 374-380). New York, NY:
Oxford University Press.
Stoddard, F. J., Benedek, D. M., Milad, M. R., & Ursano, R .J. (2018). History and evolutionof the trauma- and stressor-related disorders. In F. Stoddard, D. Benedek, M. Milad, & R.
Ursano (Eds.). Trauma- and stressor- related disorders (Primer on) (pp. 1-5). New York, NY:
Oxford University Press.
Stoddard, F. J., Benedek, D. M., Milad, M. R., Ursano, R. J. (2018). Posttraumatic stressdisorder. In F. Stoddard, D. Benedek, M. Milad, & R. Ursano (Eds.). Trauma- and stressorrelated disorders (Primer on) (pp. 19-35). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Stoddard, F. J., Ursano, R. J., Cozza, S. J. (2018). Population trauma: Disasters. In F.
Stoddard, D. Benedek, M. Milad, & R. Ursano (Eds.). Trauma- and stressor- relateddisorders (Primer on) (pp. 113-130). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Benedek, D. M., Morganstein, J. C., Holloway, H. C., & Ursano, R. J. (2017). Disaster
Psychiatry: Disasters, Terrorism, and War. In B. J. Sadock, V. A. Sadock, & P. Ruiz (Eds.),
Kaplan & Sadock’s Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry. Baltimore, MD: Lippincott
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Morganstein, J. C., Ursano, R. J., Fullerton, C. S., Holloway, & H. C. (2017). Terrorism andWeapons of Mass Destruction. In R. J. Ursano, C. S. Fullerton, L. Weisaeth, & B. Raphael(Eds.), Textbook of Disaster Psychiatry (2nd ed., pp. 193-211). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge
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Morganstein, J. C., Ursano, R. J., Fullerton, C. S., & Holloway, H. C. (2017). Pandemics:
Health Care Emergencies. In R. J. Ursano, C. S. Fullerton, L. Weisaeth, B. Raphael (Eds.),
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Morganstein, J. C., West, J. C., & Ursano, R. J. (2017). Work Associated Trauma. In K.
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Wain, H., Dichtel, M., & Ursano, R. J. (Eds.) (2016). Artiss Symposium 2016: Understanding
the Patients’ Experiences: Beyond Diagnostic Labels (DTIC: ). Bethesda, MD: Center for the
Study of Traumatic Stress.
Dodgen, D., Donato, D., Kelly, N., La Greca, A., Morganstein, J., Reser, J. P., Ruzek, J.,
Schweitzer, S., Shimamoto, M. M., Thigpen Tart, K., & Ursano R.J., (2016). Ch. 8: Mental
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Wain, H., Dichtel, M., Benevides, K. N., & Ursano, R. J. (Eds.) (2016). Artiss Symposium
2015: Current Concepts in Psychosomatic Medicine (DTIC: ). Bethesda, MD: Center for the
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Ursano, R. J., Fullerton, C. S., Dichtel, M., McCarroll, J. E., Benevides, K. N., Meyer, E., &Herman, M. (Eds.). (2016). Forum on Health and National Security: Financial stresss andbehavioral health in military servicemembers: Risk, resilience, mechanisms and targets forintervention. (DTIC: ). Bethesda, MD: Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress.
Morganstein J. C., West J. C., Huff L. A., Flynn B. W., Fullerton C. S., Benedek D. M., &Ursano R. J. (2016). Psychosocial Responses to Disaster and Exposures: Distress Reactions,
Health Risk Behavior, and Mental Disorders. In J. Shigemura & R. K. Chhem (Eds.). Mental
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Zhang, L., Hu, X. Z., Li, H., & Ursano, R. J. (2015). Posttraumatic stress disorder biomarker –p11. In F. Durbano (Ed.), A Fresh Look at Anxiety Disorders (pp. 89-100). Rijeka, Croatia:
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West, J. C., Benedek, D. M., Hamaoka, D., & Ursano, R. J. (2015). Managing psychologicalconsequences in disaster populations. In A. Tasman, J. Leiberman, M. First, & M. Riba (Eds.),
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Gabbay, F. H., Choi, K. H., Wynn, G. H., & Ursano, R. J. (2015). The role ofendocannabinoid function in posttraumatic stress disorder: Modulating the risk phenotype andrendering effects of trauma. In L. Fattore (Ed.), Cannabinoids in Neurologic and Mental
Disease (pp. 247-288). Oxford, UK: Elsevier.
Ursano, A. M., Sonnenberg, S. M., & Ursano, R. J. (2015). Physician-patient relationship. In
A. Tasman, J. Kay, J. A. Lieberman, M.B. First, & M. Maj (Eds.), Psychiatry (4th ed., pp. 2033). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell.
Ursano, R. J., Dichtel, M., Fullerton, C. S., Gabbay, F. H., McCarroll, J. E., & Benevides, K.
N. (Eds.). (2014). Forum on Health and National Security: Military Families in Transition:
Stress, Resilience, and Well-Being. (DTIC: ADA607405). Bethesda, MD: Center for the
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Wain, H., Schneider, B., Dichtel, M., & Ursano, R. J. (Eds.) (2014). Artiss Symposium 2013:
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Ursano, R. J. & Carr, R. (2014). Psychodynamic psychotherapy. In R. E. Hales, S. C.
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Naifeh, J. A., Nock, M. K., & Ursano, R. J. (2014). Suicide in the armed forces. In C.
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Ursano, R. J., Sonnenberg, S. M., Lazar, S. G., & Carr, R. B. (2014). The psychodynamic
psychotherapy. In R. Hales, S. Yudofsky, & G. Gabbard (Eds.), The Textbook of Psychiatry(6th ed.) Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Press.
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Zhang, L., Li, C. T., Su, T. P., Hu, X.Z., Smerin, S., Li, H., Li, X., & Ursano, R. J. (2013).
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Dempsey, C. L., Fullerton, C. S., Herberman-Mash, H. B., Ramsawh, H., Naifeh, J. A., &Ursano, R. J. (2013). New approaches in suicide research. In M.S. Mortensen (Ed.),
Explorations in social causality: A tribute to Eilert Sundt. Oslo, Norway: Atlantic Press.
Wain, H., Schneider, B., Dichtel, M., & Ursano, R. J. (Eds.) (2013). Artiss Symposium 2012:
Evaluation and Treatment of Genital Injuries in Combat Warriors. (DTIC: ADA584472 ).
Bethesda, MD: Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress.
Ursano, R. J., Fullerton, C. S., Biggs, Q. M., & Santiago, P. N. (2012). Epidemiology of acutestress disorder in adults. In J. G. Beck & D. Sloan (Eds.), Handbook of Traumatic Stress
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Goldenberg, M. N., Benedek, D. M, & Ursano, R. J. (2012). Pharmacology. In C.R. Figley(Ed.), In Encyclopedia of Trauma. London, UK: Sage Publications Ltd.
Biggs, Q. M., Guimond, J. M., Fullerton, C. S., Ursano, R. J., & ASD Workgroup (Gray, C.,
Goldenberg, M., Reissman, D., McCarroll, J. E., Santiago, P., & Tyler, M.) (2012). The
epidemiology of acute stress disorder and other early responses to trauma in adults. In J. G.
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Goldenberg, M. N., Benedek, D. M, & Ursano, R. J. (2012). Disaster victims and the responseto trauma. In H. L. McQuistion, W. E. Sowers, J. M. Ranz, & J. M. Feldman (Eds.),
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Ursano, R. J., Goldenberg, M. N., Hamaoka, D., & Benedek, D. M. (2011). Disaster publichealth: Heath needs, psychological first aid and cultural awareness. In D.J. Stein, M.J.
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Ursano, R. J., Fullerton, C. S., & Brown, M. C. (Eds.). (2011). Forum on Health and National
Security: Stigma and Barriers to Care: Caring for those Exposed to War, Disaster andTerrorism. (DTIC ADA562004 and ADA563691). Bethesda, MD: Center for the Study ofTraumatic Stress.
Ursano, R. J., Sonnenberg, S., & Ursano, A. (2011). Psychodynamic psychotherapy. In R.
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Grieger, T., Benedek, D. M., & Ursano, R. J. (2010). Violence and aggression. In D. M.
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Zhang, L., Li, H., & Ursano, R. J. (2010). Heat shock proteins and post-traumatic stressdisorder. In A. Aseas & B. K. Pederson (Eds.), Heat Shock Proteins and Whole Body
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Ursano, R. J., Fullerton, C. S., & Benedek, D. M. (2009). What is psychopathology after
disasters? Considerations about the nature of the psychological and behavioral consequencesof disasters. In Y. Neria, S. Gales, & F. H. Norris (Eds.), Mental Health and Disasters.
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Reissman, D., Schreiber, M. D., Shultz, J. M., & Ursano, R. J. (2009). Disaster mental andbehavioral health. In K. L. Koenig & C. H. Schultz (Eds.), Disaster Medicine. London, UK:
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Ursano, R. J. & Ursano, A. M. (2009). Brief individual psychodynamic psychotherapy. In M.
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Fullerton, C. S., Ursano, R. J., & Biggs, Q. (2008). Terrorism. In G. Reye, J. Elhai, & J. Ford
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Hamaoka, D., Benedek, D. M., & Ursano, R. J. (2008). Managing psychological consequencesin disaster populations. In A. Tasman, J. Kay, J. Lieberman, M. First, & M. Maj (Eds.),
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Ursano, A. M., Sonnenberg S., & Ursano, R. J. (2008). The doctor-patient relationship. In A.
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Ursano, R. J. & Blumenfield, M. (2008). Early intervention for individuals and communities:
Planning for the future while meeting present needs. In M. Blumenfield & R. J. Ursano (Eds.),
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Ursano, R. J., Li, H., Zhang, L., Hough, C. J., Fullerton, C. S., Benedek, D. M., Grieger, T. A.,& Holloway, H. C. (2008). Models of PTSD and traumatic stress: The importance of research“from bedside to bench to bedside. In R. de Kloet & E. Vermetten (Eds.), Neuroscience of
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Grieger, T. A., Benedek, D. M., & Ursano, R. J. (2008). Posttraumatic stress disorder,
aggression and violence. In R. I. Simon & K. Tardiff (Eds.), Aggression and Mental Health(pp.123-140). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press Inc.
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Mastroianni, G. R., Mabry, T. R., Benedek, D. M., & Ursano, R. J. (2008). The stressors ofmodern war. In State of the Art Report on Resilience (pp. 43-57). US Government Printing
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Ursano, R. J., Fullerton, C. S., Norwood, A. E., & Holloway, H. C. (2007). Weapons of mass
destruction and pandemics: Global disasters with mass destruction and mass disruption. In R.
J. Ursano, C. S. Fullerton, L. Weisaeth, & B. Raphael (Eds.), Textbook of Disaster Psychiatry(pp.247-264). London, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Shultz, J. M., Espinel, A., Galea, S., & Reissman, D. B. (2007). Disaster ecology: Implications
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Vineburgh, N. T., Gifford, R. K., Ursano, R. J., Fullerton, C. S., & Benedek, D. M. (2007).
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Ursano, R. J., Fullerton, C. S., Weisaeth, L., & Raphael, B. (2007). Individual and community
responses to disaster. In R. J. Ursano, C. S. Fullerton, L. Weisaeth, & B. Raphael (Eds.),
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Hamaoka, D., Benedek, D. M., Grieger, T., & Ursano, R. J. (2007). Crisis intervention. In G.
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Ursano, R. J., Fullerton, C. S., & Benedek, D. M (2007). Peritraumatic dissociation: Time
perception and cerebellar regulation of psychological, interpersonal and biological processes.
In E. Vermetten, M. Dorahy, & D. Spiegel (Eds.), Traumatic Dissociation (pp. 181-190).
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Benedek, D. M. & Ursano, R. J. (2006). Mass violence death and military communities:
Domains of response in military operations, disaster, and terrorism. In E.K. Rynearson (Ed.),
Violent Death: Resilience and Intervention Beyond the Crisis (pp. 295-310). New York, NY:
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Mapping the Landscape of Deployment Related Adjustment and Mental Health: A Meeting
Summary of a Working Group to Inform Research, (Organizing Group, including R. J.
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Command, 2006.
Ursano, R. J., Vineburgh, N. T., Gifford, R. K., Benedek, D. M., & Fullerton C. S. (2006).
Workplace preparedness for terrorism: Report of findings to Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
Bethesda, MD: Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress.
Fullerton, C. S., McCarroll, J. E., & Ursano, R. J. (2006). Conducting research with militaryand uniformed services workers. In F. Norris, M. Friedman, P. Watson, & J. Hamblen (Eds.),
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McCarroll, J. E. & Ursano, R. J. (2006). Consultation to groups, organizations, andcommunities in the age of terrorism and disasters. In E.C. Ritchie, P. Watson, & M. Friedman(Eds.), Mental Health Intervention Following Disasters or Mass Violence. New York, NY:
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Vineburgh, N. T., Fullerton, C. S., & Ursano, R. J. (2005). Disaster consequence management:
An integrated approach for fostering human continuity in the workplace. In P. Herhilgy (Ed.),
The Integration of Employee Assistance, Work/Life, and Wellness Services (pp. 159-181).
Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press.
Vineburgh, N. T., Ursano, R. J., & Fullerton, C. S. (2005). Workplace preparedness andresiliency: An integrated response to terrorism. In B.S. Fisher, V. Bowie, & C.L. Cooper(Eds.), Workplace Violence (pp.207-226). UK & Portland, OR: William Publishing.
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organizations, and communities in the age of terrorism and disasters. In E. C. Ritchie, P.
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Ursano, R. J. & Friedman, M. J. (2005). Mental health and behavioral interventions forvictims of disasters and mass violence: Caring, planning, and needs. In E. C. Ritchie, P.
Watson, & M. Friedman (Eds.), Mental Health Intervention Following Disasters or Mass
Violence. New York, NY: Guilford Press.
Ursano, R. J., Fullerton, C. S., Ritchie, E., Hall, M. J., & Gifford, R. K. (2004). War
Psychiatry Today: From the Battle Front to the Home Front. Bethesda, MD: USUHS.
Benedek, D. M., Ursano, R. J., & Holloway, H. C. (2004). Military and disaster psychiatry. In
H. Saddock & B. J. Kaplan (Eds.), Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry (8th ed., pp. 24262435). New York, N.Y: Lippincott Williams &Williams.
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Raphael, B. & Ursano, R. J. (2004). Psychological debriefing. In Y. Danieli (Ed.), Sharing the
Front Line and the Back Hills: Peacekeepers, Humanitarian Aid Workers and the Media in
the Midst of Crisis (pp. 343-352). Amityville, NY: Baywood Press.
Ursano, R. J., Fullerton, C. S., & Norwood, A. E. (2004). Behavioral and mental healthresponses to bioterrorism: Needs for the Public’s health. In R. J. Ursano, C. S. Fullerton, & A.
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Fullerton, C. S., Ursano, R. J., & Norwood, A. E. (2004). Planning for the psychologicaleffects of bioterrorism. In R. J. Ursano, C. S. Fullerton, & A. E. Norwood. (Eds.),
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93. Ursano, R. J., Norwood, A. E., Fullerton, C. S., &Levinson, C. P. (Eds.). (2003). Emerging
Hope in the Face of Bioterrorism: Paintings as a Medium to Convey Hope. Bethesda, MD:
USUHS.
94. Ursano, R. J., Fullerton, C. S., & Norwood, A. E. (2003). Terrorism and disasters: Prevention,intervention, and recovery. In R. J. Ursano, C. S. Fullerton, & A. E. Norwood (Eds.),
Terrorism and Disaster: Individual and Community Mental Health Interventions (pp. 333339). London, UK: Cambridge University Press.
95. Fullerton, C. S., Ursano, R. J., Norwood, A. E., & Holloway, H. C. (2003). Trauma, terrorism
and disaster. In R. J. Ursano, C. S. Fullerton, & A. E. Norwood (Eds.), Terrorism andDisaster: Individual and Community Mental Health Interventions (pp. 1-20). London, UK:
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97. Ursano, R. J. Norwood, A. E., Fullerton, C. S., Holloway, H. C., & Hall, M. (2003). Terrorism
with weapons of mass destruction: Chemical, biological, nuclear, radiological and explosive
agents. In R. J. Ursano & A. E. Norwood (Eds.), Trauma and Disaster Responses andManagement. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Publishing Inc.
98. Shalev, A. Y. & Ursano, R. J. (2003). Mapping the Multidimensional Picture of Acute
Responses to Traumatic Stress. In R. Orner & U. Schnyder (Eds.), Reconstructing Early
Intervention After Trauma (vol. 118-129, pp. 228-235). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
99. Ursano, R. J. & Silberman, E. K. (2003). Psychoanalysis, psychoanalytic psychotherapy, andsupportive psychotherapy. In R. E. Hales & S. C. Yudofsky (Eds.), Essentials of ClinicalPsychiatry (4th ed., pp. 1177-1203). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Publishing Inc.
100. Raphael, B. & Ursano, R. J. (2002). Sharing the front line and the back hills. In Y. Danieli(Ed.), Psychological Debriefing. Amityville, NY: Baywood Publishing Company, Inc.
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102. Sonnenberg, S. & Ursano, R. J. (2002). Psychoanalysis and psychodynamic psychotherapy. In
M. Hersen & W. H. Sledge (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Psychotherapy (vol. 2, pp. 415-422). San
Diego, CA: Academic Press.
103. Norwood, A. . & Ursano, R. J. (2002). Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. In M. Hersen & W. H.
Sledge (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Psychotherapy (vol 2., pp. 373-378). San Diego, CA:
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104. Engel, C. C., Liu, X., McCarthy, B. D., Miller, R. F., & Ursano, R. J. (2002). Relationship ofphysical symptoms to Posttraumatic Stress Disorder among veterans seeking care for Gulf
War-related health concerns. In H. W. Kushner (Ed.), Essential Readings on Political
Terrorism: Analyses of problems and prospects for the 21st century. New York, NY: Richard
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105. Fullerton, C. S., Ursano, R. J., Osuch, E. A., & Wang, L. (2001). Identification and previous

experience in disaster workers. In N. Retterstol & M. S. Mortensen (Eds.), Disasters and After
Effects (pp. 63-78). Norway: Atlanta Press Ltd.
106. Ursano, R. J., Fullerton, C. S., & Norwood, A. E. (2001). Responding to bioterrorism:
Individual and community needs: Conference Proceedings. (DTIC: A406540). Bethesda, MD:
USUHS.
107. Ursano, R. J., Fullerton, C. S., Norwood, A. E., & McCurry, L. J. (2001). Planning forbioterrorism: Behavioral and mental health responses to weapons of mass destruction andmass disruption. (DTIC: A392688: 189 pages). Bethesda, MD: Uniformed Services Universityof the Health Sciences.
108. Ursano, R. J. & Fullerton, C. S. (2001). Psychological and behavioral responses to disaster:
The role of identification. In N. Retterstol & M. S. Mortensen (Eds.), Disasters and After
Effects: A Tribute to Lars Weisaeth. Norway: Atlantic Press Ltd.
109. Ursano, R. J., Fullerton, C. S., Vance, K., & Wang, L. (2000). Debriefing: It’s role in the
spectrum of prevention and acute management of psychological trauma. In B. Raphael & J.P.
Wilson (Eds), Psychological Debriefing: Theory, Practice, and Evidence (pp.32-42).
Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
110. Ursano, R. J. & Ursano, A. M. (2000). Brief individual psychodynamic psychotherapy. In M.
Gelder, J. Lopez, & N. Andreasen (Eds.), Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry (vol. 2, pp. 14211432). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
111. Norwood, A. E. & Ursano, R. J. (2000). The doctor-patient relationship. In J. Kay, A. Tasman,and J. Lieberman (Eds.), Psychiatry: Behavioral Science and Clinical Essentials.
Philadelphia, PA: Saunders.
112. Ursano, R. J. & Norwood, A. (2000). Brief psychotherapy. In H. Kaplan & B. J. Sadock(Eds.), Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry/VII. Philadelphia, PA: Williams and Wilkins
Press.
113. Ursano, R. J. & Silberman, E. (1999). Psychoanalysis, psychoanalytic psychotherapy, andsupportive psychotherapy. In R. Hales & S. Yudofsky (Eds.), Essentials of ClinicalPsychiatry, based on Textbook of Psychiatry (3rd ed., pp. 817-840). Washington, DC:
American Psychiatric Press, Inc.
114. Ursano, R. J. & Silberman, E. (1999). Psychoanalysis, psychodynamic psychotherapy, andsupportive psychotherapy. In R. Hales, S. Yudofsky, & J. Talbot (Eds.), Textbook of
Psychiatry (3rd ed., pp. 1157-1184). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press, Inc.
115. Ursano, R. J. & Norwood, A. E. (1999). Post-traumatic stress disorder. In R. Gottesman (Ed.),
Violence in America: An Encyclopedia, Vol. II (pp. 574-576). New York, NY: Charles
Scribner's Sons.
116. Emanuel, R. J. & Ursano, R. J. (1999). Integrative group therapy. In D. Blake & R. Young(Eds.), Group Treatment of PTSD: Conceptualizations, Themes and Processes. Washington,
DC: Taylor and Francis.
117. Staab, J., Fullerton, C. S., & Ursano, R. J. (1999). A critical look at PTSD: Constructs,
concepts, epidemiology, and implications. In B. Lubin & R. Gist (Eds.), Response to Disaster:
Psychosocial, Community, and Ecological Approaches. Bristol, PA: Taylor & Francis, Inc.
118. McCarroll, J. E., Thayer, L. E., Ursano, R. J., Newby, J. H., Norwood, A. E., & Fullerton, C.
S. (1998). Child Abuse: U.S. Army Central Registry (1989-1996). (DTIC: A352985PAA: 31
pages). Bethesda, MD: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.

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119. McCarroll, J. E., Thayer, L. E., Ursano, R. J., Newby, J. H., Norwood, A. E., & Fullerton, C.

S. (1998). Family Violence Measurement: A Sourcebook for FAP. (DTIC: A352862PAA: 19
pages). Bethesda, MD: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.
120. McCarroll, J. E., Thayer, L. E., Ursano, R. J., Newby, J. H., Norwood, A. E., & Fullerton, C.
S. (1998). Spouse Abuse: U.S. Army Central Registry (1989-1996, Revised). (DTIC:
A352490PAA: 32 pages). Bethesda, MD: Uniformed Services University of the Health
Sciences.
121. Ursano, R. J., McCarroll, J. E., Newby, J. H., Emanuel, R. J., Norwood, A. E., Fullerton, C.
S., Thayer, L. E., & McFarlane, K. (1998). Army Family Violence Conference Transcripts.
(DTIC: A352308PAA: 167 pages). Bethesda, MD: Uniformed Services University of the
Health Sciences.
122. Ursano, R. J., McCarroll, J. E., Newby, J. H., Emanuel, R. J., Norwood, A. E., & Fullerton, C.
S. (1998). Army Family Violence Research Conference: Recommendations. (DTIC:
A352298PAA: 19 pages). Bethesda, MD: Uniformed Services University of the Health
Sciences.
123. Ursano, R. J., Silberman, E., & Diaz, A. (1998). The psychotherapies: Basic theoreticalprinciples and indications. In A. Stoudemire (Ed.), Clinical Psychiatry for Medical Students(3rd ed., pp. 607-637). New York, NY: J.B. Lippincott.
124. Ursano, R. J. & Fullerton, C. S. (1998). Administration, Scoring, and Procedures Manual for
the DSMPTSD III-R and DSMPTSD-IV. (DTIC: A334297: 45 pages). Bethesda, MD:
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.
125. Ursano, R. J. & Norwood, A. E. (1998). Consensus Conference on the Role of Psychiatrists in
Disaster. (DTIC: A332982: 152 pages). Bethesda, MD: Uniformed Services University of the
Health Sciences.
126. Ursano, R. J. (Section Ed.). (1997). Approaches to the patient. In A. Tasman, J. Kay, & J.
Lieberman (Eds.), Psychiatry (pp. 1-60). Philadelphia, PA: Saunders.
127. Sonnenberg, S., Sutton, L., & Ursano, R. J. (1997). The physician-patient relationship. In A.
Tasman, J. Kay, & J. Lieberman (Eds.), Psychiatry (pp. 40-50). Philadelphia, PA: Saunders.
128. McCarroll, J. E., Ursano, R. J., Norwood, A. E., Fullerton, C. S., Newby, J. H., Dixon, S.,
Vance, K., & McFarlan, K. (1997). Analysis of Reports of Spouse Abuse from the U.S. Army
Central Registry (1975-1995). (DTIC: A331632: 30 pages). Bethesda, MD: Uniformed
Services University of the Health Sciences.
129. Ursano, R. J. & Norwood, A. E. (Eds.). (1997). The Role of Psychiatrists in Disaster. (DTIC:
A332908: 35 pages). Bethesda, MD: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.
130. Ursano, R. J. & Fullerton, C. S. (1997). Trauma, time, and recovery. In C. S. Fullerton & R. J.
Ursano (Eds.), Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Acute and Long-Term Responses to Trauma
and Disaster (pp. 269-274). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press.
131. Fullerton, C. S. & Ursano, R. J. (1997). Posttraumatic responses in spouse/significant othersof disaster workers. In C. S. Fullerton & R. J. Ursano (Eds.), Posttraumatic Stress Disorder:
Acute and Long-Term Responses to Trauma and Disaster (pp. 59-75). Washington, DC:
American Psychiatric Press.
132. McCarroll, J. E., Ursano, R. J., & Fullerton, C. S. (1997). Exposure to traumatic death indisaster and war. In C. S. Fullerton & R. J. Ursano (Eds.), Posttraumatic Stress Disorder:
Acute and Long-Term Responses to Trauma and Disaster (pp. 37-58). Washington, DC:
American Psychiatric Press.

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133. Fullerton, C. S. & Ursano, R. J. (1997). The other side of chaos: Understanding the patterns of

posttraumatic responses. In C. S. Fullerton & R. J. Ursano (Eds.), Posttraumatic Stress
Disorder: Acute and Long-Term Responses to Trauma and Disaster (pp. 3-18). Washington,
DC: American Psychiatric Press.
134. McCarroll, J. E., Ursano, R. J., Norwood, A. E., Fullerton, C. S., Newby, J. H., Dixon, S.,
Vance, K., & McFarlane, K. (1996). Initial Reports on Child Abuse and Neglect from the U.S.
Army Central Registry (1975-1995), (DTIC: A331641: 30 pages). Bethesda, MD: USUHS.
135. Ursano, R. J., Grieger, T .A., & McCarroll, J. E. (1996). Prevention of post-traumatic stress:
Consultation, training and early treatment. In B. van der Kolk, A. C. MacFarlene, & L.
Weisaeth (Eds.), Traumatic Stress: The Effects of Overwhelming Experience on Mind, Body
and Society (pp. 441-462). New York, NY: Guilford.
136. Ursano, R. J., Epstein, R., & Lazar, S. (1996). Behavioral responses to illness: Personality &personality disorders. In Textbook of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (pp. 116-137).
Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press.
137. Ursano, R. J. & Norwood, A. E. (1996). The effects of war on soldiers and families,
communities, and nations. In R. J. Ursano & A. E. Norwood (Eds.), Emotional Aftermath of
the Persian Gulf War: Veterans, Families, Communities, and Nations (pp. 535-546).
Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press.
138. Ursano, R. J., Rundell, J. R., Fragala, M. R., Larson, S. G., Jaccard, J. T., Wain, H. J., Brandt,
G. T., & Beuch, B. (1996). The prisoner of war. In R. J. Ursano & A. E. Norwood (Eds.),
Emotional Aftermath of the Persian Gulf War: Veterans, Families, Communities, and Nations(pp. 443-476). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press.
139. Fullerton, C. S., Brandt, G. T., & Ursano, R. J. (1996). Chemical and biological weapons:
Silent agents of terror. In R. J. Ursano & A. E. Norwood (Eds.), Emotional Aftermath of the
Persian Gulf War: Veterans, Families, Communities, and Nations (pp. 111-142). Washington,
DC: American Psychiatric Press.
140. Rundell, J. R. & Ursano, R. J. (1996). Psychiatric responses to war trauma. In R. J. Ursano &A. E. Norwood (Eds.), Emotional Aftermath of the Persian Gulf War: Veterans, Families,
Communities, and Nations (pp.43-82). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press.
141. Gabbay, F. H., Ursano, R. J., Norwood, A. E., Fullerton, C. S., Sutton, L. K., Duncan, C. C.,& Jackson, S. A. (Eds.). (1996). Sex Differences, Stress, and Military Readiness. (DTIC:
ADA321693: 366 pages). Bethesda, MD: Uniformed Services University of the Health
Sciences.
142. Norwood, A. E. & Ursano, R. J. (1996). The Gulf War. In R. J. Ursano & A. E. Norwood(Eds.), Emotional Aftermath of the Persian Gulf War: Veterans, Families, Communities, andNations (pp. 3-24). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press.
143. Fullerton, C. S. & Ursano, R. J. (Eds.). (1996). Stress, Health and Performance in Military
Women. Prospects, Pitfalls and Protean Patterns from Current Research. (DTIC: A311646:
473 pages). Bethesda, MD: USUHS.
144. Ursano, R. J., Norwood, A. E., Fullerton, C. S., & Sutton, L. K. (Eds.). (1996). Gender, Stress
and Coping in the U.S. Military. Volume IV: Training, Deployment and Contingency
Stressors. (DTIC: A3099981: 240 pages). Bethesda, MD: USUHS.
145. Ursano, R. J., Norwood, A. E., Fullerton, C. S., & Sutton, L. K. (Eds.). (1996). Gender, Stress
and Coping in the U.S. Military. Volume IV: Training, Deployment and Contingency
Stressors. (DTIC: A3099981: 240 pages). Bethesda, MD: USUHS.

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146. Ursano, R. J., Norwood, A. E., Fullerton, C. S., & Sutton, L. K. (Eds.). (1995). Gender, Stress

and Coping in the U.S. Military. Volume II: Historical Perspectives on Acculturation,
Deployment, and Contingency Stresses. (DTIC: A3099982: 159 pages). Bethesda, MD:
USUHS.
147. Ursano, R. J., Norwood, A. E., Fullerton, C. S., & Sutton, L. K. (Eds.). (1995). Gender, Stress
and Coping in the U.S. Military. Volume I: Trauma, Stress and Health: Military Women in
Combat, Deployment and Contingency Operations. (DTIC: A3099980: 292 pages). Bethesda,
MD: USUHS.
148. Ursano, R. J. & Rundell, J. R. (1995). The prisoner of war. In F. Jones, L. R. Sparacino, V. L.
Wilcox, J. M. Rothberg, & J. W. Stokes (Eds.), The Textbook of Military Medicine: War
Psychiatry (Part I) (Vol II) (pp. 431-455). U.S. Government Printing Office.
149. Brandt, G. T., Norwood, A. E., McCarroll, J. E., Ursano, R. J., Fullerton, C. S., Grieger, T. A.,& Hermsen, J. M. (1994). Responses to Disasters, Natural and Man-made, and Interventions
with Social Supports. (DTIC: A286039: 142 pages). Bethesda, MD: Uniformed Services
University of the Health Sciences.
150. Epstein, R. & Ursano, R.J. (1994). Anxiety disorders. In J. M. Silver, S. C. Yudofsky, & R. E.
Hales (Eds.), Neuropsychiatry of Traumatic Brain Injury (pp. 285-311). Washington, DC:
American Psychiatric Press.
151. Ursano, R. J. & Silberman, E. (1994). Psychoanalysis, psychoanalytic psychotherapy andsupportive psychotherapy. In R. Hales, S. Yudofsky, & R. S. Talbot (Eds.), Textbook of
Psychiatry (pp. 1035-1060). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press.
152. Ursano, R. J., Silberman, E., & Diaz, A. (1994). The psychotherapies: Basic theoreticalprinciples and indications. In A. Stoudemire (Ed.), Clinical Psychiatry for Medical Students(2nd ed., pp. 480-507). New York, NY: J.B. Lippincott.
153. Ursano, R. J., McCaughey, B. G., & Fullerton, C. S. (1994). The structure of human chaos. In
R. J. Ursano, B. McCaughey, & C. S. Fullerton (Eds.), Individual and Community Responses
to Trauma and Disaster: The Structure of Human Chaos (pp. 403-410). London, UK:
Cambridge University Press.
154. Ursano, R. J., Fullerton, C. S., & McCaughey, B. G. (1994). Trauma and disaster. In R. J.
Ursano, B. McCaughey, & C. S. Fullerton (Eds.), Individual and Community Responses toTrauma and Disaster: The Structure of Human Chaos (pp. 3-30). London, UK: Cambridge
University Press.
155. Ursano, R. J. & McCarroll, J. E. (1994). Exposure to traumatic death: The nature of thestressor. In R. J. Ursano, B. McCaughey, & C. S. Fullerton (Eds.), Individual and Community
Responses to Trauma and Disaster: The Structure of Human Chaos (pp. 46-71). London, UK:
Cambridge University Press.
156. Baum, A., Solomon, S. D., & Ursano, R. J. (1993). Emergency/disaster studies: Practical,
conceptual, and methodological issues. In J. P. Wilson & B. Raphael (Eds.), The International
Handbook of Traumatic Stress Syndromes (pp. 125-134). New York, NY: Plenum Press Inc.
157. Norwood, A. E., McCarroll, J. E., Ursano, R. J., Fullerton, C. S., Rosenberg, F. R., &DeFraites, R. F. (Eds.). (1992). Stress and Coping With War: The Experience of Deployment
and Reunion for Mortuary Affairs Units, Reserve Units, and First-Term Army Wives. (DTIC:
A256633: 123 pages). Bethesda, MD: USUHS.
158. Ursano, R. J., Fullerton, C. S., McCarroll, J. E., Norwood, A. E., Dinneen, M. P., Jaccard, J.
T., & Wain, H. (Eds.). (1992). Stress and Coping With War: Support Providers and Casualties

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of Operations Desert Shield/Storm. (DTIC: A256195: 81 pages). Bethesda, MD: Uniformed
Services University of the Health Sciences.
159. Ursano, R. J., Fullerton, C. S., Wright, K. M., McCarroll, J. E., Norwood, A. E., & Dinneen,
M. P. (Eds.). (1992). Disaster workers: Trauma and Social Support (DTIC: ADB165599: 157
pages). Bethesda, MD, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.
160. Ursano, R. J. & Fullerton C. S. (1991). Psychotherapy: Medical intervention and the conceptof normality. In D. Offer & M. Sabshin (Eds.), The Diversity of Normal Behavior (pp. 39-59).
New York, NY: Basic Books.
161. Ursano, R. J., Fullerton, C. S., Wright, K. M., & McCarroll, J. E. (Eds.). (1990). Trauma,
Disasters and Recovery. (DTIC: A225911: 104 pages). Bethesda, MD: Uniformed Services
University of the Health Sciences.
162. Wright, K., Ursano, R. J., Bartone, P., & Ingraham, L. (1990). Individual and community
responses to an aircraft disaster. In M. Wolf & A. Mosnaim (Eds.), Post-Traumatic Stress
Disorder: Etiology, Phenomenology and Treatment (pp. 126-139). Washington, DC:
American Psychiatric Press.
163. Ursano, R. J., Silberman E., & Diaz, A. (1990). The psychotherapies: Basic theoreticalprinciples, techniques and indications. In A. Stoudemire (Ed.), Clinical Psychiatry for
Medical Students (pp. 430-458). New York, NY: J.B. Lippincott.
164. Baum, A., Solomon, S. D., & Ursano, R. J. (Eds.). (1988). Emergency/Disaster Research
Issues (32 pages). Bethesda, MD: National Institute of Mental Health.
165. Ursano, R. J. & Silberman, E. K. (1988). Individual psychotherapies. In J. Talbot, R. Hales, &S. Yudofsky (Eds.), Textbook of Psychiatry (pp. 855-889). Washington, DC: American
Psychiatric Press.
166. Ursano, R. J. (contributing author) (1988). The Human Response to the Gander Military Air
Disaster (WRAIR-NP-88-12: 52 pages). Washington, DC: Walter Reed Army Institute of
Research.
167. Ursano, R. J. & Fullerton, C. S. (Eds.). (1988). Individual and Group Behavior in Toxic andContained Environments. (DTIC: A203267: 161 pages). Bethesda, MD: Uniformed Services
University of the Health Sciences.
168. Ursano, R. J. & Fullerton, C. S. (Eds.). (1988). Individual Response to Disaster. (DTIC:
A203310: 128 pages). Bethesda, MD: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.
169. Ursano, R. J. & Fullerton, C. S. (Eds.). (1988). Exposure to Death, Disasters and Bodies.
(DTIC: A203163: 161 pages). Bethesda, MD: Uniformed Services University of the Health
Sciences.
170. Ursano, R. J. & Fullerton, C. S. (Eds.). (1988). Performance and Operations in Toxic
Environments. (DTIC: A203162: 119 pages). Bethesda, MD: Uniformed Services Universityof the Health Sciences.
171. Ursano, R. J. & Fullerton, C. S. (Eds.). (1988). Groups and Organizations in War, Disasters,
and Trauma. (DTIC: A203161: 106 pages). Bethesda, MD: Uniformed Services University of
the Health Sciences.
172. Fullerton, C. S. & Ursano, R. J. (1988). Behavioral and psychological responses to toxic
exposure. In R. J. Ursano (Ed.), Individual Response to Disaster (pp. 113-128). (DTIC:
A203310). Bethesda, MD: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.
173. Ursano, R. J. & Rundell, J. R. (1988). Psychological problems of prisoners of war: The trauma
of a toxic and contained environment. In R.J. Ursano (Ed.), Individual Response to Disaster

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(pp. 79-112). (DTIC: A203310). Bethesda, MD: Uniformed Services University of the Health
Sciences.
174. Ursano, R. J. & Fullerton, C. S. (Eds.). (1987). Training for the psychological and behavioral
effects of the CBW environment. (DTIC: 203680). Bethesda, MD: USUHS.
175. Ursano, R.J. (1987). Military Psychiatry: A Triservice Perspective, (USAFSAM-TR-86-35).
Brooks Air Force Base, Texas: USAF School of Aerospace Medicine.
176. Hales, R. & Ursano, R. J. (1986). The brief psychotherapies. In J. O. Cavenar, Jr. & R.
Michaels (Eds.), Psychiatry, Vol. I (pp. 1-15). Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott.
177. Ursano, R. J. & Holloway, H. C. (1985). Military psychiatry. In H. Kaplan & B. Sadock(Eds.), Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry, Vol. II (4th ed., pp. 1900-1909). New York,
NY: Williams and Wilkins Co.
178. Ursano, R. J. (1985). Catecholamines in anxiety disorders and mitral valve prolapse. In C.R.
Lake & M. G. Ziegler (Eds.), The Catecholamines in Psychiatric & Neurological Disorders(pp. 75-90). Boston, MA: Butterworth Publications.
179. Ursano, R. J. (1985). Viet Nam era prisoners of war: Studies of U.S. Air Force prisoners ofwar. In A. Blank, S. Sonnenberg, & J. Talbott (Eds.), The Trauma of War: Stress andRecovery in Viet Nam Veterans (pp. 339-358). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric
Association Press.
180. Holloway, H. C. & Ursano, R. J. (1985). Viet Nam veterans on active duty: Adjustment in a
supportive environment. In A. Blank, S. Sonneberg & J. Talbott (Eds.), The Trauma of War:Stress and Recovery in Viet Nam Veterans (pp. 321-338). Washington, DC: American
Psychiatric Association Press.
181. Ursano, R. J. (1980). The psychosomatic perspective in the evaluation of the flyer. In R. A.
Levy & R. D. Wheatley (Eds.), Proceedings of the 27th Annual Conference of USAF
Operational Problems in the Behavioral Sciences (pp. 121-126). Brooks AFB, Texas: Schoolof Aerospace Medicine.
182. Wheatley, R. & Ursano, R. J. (1979). Post repatriation psychiatric and MMPI evaluations of
USAF POWs: 5 year follow-up. Proceedings of the 26th Annual USAF Behavioral Sciences
Symposium (pp. 15-53). Brooks AFB, Texas: School of Aerospace Medicine.
183. Ursano, R. J. (1978). The repatriated prisoner of war: An analysis of precaptivity data.
Proceedings of the 5th Joint Medical Meeting Concerning POW/MIA Matters (pp. 87-97).
Brooks AFB, Texas: School of Aerospace Medicine.
184. Ursano, R. J. & Dressler, D. (1975). Clinician attitudes toward brief and long-term
psychotherapy. Proceedings of the 22nd Annual USAF Behavioral Sciences Symposium (pp.
28-35). Brooks AFB, Texas: School of Aerospace Medicine.
REVIEWS/LETTERS/EDITORIALS
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Ursano R. J. (2024). Editor's Note. Psychiatry, 87(1), 1.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00332747.2024.2322393
Ursano R. J. (2023). Wars, Pandemics, Mass Shootings and Human Behavior: Disasters
Across the Globe. Psychiatry, 86(4), 271. https://doi.org/10.1080/00332747.2023.2284619
Ursano, R. J., & Stein, M. B. (2022). From Soldier's Heart to Shared Genetic Risk: PTSD
and Cardiovascular Disease. The American journal of psychiatry, 179(11), 785–787.
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.20220778
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Morganstein, J. C., Ursano, R. J., Benedek, D. M., Kurosawa, M., & Shigemura, J. (2022).
Preparing for the mental health consequences of a nuclear event in Ukraine: The time isnow. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, Advance online publication.
https://doi.org/10.1111/pcn.13363
Ursano R. J. (2022). Message of support for Ukraine. Psychiatry, 1–2. Advance online
publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/00332747.2022.2051360
Ursano R. J. (2021). Principles of Psychological First Aid: Core Elements of Disaster Care,
COVID-19 Pandemic Care and Supportive Psychotherapy. Psychiatry, 84(4), 309–310.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00332747.2021.2005379
Ursano R. J. (2021). Editor's Note. Psychiatry, 84(1), 1. doi:
10.1080/00332747.2021.1889308
Shigemura, J., Ursano, R .J., Kurosawa, M., Morganstein, J. C. and Benedek, D. M. (2021),
Understanding the traumatic experiences of healthcare workers responding to the COVID‐
19 pandemic. Nurs Health Sci, 23, 7-8. doi: 10.1111/nhs.12766
Shigemura, J., Ursano, R.J., Morganstein, J.C., Kurosawa, M., Benedek, D.M. (2020).
Letter to the Editor: Public r esponses to the novel 2019 coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in
Japan: mental health consequences and target populations. Psychiatry and Clinical
Neurosciences. doi: 10.1111/pcn.12988
Ursano, R. J. (2020). The meaning of a good thought. Psychiatry, 83(1), 1.
doi:10.1080/00332747.2020.1717305
Ursano, R. J. (2019). Culture, borders and Dr. Carl Bell. Psychiatry, 82(3), 191.
doi:10.1080/00332747.2019.1654351
Benedek, D. M., Wynn, G. H., & Ursano, R. J. (2017). Homecoming—the podcast. JAMA,
317(14), 1398-1399. doi: 10.1001/jama.2017.3031
Ursano, R. J., Kessler, R. C., & Stein, M. B. (in press). Risk factors, methods, and timingof suicide attempts among US Army soldiers - Letter in reply. JAMA Psychiatry.
Cozza, S. J., Fisher, J. E., Mauro, C., Zhou, J., Ortiz, C. D., Skritskaya, N., Wall, M. M.,
Fullerton, C. S., Ursano, R. J., & Shear, M. K. (2016). Toward a Better Recognition ofClinically Impairing Grief: Response to Smid and Boelen [Letter to the Editor]. American
Journal of Psychiatry, 173 (11): 1150.
Ursano, R.J., Kessler, R.C., & Stein, M.B. (2015). Suicide attempts in the US Army –Reply. JAMA Psychiatry, e-pub ahead of print.
Ursano, R.J. (2012). Science calls her Hela [Editor’s Note]. Psychiatry, 75(2): 101-102.
Ursano, R.J. (2012). “More simply human than otherwise” Harry S. Sullivan's“Conceptions of modern psychiatry” the first William Alanson White Memorial Lectures(Published 1940) [Editor’s Note]. Psychiatry, 75(1): 1-2.
Uomoto, J.M. & Ursano, R.J. (Eds.). (2012). Psychological health and traumatic brain
injury. Supplement to Military Medicine, 177(8): 1-92.
Ursano, R.J. (2011). Republication of “Elements of Psychotherapy in Navaho Religion.”
Editor's note. Psychiatry, 74(4): 281-282.
Goldenberg, M., Biggs, Q., Flynn, B., McCarroll, E., & CSTS Grief Group. (2008). The
Other Side of Sadness (Bonanno). Psychiatry: Journal of Interpersonal and Biological
Processes.
Benedek, D.M., Fochman, L., & Ursano, R.J. (2005). Disaster mental health education[Letter to the Editor]. Academic Medicine, 7.

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Ursano, R.J. (2005). Response to Markenson, D, Dimaggio, C, Redlener, I, “Preparing
Health Professions Students for Terrorism, Disaster, and Public Health Emergencies.”
Academic Medicine, 80: 517-526.
Ursano, R.J. (2004). Review of “Effective Treatments for PTSD.” Foa, E.B., Keane, T.M.,
Friedman, M.J. (Eds.). American Journal of Psychiatry.
Hamaoka, D.A., Shigemura, J., Hall, M.J., & Ursano, R.J. (2004). Mental health’s role incombating terror. Journal of Mental Health, 12(6): 531-535.
Ursano, R.J. (2003). Book Review of “Remembering Trauma,” Richard J. McNally. New
England Journal of Medicine, 349(19): 1879-1880.
Ursano, R.J. (2003). Review of “A war of nerves: soldiers and psychiatrists in the twentiethcentury,” B. Shephard. American Journal of Psychiatry.
Ursano, R.J. (2002). Response to Letter to the Editor by Dr. William Beckett, ref“Editorial: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.” New England Journal of Medicine, 346(19),1497.
Slusarcick, A.L., Ursano, R.J., Dinneen, M.P., & Fullerton, C S. (2001). Combat stressors[Letter to the Editor]. Military Medicine, 166: 592.
Ursano, R.J. (2000). Review of “Essential papers on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.”American Journal of Psychiatry, 157(8): 1358.
Ursano, R.J. & Kartheiser, P. (2000). Review of “Risk factors for Posttraumatic Stress
Disorder.” Psychiatric Times, 27(2): 24.
Ursano, R.J. (1999). Review of “Traumatic events and mental health.” American Journalof Psychiatry, 156: 5-6.
Ursano, R.J. (1997). Review of “Courage and air warfare: The allied aircrew experience inthe second World War.” Bulletin of the History of Medicine, 71, 177-178.
Ursano, R.J. (1996). Review of “Review for Psychiatry Boards.” Psychiatric Times.
Brandt, G.T., Norwood, A.E., & Ursano, R.J. (1994). Urosepsis: An unusual presentationof a social phobia [Letter to the Editor]. American Journal of Psychiatry, 151: 1520.
Norwood, A.E., Ursano, R.J., Holloway, H.C., Fullerton, C.S., Dinneen, M.P., & Rundell,
J.R. (1994). The Vietnam War and the ethics of combat [Letter to the Editor]. American
Journal of Psychiatry, 151: 6.
Norwood, A.E., Brandt, G.T., & Ursano, R.J. (1994). PTSD and motor vehicle accidents[Letter to the Editor]. Psychosomatics, 35: 98.
Ursano, R.J. (1993). Review of “Responding to disaster.” Psychiatric Times, 3: 50.
Ursano, R.J. (1992). Review of “Handbook of short-term dynamic psychotherapy.”
Psychiatric Times, 9: 50.
Lazar, S., Dosovitz, I., & Ursano, R.J. (1989). Review of “The psychoanalytic process:
Theory, clinical observation and empirical research.” Journal of the American
Psychoanalytic Association, 37: 229-233.
Ursano, R.J. (1988). Combat stress in the chemical and biological warfare environment[Editorial]. Aviation, Space and Environmental Medicine, 59(12): 1123-1124.
Shalev, A. & Ursano, R.J. (1988). Haloperidol in neuroleptic malignant syndrome [Letterto the Editor]. American Journal of Psychiatry, 145(5): 653-654.
Ursano, R.J. & Hales R. (1987). Comments on review of brief psychotherapy [Letter to the
Editor]. American Journal of Psychiatry, 144: 1515-1518.
Rundell, J.R., Wise,M., & Ursano, R.J. (1987). The AIDS virus and the CNS [Letter to the
Editor]. American Journal of Psychiatry, 144: 538.
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Rundell, J.R., Ursano, R.J., & Silberman, E.K. (1986). Post-traumatic Stress Disorder's
relationship to depressive illness [Letter to the Editor]. American Journal of Psychiatry,143(2): 267-268.
Ursano, R.J. & Holloway, H.C. (1985). Perspectives on post-traumatic stress disorder[Letter to the Editor]. American Journal of Psychiatry, 142(12): 1526.
Ursano, R.J. & Holloway, H.C. (1985). Military psychiatry bibliography [Letter to the
Editor]. Military Medicine, 150: 34.
Ursano, R.J., Jones, D., & Corcoran, J. (1981). Mitral valve prolapse and psychiatric
symptoms [Letter to the Editor]. American Journal of Psychiatry, 138(2): 258-259.
Ursano, R.J. (1977). Reversible tardive dyskinesia. [Letter to the Editor]. American Journalof Psychiatry, 134(6): 703-704.

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Ursano, R. J. (2024, June). Overview of the Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress,
Uniformed Services of the Health Sciences, and Department of Defense [Invited
presentation]. All-Ukrainian Scientific and Practical Conference with International
Participation: Restoring the Mental Health of Military Personnel, NSB Military Academy,Lviv, Ukraine.
Ursano, R. J. (2024, April). Disaster Psychiatry: Individual to Community [Grand Rounds
Presentation]. Department of Psychiatry, Nuvance Health.
Ursano, R. J. (2024, January 25). Perspectives on Prevention and Behavioral HealthAcross the Life Cycle: Challenges and Opportunities [Oral presentation]. National
Academy of Sciences: Committee on a Blueprint for a National Prevention Infrastructurefor Behavioral Health Disorders.
Elmahdy, S.W., Sumberg, L.L., Haller, K., Dempsey, C.L., Benedek, D.M., Ao, J., Georg,
M.W., Aliaga, P.A., Zuromski, K.L., Nock, M.K., Heeringa, S.G., Kessler, R.C., Stein,M.B., Ursano, R.J. (2024, May). Relationships between adult bullying behaviors andsuicide risk: Results from a psychological autopsy study of U.S. Army Servicemembers.
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Research Days
Bookwala, N.M., Warrior, S., Biggs, Q.M., Moore, J., Fullerton, C.S., Wang, L., & Ursano,
R.J. (2024, April). Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Mortuary Affairs Soldiers 2006-2018[Poster presentation]. 2024 Amygdala, Stress, and PTSD Conference, USUHS, Bethesda,
MD
Warrior, S., Bookwala, N. M., Biggs, Q. B., Moore, J. Fullerton, C. S., Wang, L., &Ursano, R. J. (2024, May). Rates of Depression in U.S. Army Mortuary Affairs Soldiersfrom 2006 to 2018. Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Research Days
Wang, J., Naifeh, J. A., Herberman Mash, H. B., Thomas, J., Morganstein, J. C., Fullerton,
C. S., Cozza, S. J., Stein, M. B., & Ursano, R. J. (2024, April). Joint Influence ofAttachment Styles and Social Support Network on Lifetime Suicidal Behaviors. 2024
Amygdala, Stress, and PTSD Conference, USUHS, Bethesda, MD
Elmahdy, S.W., Sumberg, L.L., Haller, K., Dempsey, C.L., Benedek, D.M., Ao, J., Georg,
M.W., Aliaga, P.A., Zuromski, K.L., Nock, M.K., Heeringa, S.G., Kessler, R.C., Stein,M.B., & Ursano, R.J. (2024, April). Relationships between adult bullying behaviors andsuicide risk: Results from a psychological autopsy study of U.S. Army Servicemembers.
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Cozza, S.J., Ogle, C.M., Fisher, J.E., Zhou, J., Walsh, T.R., Zuleta, R.F., Dempsey, C.L.,
West, J.C., Fullerton, C.S. & Ursano, R.J. (2024). The associations of posttraumatic stressdisorder and family composition with firearm ownership and unsafe firearm storagepractices among military and veteran servicemembers [Poster presentation]. 2024
Amygdala, Stress, and PTSD Conference, USUHS, Bethesda, MD
Fisher, J.E., Ogle, C.M., Zhou, J., Walsh, T.R., Fetchet, M., Zuleta, R.F., Fullerton, C.S.,
Ursano, R.J. & Cozza, S.J. (2024). Avoidant coping and supportive coping differentiate
patterns of comorbidity in groups in 9/11-bereaved fifteen years after 9/11 [Poster
presentation]. 2024 Amygdala, Stress, and PTSD Conference, USUHS, Bethesda, MD
Ogle, C.M., Fisher, J.E., Zhou, J., Walsh, T., Nemcek, S., Zuleta, R.F., Fullerton, C.S.,
Ursano, R.J. & Cozza, S.J. (2024). Child Protective Actions in Response to Specific Typesof Child Neglect [Poster presentation]. 2024 Amygdala, Stress, and PTSD Conference,
USUHS, Bethesda, MD
Bossarte, R. M., Dempsey, C. L., Benedek, D. M., Spangler, P. T., West, J. C., Nock, M.
K., Zuromski, K. L., Georg, M. W., Ao, J., Haller, K., Probe, D. M., & Ursano, R. J.
(2023). Associations between Individual and Area Level Factors and Firearm-Related
Suicide among Veterans. National Research Conference for the Prevention of FirearmRelated Harms, Chicago, IL
Dempsey, C. L., Benedek, D. M., Spangler, P. T., West, J. C., Nock, M. K., Zuromski, K.
L., Georg, M. W., Ao, J., Haller, K., Probe, D. M., Bossarte, R. M., Ursano, R. J. (2023).
Perception of Safety, Reasons for Firearm Ownership and Unsafe Storage Practices:
Opportunities for Suicide Prevention in US. Army Servicemembers. National Research
Conference for the Prevention of Firearm-Related Harms, Chicago, IL
West, J. C., Dempsey, C. L., Benedek, D. M., Spangler, P. T., Nock, M. K., Zuromski, K.
L., Georg, M. W., Ao, J., Haller, K., Probe, D. M., Bossarte, R. M., & Ursano, R. J. (2023).
Relationships Between Firearm Behaviors and Suicide Risk in a Longitudinal Sample.
National Research Conference for the Prevention of Firearm-Related Harms, Chicago, IL
Dempsey, C. L., West, J. C., Bossarte, R. M., Benedek, D.M., Spangler, P.T., Nock, M. K.,
Zuromski, K., Georg, M. W., Ao, J.,Haller, K.H., Probe, D.M., MA., & Ursano, R. (2023,
Nov). Firearm Behavioral Practices and Suicidal Behaviors in U.S. Army Servicemembers
and Veterans: Opportunities for Suicide Intervention and Prevention. National Research for
the Prevention of Firearm-Related Harms, Chicago, IL.
Cozza, S.J., Ogle, C.M., Fisher, J.E., Zhou, J., Walsh, T.R., Zuleta, R.F., Dempsey, C.L.,
West, J.C., Dhanraj, N., Fullerton, C.S. & Ursano, R.J. (2023, October). The Associationsof Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Family Composition with Firearm Ownership andUnsafe Firearm Storage Practices among Military Service Members and Veterans. [Poster
Presentation]. American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Annual Meeting, NY.
Gabbay, F. H., Wynn, G. H., Georg, M. W., Gildea, S. M., Kennedy, C. J., King, A. J.,
Sampson, N. A., Ursano, R. J., Stein, M. B., Wagner, J. R., Kessler, R. C., Capaldi, V. F.
(2023, August 14-17). Toward Personalized Medicine in the US Army: Using Machine
Learning to Predict Response to Insomnia Treatment [Poster Presentation]. Military Health
System Research Symposium, Kissimmee, FL.
Weingrad, A. B., Blumhorst, A., Mash, H. H., Udayakumar, P., Griffith, L.-M., Fullerton,
C. S., Morganstein, J. C., & Ursano, R. J. (2023, August 14-17). Personal Experience of
COVID-19, Training Related Stress, and PTSD in National Guard Members [Poster
Presentation]. Military Health System Research Symposium, Kissimmee, FL.
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Blumhorst, A., Weingrad, A., Mash, H.H., Fullerton, C.S., Morganstein, J.C., Ursano,
R.J. National Guard Members’ Feelings of Mattering and Valuing COVID-19-Related
Work: Association with Anger and Alcohol Use. (2023, August). Virtual poster presentation
at American Psychological Association (APA) Convention, Washington, D.C.
Walsh, A. K., Morganstein, J.C., Stanley, I., Betz, E., Heintz Morrissey, B. A., Fullerton,
C. S., Ursano, R. J. (2023, April 26 - 28). Take the Lead: The Development of a Leader
Driven Approach to Firearm Safety and Suicide Prevention [Poster Presentation]. 2023
Suicide Research Symposium, Virtual.
Walsh, A. K., Weingrad, A. B., Meyer, M.C., Morganstein, J. C., Heintz Morrissey, B. A.,
Fullerton, C. S., Ursano, R. J. (2023, April 26 - 28). Partnering, Implementing and
Evaluating: A How to Process of Developing Suicide Prevention Tools for the
Public [Poster Presentation]. 2023 Suicide Research Symposium, Virtual.
Ursano, R. J. (2023, February 23). "364 Days of full-scale war" A reflection on a year offull-scale war in Ukraine [Presentation and Panel Discussion]. European College of
Neurophysopharamcology Traumatic Stress Network Hot Topics.
Walsh, A. K., Weingrad, A. B., McGuinness, M. C., Morganstein, J. C., Heintz Morrissey,
B. A., Fullerton, C. S., Petrini, J. M., Ursano, R. J. (2023, February 13-16). Recognizing
Suicide as a Traumatic Event: Implementing a Novel Public Health Approach to Stem the
Tide of Rising Suicide in the Military [Poster Presentation]. 2023 AMSUS Annual Meeting,National Harbor, MD.
Kim, S.Y., Soumoff, A. A., Raiciulescu S., Kemezis, P.A., Spinks, E.A., Ursano, R.J.,
Benedek, D.M., and Choi, K.H. (2022, December 1). Association of Mild Traumatic Brain
Injury and Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Wounded Military Service Members [Poster
presentation]. USUHS Neuroscience Program Thirty-Second Winter Symposium & Poster
Show, Bethesda, MD.
Ursano, R. J. (2022, October). Thinking from the Big Data Perspective. Opportunities,
challenges, and limitations for military mental health care ref suicide and other [Virtualpresentation]. Personalized Medicine in Mental Health and Performance: North Atlantic
Treaty Organization Human Factors and Medicine (HFM) Meeting #5, University of
Melbourne, Carlton, Melbourne, Australia.
Dempsey, C.L., Benedek, D.M., West, J.C., Nock, M.K., Zuromski, K.L., Georg, M.W.,
Ao, J., Probe, D., Blumhorst, A., Dhanraj, N., Bossarte, R.M., & Ursano, R.J. (2022,
September). Weapon Storage Practices, Reasons for Gun Ownership and Suicide Risk in
U.S. Army Soldiers and Veterans. Poster presentation at the Military Health System
Research Symposium (MHSRS), Kissimmee, FL.
Ursano, R. J. (2022, June). International Roundtable. Invited moderator at the PsychiatricDimensions of Disasters: 5th Annual CME Training Course, Disaster Psychiatry Canada,virtual.
Fisher, J. E., Blumhorst, A. L., Zhou, J., Ogle, C. M., Zuleta, R. F., Fullerton, C. S.,
Ursano, R. J., & Cozza, S. J. (2022, April). Predictive validity of item 9 of the Patient
Health Questionnaire in a bereaved sample: Comparison to the Beck Scale for Suicide
Ideation. Virtual poster presentation at the 16th Annual Amygdala, Stress, and PTSD
Conference: Stress and the Mind, USUHS, Bethesda, MD.
Mash, H. B. H., Fullerton, C. S., Morganstein, J. C., Dinh, H. M., & Ursano, R .J. (2022,
April). Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic: Work productivity and psychologicalresponses in activated New York National Guard service members. Poster presented at the
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virtual 16th Annual Amygdala, Stress, and PTSD Conference: Cells, Circuits, Sensors, andStress.
Dempsey, C. L., Benedek, D. M., West, J. C., Nock, M. K., Zuromski, K. L., Ao, J.,Georg,
M. W., Mullins-Hussain, B., Weinberg, A., Bossarte, R. M., and Ursano, R. (2022, April).
Firearm behavioral practices and suicide attempt and ideation in U.S. Army Soldiers andVeterans. Virtual poster presentation at the 16th Annual Amygdala, Stress, and PTSD
Conference: Stress and the Mind, Bethesda, MD.
Biggs, Q. M., Wang, J., Petrini, J. M., Jefferies, J., Thomas, A., Blumhorst, A., Weingrad,
A., Fullerton, C. S., Amin, R., & Ursano, R. J. (2022, April). Perceived barriers to seeking
mental health care in military Service members with and without post-traumatic stressdisorder. Poster presentation (virtual) at the 16th Annual Amygdala, Stress, and PTSD
Conference: Cells, Circuits, Sensors, and Stress, USUHS, Bethesda, MD.
Biggs, Q. M., Mullins-Hussain, B., Petrini, J. M., Thomas, A., Steward, A. E., Wang, L.,
Fullerton, C. S., & Ursano, R. J. (2022, April). Potentially-traumatic exposures in Middle
East deployed and non-deployed U.S. Army Mortuary Affairs Specialist Soldiers. Poster
presentation (virtual) at the 16th Annual Amygdala, Stress, and PTSD Conference: Cells,
Circuits, Sensors, and Stress, USUHS, Bethesda, MD.
Ursano, R. J., Benedek, D. M. & Vermetten, E. (2022, March). Hot Topics Q&A. Virtualroundtable discussion at the ECNP Traumatic Stress Network Meeting.
Dempsey, C. L., Benedek, D. M., West, J. C., Nock, M. K., Zuromski, K. L., Georg, M.
W., Ao, J., Weinberg, A., Mullins-Hussain, B., Bossarte, R. M., & Ursano, R. (2022,
March). Principal Reasons for Gun Ownership and Suicide Risk in U.S. Army Soldiers andVeterans. Poster presentation at the ADAA Conference, Denver, CO.
Ursano, R.J. (2022, January). What PTSD as a disorder teaches us about the brain andpsychotherapy treatment. Presented at the International Psychotherapy Institute’s (IPI)
Master Speaker Series, Washington, DC.
Naifeh, J. A., Herberman Mash, H. B., Dinh, H. M., Fullerton, C. S., & Ursano, R. J.
(2021, November). Risk of suicide attempt in reserve versus active component soldiersduring deployment to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Virtual poster session presented atthe 37th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies.
Dempsey, C.L., Benedek, D.M., Nock, M.K., Zuromski, K.L., Brent, D.A., Ao, J., Aliaga,
P.A., Mullins-Hussain, B., Weinberg, A., Heeringa, S.G., Kessler, R.C., Stein, M.,B., andUrsano, R. J. Social closeness and support are associated with lower risk of suicide among
U.S. Army Soldiers. Poster session presented at the 37th Annual Meeting of theInternational Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, virtual.
Biggs, Q. M., McCarroll, J. E., Fullerton, C. S., Petrini, J., Mullins-Hussain, B., Steward,
A., Wang, L., & Ursano, R. J. (2021, November). Post-traumatic stress disorder andfamily structure in deployed U.S., Army mortuary affairs Soldiers. Poster presentation at
the meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, 37th Annual
Meeting, virtual.
Cozza, S. J., Fisher, J. E., Ogle, C. M., Zhou, J., Zuleta, R. F., West, J. C., Fullerton, C. S.,& Ursano, R. J. (2021, Oct. 18-30). Association of high-risk firearm storage with PTSD in
U.S. Army soldiers and veterans with children. American Academy of Child andAdolescent Psychiatry's 68th Annual Meeting, Virtual.
Biggs, Q. M., Morganstein, J. C., Petrini, J., Mullins-Hussain, B., McCarroll, J. E.,
Fullerton, C. S., & Ursano, R. J. (2021, October). The MA-STAR pocket card:
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psychological resilience resources for leaders of personnel working with human remains in
COVID-19 pandemic and other mass fatality events. Poster presentation at the 21st World
Psychiatric Association, World Congress of Psychiatry, virtual.
Ursano, R. J. (2021, September) Disaster Psychiatry and COVID-19. (Invited plenary)
Virtual presentation at the Australasian Conference on Traumatic Stress.
Ursano, R. J. (2021, June). The Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Service
members. 2021 Perspective. (Invited presentation) Virtual presentation at the 21st ENCP
Traumatic Stress Network Virtual Meeting.
Ursano, R. J. (2021, June). Mental health in the COVID-19 pandemic (II). Webinar panelist
presentation for Disaster Psychiatry Canada.
Naifeh, J. A., Herberman Mash, H. B., Dinh, H. M., Fullerton, C. S., & Ursano, R. J.
(2021, May). Sex differences in U.S. Army suicide attempts during the wars in Iraq and
Afghanistan. Poster presentation at the Association for Psychological Science Virtual
Convention.
Dempsey, C. L., Benedek, D. M., Zuromski, K., Nock, M. K., Brent, D. A., Ao, J., Aliaga,
P. A., Weinberg, A., Mullins-Hussain, B., Heeringa, S. G., Kessler, R. C., Stein, M., andUrsano R. J. (2021, May). Social closeness and support are associated with lower suicide
risk among US Army Soldiers. Poster presentation at the Association for Psychological
Science Virtual Convention.
Fullerton, C. S., Liu, A. G., Mullins-Hussain, B., Mash, H. B. H., Morganstein, J. C.,
Wang, L., & Ursano, R. J. (2021, May). Effect of individual and interpersonal factors on
recovery time following multiple Florida hurricanes. Poster presentation at the Association
for Psychological Science Virtual Convention.
Biggs, Q. M., McCarroll, J. E., Fullerton, C. S., Mullins-Hussain, B., Petrini, J., Steward,
A. E., Wang, L., & Ursano, R. J. (2021, May). Depression in U.S. Army Soldiers who
handle the remains of the dead. Poster presentation at the Association for Psychological
Science Virtual Convention.
Steward, A. E., Mullins-Hussain, B., Petrini, J., Biggs, Q. M. McCarroll, J. E., Fullerton, C.
S., Wang, L., & Ursano, R. J. (2021, May). Depression in U.S. Army Mortuary Affairs
Soldiers. Poster presentation (virtual) at Research Days, USUHS, Bethesda, MD.
Dempsey, C. L., Benedek, D. M., Zuromski, K. L., Nock. M. K., Aliaga, P., Ao, J., Georg,
M. W., Mullins-Hussain, B., Weinberg, A., & Ursano, R. J. (2021, April). Social closenessand support are associated with lower risk of suicide among U.S. Army Soldiers. Virtual
poster presentation at the 15th Annual Amygdala, Stress, and PTSD Conference: Stress andthe Mind, Bethesda, MD.
Liu, A. G., Mullins-Hussain, B., Mash, H. B. H., Fullerton, C. S., Morganstein, J. C.,
Wang, L., & Ursano, R. J. (2021, April). Effect of individual and interpersonal factors on
recovery time following multiple Florida hurricanes. Virtual poster presentation at the 15th
Annual Amygdala, Stress, and PTSD Conference: Stress and the Mind, Bethesda, MD.
Wang, J., Ursano, R. J., Gifford, R. K., Dinh, H., Weinberg, A., Cohen, G. H., Sampson,L., Galea, S. & Fullerton, C. S. (2021, April). National Guard and Reserve Soldiers: Social
support trajectories and suicide ideation. Virtual poster presentation at the 15th Annual
Amygdala, Stress, and PTSD Conference: Stress and the Mind, Bethesda, MD.
Biggs, Q. M., Morganstein, J., Mullins-Hussain, B., Petrini, J., McCarroll, J. E., Fullerton,
C. S., & Ursano, R. J. (2021, April). Psychological resilience support material for Service
Members working with human remains: The MA-STAR pocket card. Poster presented at the
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15th Annual Amygdala, Stress, and PTSD Conference: Stress and the Mind, USUHS,
Bethesda, MD.
Ursano, R. J. (2021, February) Disaster Psychiatry and Behavioral Health: From War andTerrorism to Earthquakes and Coronavirus. Virtual presentation at Cherry Hospital,
Goldsboro, NC.
Biggs, Q. M., McCarroll, J. E., Ursano, R. J., Fullerton, C. S., Mullins-Hussain, B., &Petrini, J. (2021, January). Stress and resiliency in U.S. Army mortuary affairs operations:
war fighting and humanitarian missions. Oral presentation to the Central Joint Mortuary
Affairs Board, virtual.
Belleau, E. A., Krantz, D. S., Gabbay, F. H., Aliaga, P. A., Ursano, R. J., & Wynn, G. H.
(2020, Dec). Posttraumatic stress disorder and sleep disorders: Effects on cardiovasculardisease risk in active duty U.S. Army enlisted Servicemembers. On demand oralpresentation at the virtual 129th annual meeting of AMSUS, The Society of Federal HealthProfessionals.
Ursano, R. J. (2020, Oct). How are (and are not) Psychodynamic Concepts and Treatment
Effective in the Treatment of Trauma? Webinar at Trauma and Mind in War and Life,
Understanding and Treating Trauma: A Psychoanalytic Psychodynamic Philosophical
Perspective, The Contemporary Freudian Society.
Dempsey, C. L., Benedek, D, M., Zuromski K. L., Nock. M. K., Aliaga, P., Ao, J., George,
M. W., Broshek, C., Mullins-Hussain, B., Weinberg A., & Ursano, R. (2020, Nov). Risk
and Resilience of Lifetime Stressful Experiences among US Army Soldiers at Risk for
Suicide [Virtual Conference presentation]. ISTSS 2020 Convention, Atlanta, GA, UnitedStates.
Liu, A. G., Mash, H. B. H., Fullerton, C. S., Mullins-Hussain, B., & Ursano, R. J. (2020,
November). Relationship of collective efficacy to perceived hurricane preparedness. Poster
presentation at the virtual 36th Annual Meeting of the International Society for TraumaticStress Studies.
Liu, A. G., Mash, H. B. H., Fullerton, C. S., Morganstein, J. C., Vance, M. C., Wang, L.,
Mullins-Hussain, B., & Ursano, R. J. (2020, October). Relationship of social networks
to hurricane preparedness behaviors. Oral presentation at the 30th Annual Neuroscience
Program Open House, Uniformed Services University.
Morganstein, J. M., Cozza, S., Koyfman, S., West, J. C., Ursano, R. J. (2020, March)
COVID-19 and Mental Health: Caring for the Public and Ourselves. Webinar presentation
for the American Psychiatric Association.
Ursano, R. J. (2020, March) Disaster Psychiatry and Behavioral Health From War andTerrorism to Earthquakes... and Coronavirus, Finding Structure in Chaos. Webinar
presentation given for Boston Veterans Affairs, Grand Rounds. Boston, MA.
Biggs, Q. M., Ursano, R. J., Wang, J., Wynn, G. H., Krantz, D. S., Carr, R. B., Dacuyan, N.
M., Pokorny, K., Gover-Chamlou, A., Martinez, S., & Fullerton, C. S.
(2019, December). Impact of the previous night’s sleep disturbances on post traumaticstress symptoms among individuals with and without post traumatic stress disorder. Poster
presented at the Neuroscience 29th Annual Open House, USUHS, Bethesda, MD.
Wang, J., Ursano, R. J., Biggs, Q. M., Krantz, D. S., Wynn, G. H., Carr, R. B., GoverChamlou, A., Martinez, S., Pokorny, K., Stephens, T. B., & Fullerton, C. S. (2019,
December). Influence of number of awakenings during the previous 1-3 nights on post

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traumatic stress symptoms among individuals with PTSD. Poster presented at the
Neuroscience 29th Annual Open House, USUHS, Bethesda, MD.
Naifeh, J. A., Dempsey, C. L., Bartolanzo, D., Herberman Mash, H. B., Fullerton, C. S., &Ursano, R. J. (2019, November). Combat exposure, PTSD, and other potential risk factors
for the transition from recent suicide ideation to suicide attempt in U.S. Army Soldiers.
Poster session presented at the 35th Annual Meeting of the International Society forTraumatic Stress Studies, Boston, MA.
Liu, A. G., Mash, H. B. H., Fullerton, C. S., Mullins-Hussain, B., & Ursano, R. J. (2019,
November). Relationship of hurricane-related concerns to hurricane preparedness andsubsequent mental distress. Poster presentation at the 35th Annual Meeting of theInternational Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Boston, MA.
Ursano, R. J. (2019, September). PTSD, Suicide, TBI… DSM5, “and Other Trauma
Disorders” : Complex Clinical Decisions. Sheppard Pratt Trauma Workshop Series,
Baltimore, MD.
Ursano, R. J. (2019, June). Disaster psychiatry: Finding structure in chaos. Keynote
presentation at the Psychiatry Dimenions of Diaster: Training Course II Meeting, Toronto,
Canada.
Ursano, R. J. (2019, June). Update from Army STARRS. Invited presentation at Artiss
Symposium, Bethesda, MD.
Morganstein, J. C., West, J. C., Napoli, J., Stoddard, F., Ursano, R. J. (2019, May).
Disaster Psychiatry Review and Updates: Mass Violence, Ebola, and Climate Change.
Course presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, San
Francisco, CA.
Liu, A. G., Farooq, S., Mash. H. B. Herberman, Fullerton, C. S., & Ursano, R. J. (2019,
May). Effect of gender, workplace training, and mental healthcare utilization on
psychological distress following the 2004 Florida hurricanes. Poster presented at the
Association for Psychological Science 31st Annual Convention, Washington, D.C.
Naifeh, J. A., Mash, H. B. Herberman, Stokes, C. M., Fullerton, C. S., Aliaga, P. A., RiggsDonovan, C. A., Ng, T. H. H., Stein, M. B., Kessler, R. C., & Ursano, R. J. (2019, May).
Outside the system: Risk factors for suicide attempt among U.S. Army soldiers with nohistory of mental health diagnosis. Poster presented at the Association for Psychological
Science 31st Annual Convention, Washington, D.C.
Mash, H. B. Herberman, Fullerton, C. S., Morganstein, J. C., Flynn, B. W., & Ursano, R. J.
(2019, April). Safety and confidence in law enforcement during terrorist-related events:
Association with daily life activities. Poster presented at the 14th Annual Amygdala, Stress,
and PTSD Conference: Risk, Resilience, and Recovery, Bethesda, MD.
Mash, H.B. Herberman, Morganstein, J.C., Fullerton, C.S., Wang, L., Liu, A.G., Farooq,
S., & Ursano, R.J. (2019, April). Effect of prior hurricane experiences on preparedness inFlorida Department of Health workers. Poster presented at the 14th Annual Amygdala,Stress, and PTSD Conference: Risk, Resilience, and Recovery, Bethesda, MD.
Dempsey, C. L., Benedek, D. M., Zuromski, K. L., Nock, M. K., Ng, T. H. H., RiggsDonovan, C. A., Broshek, C., Martinez, S., & Ursano, R. J. (2019, April) Risk andresilience of lifetime stressful experiences among US Army Soldiers at risk for suicide:
Results from the Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience Among Servicemembers (ArmySTARRS). Poster presented at the 14th Annual Amygdala, Stress, and PTSD Conference:
Risk, Resilience, and Recovery, USU, Bethesda, MD.
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Biggs, Q. M., Ursano, R. J., Wang, J., Wynn, G. H., Krantz, D. S., Carr, R. B., Dacuyan, N,
M., Pokorny, K., Gover-Chamlou, A., Martinez, S., & Fullerton, C. S. (2019, April).
Impact of the previous night’s sleep disturbances on post-traumatic stress symptoms
among individuals with and without post-traumatic stress disorder. Poster presented at the
14th Annual Amygdala, Stress, and PTSD Conference: Risk, Resilience, and Recovery,
USU, Bethesda, MD.
Wang, J., Ursano, R. J., Biggs, Q. M., Krantz, D. S., Wynn, G. H., Carr, R. B., GoverChamlou, A., Martinez, S., Pokorny, K., Stephens, T. B., & Fullerton, C. S. (2019, April).
Influence of number of awakenings during the previous 1-3 nights on post-traumatic stresssymptoms among individuals with PTSD. Poster presented at the 14th Annual Amygdala,Stress, and PTSD Conference: Risk, Resilience, and Recovery, USU, Bethesda, MD.
Ursano, R. J. (2019, March). Mental health and nuclear and radiologic emergencies: What
to expect, surveillance, triage and coordinating care. Invited presentation at the National
Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine Workshop on Challenges in Initiating
and Conducting Long-Term Health Monitoring of Populations Following Nuclear andRadiological Emergencies in the United States, Washington DC.
Mash, H. B. Herberman, Fullerton, C. S., & Ursano, R. J. (2019, March). Relationship ofperceived safety to behavioral change following active shooter events. Poster presented atthe 40th Annual Meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Washington, DC.
Biggs, Q. M., Ursano, R. J., Wang, J., Wynn, G. H., Krantz, D. S., Carr, R. B., Dacuyan, N,
M., Pokorny, K., Gover-Chamlou, A., Martinez, S., & Fullerton, C. S. (2019, March).
Impact of the previous night’s sleep disturbances on post-traumatic stress symptoms
among individuals with and without post-traumatic stress disorder. Poster presented at theannual scientific meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Washington, DC.
Wang, J., Ursano, R. J., Biggs, Q. M., Krantz, D. S., Wynn, G. H., Carr, R. B., GoverChamlou, A., Martinez, S., Pokorny, K., Stephens, T. B., & Fullerton, C. S. (2019, March).
Influence of number of awakenings during the previous 1-3 nights on post-traumatic stresssymptoms among individuals with PTSD. Poster presented at the annual scientific meetingof the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Washington, DC.
Ursano, R. J. & Benedek, D. M. (2018, November). Traumatic Stress: Educaiton forTrauma Informed Care… from Macro to Micro, Personalized Medicine to Public Health.
Presented at the National Academies Global Forum on Innovatoin in Health Professional
Education, Washington, D.C.
Ursano, R. J. (2018, November). PTSD aka ‘Soldier’s Heart’ and Other (non PTSD)
Trauma Related Disorders and Dimensions. Presented at The Cardiovascular
Consequences of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Workshop, hosted by NHLBI, Bethesda,
M.D.
Wang, J., Ursano, R. J., Biggs, Q. M., Krantz, D. S., Carr, R. B., Wynn, G. H., Probe
Adams, D., Dacuyan, N, M., & Fullerton, C. S. (2018, November) Daily influence of sleep
duration on post traumatic stress symptoms in individuals with and without post traumaticstress disorder. Poster presented at the meeting of the International Society for TraumaticStress Studies, Washington, D.C.
Biggs, Q. M., Ursano, R. J., Wang, J., Krantz, D. S., Carr, R. B., Wynn, G. H., Probe
Adams, D., Dacuyan, N, M., & Fullerton, C. S. (2018, November) Daily variation in posttraumatic stress symptoms in individuals with and without post traumatic stress disorder.

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Poster presented at the meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies,
Washington, D.C.
Fullerton, C.S., Mash, H.B. Herberman, Morganstein, J.C., & Ursano, R.J. (2018,
November). Sniper-related television viewing, perceived safety, social support, andpsychological responses following active shooter events. Poster presented at ISTSS Annual
Conference, Washington, D.C.
Dempsey, C. L., Benedek, D.M., Zuromski, K.L, Riggs, C., Ng, T.H.,Nock, M.K.,&
Ursano, R. J. (2018, November). Firearm Accessibility and Suicide: Results from the Army
Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers (Army STARRS). Poster presented
at ISTSS, Washington, D.C.
Ursano, R. J. (2018, October). International Ministerial (5-Eyes) Centres of Excellence
Conference on Veterans’ Issues, Sydney, Australia.
Ursano, R. J. (2018, September). Essential Issues on Terrorism. Presented at the NATO
Advance Research Workshop, Odessa, Ukraine.
Biggs, Q. M., Ursano, R. J., Wang, J., Krantz, D. S., Carr, R. B., Wynn, G. H., Probe
Adams, D., Dacuyan, N, M., & Fullerton, C. S. (2018, September) Daily variation in posttraumatic stress symptoms in individuals with and without post-traumatic stress disorder.
Poster presented at the USU Centers Forum, Bethesda, M.D.
Dempsey, C.L., Benedek, D.M., Nock, M.K., Ng, T.H., Riggs, C., Brent, D.A.,
Heeringa, S.G., Kessler, R.C., Stein, M.B., & Ursano, R.J. (2018, September) The
protective effect of social and support networks among U.S. Army soldiers at risk forsuicide. Poster presented at the USU Centers Forum, Bethesda, M.D.
Ursano, R. J. (2018, June). Army STARRS. Presented at the National Academy of Sciences
Workshop on the Feasibility of Addressing Environmental and Occupational Helath
Exposure Questions Using Department of Defense Biorepositories, Washington, D.C.
Ursano, R. J., Morganstein, J. C., & West, J. C. (2018, May). Disaster psychiatry review
and updates: Terrorist mass killing, climate change, and ebola. Presented at the American
Psychiatric Association session of the Committee on Psychiatric Dimensions of Disasters,
New York City, NY.
Fisher, J. E., Chen, S., Zhou, J., Churan, A., Fetchet, M., Fullerton, C. S., Ursano, R. J. &Cozza, S. J. (2018, April). Clinical response profiles in bereaved family members fourteen
years after the September 11th terrorist attacks. Poster presented at the 13th Annual
Amygdala, Stress and PTSD Conference: The Sequela of Trauma, Bethesda, MD.
Hefner, K., Fisher, J. E., Ogle, C., Stephens, T., Zhou, J., Lee, A., Krantz, D., Fullerton, C.
S., Ursano, R. J. & Cozza, S. J. (2018, April). Prevalance of psychiatric conditions in
bereaved service widows: A longitudinal case controlled study. Poster presented at the 13th
Annual Amygdala, Stress and PTSD Conference: The Sequela of Trauma, Bethesda, MD.
Fisher, J. E., Zhou, J., Liu, A., Ali, B., Fullerton, C. S., Ursano, R. J. & Cozza, S. J. (2018,
April). Complicated grief and depression differentiate types of cognitive failures in
bereaved family members. Poster presented at the 13th Annual Amygdala, Stress and PTSD
Conference: The Sequela of Trauma, Bethesda, MD.
Wang, J., Ursano, R. J., Biggs, Q. M., Krantz, D. S., Carr, R. B., Wynn, G. H., Probe
Adams, D., Dacuyan, N, M., & Fullerton, C. S. (2018, April) Daily influence of sleep
duration on post traumatic stress symptoms in individuals with and without post traumaticstress disorder. Poster presented at the 13th Annual Amygdala, Stress and PTSD
Conference: The Sequela of Trauma, Bethesda, MD.
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Adams, D., Dacuyan, N, M., & Fullerton, C. S. (2018, April) Daily variation in posttraumatic stress symptoms in individuals with and without post traumatic stress disorder.
Poster presented at the 13th Annual Amygdala, Stress and PTSD Conference: The Sequelaof Trauma, Bethesda, MD.
98. Mash, H.B. Herberman, Fullerton, C.S., Morganstein, J.C., Wang, L., Franz, M., & Ursano,
R.J. (2017, August). Relationship of training and experience to hurricane-related distressin rescue workers. Poster presented at the 2017 American Psychological Association
Annual Convention, Washington, D.C.
99. Mash, H.B. Herberman, Fullerton, C.S., & Ursano, R.J. (2017, August). Televisionviewing, perceived safety, and psychological responses following terrorist attacks. Poster
presented at the 2017 American Psychological Association Annual Convention,
Washington, D.C.
100. Ursano, R. J. (2017, May). PTSD and Suicide - Army STARRS Genotype, Phenotype, andTiming in Precision Medicine. Presented at the 2017 Military Operational Readiness:
Precision Medicine Conference, Potomac, MD.
101. Wang, J., Biggs, Q. M., Fullerton, C. S., Wynn, G. H., Probe, D., Dacuyan, N., Franz, M.,
Carr, R. B., & Ursano, R. J. (2017, April). Decomposition of daily variation in the
posttraumatic stress and depression symptoms in U.S. military service members: Trait,
state and error. Poster presented at the 12th Annual Amygdala, Stress and PTSD
Conference: Understanding Stress, Bethesda, MD.
102. Wang, J., Biggs, Q. M., Fullerton, C. S., Wynn, G. H., Probe, D., Dacuyan, N., Franz, M.,
Carr, R. B., & Ursano, R. J. (2017, April). Decomposition of daily variation in the
posttraumatic stress and depression symptoms in U.S. military service members: Trait,
state and error. Poster presented at the Anxiety and Depression Conference, San Francisco,CA.
103. Morganstein, J. C., Herberman Mash, H. B., Franz, M., Wang, L., Meyer, E. G., Santiago,
P. N., Fullerton, C. S., & Ursano, R. J. (2017, April). Community Strength & Disasters:
Collective Efficacy Following the 2004 Florida Hurricanes. Poster presentations at the12th Annual Amygdala, Stress, and PTSD Conference: Understanding Stress, Center for
the Study of Traumatic Stress, Bethesda, MD and the Research Innovations Symposium,
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD.
104. Christopher, E., Fisher, J. E., Zhou, J., Liu, A. G., Karp, J. N., Chen, S., Fetchet,M., Fullerton, C. S., Ursano, R. J., Cozza, S. J. (2017, April). Association of General Belief
in a Just World and Mental Health Outcomes Following the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks. Poster
presentation at the 12th Annual Amygdala, Stress, and PTSD Conference: Understanding
Stress, Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress, Bethesda, MD.
105. Karp, J., Fisher, J., Chen, S., Liu, A. G., Christopher, E., Zhou J., Fullerton, C., Ursano, R.,
Cozza, S. (2017, April). Multiple Notifications of Human Remains in Families of
September 11th Decedents Associated with Depression and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.
Poster presentation at the 12th Annual Amygdala, Stress, and PTSD Conference:
Understanding Stress, Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress, Bethesda, MD.
106. Liu, A. G., Fisher, J. E., Zhou, J., Christopher, E., Karp, J., Fullerton, C. S., Ursano, R. J.,& Cozza, S. J. (2017, April). Grief, Anxiety, and Depression Independently Predict
Cognitive Failures in Bereaved Family Members. Poster presentation at the 12th Annual

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Amygdala, Stress, and PTSD Conference: Understanding Stress, Center for the Study ofTraumatic Stress, Bethesda, MD.
107. Biggs, Q. M., Fullerton, C. S., Wang, J., Krantz, D. S., Wynn, G., Probe, D., Dacuyan, N.,
Franz, M., Carr, R. B., & Ursano, R. J. (2017, March). Ecological momentary assessmentof daily variation in post traumatic stress symptoms. Oral paper presented at the annual
scientific meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society, Seville, Spain.
108. Ursano, R. J., Stein, M. B., Kessler, R. C., & Heeringa, S. G. (2017, February). An
Introduction to the Army STARRS Survey Data. Presented as a webinar at the University ofMichigan’s Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, Ann Arbor, MI.
109. Ursano, R. J. (2016, December). Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders. Presented as awebinar for the American Psychoanalytic Association, December 2016.
110. Ursano, R. J. (2016, October). Symposium on Climate Change and Mental Health (Chair),Institute of Psychiatric Services Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.
111. Ursnao, R. J. (2016, October). PTSD, Suicide and Other Trauma Related Disorders.
Presented at Grand Rounds, Department of Psychiatry, University of California Davis,
Davis, CA.
112. Joseph Tupin Visting Professor and Invited Lectureship (RJ Ursano invited presentation),
Department of Psychiatry, University of Calfornia Davis, October 2016.
113. GEN Neller, Commandant of the Marine Corps, Presentation, American Psychiatric
Association Annul Meeting. (R.J. Ursano, Discussant) Atlanta, Georgia, May 2016
114. Biggs, Q. M., Fullerton, C. S., Probe, D., Carr, R. B., Dacuyan, N., Franz, M., Paxton, M.,
Wang, L., & Ursano, R. J. (2016, April). Ecological momentary assessment methodology inthe study of post-traumatic stress symptoms in U.S. military service members. Poster
presented at the 11th Annual Amygdala, Stress and PTSD Conference: The Effects ofStress and Loss, Bethesda, MD.
115. Nock, M., Jaroszewski, A., Deming, C., Glenn, C., Knepley, M., Naifeh, J., & Ursano, R.J.
(April 2016). Qualitative Study of Suicide Attempts among Soldiers: Results from Army
STARRS. Anxiety and Depression Assocaition of America Meeting (ADAA), Philadelphia,PA.
116. Biggs, Q. M., Fullerton, C. S., Probe, D., Carr, R. B., Dacuyan, N., Franz, M., Paxton, M.,
Wang, L., & Ursano, R. J. (2016, April). An ecological momentary assessment approach tothe study of post-traumatic stress symptoms in U.S. military service members. Poster
presented at the meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Washington, DC.
117. Ursano, R. J. (2016, February). Medical and Public Health Preparedness: Mental Healthand Resilience. Institute of Medicine's Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness
for Catastrophic Events, Washington, DC.
118. Ursano, R. J. (2015, December). Conceptualizing Exposure to Trauma and Trauma Related
Disorders and Symptoms. IOM National Academies Workshop, Washington, DC.
119. Ursano, R. J. (2015, December). Army STARRS/STARRS LS. Institute of Medicine (IOM)
Board of Advisers Meeting, Washington, DC.
120. Ursano, R. J. (2015, December). Army STARRS: Review of Recent Findings and theAnalysis of Big Data to Predict Suicide Post-Hospitalization. Walter Reed Behavioral
Health Grand Rounds, Bethesda MD.
121. Naifeh, J. A., Kessler, R. C., Heeringa, S. G., Stein, M. B., Gilman, S. E., Nock, M. K.,
Schoenbaum, M. Colpe, L. J., Fullerton, C. S., & Ursano, R. J. (2015, November). Suicidal
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Servicemembers (Army STARRS). International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies(ISTSS), New Orleans, LA.
122. Ursano, R. J. (2015, May). First Responders: Mental Health and Resilience (RJ Ursano
invited presentation) Institute of Medicine Standing Committee on Health Treats andWorkforce Resilience, Washington, DC.
123. Ursano, R. J. (2015, May). Understanding Risk and Resilience Factor for Suicide in US
Army: Army STARRS (RJ Ursano invited), Johns Hopkins University, Military & Veterans
Health Institute Symposium, Baltimore MD.
124. Dempsey, C. L., Naifeh, J. A., Vegella, P. L., Nock, M. K., Wryter, C. L., Fullerton, C. S.,
Benedek, D. M., Heeringa, S., Kessler, R. C., Stein, M. B., Colpe, L. J., Schoenbaum, M.,& Ursano, R. J. (2015, May). Understanding Suicidal Behavior among US Army Soldiers:
Intent, Lethality, and their Prediction. Poster presented at the USU Research Days poster
session, Bethesda, MD
125. Ursano, R. J (2015, April). PTSD, Suicide, TBI and DSM5 “other trauma disorders”:
Complex Clinical Decisions (RJ Ursano invited presentation) Pellegrino Lecture, Eastern
Virginia Medical University, Norfolk, VA.
126. Wang, J., Ursano, R. J., Fullerton, C. S., Ramsawh, H. J., Russell, D. W., Benfer, N.,
Cohen, G., Sampson, L., & Galea, S. (2015, April). Mediation of Deployment
Preparedness on the Association between Augmentee Status and PTSD Symptoms in
Reserve and National Guard Members. Poster presented at the Annual Amygdala, Stressand PTSD Conference, Bethesda, MD.
127. Wang, J., Ursano, R. J., Fullerton, C. S., Ramsawh, H. J., Russell, D. W., Benfer, N.,
Cohen, G., Sampson, L., & Galea, S. (2015, April). Mediation of Deployment
Preparedness on the Association between Augmentee Status and PTSD Symptoms in
Reserve and National Guard Members. Poster presented at the Anxiety and Depression
Conference, Miami, FL.
128. Ursano, R. J. (2015, March). Psychotherapy Informed from a Trauma Perspective: Brain
Environment Interaction. Wright State University School of Medicine, Department of
Psychiatry Grand Rounds, Dayton, OH.
129. Naifeh, J. A., Kessler, R. C., Nock, M. K., Schoenbaum, M. Colpe, L. J., Fullerton, C. S.,
Heeringa, S. G., Stein, M. B., & Ursano, R. J. (2014, November) The Army Study to Assess
Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers (Army STARRS): Design and early results. Paper
presented at the 5th Annual Forum of the Canadian Institute for Military & Veteran HealthResearch in Toronto, Canada.
130. Effects of chronic intravenous morphine self-administration on in vivo brain glucose
utilization (18FDG-PET) and transcriptome expression (RNA Sequencing) in rats. Choi,
K.H., Le, T., Sukumar, G., Wilson, C.M., Selwyn, R.G., Dalgard, C.L., & Ursano, R.J.
Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience meeting in Washington, DC, November
2014.
131. Ortiz, C. D., Fisher, J. E., Zhou, J., Kaplow, J., Layne, C. & Cozza, S. J. (2014,
November). Parental grief, depression, and anxiety as predictors of mother-reported childgrief in bereaved U.S. Military families. Oral paper presented at the 30th annual meeting of
the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Miami, FL.
132. Effects of Prior Trauma on Grief after U.S. Military Service Member Death. Fisher, J.,
Ortiz, C., Harrington-LaMorie, J., Zhou, J., Grein, K., Liu, A., Fullerton, C.S., Ursano,Page 80 of 119

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R.J., & Cozza, S. Poster presentation at the 30th annual meeting of the International
Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, November 2014.
133. Effectiveness of Post-Deployment Early Intervention for U.S. Army Mortuary Affairs
Soldiers: Results from Four Years. Biggs, Q., Fullerton, C.S., McCarroll, J.E., Kansky, J.,
Zatzick, D., & Ursano, R.J. Presented at the 30th annual meeting of the International
Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, November 2014.
134. Interactive Effect of Early Childhood Adversities and Mental Health Symptoms on Family
Function in Military Wives Following Combat Deployment. La Flair, L., Holmes, A.,
Sullivan, J., Beech, E., Kansky, J., Fullerton, C.S., Ursano, R.J, & Cozza, S. Presented atthe 30th annual meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies,
November 2014.
135. Effect of Relationship-to-Deceased and Military Pride on Adaptive Grief Reactions in
Parentally Bereaved Children of U.S. Service Members. Cozza, S., Fisher, J., Ortiz, C.,
Kaplow, J., Layne, C., Harrington-Lamorie, J., Zhou, J., Liu, A., Grein, K., Fullerton, C.S.,& Ursano, R.J. Presented at the 30th annual meeting of the International Society forTraumatic Stress Studies, November 2014.
136. PTSD and Trauma Related Disorders: PTSD, Suicide and TBI. Clinical Neuroscience
Grand Rounds, NIND/NIMH. Bethesda, MD, October 7, 2014.
137. Suicidality, TBI, and National Security. UK/US VA-DoD Joint Task Force on Suicide andMental Health. VA Central Office, Washington, DC, October 2, 2014.
138. Invited Participant: Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Briefing with White House andObama Administration Officials. September 22, 2014.
139. War, Combat and Outcomes, Institute of Medicine Annual Meeting, Ursano, R.J.(invited
speaker), Washington, DC, 2014.
140. Gender and position of authority and the risk of depression and post-traumatic stressdisorder among a representative sample of U.S. reserve component personnel. Cohen, G.,
Sampson, K., Fink, D., Wang, J., Russell, D., Gifford, R., Fullerton, C, Ursano, R, Galea,
S. Society for Epidemiologic Research 47th Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, June, 2014.
141. Thirty-Day Prevalence of DSM-IV Mental Disorders Among Nondeployed Soldiers in the
US Army: Results from the Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience inServicemembers (Army STARRS). Uniformed Services University Research Days
Conference Lecture in support of receiving the James Leonard Award. Bethesda, MD, May
2014.
142. Disasters and Resilience: Behavior, Communicating and Caring, (RJ Ursano invited
presentation) UN/IAEA, Vienna Austria, January 2014
143. Army STARRS. Henry M Jackson Foundation Board of Directors. Bethesda, MD,
December, 2013.
144. Cytokine and chemokine profiling of plasma and CSF identifies the MCP-4/MCP-1 ratio asa novel diurnal candidate plasma biomarker for chronic Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Dalgard, C, Eidelman, O, Jozwik, C, Srivastava, M, Biswas, R, Rothwell,SW, Mueller,
GP,Yuan, P, Drevets, W, Manji, HK, Vythlingam, M, Charney, DS, Ursano, RJ,
Jacobowitz ,DM, Pollard, HB, & Bonne, O. Poster session presented at the 52nd Annual
Meeting of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Hollywood, FL. Dec
2013
145. Intravenous morphine self-administration reduces in vivo regional glucose uptake (18FDGPET) and accelerates fear extinction in rats. Le, T, Selwyn, R, Benedek, D, Ursano, RJ,
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Choi, K.. Poster session presented at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the American College of
Neuropsychopharmacology, Hollywood, FL. Dec 2013146. PTSD, Suicide and Trauma. Ohio State University Grand Rounds. Columbus, Ohio,
November, 2013.
147. Mutilation fear and childhood trauma increase risk of PTSD in previously deployed active
duty soldiers. Naifeh, J. A., Wu, H., Sottile, J. E., Benevides, K. N., Fullerton, C. S.,
Benedek, D. M., Zhang, L., & Ursano, R. J. (2013, November). Poster session presented atthe 29th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies,
Philadelphia, PA.
148. Relationship intimacy satisfaction in combat injured couples: Impact of early adversities,
invisible injuries, and depression. Cozza, S.J., Holmes, A.K., Fullerton, C.S., Ursano,
R.J. 29th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies,
Philadelphia, PA, November, 2013.
149. Psychological and behavioral responses to the 2002 Washington, D.C. sniper attacks.
Fullerton, C.S., Herberman Mash, H.B., Benevides, K.N., Dempsey, C.L., & Ursano, R. J.
(2013, November). Poster session presented at the 29th Annual Meeting of theInternational Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Philadelphia, PA.
150. Exposure to Violence in the Community, in the Home, in the Media, and on the Battlefield.
Ursano, R.J. Panel Presentation at the IOM National Academy of Science Meeting.
October, 2013.
151. PTSD and Other Trauma Disorders. American Medical Association Alliance. Chicago, Ill,June, 2013.
152. Washington D.C. Sniper Attacks: Psychological Outcomes and Perceived Safety.
Herberman Mash, H.B., Fullerton, C.S., Benevides, K.N., Dempsey, C.L., & Ursano, R.J.
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Research Days, Bethesda, MD,
May, 2013.
153. Low peer support and unit morale increase risk of PTSD in previously deployed active duty
soldiers. Naifeh, J.A., Wu, H., Sottile, J.E., Benevides, K.N., Fullerton, C.S., Benedek,
D.M., Zhang, L., and Ursano, R.J. Poster session at the 25th Annual Convention of the
Association for Psychological Science. Washington, DC, May 2013.
154. Child functioning in combat-injured military families: The moderating effects of injured
service member parenting and PTSD Symptoms. Holmes, A.K., Cozza, S.J., Anderson,
A.J., Sullivan, J., Fullerton, C.S., Ursano, R.J. Society for Research in Child Development(SRCD) Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, April 2013.
155. TBI, PTSD and Mental Health. National Institute of Mental Health, Defense Centers of
Excellence CNRM Conference on TBI. NIMH Natcher Auditorium. Bethesda, MD, April
2013.
156. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Other Trauma Related Disorders. Wright State
University Grand Rounds. Dayton Ohio, March, 2013.
157. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Washington Psychiatric Society, Chevy Chase Maryland.
January, 2013.
158. Adapting and applying empirically-based principles for acute stress responses to thechronic stress responses of Mortuary Affairs Soldiers. Cox, D. W., Fullerton, C. S., Biggs,
Q. M., McCarroll, J. E., Kansky, J., Stuppy, A., & Ursano, R. J. Association of Behavioral
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159. Mortuary Affairs Soldiers: Early intervention and altering barriers to care for traumaticstress and PTSD. Fullerton, C. S., Benedek, D. M., Zatzick, D., McCarroll, J. E., Biggs, Q.
M., Liu, X., Kansky, J., Stuppy, A., & Ursano, R. J. Military Operational Medicine
Research Program (MOMRP), Stigma/Overcoming Barriers to Care and Access Solutions,
Fort Detrick, MD, September 2012.
160. The Overview of Army STARRS, American College of Neuropsychiatry Annual Meeting,
Hollywood, FL, December 2012161. The Impact of TEAM: An innovative post deployment intervention for traumatic stress in
U.S. Army Mortuary Affairs Soldiers. Biggs, Q.M., Fullerton, C.S., Cox, D., McCarroll,J.E., Kansky, J., Stuppy, A., & Ursano, R.J. International Society for Traumatic StressStudies Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, November 2012.
162. PTSD and Trauma Disorders. Ursano RJ. North Carolina Psychiatric Society Annual
Meeting, Wilmington NC 2012
163. PTSD and Other Trauma Related Disorders, Ursano RJ, American College of Physicians
William C Menninger Award Lecture, Annual Meeting of ACP, New Orleans, 2012164. Predicting Contagion of Violence, Chair of Panel, Institute of Medicine Workshop,
Washington DC 2012165. PTSD and Traumatic Stress: from 1812 to present, Ursano RJ, Medical Society of
Maryland , Baltimore MD 2012166. Resilience in Emergency Workers, Ursano RJ, Insititute of Medicine Workshop,
Washington DC 2012
167. Overview of the Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers (ArmySTARRS). Naifeh, J. A., Dempsey, C. L., Santiago, P. N., Moynihan, S. A., Fullerton, C.
S., Benedek, D. M., Nock, M. K., Heeringa, S., Kessler, R. C., Stein, M. B., Colpe, L. J.,
Schoenbaum, M., Scanlon, M., & Ursano, RJ Poster session presented at the Annual
DoD/VA Suicide Prevention Conference, Washington, DC. June 2012
168. Effects of Corticosterone Therapy on Mitochondrial Gene Expression Profiles in The
Amygdala of A Rat Model of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Li, H., Su, Y.A., Jia,
M., Meng, F., Smerin, S., Jiang, X., Zhang, L., Hu, X., Li, X., Benedek, D., Ursano, R.J.
Mitochondria and Metabolism 2012, Philadelphia, PA, June 2012.
169. Scope, current evidence, and innovative approaches in managing PTSD in the military.
Plenary Panel 165th Annual American Psychiatric Association Meeting, Philadelphia, PA,
May 2012.
170. PTSD Treatment, panel, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists,
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia May 2012
171. PTSD and Trauma: Health and Resilience. Ursano, RJ, Royal Australian and New ZealandCollege of Psychiatrists, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia May 2012172. Troop Educational for Army Morale (TEAM): A post deployment educational program for
Mortuary Affairs Soldiers; results from the first two years. Biggs, Q. M., Fullerton, C. S.,
Cox, D., McCarroll, J. E., Kansky, J., Stuppy, A., & Ursano, R. J. Research Days,
USUHS, Bethesda, MD, May 2012
173. Troop Educational for Army Morale (TEAM): A post deployment educational program for
Mortuary Affairs Soldiers; results from the first two years. Cox, D., Fullerton, C.S., Biggs,
Q.M., McCarroll, J.E., Stuppy, A., Kansky, J., & Ursano, R.J. 7th Annual Conference on
Amygdala, Stress and PTSD: Recovery From Stress, USUHS, Bethesda, MD, April 2012.
174. Disasters and Building Resilience, Defense Centers of Excellence, August 2011
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175. Physical Injury and Intimacy: Relationship Challenges and Changes. (Schmidt, J., Cozza,S., Mendelson, M., Fullerton, C.S., Ursano, R.J.) USU Research Week, May, 2011 andInternational Society for Traumatic Stress Studies Annual Meeting, November, 2011.
176. Predictors of PTSD in U.S. Army Special Operations Soldiers. (Naifeh, J.A., Fullerton,
C.S., Riley, S., Benedek, D.M., Zhang, L., Ursano, R.J.) USU Research Week, May, 2011
and International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies Annual Meeting, November, 2011.
177. Mental Health Service Utilization in the US Army. (Gray, C.L., Fullerton, C.S., McKibben,
J.B.A., Probe, D.M., Kodsy, N.T., Ursano, R.J.) USU Research Week, May, 2011 andInternational Society for Traumatic Stress Studies Annual Meeting, November, 2011..
178. Challenges of Conducting Research in a Military Setting. (Fullerton, C.S., Cozza, S.,
Schmidt, J., McKibben, J.B.A., Feerick, M., Farrish, S., Grieco, J., Ursano, R.J.) USU
Research Week, May, 2011 and International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies Annual
Meeting, Nov, 2011.
179. Responses of Children to Parental Death: a Report and Comparison of Military andCivilian Caregivers. (Cozza, S., Schmidt, J., Fullerton, C.S., Feerick, M., Harris, A.,
Ursano, R.J.) USU Research Week, May, 2011 and International Society for TraumaticStress Studies Annual Meeting, Nov, 2011.
180. Scope, current evidence, and innovative approaches in managing PTSD in the military. At
Psychiatric Services Meeting Symposium, October 2011.
181. PTSD and Traumatic Brain Injury: Defining the Problem. At NIH Fall Research Festival,
Bethesda, MD, October 2011.
182. Child Neglect and Protective Factors in Army Families: A Multimethod Approach.
(Cozza, S., Fullerton, C.S., McKibben J.B.A., Feerick, M., Grieco, J., Farrish, S., Ursano,R.J.) USU Research Week, May, 2011 and International Society for Traumatic StressStudies Annual Meeting, Nov, 2011.
183. Posttraumatic stress disorder, comorbidity, and barriers to seeking care in U.S. Army
Special Operations Soldiers. (Naifeh, J. A., Fullerton, C. S., Benedek, D. M., Forsten, R.,
Zhang, L., Choi, K. H., Benevides, K. N., Riley, S., & Ursano, R. J.) Annual Convention of
the Association for Psychological Science, May, 2011.
184. Deployment-related acute stress response: Military psychiatrists’ clinicalperspectives.
(Money, K., Santiago, P.N., Benedek, D.M., Benevides, K.N., Ursano, R.J.) American
Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, May, 2011.
185. Normal and Complicated Grief and Associated Psychological, Physical, and Behavioral
Sequelae in Young Adults. (Herberman Mash, H.B. Fullerton, C.S. and Ursano, R.J.)
USUHS Research Week, May, 2011
186. Comparison of Grief Responses in a Young Adult Sample Following Sibling, Close
Friend, or Relative Loss. (Herberman Mash, H.B., Fullerton, C.S., Grieco, J. and Ursano
R.J.) USUHS Research Week, May, 2011
187. Troop Educational for Army Morale (TEAM) post deployment early educational programfor Mortuary Affairs Soldiers; results from the first year. (Biggs, Q. M., Fullerton, C. S.,
McCarroll, J. E., Santiago, P., Gray, C., Benedek, D. M., Newby, J. H., Riley, S. N.,
Spiegel, C. A., Kodsy, N. T., & Ursano, R. J.) Research Week, USUHS, Bethesda, MD,
May, 2011 and 6th Annual Conference on Amygdala, Stress and PTSD, USUHS,
Bethesda, MD, April, 2011.
188. PTSD and Traumatic Stress in DoD, American Society for Pharmacology andExperimental Therapeutics, Washington, DC, 2011.
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189. PTSD and Health Risk Behaviors: From Bench to Bedside, From War toDisaster, atAnnual InTrust Consortium Meeting, Tysons Corner, VA, 2011.
190. Building Resilience: Terrorism, Toxins, Communicating and Caring at D.C. and NYC
Conference on Public Health Preparedness & Explosive Devices, New York City, 2011.
191. PTSD from Bench to Bedside, The Society for Neuroscience Public Advocacy Forum, San
Diego, CA, 2010.
192. The Cost of War. King’s College, University of London Symposium, National Press Club,
Washington, DC, 2010.
193. Biggs, Q. M., Fullerton, C. S., McCarroll, J. E., Gray, C., Santiago, P., Newby, J. H.,
Benedek, D. M., Kodsy, N. T., Riley, S. N., Spiegel, C. A., & Ursano, R. J. TEAM: anearly educational intervention for Mortuary Affairs Soldiers post deployment; preliminary
results from the first three cohorts. International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada, November, 2010.
194. Gulf Oil Spill Mental Health Impact, Chair Symposium, American Psychiatric Association,
Institute of Psychiatric Stervices, Boston Ma, Oct 2010
195. PTSD and TBI, Chair Symposium, HMJF Annual Military Health Care, Washington DC
Sept 2010.
196. PTSD: War to Disaster and Bench to Bedside to Public Health. American Psychiatric
Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, May 2010.
197. Prophylactic and therapeutic efficacy of a novel 5-HT2A receptor anagonist in animalmodel of PTSD. (Jiang X, Zhang L, Jia M, Ursano RJ, Li H.) Research Week, USUHS,
Bethesda MD, May 2010
198. Sex differences in basal level expression of protein kinase (Pkc) subfamilies in rat
cerebellum of repeated inescapable ail-shock stress. (Xing G, Carlton J, Li H, Ursano R,
Zhang L.) Research Week, USUHS, Bethesda MD, May 2010
199. Traumatic stress and increased tobacco use in 9/11 disaster workers. (Biggs, Q. M.,
Fullerton, C. S., Reeves, J. J., Grieger, T. A., Reissman, D., Naifeh, J. A., & Ursano, R.)
American Society of Addiction Medicine Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA, April,
2010.
200. Early educational intervention for Mortuary Affairs Soldiers post deployment: Preliminary
results. (Biggs, Q. M., Fullerton, C. S., McCarroll, J. E., Santiago, P., Gray, C., & Ursano,R. J.) Research Week, USUHS, Bethesda, MD, May, 2010.
201. P11 and P2RX7 as potential biomarkers for suicidality, bipolar disorder and PTSD. (Zhang
L., Su T-P., Choi K., Li C-T., Chunc M Y., Chen Y-S., Bi Y., Chou Y., Barker J., Barrett
JE., Li X., Li H., Webster M., Ursano R.) Research Week, USUHS, Bethesda MD, May
2010.
202. Forum on Health and National Security: Stigma and Barriers to Care (Co-Director), April
25-26, Bethesda MD 2010
203. How Stress Shapes the Mind: 6th Annual Amygdala Conference (Sponsor/Director),
USUHS , Bethesda MD, April 21,2010
204. PTSD and Traumatic Stress: From Bench to Bedside, (Ursano, RJ. ) Medical University ofSouth Carolina Grand Rounds, Charleston, SC, 2010205. Early educational intervention for Mortuary Affairs Soldiers post deployment: Preliminary
results. (Biggs, Q. M., Fullerton, C. S., McCarroll, J. E., Santiago, P., Gray, C., & Ursano,R. J.) 5th Annual Conference on Neurobiology of Amygdala, Stress and PTSD: How stressshapes the mind, USUHS, Bethesda, MD, April, 2010.
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206. Traumatic stress and increased tobacco use in 9/11 disaster workers. (Biggs, Q. M.,
Fullerton, C. S., Reeves, J. J., Grieger, T. A., Reissman, D., Naifeh, J. A., & Ursano.)
American Society of Addiction Medicine Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA, April,
2010.
207. Early educational intervention for Mortuary Affairs Soldiers post deployment: Preliminary
results. (Biggs, Q. M., Fullerton, C. S., McCarroll, J. E., Santiago, P., Gray, C., & Ursano,R. J.) Research Week, USUHS, Bethesda, MD, May, 2010.
208. Predicting and Preventing Suicidal Behavior: US Army STARRS. (Ursano RJ ) DoD
Suicide Prevention Task Force, Bethesda MD 2009.
209. Suicide Prevention Workshop U.S. Army (invited member) Arlington VA 2009.
210. Blue Ribbon Invitational Symposium on TBI and PTSD (GEN Charelli and GEN Amos
chairs), member, USUHS Bethesda MD Sept 2009.
211. Communication to build community resilience for 2009 H1N1 Pandemic. (Ursano RJ[Moderator]) Third National Congress on Health System Readiness. Washington D.C. Dec
1-3, 2009.
212. Systems of care and treatment across stages of illness and recovery, (Ursano RJ) American
Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting:Psychiatric Services, New York City, Oct 2009
213. TBI and PTSD. Third Annual DoD Conference on TBI Training, (Ursano RJ [discussant])
Washington DC, Sept 2009
214. Planning a public health response to the Ft Hood Shootings, (Ursano RJ, Benedek D,
Cozza S, Flynn B, Brown M.) National Association of State Mental Health Program
Directors Annual Meeting, Arlington, VA 2009.
215. Mortuary Affairs Soldiers: Early intervention and altering barriers to care for traumaticstress and PTSD. (Fullerton, C. S., Ursano, R. J., Benedek, D. M., McCarroll, J. E., Biggs,
Q. M., Zatzick, D. F., Newby, J. H., Kao, T. C., & Karpel, H. M.) Military Health Research
Forum, Kansas City, MO, September, 2009.
216. Early intervention for posttraumatic stress disorder in Mortuary Affairs Soldiers. (Biggs, Q.
M., Fullerton, C. S., McCarroll, J. E., Benedek, D. M., Newby, J. H., & Ursano, R. J.)
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA,
November, 2009.
217. Early care for psychological trauma: Innovations in teaching and delivery. (Biggs, Q. M.,
Fullerton, C. S., Benedek, D. M., McCarroll, J. E., Newby, J. H., & Ursano, R. J.) 4th
Annual Conference on Neurobiology of Amygdala and Stress: Molecules in a Fearful
Mind, USUHS, Bethesda, MD, April, 2009.
218. Early intervention for posttraumatic stress disorder in Mortuary Affairs Soldiers. (Biggs, Q.
M., Fullerton, C. S., McCarroll, J. E., Benedek, D. M., Newby, J. E., & Ursano, R. J.)
Research Week, USUHS, Bethesda, MD, May, 2009.
219. Early care for psychological trauma: Innovations in teaching and delivery. (Biggs, Q. M.,
Fullerton, C. S., Benedek, D. M., McCarroll, J. E., Newby, J. H., & Ursano, R. J.)
Education Day 2009, USUHS, Bethesda, MD, June, 2009.
220. Attenuating fear response in animal model of PTSD. (Jia, M, Zhang, L., Gamble, EH,
Ursano, RJ & Li, H.) USUHS Annual Neuroscience Meeting 2009
221. Stress impair 5-HT2 receptor mediated facilitation of neuroplasticity in basolateral
amygdale. (Li, H, Zhang, L, Chen, A, Jiang, X, Gamble, E, & Ursano, R. ) USUHS Annual
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222. Protein kinaseC (PKC) is implicated in sex specific canabinoid receptor expression andphosphoylation in rat cerebellum. (G, Calton, J, Zhang, L, Li, H & Ursano, R.) USUHSAnnual Neuroscience Meeting 2009
223. Quenching stimulation alters brain c-jun mrna expression in amygdale kindled rat brain,(Xing, G, Li, H, Carlton, J, Zhang, L, Weiss, SRB, Ursano, R & Post, RM.) USUHSAnnual Neuroscience Meeting 2009
224. P11, a portential biomarker for PTSD, (Lei Zhang, He Li, XiaoXia Li, DongPing Su,
Ming-yi Chung, Jeffery L. Barker, Robert. Ursano.) Amygdala, Stress and PTSD
Conferences, USUHS 2009.
225. Role of Chromatin Remodeling in PTSD. (Lei Zhang, He Li, Xiaoxia Li and Robert
Ursano.) Biological psychiatry meeting, Vancouver, 2009
226. Levels of the potential biomarker p11 in peripheral blood cells distinguish patients with
PTSD from those with other major psychiatric disorders. (Lei Zhang, Tung-Ping Su, MingYi Chung,Ying-Sheue Chen, Ya-Mei Bi , Yuan-Hw Chou , Jeffery L. Barker, James E.
Barrett, Dragan Maric, Xiao Xia Li, He Li, Maree J. Webster , David Benedek, Janis R.
Carltonb & Robert Ursano.) Amygdala, Stress and PTSD Conferences, USUHS 2009.
227. Life of Editor of Psychiatry: Journal of Interpersonal and Biological Processes:
Neuroscience meets Psychotherapy. (Ursano, RJ.) Washington School of Psychiatry.
Washington DC Oct 2009.
228. PTSD and TBI in the Military, (Ursano, RJ.)Southern Psychiatric Association Annual
Meeting, Destin, FL, Sept 2009229. PTSD and Traumatic Stress: From Bench to Bedside; From War to Disaster, (Ursano, RJ.)
Association for Research in Neurological and Mental Diseases, New York, NY, 2009230. PTSD, Disaster and Trauma Care Symposium. (Ursano RJ [discussant].) NIMH Services
Research Conference, Washington DC July 2009
231. Forum for Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events: Workshop on
Medical Surge Capacity. (Ursano RJ [invited speaker])Institute of Medicine, Washington
DC June 2009
232. PTSD and traumatic stress: from bench to bedside to community from gene to publichealth. (Ursano, RJ.) Cornel Univ School of Medicine Dept of Psychiatry Grand Rounds,
March 2009.
233. Disaster Mental Health: Preparing and Caring from Katrina to Pandemic and 9/11 To
Anthrax. Office for At-Risk Individuals, (Ursano, RJ.) Behavioral Health, and Human
Services Coordination, HHS, Washington, DC 2009
234. Treatment of PTSD. (Ursano, RJ.) Presidential Symposium, American Psychiatric
Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA 2009
235. Posttraumatic stress disorder and depression in mortuary affairs/combat service support
soldiers deployed to the Middle East. (Fullerton, C. S., Biggs, Q. M., McCarroll, J. E.,
Benedek, D. M., Zatzick, D. F., & Ursano, R. J.) American Psychiatric Association Annual
Meeting, Washington D.C., May, 2008.
236. Posttraumatic stress disorder and depression in mortuary affairs/combat service support
soldiers deployed to the Middle East. (Fullerton, C. S., Biggs, Q. M., McCarroll, J. E.,
Benedek, D. M., Zatzick, D. F., & Ursano, R. J.) 3rd Annual Conference on Neurobiologyof Amygdala and Stress: Fear, Anxiety and PTSD, USUHS, Bethesda, MD, April, 2008.

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237. Sex-related difference in stress-induced BDNF expression in rat cerebellum., (Lei Zhang,
Zhang, L., Carlton, J., Xing, G., Li, H., Li, X.X., Ursano, R.) USUHS Annual
Neuroscience Meeting 2008.
238. Posttraumatic stress disorder and depression in mortuary affairs/combat service support
soldiers deployed to the Middle East. (Fullerton, C. S., Biggs, Q. M., McCarroll, J. E.,
Benedek, D. M., Zatzick, D. F., & Ursano, R. J.) Research Week, USUHS, Bethesda, MD,
May, 2008.
239. When disaster strikes: planning and caring for individuals, families and communities. UC
Davis Partner’s Meeting, Davis California, 2008
240. PTSD and traumatic stress, UC Davis Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds, Davis
California, 2008.
241. PTSD: Then and now, there and here. National Research Institute of NASMHPD, plenary,Washington DC 2008
242. PTSD and traumatic stress: public health and disasters, war and trauma, NIMH Partner’s
Meeting, Washington, DC 2008
243. PTSD: From battlefront to homefront addressing the trauma of war. National Association
for Research on Schizophrenia and Affective Disorders, Plenary, Washington DC 2008
244. Protective actions and interventions: risk communication, psychosocial factors, readinessand disaster behaviors. Institute of Medicine Workshop on Medical Preparedness for a
Nuclear Event in a Major US City, Washington DC 2008
245. PTSD and traumatic stress: military and civilian knowledge needs from gene to policy,
individual and community and war trauma to disaster, First USUHS-HMJF Symposium,
Rockville MD 2008
246. Workers exposed to hazardous occupations and disaster relief: persepective andcare/treatment of traumatic Stress and PTSD, R Ursano, D Benedek, C Fullerton, American
Psychologcical Association/NIOSH Occupational Stress Conference, Washington DC 2008
247. PTSD Treatment and Research- NIMH/APA Symposium (chair), American Psychiatric
Association Annual Meeting, Washington DC 2008
248. PTSD Treatment Symposium (Chair) American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting,Washington, DC 2008
249. PTSD and trauma related disorders: planning and caring for families and communities.
American College of Psychoanalysts Plenary Lecture, Washington DC 2008
250. PTSD systems of care and treatment across stages of illness and recovery. American
Psychiatric Research Institute Meeting on PTSD, Arlington Va 2008
251. PTSD and Traumatic Stress: From gene to community and from bed to bench… to bed.
Brain Research Meeting (Elsevier), Society of Neuroscience Pre Conference, Washington
DC 2008
252. PTSD and Traumatic Stress: gender ethnicity and other problems of knowing and care. R
Ursano, P Santiago, N Hasan, Defense Centers of Excellence and NIMH Conference on
PTSD, Ethnicity and Stress, Bethesda MD 2008
253. PTSD and traumatic stress: from gene to policy, individual to community and trauma todisaster, American Psychiatric Association Distinguished Lecture, Washington DC 2008
254. Treating PTSD: Challenges and Opportunities, R Ursano Institute of Medicine Committee
on PTSD Treatment, Washington DC 2008
255. Regional and sex differences in the expression of 1, 2 and adrenergic receptor
subtypes in the amygdala, hippocampus, prefrontal cortex, and hypothalamus of stressed
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rats, G. Xing, X. Jiang, J. Carlton, C. Fullerton, L. Zhang, R. Ursano, H. Li ISTSS Annual
Meeting, Chicago Illinois, 2008
256. Assessment of concerns and needs of families following combat injury prental guidance
assessment-combat injury record review analysis. Cozza Sj, Chun RS, Schneider B,
Fullerton CS, Guimond JM, Ursano RJ, ISTSS Annual Meeting, Chicago Illinois, 2008
257. Principles of caring for combat injured families and their children. Cozza, SJ, Fullerton CS,
Vineburgh NT, Guimond JM, Ursano RJ, ISTSS Annual Meeting, Chicago Illinois, 2008
258. Stress related differences in stress-induced BDNF expression in rat cerebellum. Zhang L,
Carlton J, Xing G, Li, H, Li XX, Barker J, Ursano, RJ, . Society of Neuroscience Annual
Meeting, Washington DC 2008
259. Sex-related difference in stress-induced BDNF expression in rat cerebellum Zhang, L,
Carlton J, Xing, G, Li H, Lil X, Barker JL, Ursano, R The International Society forTraumatic Stress Studies, 2008
260. Sex-related difference in stress-induced BDNF expression in rat cerebellum abstract, .
Zhang L, Hang, J, Carlton J, Xing, H, Li, H, Lil, X, Barker JL, Ursano RJ Society for
Neuroscience, San Diego, CA, November, 2008
261. Effects of repeated stress on cannabinoid receptor type 1 mRNA expression in rat
brain,Carlton J., Xing G., Zhang L, Li H., Ursano, R. Society of Neuroscience Annual
Meeting, Washington DC 2008
262. Post-traumatic stress disorder-associated p11 is up-regulated in the forebrain by
glucocorticoid acting via two specific glucocorticoid response elements in the promoter,
Lei Zhang, He Li, Tung-Pin Su, Jeffery L. Barker, Dragan Maric, Carol S. Fullerton, Maree
J. Webster, Christopher J. Hough, Xiao Xia Li, Robert Ursano abstract, The International
Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, 2007
263. Behavioral health consequences of traumatic exposure in law enforcement personnel:
considerations for assessment, mitigation and management. Shibley, H, Benedek D,
Hamaoka, D, Ursano, RJ. ISTSS Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD 2007
264. Behavioral health: Hospitals during epidemics. Terhakopian A, Benedek D, Engel CC,
Ursano RJ. ISTSS Annual Meeting, Baltimore MD 2007
265. Vineburgh NT, Hamaoka DA, Cozza SJ, Ursano, RJ, Public health communication fordisaster: principles to affect health behavior knowledge and change, ISTSS Annual
Meeting, Baltimore MD 2007
266. Effects of the 2002 sniper attacks on the homeless in Washington DC,( Fullerton CS,
Gifford RK, Peterson KM, Flynn BW, Ahearn FL, Donaldson L, Spencer S, Ursano RJ.)ISTSS Annual Meeting, Baltimore MD 2007
267. P11 A potential biomarker for PTSD, Zhang L, Li H, Li XX & Ursano RJ. Society of
Neuroscience, Poster, San Diego, California 2007
268. Golgi stain study of spine density of pyramidal cells in limbic structures following repeated
ECS and tail shock stress, Yang C, Jiang XL, UrsanoRJ, Xing GQ and Li H, Society of
Neuroscience, Poster, San Diego, California 2007
269. Repeated tail shock immobilization stress differentially affected adrenoreceptor mRNA
expression in various rat brain regions, Xing G, Jiang X, Ursano RJ , Li H Society of
Neuroscience, Poster, San Diego, California 2007
270. Disaster Psychiatry: PTSD, Distress and Behavioral Risk, University of Buffalo Psychiatry
Seminars, Niagra Falls, New York, July 2007
271. Panel: Soldiers, Families and War, One Star Conference, Washington, D.C. , June 2007
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272. PTSD and Traumatic Stress: Sustaining Capability and Performance, invited speaker, Chiefof Staff of U. S. Army Four Star Conference, Washington D.C. June 2007
273. Psychological and Behavioral Responses to Disaster, invited speaker, Radcliffe Institute forAdvanced Study, Harvard University, Boston, Mass, April 2007
274. Microarray-based analysis of gene expression in postmortem brains from patientsdiagnosed with PTSD, Duric V, Kang HJ, Newton SS, Duman RS and the PTSD Brain
Bank Consortium, (D. Benedek, J. Krystal, E. Osuch, G. Leskin, M. Webster, H. Holloway,
J. Kleinman, M. Friedman, R. Duman, C. Hough, H. Li, L. Zhang, J. Myerhoff, R. Ursano), Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, Washington DC
275. Update on Katrina and New Orleans Mental Health (Ursano RJ Discussant), APA annual
meeting, San Diego, California 2007
276. Treatment of Traumatic Stress and PTSD, (Ursano, RJ, Fullerton, CS, Benedek DM),
American Society of Psychoanalytic Physicians and Washington Psychiatric Society,George Washington University, Washington D.C., March 2007
277. Early Screening for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Wounded Soldiers, (Grieger, T,
Benedek, D, Ursano, R, Cozza, S, Engel, C), (poster)American Psychiatric Association
Annual Meeting, Sand Diego Calif, May 2007
278. USU Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress: A Resource for DoD and for the Nation,(invited speaker), Council of Directors, Henry M Jackson Foundation for Military
Medicine, Rockville, MD 2007
279. Treating PTSD in Veterans: challenges and opportunities, (invited speaker), Institute ofMedicine, National Academy of Sciences Committee on Treatment of PTSD in Veterans,
Washington DC 2007
280. Disaster Mental Health, Substance Abuse and Risk Behaviors: Research for Clinical Careand Population Health, (invited discussant) NIDA Research Planning for Katrina andFuture Disasters, Rockville MD, Dec 2006.
281. Global Workplace Preparedness and Response for Disaster and Terrorism: Creating a
Culture of Safety, Health and Security, (invited speaker), OSAC Annual Meeting,
Department of State, Washington DC, Nov 2006
282. Katrina and Disaster Mental Health: Caring and Preparing, Carter Center Symposium on
Lessons Learned from Katrina fo Health Care Planning, (invited speaker), Nov 2006
283. Disaster Planning and Communication (UrsanoRJ, Vineburgh NT, Fullerton CS), Third
Annual Health and Public Affairs Research Conference, Orlando Florida, Nov 2006
284. Psychiatric Care for Military Members and Their Families: Professionals and theCommunity Addressing the Trauma of War, (invited presentation), American Psychiatric
Association Assembly Meeting, Washington DC Nov 2006
285. Beyond PTSD: From 9/11 to Katrina Public Health and Individual Care, (invited
presentation), Grand Rounds and Visiting Professor, South Carolina Medical University,
Department of Psychiatry, Charleston, South Carolina, Oct 2006
286. Beyond PTSD: Gaps in Knowledge and Emerging Research Opportunities, (invited
participant) National Academies of Arts and Sciences, Netherlands, Amsterdam, August
2006
287. Workplace Planning and Preparedness: Critical Incidents, Preparedness, Response andRecovery (invited speaker), University of Central Florida, Workplace Disaster Health:Public Information and Planning, Orlando Fla., June 2006

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288. Mental Health Consequences of Disaster Response (Fullerton CS and Ursano RJ) WorkStress and Health Conference, Miami Fla. 2006
289. Public Health Workforce and 2004 Florida Hurricane Season Recovery (Invited Discussant
Ursano, R. J.) Work Stress and Health Conference, Miami Fla 2006
290. Early Psychological Intervention Following Mass Trauma, (co-director: M. Blumenfield,
R.J.Ursano) New York Medical College Department of Psychiatry, June 2006
291. Posttraumatic Stress Disorders: PTSD, Resilience and Health Risk Behaviors (invited
presenter Ursano, R.J.) Grand Rounds, Department of Psychiatry Penn State University
School of Medicine, April 2006
292. Research in PTSD Across NIMH, VA and DoD (Planning Committee and invited
discussant; Ursano, R.J.) NIMH sponsored workgroup, 2006
293. Prevention of Posttraumatic Stress Disorders: Gaps in Knowledge and Emerging Research
Opportunities, (invited presenter Ursano, R.J.), NIMH Prevention of Posttraumatic Stress
Disorder Research Planning Meeting, Bethesda, MD, June, 2006.
294. Public Health and Mental Health Impact of Disaster: Distress, Illness, Risk Behavior andResilience, (invited presenter, Ursano, R. J.), NIMH Director’s and Alliance Annual
Meeting, Bethesda Maryland, January 2006.
295. Early Predictors of Later Depression and PTSD in Battle Injured Soldiers, (Poster, Grieger,
T, Ursano, R. J., Cozza, S., Engel, C, Benedek, D., Wain, H., & Martinez, P.), Annual
Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, Toronto, Canada, May 2006.
296. The Trauma of War: Posttraumatic Stress and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Operation
Emerging Freedom, (invited presenter, Ursano, R. J.), The State of the Military Health
System Conference, Washington, DC, 2006.
297. Disasters and Critical Incidents: Preparedness, Response and Recovery, invited speaker,
Center for Employee Assistance, Washington DC 2006
298. Professionals and Community Addressing the Trauma of War: soldiers returning homefrom War, (invited Presenter, Ursano, R. J.), Houston-Galveston Psychoanalytic Society,
Houston, Texas, January 2006.
299. Evaluation and Treatment of Traumatic Stress Disorders, (invited discussant, Ursano, R. J.)
Gilliland and White Lecture, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, January 2006.
300. Behavioral Changes among Residents during the Washington, D.C. Serial Sniper Attacks,(Poster, Shigemura, J., Fullerton, C. S., Wang, L., Grieger, T., Ursano, R. J.), International
Society of Traumatic Stress Studies Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, November 2005.
301. Discussions on PTSD/Trauma/Terrorism -National Security and Health Care (Ursano, R.
J., Fullerton, C. S.) Grand Rounds, WRAMC, Washington, DC, 2005. The Impact ofdisasters and their aftermath on mental health (Ursano, R. J.) Bethesda, Maryland, October
2005.
302. Meet the Expert: Disaster Psychiatry, (invited discussant, Ursano, R. J.) American
Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, 2005.
303. The War Comes Home: Psychological and Psychosomatic Consequences of Deployment,(Symposium, invited discussant, Ursano, R. J.) American Psychiatric Association Annual
Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, 2005.
304. Managing Distress and Psychiatric Disorders after Terrorism, (invited discussant, Ursano,R. J.) Joining NIMH/APA Workshop, American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting,Atlanta, Georgia, 2005.

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305. Psychological Care for the Tsunami Disaster, (Panel, invited discussant, Ursano, R. J.)
Japan Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, March 2005.
306. Stress and Responses to Combat, Disaster and Terrorism, (Ursano, R. J., Fullerton, C. S.,
McCarroll, E., Hall, M, Hamaoka, D., and Vineburgh, N.) Japan Self Defense Force
Symposium, Tokyo, Japan, 2005.
307. Psychological and Behavioral Consequences of Disasters and Terrorism: From Public
Healthto Treatment,(Ursano, R. J., Fullerton, C. S., and Grieger, T.) Japan Society forTraumatic Stress Studies, Tokyo, Japan, March 2005.
308. Psychiatric Responses to Trauma, Disaster and War, (Ursano, R. J., Fullerton, C. S., andBenedek, D.) National Defense Medical College, Tokyo, Japan, March 2005.
309. PTSD and Memory, National Public Radio, Kojo Nnamdi Show, Washington, DC, March
2005.
310. Workplace Interventions to Manage and Prepare for the Consequences of Terrorism,(Vineburgh, N., Ursano, R. J., Fullerton, C. S.) Proceedings of the World Psychiatric
Association Annual Meeting, Florence, Italy, November 2004.
311. Terrorism and Public Health, (Ursano, R. J., Fullerton, C. S., Vineburgh, N., Hall, M.)
Proceedings of the World Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, Florence, Italy,
November 2004.
312. Disasters, Terrorism and Trauma Workshop, (Stoddard, F., Ursano, R. J., Fullerton, C. S.,
Querci, R., Vineburgh, N.) Proceedings of the World Psychiatric Association Annual
Meeting, Florence, Italy, November 2004.
313. Workplace health promotion for disaster and terrorism response: a resiliency paradigm,(Vineburgh, N. T., Ursano, R. J., and Fullerton, C. S.) APHA Annual Meeting,Washington, DC, November 2004.
314. Mental Health and the response to terrorism (symposium moderator, Ursano, R.J.) APHA
Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, November 2004.
315. Managing the psychological consequences of terrorism: a public health strategy, (Ursano,Vineburgh, and Fullerton) APHA Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, November 2004.
316. Terrorism and the public’s health: Psychological and behavioral preparedness andresponse, (Ursano, Fullerton, Vineburgh, Gifford) Massachusetts General Hospital,
Harvard, October 2004.
317. Acute and posttraumatic stress disorders following adolescent’s motor vehicle accidents,
Proceedings of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry, (McCurry, Fullerton, Chun,
Villacis, Ursano) Washington, DC, October 2004.
318. Management of psychological consequences of terrorism, NASA worldwide education
network, (Ursano, R. J.) September 2004.
319. Workplace Resiliency in the face of terrorism: the role and integration of health promotion
and natural debriefing, Congressional EAP Seminars, Series, House of Representatives
Office Building, Washington, DC, August 2004.
320. Psychological consequences of terrorism: A public health strategy Video Teleconference,
Nebraska, (Ursano, R. J.) July 8, 2004.
321. Psychological and behavioral health responses to disaster: Radiation, trauma, and mental
health of exposed individuals and communities, Meeting of the National Research Council:
Committee to assess the scientific information for the radiation exposure screening andeducation program, The National Academies, (Ursano, R. J.) Washington, D.C., July 7,
2004.
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322. Psychological aspects of preparedness, response, and recovery, Public Health Partnership,
The AMA and CDC First National Congress on Preparedness, (Ursano, R. J.) Washington,
DC, July 2004.
323. Psychological responses to war, combat and return, Traumatic Stress Conference (Ursano,R. J.) Boston, June 2004.
324. Public health and mental health partnership: Psychological and behavioral preparedness
and consequence management, American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting,(Ursano, R. J.) New York City, 2004.
325. Transportation terror: a public health strategy for managing industry and community
responses, Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Security Administration,
Arlington, VA, 2004.
326. Resilience in the face of terrorism: community and individual aspects, National Academyof Sciences, Institute of Medicine, Neuroscience Board, Washington, DC, June 2004.
327. Resilience in the face of terrorism: community and individual aspects, Board on
Neuroscience and Behavioral Health: Institute of Medicine of the National Academies,(Ursano, R. J.) Washington, DC, June 7, 2004.
328. Vision of public health and mental health collaboration in theory and practice (R. J.
Ursano, C. S. Fullerton, N. Vineburgh). Public health/mental health system integration indisaster preparedness: National Focus Group Meeting, SAMSHA and National Associationof State Mental Health Program Directors, Washington, DC, 2004.
329. Public safety workers and the public’s health: preparing for the consequences of terrorism(R. J. Ursano). Second Annual Public Safety Worker Grantee Meeting, SAMSHA,
Washington, DC, 2004.
330. Fostering corporate resiliency: a public health strategy, EAP Leadership for Disaster
Preparedness, EASNA Annual Meeting, Ottawa Canada, June 2004.
331. The impact of terrorism on brain and behavior: what we know and what we need to know,
Congressional Briefing, Panel, (Chair, Steve Hyman, R. Yehuda, R. Ursano). Washington,
DC, April 21, 2004.
332. Public health and mental health collaboration: psychological and behavioral disaster
preparedness and consequence management, NASMHD, (Ursano, R. J.) Washington, DC,
March 2004.
333. Terrorism and the public’s health, State University of New York at Albany, Center for
Public Health Preparedness, Albany, New York, March 2004.
334. Terrorism, public health and preparedness, The Ivan Allen Founders Day Forum, Georgia
Tech, (Ursano, R. J.), Atlanta, Georgia, 2004.
335. Corporate health and preparedness: a public health strategy, The Sam Nunn Bank ofAmerica Policy Forum, (Ursano, R. J.), Atlanta, Georgia, 2004.
336. Terrorism and the public's health: a course on psychological consequences of terrorism,
The American College of Psychiatrists, Miami, Florida, February 25-26, 2004.
337. Terrorism, public health and preparedness (Presentation) (Ursano, R. J., Fullerton, C. S.,
Vineburgh, N.) American College of Neuropsychopharmacologists, Puerto Rico, 2003.
338. Terrorism and disaster: public health (Presentation), The Child and Adolescent PsychiatricSociety of Greater Washington and Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC,
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339. Terrorism and the workplace: critical incidents and corporate preparedness, continuity,
recovery and resiliency, The Conference Board: Corporate Security Management, NewYork City, 2003.
340. Living under threat of terrorism (Ursano, R. J., Discussant) (Shalev, A.), International
Society of Traumatic Stress Studies Annual Meeting, Chicago, 2003.
341. Reaching the affect: the healing force in psychodynamic therapy, Invited Discussant,Washington School of Psychiatry, October 11, 2003.
342. Psychological consequences of terrorism (Ursano, R. J., (Invited Speaker), (Roundtable ofexperts on biosecurity), Rand/Harvard Medical School, Rand, Arlington, Virginia, October
7, 2003.
343. Psychiatry update: Trauma and disaster responses and management. Review of Psychiatry.
(Co-Chairs: Ursano, R. J. and Norwood, A.E.) Proceedings of the American Psychiatric
Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, May, 2003.
344. Update on practice guidelines: PTSD/Acute Stress Disorder, Component Workshop,(Ursano, R. J.), Proceedings of the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, San
Francisco, California, May, 2003.
345. Terrorism and psychosocial preparedness, Forum, (Ursano, R. J.), Proceedings of theAmerican Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, May, 2003.
346. PTSD treatment guidelines, Panel, Proceedings of the American Psychiatric Association
Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, May, 2003.
347. Bioterrorism, Proceedings of the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, San
Francisco, California, May, 2003.
348. Terrorism and disaster, Symposium Chair, Proceedings of the American Psychiatric
Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, May, 2003.
349. Global trauma: Experience and implications for DSM-V, Component Workshop, Invited
Presenter, (Ursano, R. J.), Proceedings of the American Psychiatric Association Annual
Meeting, San Francisco, California, May, 2003.
350. Trauma and Mind, Proceedings of the American Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic
Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, May, 2003.
351. Psychological effects of terrorism (Ursano, R. J., Invited Participant), Mailman School of
Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, April 30, 2003.
352. Psychological effects of terrorism (Teaching Session), (Ursano, R. J., Norwood, A. E.,
Hall, M.), CIA, Washington, DC, April 27, 2003.
353. Terrorism and the public’s health (Ursano, R. J., Invited Speaker), The Third International
Disaster Psychiatry Conference, Washington, DC, April 26, 2003.
354. Psychological effects of terrorism (Workshop), (Ursano, R. J., Invited Speaker), Carter
Center, Washington, DC. April 24, 2003.
355. Disaster psychiatry – Individual and workplace responses and needs (Robert J. Ursano,M.D.), 14th Annual Meeting of Academy of Organizational and Occupational Psychiatry(A.O.O.P), January 17-19, Washington, DC, 2003.
356. Bioterrorism and public health, Harvard Conference on Bioterrorism, Las Vegas,
November, 2002.
357. Terrorism and the public’s health, First Raphling Lecture Washington Psychoanalytic
Society and George Washington University, Washington, DC, November, 2002
358. In the Wake of September 11th, Conversations at the Carter Center with Julie Geberding,Robert Ursano, and Neal Cohen, Atlanta, Georgia, November, 2002.
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359. Mental Health, terrorism and public health needs (Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental
Health Policy), (Ursano, R.J., Key Note speaker), Atlanta Georgia, November, 2002.
360. Mental health, disaster and terrorism (Homeland Defense Symposium), (Ursano, R.J., Key
Note Speaker), Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO),
Washington, DC, October, 2002.
361. The psychological consequences of terrorism and systems for response (Workshop),(Ursano, R. J., Keynote Speaker), National Academies of Science, Institute of Medicine,
October, 7/8, 2002.
362. War on terrorism: Examining the mental health implications of the future (Ursano, R. J.,
Fullerton, C. S., Stuart, J., Norwood, A. E.), Mental Health Association of the District ofColumbia 14th Annual Conference, Howard University Blackburn Center, Washington,
DC, 2002.
363. 9/11: The Psychological Impact and Consequences: Issues (Ursano, R. J.), Academy ofMedicine, Washington, DC, July 27, 2002.
364. Psychosocial interventions after disaster (Ursano, R. J., Norwood, A. E., Fullerton, C. S.),
Maryland State Mental Health Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, 2002.
365. Mental health needs after disaster and terrorism (Ursano, R. J., Fullerton, C. S., Norwood,
A. E., Stuart, J.), DC Mental Health Assn., Howard University, Washington, DC, 2002.
366. Individual and community responses to disaster and terrorism (Ursano, R. J.), Maryland
Psychiatric Society 52nd Annual Dinner Meeting, Mount Washington Conference Center,
Baltimore, MD, May 9, 2002.
367. Individual and community responses to disaster and terrorism, (Ursano, R. J., Fullerton, C.
S., Norwood, A. E., Stuart, J. A., Grieger, T. A.), Columbia Academy of Psychodynamics,
Washington School of Psychiatry, April 17, 2002
368. Mental health and mass violence – evidence based early psychological intervention forvictims/survivors of mass violence: A workshop to reach consensus on best practices. U.S.
Department of Defense, U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, National
Institute of Mental Health, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration,
Center for Mental Health Services, U.S. Department of Justice, Office for Victims of
Crime, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, National Center for PTSD, and the American
Red Cross, 2002.
369. Individual early psychological interventions: Are there any? (Ursano, R. J.), NATO-Russia
Advanced Scientific Workshop (Social and psychological consequences of chemical,
biological and radiological terrorism), Brussels, Belgium, 2002.
370. Planning for bioterrorism, NATO-Russia Advanced Scientific Workshop (Ursano, R. J.,
Fullerton, C. S., Stuart, J. A.), Brussels Belgium, 2002.
371. Terrorism Research Special Panel (Ursano, R. J.), National Institute of Mental HealthSpecial Emphasis Panel, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD, February 5,
2002.
372. Post-Traumatic Stress, National Aeronautics and Space Administration International
Teleconference, Washington, DC, 2002.
373. Bioterrorism and disaster in the corporate world, National Partnership for Workplace
Mental Health, American Psychiatric Association, Washington, DC, February 5, 2002.
374. Risk factors for acute and chronic pathology (Discussant), NIMH Conference on Early
Trauma Responses and Psychopathology: Theoretical and Empirical Directions, January,
2002.
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375. The Commitment and role of psychiatrists in disasters. Lessons from the September 11th
terrorist attacks in the U.S.A., (Panel Discussion, International Response to U.S. Disasters),
World Psychiatric Association International Congress on “New Commitments for
Psychiatrists.” (Special Session) Madrid (Spain), New York City, Washington, DC, (USA),
October 2, 2001.
376. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (Psychiatric Update Series, Volume 21, January-December
2001 (Ursano, R. J., Moderator) (Shaw, J. A., Southwick, S. M.), Washington University,
School of Medicine, Missouri, 2001.
377. Stress and intervention in the USAF (Grieger, T., Ursano, R. J). (Speakers), Leadership andOperational Stress Meeting, June, 2000.
378. Emergency situations and mental health, Russia-U.S. Conference (Keynote Speakers)(Ursano, R. J., Norwood, A. E.), The Ministry of Public Health of the Russian Federationand the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia, June, 2000.
379. Planning for mass destruction and mass disruption: the mental health effects ofbioterrorism (Ursano, R. J., Moderator), SAMSHA-USUHS Conference, Bethesda, MD,
June, 2000.
380. Disaster responders: mental health and behavioral effects EMERCOM-SAMSHA
Conference, (Ursano, R. J., Fullerton, C. S., Norwood, A. E.), St. Petersburg, Russia, June,
2000.
381. U.S. Air Force changing nature of stress as it relates to "Global vigilance, reach and power-- The new American way of war." Including: Terrorism -- Lessons learned from Kosovo -Roles of USAF Reserve and Air National Guard (Panel), (Ursano, R. J.), Conference on
Leaders and Operational Stress, Fort McNair, Washington, DC, June, 2000.
382. Psychiatric responses to biological terrorism (Conference), (Norwood, A. E., Holloway, H.
C., Ursano, R. J.), Operational impact of psychological casualties from weapons of mass
destruction, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland,
July, 2000.
383. Psychosocial interventions with disaster workers in the United States (Conference),(Norwood, A. E., Ursano, R. J., Grieger, T. A., McCarroll, J. E.), United States/Russia
Binational Symposium on the Behavioral Health Aspects of Disasters and Terrorism, St.
Petersburg, Russia, June, 2000.
384. Individual and community interventions in disaster (Course), (Norwood, A. E., Ursano, R.
J., Blumenfield, M., Husain, S. A.), American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting,
Chicago, IL, May, 2000.
385. Disaster psychiatry: advanced topics (Course), (Ursano, R. J., Norwood, A. E., Southwick,
S., Philbrick, K. L., Blumenfield, M.), American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting,
Chicago, Illinois, May, 2000.
386. Psychiatric aspects of terrorism: weapons of mass destruction, Proceedings, (Norwood, A.
E., Holloway, H. C., Ursano, R. J.). American Academy of Neurology, San Diego, CA,
May, 2000.
387. PTSD, diagnosis, treatment, and research (Grand Rounds), (Round Table Discussion),
Royal Melbourne Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, March, 2000.
388. Recent developments in PTSD (Grand Rounds), (Ursano, R. J., Fullerton, C. S., Norwood,
A. E., McCarroll, J. E.), Royal Melbourne Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, March,
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389. Psychological effects of deployment characteristics, risk factors, and management,
Australian Defense Forces' Conference on Peacekeeping Stress, Canberra, Australia,
March, 2000.
390. Mental Health issues in military and veteran populations (Round Table Discussion),
Australian National Defense Forces, Canberra, Australia, March, 2000.
391. Recent developments in traumatic stress (Ursano, R. J., Fullerton, C. S., McCarroll, J. E.,
Norwood, A. E.), National Center for Trauma Mental Health, Department of Veterans
Affairs, Canberra, Australia, March, 2000.
392. Peacekeeping stress in Australian Defense Forces (Invited Discussant), Third World
Conference for the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Melbourne,
Australia, March, 2000.
393. Update on PTSD, Royal Australia and New Zealand College of Psychiatry - Tasmania
Branch, Tasmania, Australia, March, 2000.
394. Psychological reactions to trauma and disaster (One day seminar presentation), AustralianSociety of Traumatic Stress, Tasmania, Australia, March, 2000.
395. Courage, chaos, and conflict: Lessons from Port Arthur (Invited Discussant), Third World
Conference for the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Melbourne,
Australia, March, 2000.
396. Health policy and depressive illness (Panel Moderator), American College of Psychiatrists'
Annual Meeting, Naples, Florida, February, 2000.
397. Medicine and health care in the new millennium: Responses to trauma and disaster, Annual
Meeting of American Society of Clinical Hypnosis, Baltimore, Maryland, February, 2000.
398. Psychosocial treatment of trauma: PTSD and Dissociation, American Society ofPsychoanalytic Physicians' Meeting, Washington, DC, February, 2000.
399. Behavioral health issues in mass casualty incidents (Conference), (Ursano, R. J., Norwood,
A. E., Grieger, T., Dinneen, M. P.), National Disaster Medical Services, Washington, DC,
May, 1999.
400. Trauma in Oklahoma City, Symposium (Discussant), American Psychiatric Association
Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, May, 1999.
401. Psychiatric dimensions of disasters (Workshop), (Ursano, R. J., Blumenfield, M.,
Norwood, A. E.), American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC,
May, 1999.
402. Individual and community interventions in disaster (Course), (Norwood, A. E., Ursano, R.
J., Blumenfield, M., Shaw, E.), American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting,Washington, DC, May, 1999.
403. Disaster psychiatry: advanced topics (Course), (Ursano, R. J., Norwood, A. E., Shalev, A.,
Rundell, J. R., Blumenfield, M.), American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting,Washington, DC, May, 1999.
404. Annual Meeting of American College of Psychiatrists, San Francisco, CA, February, 1999.
405. Psychiatric responses to trauma (Ursano, R. J. and Norwood, A. E.), U.S. Army Mental
Health AMED Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, 1998.
406. Treatment of panic disorder: integrative perspective, American College of Psychiatrists,
Puerto Rico, 1998.
407. The onset conditions for psychological and psychosomatic symptoms during
psychoanalyses and psychotherapy, (L. Luborsky), (Invited Discussant), The Consortiumof Psychoanalytic Research, Laurel, Maryland, 1997.
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408. Psychiatric aspects of disaster (Workshop), (Ursano, R. J., Norwood, A. E.), Proceedingsof the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, 1997.
409. Psychiatric training for disaster (Course), (Ursano, R. J., Norwood, A. E., Blumenfield, M.,
Pynoos, R. S.), American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, California,
1997.
410. Individual and community responses to trauma and disaster (Invited Speaker), Chestnut
Lodge Hospital, Rockville, Maryland, 1997.
411. Measurement of PTSD in community samples: a measurement problem (Fullerton, C. S.,
Ursano, R. J., Epstein, R., Crowley, B., Craig, K. J., Vance, K., Baum. A. S.), Proceedingsof American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, 1997.
412. Stress inoculation and sensitization following repeated natural disasters (Staab, J., Grieger,
T. A., Fullerton, C. S., Ursano, R. J.), Proceedings of the International Traumatic StressSociety's Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, November, 1996.
413. Responding to disasters: Resident's experience, Symposium, (Invited Discussant),
Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, New York,New York, May, 1996.
414. Psychiatric dimensions of disaster (Workshop), (Cohen, R., Ursano, R. J., Blumenfield, M.,
Norwood, A. E.), Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric
Association, NY, May, 1996.
415. Responding to disasters: Resident's experience, Symposium, (Invited Discussant),
Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, New York,New York, May, 1996.
416. Psychiatric dimensions of disaster (Workshop), (Cohen, R., Ursano, R. J., Blumenfield, M.,
Norwood, A. E.), Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric
Association, NY, May, 1996.
417. Psychiatric training for disaster (Course), (Blumenfield, M., Cohen, R., Norwood, A. E.,
Ursano, R. J.), Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric
Association, NY, May, 1996.
418. The relationship between Acute Stress Disorder and subsequent PTSD in three disaster
populations (Staab, J., Grieger, T., McCarroll, J., Brandt, G., Fullerton, C. S., Ursano, R.
J.), Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, New
York, New York, 1996.
419. Psychiatric responses to trauma and disaster, Grand Rounds, Yale University School of
Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, New Haven, Connecticut, 1996.
420. Individual and community responses to trauma, Grand Rounds, New York University
School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, New York, New York, 1996.
421. Intrusive thoughts, symptoms and coping in accident victims (Delahanty, D., Herberman,
H., Craig, K., Hayward, M., Fullerton, C. S., Ursano, R. J., Baum, A.), International
Congress of Behavioral Medicine, Washington, DC, 1996.
422. Psychoanalysis and psychodynamic psychotherapy: recent trends and developments(Sonnenberg, S., Gabbard, G., Ursano, R. J.), Psychiatric Update Series, American Collegeof Psychiatrists, 1996.
423. Resolved: Psychiatrists must be the captains of the mental health care ship (Invited
Speaker), American College of Psychiatrists, Tucson, Arizona, 1996.
424. Brief Psychodynamic psychotherapy, Seminar, Ochsner Clinic, New Orleans, Louisiana,
1996.
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425. Trauma psychiatry in the military (Norwood, A. E., Ursano, R. J., Fullerton, C. S.), Grand
Rounds, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC, 1995.
426. Individual and community responses to trauma: the lessons of war and disaster (Invited
Speaker), William C. Porter Lecture, Association of Military Surgeons of the United States
Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California, 1995.
427. Relationship of mental disorders to gender, absenteeism and combat stressors among Gulf
War veterans seeking care for perceived war-related complaints (Engel, C., Ursano, R. J.,
Magruder, C., Viola, J., Beardan, R., Patterson, C., Parkinson, M., Snydren, M. O.),
Military Medicine Conference, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences,
Bethesda, Maryland, 1995.
428. Trauma, stress and health: military women in combat, deployment and contingency
operations, Conference Chairperson, Airlie, Virginia, 1995.
429. Psychiatric dimensions of disaster (Workshop), (Norwood, A. E., Ursano, R. J., Cohen, R.,
Blumenfield, M.), Proceedings of the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting,Miami, FL, 1995.
430. Dreams of victims of trauma (Discussant), Washington Psychoanalytic Society Meeting,Washington, DC, 1995.
431. Predictor of acute stress disorder and its sequelae in a military community exposed torepeated natural disasters (Staab, J. P., Grieger, T. A., Fullerton, C. S., Ursano, R. J.),
Braceland Symposium, Miami, Florida, 1995.
432. Basic traumatic stress care (Course), (Norwood, A. E., Ursano, R. J., Pynoos, R., Cohen, R.
E., Blumenfield, M.), American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, Miami, FL,
1995.
433. Psychiatric responses to war, Invited Presenter, TUSS Seminar, University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 1995.
434. Individual and community responses to disaster, Grand Rounds, Department of Psychiatry,
University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX, 1995.
435. PTSD: new research, Grand Rounds, Psychiatry Dept, Wright State University School of
Medicine, Dayton, OH, 1994.
436. Interfaces in consultation following trauma: debriefing, psychoeducation andpsychotherapy (Invited Discussant), Proceedings of the International Society for TraumaticStress Studies Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, 1994.
437. Psychiatric consultation following natural disasters and catastrophic accidents (Brandt, G.
T., Sutton, L., K., Fullerton, C. S., Norwood, A. E., Ursano, R. J.), Proceedings of theInternational Society for Traumatic Stress Studies Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, 1994.
438. The Waco disaster: consultation issues in forensic identifications (McCarroll, J. E.,
Fullerton, C. S., Ursano, R. J.), Proceedings of the International Society for TraumaticStress Studies Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, 1994.
439. Adult and adolescent psychological responses to Hurricane Andrew (Fullerton, C. S.,
Ursano, R. J., Norwood, A. E., Brandt, G. T.), American Psychological Association Annual
Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, 1994.
440. Context and trauma (Fullerton, C. S., Ursano, R. J., Brandt, G. T., Norwood, A. E.),
Traumatic Stress Center, Hadassah University, Jerusalem, Israel & Dept. of Psychiatry,
University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, 1994.

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441. Psychotherapy and trauma (Ursano, R. J., Fullerton, C. S., Norwood, A. E., Brandt, G. T.,
Sutton, L., Grieger, T. A.), International Symposium for the Psychotherapy of
Schizophrenia, Washington, DC, 1994.
442. Comparing a clinical diagnosis of depression with three depression scales in POWs andveterans (Hoffman, K. J., Page, W. F., Ursano, R. J.), Proceedings of the American
Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, 1994.
443. Psychiatric aspects of disaster (Ursano, R. J., Norwood, A. E., Pynoos, R., Austin, L.,
Black, C.), Proceedings of the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting,Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1994.
444. Basic traumatic stress care (Course), (Ursano, R. J., Norwood, A. E., Pynoos, R., Austin,L.), American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1994.
445. Stress of breast cancer on families (Norwood, A. E., Fullerton, C. S., Ursano, R. J.,
Grieger, T.), Proceedings of the American Orthopsychiatric Association Annual Meeting,Washington, DC, 1994.
446. Community consultation to Hurricane Andrew (Brandt, G. T., Fullerton, C. S., Ursano, R.
J., Norwood, A. E.), Proceedings of the American Orthopsychiatric Association Annual
Meeting, Washington, DC, 1994.
447. Effects of trauma on the family system (Fullerton, C. S., Ursano, R. J., Norwood, A. E.,
Grieger, T.), Proceedings of the American Orthopsychiatric Association Annual Meeting,Washington, DC, 1994.
448. Trauma and Disaster, Visiting Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Tripler Army Medical
Center, 1994.
449. Psychiatric responses to war (Invited Speaker), National Academy of Sciences, Institute ofMedicine, Medical Follow-up Agency, 1994.
450. Perspectives on PTSD (Invited Speaker), McLellan Lecture, Portsmouth Naval Hospital,
November, 1993.
451. Trauma and disasters: factors associated with effective coping (Ursano, R. J., Fullerton, C.
S., McCarroll, J. E., Norwood, A. E.), Proceedings of the International Society forTraumatic Stress Studies Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, 1993.
452. Community bereavement after traumatic loss (Fullerton, C. S., Ursano, R. J., Kao, T.,
Bhartiya, V.), American Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Ottawa, Canada,
1993.
453. Psychiatric consultation to disaster (Brandt, G., Fullerton, C., Ursano, R. J., Norwood, A.),
Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association (NewResearch), San Francisco, California, 1993.
454. Disaster workers: psychiatric responses (Brandt, G., Fullerton, C. S., Ursano, R. J.,
Holloway, H. C., Saltzberger, L.), Proceedings: Annual Meeting American Psychiatric
Association, San Francisco, CA, 1993.
455. Psychiatric responses to trauma: support provision (Fullerton, C. S., Ursano, R. J.,
Bhartiya, V.), Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association,
San Francisco, California, 1993.
456. PTSD and exposure to the dead (McCarroll, J. E., Ursano, R. J., Fullerton, C. S.),
Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, San
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457. Wartime media exposure: effects on Army wives (Norwood, A., Ursano, R. J., Fullerton,
C. S., Rosenberg, F.), Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric
Association, San Francisco, CA, 1993.
458. Trauma and its consequences (Invited Discussant), Annual Meeting of the American
Psychiatric Association, San Francisco, California, 1993.
459. Basic traumatic stress care: when disaster strikes (Course), (Ursano, R. J., Norwood, A.,
Pynoos, R., Shalev, A., Weisaeth, L.), Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric
Association, San Francisco, California, 1993.
460. Psychiatric dimensions of disasters (Workshop), (Ursano, R. J., Lima, B., Pynoos, R.),
Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, San Francisco, California, 1993.
461. Responses to disaster, Grand Rounds, Department of Psychiatry, Georgetown University,
Washington, DC, 1993.
462. Brief psychodynamic psychotherapy, Invited Symposium, Oschsner Clinic, New Orleans,Louisiana, 1993.
463. Psychiatric research on the stress of trauma and toxic exposure (Invited Presentations),
National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine, Medical Follow-up Agency, 1993.
464. Individual &Community Responses to Disaster (Invited Presentation), Bournewood
Hospital, Boston, MA, 1992
465. The Persian Gulf War, Symposium (Invited Discussant), American Psychological
Association Annual Meeting, 1992.
466. Effectiveness of an educational intervention in changing preclinical medical students' HIVrelated attitudes and beliefs: impact of an HIV-infected physician (Rundell, J. R., Ursano,R. J., Sasaki, J.), Poster, Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine, San Diego, California,
1992.
467. Disaster consultation: helping the helpers (Fullerton, C. S., McCarroll, J. E., Ursano, R. J.,
Wright, K. M.), American Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC,
1992.
468. Chemical and biological warfare: psychological responses of health care workers(Fullerton, C. S., Ursano, R. J., Kao, T., Bhartiya, V. R.), American Psychological
Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 1992.
469. Stress and support of U.S. Army Mortuary Affairs personnel during war (McCarroll, J. E.,
Ursano, R. J., Fullerton, C. S., Oates, G. L., Dodge, E. L.), International Society forTraumatic Stress Studies, World Conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1992.
470. Dimensions of stress among mortuary workers (McCarroll, J. E., Ursano, R. J., Fullerton,
C. S., Lundy, A. C.), International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, World Conference,
Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1992.
471. PTSD in community samples: development of a self-report instrument (Ursano, R. J.,
Fullerton, C. S., Kao, T., Bhartiya, V. R., Dinneen, M. P.), International Society forTraumatic Stress Studies, World Conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1992.
472. Community bereavement following an airplane crash (Fullerton, C. S., Ursano, R. J., Kao,T., Bhartiya, V. R.), International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, World Conference,
Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1992.
473. Impact of the stress of war on first-term Army wives (Norwood, A., Rosenberg, F.,
Fullerton, C. S., Ursano, R. J.), International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, World
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474. Effects of absence and jobs on children in the military (Invited Presentation), President's
Commission on the Assignment of Women in the Military, Washington, DC, 1992.
475. Trauma and victimization (Invited Discussant), American Psychiatric Association Annual
Meeting, Washington, DC, 1992.
476. Psychiatric effects of trauma and chemical warfare (Invited Presentation), Institute ofMedicine, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC, 1992.
477. War and trauma: past and present (Invited Discussant), American Psychiatric Association
Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 1992.
478. War and stress: adaptation and coping (Invited Presentation), American Academy of
Psychoanalysis, NY, 1991.
479. Heart rate response as an indication of PTSD susceptibility (Ventis, W. L., Friedman, H.,
Shean, G. D., McCarroll, J. E., Ursano, R. J., Redmund, D., Wright, K., Fullerton, C. S.),
Proceedings of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies Annual Meeting,Washington, DC, 1991.
480. The aftermath of the Gulf War in the Middle East (Invited Plenary Chairperson),International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies Annual Meeting, Washington, DC 1991.
481. Psychological responses of fire fighters (Fullerton, C. S., McCarroll, J. E., Ursano, R. J.,
Wright, K. M.), Proceedings International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies Annual
Meeting, Washington, DC, 1991.
482. Psychological responses of a health care delivery team in the chemical and biological
warfare environment (Fullerton, C. S. and Ursano, R. J.), Proceedings of the International
Society for Traumatic Stress Studies Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 1991.
483. Psychiatric consultation to a disaster community (Invited Presentation), Royal Army
Medical College, London, England, 1991.
484. When disaster strikes your community (Invited Speaker), Conference: Clinical Approaches
to the Identification & Treatment of PTSD, Dartmouth Hospital & Wright State University
School of Medicine, 1991.
485. Firefighters' psychiatric responses to trauma (Fullerton, C. S., McCarroll, J. E., Ursano, R.
J., Wright, K. M.), Proceedings of the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting,
New Orleans, Louisiana, 1991.
486. The role of meaning in post-traumatic disorders (Ursano, R. J. and Fullerton, C. S.),
Proceedings of the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans,Louisiana, 1991.
487. Post-traumatic disorders: trauma and outcome, Symposium, Chairman, Proceedings of theAmerican Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1991.
488. Clinical case conference on PTSD (Invited Discussant), American Psychiatric Association
Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1991.
489. Issues in military psychiatry (Workshop), Proceedings of the American Psychiatric
Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1991.
490. If there is such a thing as normality, what does it have to do with psychotherapy?, Grand
Rounds, Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Health Science Center, School of
Medicine, San Antonio, Texas, 1991.
491. Disasters: public response and policy (Invited Speaker), American College of Psychiatry
Annual Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 1991.
492. Personality factors in stress susceptibility: summary (Shean, G. D., Ventis, W. L.,
Friedman, H., McCarroll, J. E., Wright, K. M., Ursano, R. J., Fullerton, C. S.), Proceedings
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of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies Annual Meeting. New Orleans,Louisiana, October, 1990.
493. Personality factors in stress susceptibility: research design (Friedman, H., Shean, G. D.,
Ventis, W. L., McCarroll, J. E., Wright, K. M., Ursano, R. J., Fullerton, C. S.) Proceedingsof the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies Annual Meeting, New Orleans,Louisiana, October, 1990.
494. Stress in handling the dead by U.S. military personnel (McCarroll, J. E., Ursano, R. J.,
Fullerton, C. S., Oates, G. L.), Second European Conference on Traumatic Stress,
Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1990.
495. State of the Art & Science of Psychiatric Nursing (Invited Discussant), NIMH Conference,
Bethesda, MD, 1990.
496. Social support to persons exposed to traumatic death (Fullerton, C. S., Wright, K. M.,
Ursano, R. J.), Proceedings of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1990.
497. Personality hardiness and resiliency in highly stressed military populations (Bartone, P.,
McCarroll, J. E., Wright, K. M., Ursano, R. J., Fullerton, C. F.), American Psychological
Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1990.
498. Post-traumatic stress disorder, Panel (Ursano, R. J., Menninger, W. W., Usdin, G.),
American College of Psychiatrists' Continuing Education Tape Program, 1990.
499. Recovery from exposure to death and the dead: the buffering role of spouse/ significant
other support (Fullerton, C. S., Wright, K. M., Ursano, R. J., McCarroll, J. E.), Proceedingsof Second International Conference on Wartime Medical Services, Stockholm, Sweden,
1990.
500. Military psychiatry, Panel, American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, New York,New York, 1990.(McCarroll, J. E.), Proceedings of Second International Conference on
Wartime Medical Services, Stockholm, Sweden, 1990.
501. The role of perceived social support in psychiatric aspects of AIDS (Rundell, J. R., Ursano,R. J. and Brown, G.), Proceedings of the American Psychiatric Association Annual
Meeting, New York, New York, 1990.
502. Establishing the context for telemedicine consultation: the psychiatric example (Holloway,
H. C., Ursano, R. J., Hoffman, K. J., Fullerton, C. S.), USSR-NASA Disaster Response
Conference, Moscow, USSR, May, 1990.
503. The teaching alliance (Keynote Speaker), Walter Reed US Army Medical Center,
Department of Psychiatry Faculty Retreat, Berkley Springs, West Virginia, April, 1990.
504. Cognitive and behavioral responses to trauma, Grand Rounds, Department of Psychiatry,
Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1989.
505. Psychiatric aspects of responses to dead bodies following a disaster, World Psychiatric
Association, Athens, Greece, 1989.
506. Invited Consultant to earthquake victims (Armenia, USSR, Ministry of Health), NASA
Satellite Space Bridge, Bethesda, Maryland, 1989.
507. The nature of the stress of handling dead bodies and coping with the stress of handling
victims of violent death from disasters and combat (McCarroll, J. E. and Ursano, R. J.),
Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, San Francisco, California, 1989.
508. Disaster communities and hidden victims (Wright, K., Bartone, P., Ursano, R. J.), Society
for Traumatic Stress Studies, San Francisco, California, 1989.

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509. Psychiatric responses to trauma: the nature of the stressor (Fullerton, C., Rundell, J. R.,
Ursano, R. J.), Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, San Francisco, California, 1989.
510. Visiting Consultant, Traumatic Stress Center, Department of Psychiatry, Hadassah
University School of Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel, 1989.
511. Community responses to disaster: victim classification (Wright, K., Ursano, R. J., Bartone,
P., Ingraham, L.), Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on PsychologicalStress and Adjustment in Time of War and Peace, Jerusalem, Israel, 1989.
512. Psychiatric responses to dead bodies, Proceedings of the Fourth International Conferenceon Psychological Stress and Adjustment in Time of War and Peace, Jerusalem, Israel,
1989.
513. Behavioral and psychological responses to chemical and biological warfare. Operational
problems in Behavioral Science Symposium, Sheppard Air Force Base, TX, November,
1988.
514. Behavioral and psychological responses to toxic exposure (Ursano, R. J. and Fullerton, C.
S.) Conference on Military Medicine, USUHS, Bethesda, MD, October, 1988.
515. Traumatic stress: Defining Terms and Instruments (Invited Discussant), National Instituteof Mental Health Workshop, Rockville, Maryland, November, 1988.
516. Behavioral and psychological responses to toxic exposure (Ursano, R. J. and Fullerton, C.
S.), American Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, August, 1988.
517. Psychiatric responses to death, Grand Rounds, Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center and
USAF Operational Problems in the Behavioral Sciences Symposium, 1988.
518. The Problem of Evidence in Psychoanalytic Writing (Invited Discussant), Washington
Psychoanalytic Society, Washington, DC, 1988.
519. Psychodynamic responses to death and dead bodies, Pain Symposium, Walter Reed Army
Medical Center, Washington, DC, 1988.
520. The Gander-Newfoundland plane crash, Conference on the Medical Consequences ofDisaster and Combat Stress for Individuals and Organizations, Uniformed Services
USUHS, Bethesda, MD, 1988.
521. Understanding and coping with stress associated with disaster, Panel, Conference on the
Medical Consequences of Disaster and Combat Stress for Individuals and Organizations,
USUHS, Bethesda, MD, 1988.
522. Psychiatric Responses to Death and Disaster (Invited Presentation), Fourth Annual Meetingof Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Dallas, Texas, 1988.
523. Visiting Scientist, Division of Disaster Psychiatry, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway,
August, 1988.
524. Discussant, Psychiatric responses to disaster and war, Symposium, Chairman, World
Psychiatric Association Regional Symposium, Washington, DC, 1988.
525. Preadolescent peer relatedness and health (Fullerton. C. and Ursano R. J.), Abstracts of theWorld Psychiatric Association Regional Symposium, 1988.
526. Family structure and young adult mental health, Poster (Fullerton, C. and Ursano, R. J.),
World Psychiatric Association Regional Symposium, Washington, DC, 1988.
527. Combat stresses of chemical and biological warfare (Fullerton, C. and Ursano, R.J.),
Abstracts of the World Psychiatric Association Regional Symposium, 1988.
528. Psychiatric and behavioral responses to combat, Symposium, Chairman, World Psychiatric
Association Regional Symposium, Washington, DC, 1988.

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529. Behavioral and psychological responses to toxic exposure (Fullerton, C. and Ursano, R.J.),
American Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, 1988.
530. Community responses to disaster (Bartone, P. T., Ingraham, L. A., Saczynski, K., Ursano,R. J.), Proceedings of the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, Montreal,
Canada, 1988.
531. Psychiatric responses to death and body handling (Ursano, R. J., Ingraham, L. H.,
Saczynski, K. M., Bartone, P. T., Russell, C., Cervantes, R. A.), Proceedings of theAmerican Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada, 1988
532. Terrorism, disasters and combat: coping and illness, Symposium, Chairman, Proceedingsof the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada, 1988.
533. Suicide in the United States military: problem and prevention, Panel, (Rothberg, J., Ursano,R.J., Holloway, H., Fagan, J.), Annual Conference of the American Association of
Suicidology, Washington, DC, 1988.
534. Workshop on post-traumatic stress and disaster research (Invited Participant), sponsored by
NIMH at the Uniformed Services of the Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Bethesda,
Maryland, 1987.
535. The impact of a military air disaster on the health of family assistance workers (Bartone, P.,
Ingraham, L., Ursano, R.J., Saczynski, K.), American Psychological Association Annual
Meeting, Washington, DC, 1987.
536. Psychological issues in the recovery of an army unit (Bartone, P, Ingraham, L., Saczynski,
K., Ursano, R.J., Russell, C.), American Psychological Association Annual Meeting,Washington, DC, 1987.
537. Incidence of father-son incest (Francis, J., Ursano, R. J.), Proceedings of the American
Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, 1987.
538. Preadolescent chums recalled by young adults (Ursano, R. J., Wetzler, H., Slusarcick, A.,
Gemelli, R., Fullerton, C.), Proceedings of the American Psychiatric Association Annual
Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, 1987.
539. Psychological features of the Gander tragedy, Annual Meeting of Suburban Maryland
Psychiatric Society and Department of Psychiatry, Uniformed Services University of the
Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, 1987.
540. Panic disorder, Panel (Uhde, T., Ursano, R. J., Chamblis, D.), Grand Rounds, George
Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, 1986.
541. Individual & group behavior in toxic & contained environments, Conference Director &Discussant, Airlie, VA, 1986.
542. Psychiatry Faculty Development Retreat, Airlie, VA Chairman, Individual Psychotherapy
Review Group, 1986.
543. Psychiatric research at USUHS, Grand Rounds, Psychiatry Dept, Bethesda Naval Hospital,
Washington DC, 1986.
544. Suicide in the military, Panel (Ursano, R. J., Holloway, H. C., Rothberg, J.), Grand
Rounds, Department of Psychiatry, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC,
1986.
545. Improving psychiatric training, Panel (Ursano, R. J., Borus, J., Gemelli, R., Sledge, W.,
Sussex, J.), Military Psychiatry Faculty Development Retreat, Airlie, Virginia, 1986.
546. Update on military psychiatry: psychiatric aspects of a tragedy, 38th Institute on Hospitaland Community Psychiatry, San Diego, California, 1986.

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547. Psychiatric aspects of the Gander-Newfoundland tragedy, Grand Rounds, Department of
Psychiatry, University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, 1986.
548. PTSD's relationship to other psychiatric disorders (Rundell, J. R., Ursano, R. J., Silberman,
E. K.), Proceedings of the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, Washington,
DC, 1986.
549. The interface of psychodynamics and psychopharmacology, Symposium, (Discussant),
American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 1986.
550. Suicide in the U. S. military, (Ursano, R. J. and Rothberg, J.), American Psychiatric
Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 1986.
551. Military Psychiatry: Why is Ft. Campbell, Kentucky at the forefront of psychiatric care?
Grand Rounds, Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Health Science Center, San
Antonio, Texas, 1986.
552. Visiting Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center,
Lackland AFB, Texas, 1986.
553. The prescription of psychotherapy, Grand Rounds, Department of Psychiatry, Wilford Hall
USAF Medical Center, Lackland AFB, Texas, 1986.
554. Research on metaphor and affect, presented to Workshop on Research in Psychoanalysis,
NIMH & Washington Psychoanalytic Institute, Bethesda, MD, 1985.
555. Discussant, Family Dynamics in Childhood Psychopathology, American Psychiatric
Association Annual Meeting, Dallas, Texas, 1985.
556. Lessons from Viet Nam, Special Forum: The Viet Nam Era Prisoner of War, Proceedingsof the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, Dallas, Texas, 1985.
557. The military community: memento mori, Proceedings of the American Psychiatric
Association Annual Meeting, Dallas, Texas, 1985.
558. Current trends in military psychiatry, Symposium, Co-Chairman with Michael Wise,
Proceedings of the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, Dallas, Texas,
1985.
559. Coping with captivity, Panel, Veterans Administration and Military Health Services
Conference on Follow-up Care for Returning Prisoners of War, San Diego, CA, 1985.
560. Suicide in the U.S. Army, (Invited Participant), Conference: U.S. Army (USARDATA),
Arlington, VA, 1984.
561. Brief psychodynamic psychotherapy, Subic Bay Naval Hospital, Republic of thePhilippines, 1984.
562. Psychiatric evaluation for the non-psychiatrist physician, Clark Air Force Base Regional
Medical Center, Republic of the Philippines, 1984; Subic Bay Naval Hospital, Republic of
the Philippines, 1984.
563. Adaptation & illness in the Vietnam era POW, 38th Parallel Medical Society Ann.
Meeting, Seoul, Korea, 1984.
564. Psychiatric assessment of suicidal and violent behavior for the non-psychiatrist physician,38th Parallel Medical Society Annual Meeting, Seoul, Korea, 1984; Clark Air Force BaseRegional Medical Center, Republic of the Philippines, 1984; Subic Bay Naval Hospital,
Republic of the Philippines, 1984.
565. Military psychiatry: review and update, 38th Parallel Medical Society Annual Meeting,Seoul, Korea; Clark Air Force Base Regional Medical Center, Republic of the Philippines,
1984.

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566. The Vietnam veteran: PTSD, 38th Parallel Medical Society Ann Meeting, Seoul, Korea,
1984
567. Military psychiatry, Grand Rounds, Psychiatry Dept, National Naval Medical Center,
Bethesda, MD, 1984.
568. Military psychiatry: A triservice perspective, USAF Operational Problems in the
Behavioral Sciences, Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, 1984.
569. Colloquia on Symbolic Processes, (Invited Participant), American Psychoanalytic
Association, NY, 1983.
570. Problems of developing physicians, Symposium, Co-chairman with Jonathan F. Borus,
American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, New York, New York, 1983.
571. Post-traumatic stress syndrome in veterans on active duty, William Menninger Memorial
Conference, Menninger Foundation, Topeka, Kansas, 1983.
572. Coping styles, illness and personality in the Vietnam era prisoner of war, Grand Rounds,
Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center, Lackland AFB, Texas and University of Texas Health
Science Center, Department of Psychiatry, San Antonio, Texas, 1983.
573. The USAF Vietnam POW, Psychosomatische Klinik, University of Heidelberg,
Heidelberg, Germany, 1982.
574. Coping, stress and illness in the Vietnam era POW, Research Center for Psychopathology
and Psychotherapy, Max-Planck Institute, Munich, Germany, 1982.
575. Coping, stress and health, Symposium, Chairman, U.S. Army 7th Medical Command,
Medical-Surgical Clinical Congress, Garmisch, Germany, 1982.
576. Psychological well-being in USAF officers: rated vs non-rated, (Wetzler, H. and Ursano,R. J.), Preprints of the Aerospace Medical Association Annual Scientific Meeting, 1981.
577. The Vietnam veteran on active duty (Holloway, H. C. and Ursano, R. J.), Proceedings of
the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, 1981.
578. Psychiatry and the non-psychiatrist physician (Ursano, R. J. and Jackson, W.), Proceedingsof the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, 1981.
579. Brief psychotherapy, 38th Parallel Medical Society Annual Meeting, Seoul, Korea, 1981.
Education of tomorrow's (non) psychiatrist, Special Session, Chairman, Proceedings of theAmerican Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, 1981.
580. The assessment and management of depression, 38th Parallel Medical Society Annual
Meeting, Seoul, Korea, 1981.
581. Stress, illness, and the adult personality, 38th Parallel Medical Society Annual Meeting,Seoul, Korea, 1981.
582. The prisoner of war, Grand Rounds, Department of Psychiatry, National Naval Medical
Center, 1980.
583. Psychological management in medical specialties, Panel, Chairman, Suburban Maryland
Chapter of the Washington Psychiatric Society, 1980.
584. Psychiatric and physiological sequelae to incarceration - POWs and hostages, Panel,
Symposium on Military Mental Health, Psychiatric Institute Foundation, Washington, DC,
1980.
585. Value system management in aeromedical psychiatry, (Ursano, R. J. and Jones, D.),
Preprints of the Aerospace Medical Association Annual Scientific Meeting, 1980.
586. The USAF Vietnam era POW: predisposition, stress, and psychiatric illness, Grand
Rounds, Department of Psychiatry, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, 1980.

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587. Psychiatric aftereffects in Air Force POWs, Technical Assistance Center Report, DHEW
Region III, Vol 2, 1980.
588. Stress and Illness: The Psychosomatic Perspective, Forest Hospital Foundation, The Searchfor Mental Health, 1979.
589. Psychotherapy and Language, Department of Psychiatry Seminar Series, Uniformed
Services University of the Health Sciences, 1979.
590. The repatriated prisoner of war, Special Session, Chairman, USAF Behavioral Sciences
Symposium, 1979.
591. Post repatriation serial MMPI evaluations of USAF SEA POWs, (Wheatley, R. and
Ursano, R. J.), Proceedings of the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting,
1979.
592. Psychiatric illness in POWs: 5 year follow-up (Ursano, R. J., Boydstun, J. Wheatley, R.),
Proceedings of the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, 1979.
593. The Viet Nam Era Prisoner of War, Special Session, Chairman, Proceedings of theAmerican Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, 1979.
594. Training & qualifications of military mental health professionals, USAF Behavioral
Sciences Symposium, 1978.
595. Brief versus long-term psychotherapy: clinician attitudes and organizational design(Ursano, R. J. and Dressler, D.), Psychiatry Digest, April 1977, and Yale Psychiatric
Quarterly, Fall 1977, and in Short-term Psychotherapy & Brief Treatment Techniques: An
Annotated Bibliography - 1920 - 1980 (p. 591). Mandel, H. (Ed.), Plenum, NY, 1981.
596. Brief versus long-term psychotherapy: a treatment decision (Ursano, R. J. & Dressler, D.),
Psychiatry Digest, May 1975, and in Short-term Psychotherapy and Brief Treatment
Techniques: An Annotated Bibliography -1920 - 1980 (p. 590). Mandel, H. (Ed.), Plenum,NY, 1981.
597. Selection of patients for individual psychotherapy, Grand Rounds, Department of Mental
Health, Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center, 1975.
RESEARCH GRANTS
2023-28

Army National Guard Behavioral Health Project. Army National Guard.
$2,385,000. Principal Investigator Robert Ursano, M.D.

2023-28

National Guard Bureau Prevention Workforce Project. National Guard Bureau.
$2,500,00. Principal Investigator Robert Ursano, M.D.

2023-24

Emotion Regulation and Cognitive Flexibility Program (ERCFP): Targets for
Improving Psychological Health and Enhancing Performance- DARPASTRENGTHEN. DARPA. $500,000. PI: Vincent Capaldi, M.D. Coinvestigator: Robert Ursano, M.D.

2023-24

Continuation of the Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience inServicemembers (ARMY STARRS). DHA. $7,182,000. Principal
Investigator Robert Ursano, M.D.

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2022-26

Brain Bank Project (Veterans Affairs Biorepository Brain Bank (VABBB) posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) Brain Bank Protocol) Consortium for theTranslational Neuroscience and Treatment of Stress and PTSD, 2016-2021.
Department of Veterans Affairs. $629,591. PI: David Benedek, M.D. Coinvestigator: Robert Ursano, M.D.

2023-24

Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Service members Longitudinal Study
FY22. DHA. $7,042,000. PI: Robert Ursano, M.D.

2021-24

CSTS Program Grant. DoD/HA. $11,600,000. Principal Investigator: Robert
Ursano, M.D.

2021-23

CSTS Program Grant. DoD/HA. $5,183,00. Principal Investigator: Robert
Ursano, M.D.

2021-23

Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Service members Longitudinal Study(ARMY STARRS-LS) FY2. DHA. $6,900,000. Principal Investigator
Robert Ursano, MD

2020-23

Firearm Behavioral Practices and Suicide Risk in U.S. Army Soldiers andVeterans. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). $750,000. PI:
Catherine Dempsey, Ph.D. Co-investigator: Robert Ursano, MD

2020-23

Family Violence Project 5. U.S. Army Installation Management Command(IMCOM). $460,000. PI: Robert Ursano, M.D.

2020-22

Continuation of the Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience inServicemembers (ARMY STARRS). DHA. $6,700,000. Principal
Investigator Robert Ursano, M.D.

2020-22

Responder organizations & COVID: Coping with trauma & promoting resilience.
NIOSH Disaster Science Responder Research. $50,000. PI: T Scharf, CoInvestigator: R Ursano

2019-20

Continuation of the Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience inServicemembers (ARMY STARRS) STARRS 2. DHA. $2,880,000.
Principal Investigator Robert Ursano, MD

2016-20

Supplement III: Modifiable Risk and Protective Factors for Suicidal Behaviors in
the US Army. NIMH. $5,000,000. Principal Investigator R Ursano and M
Stein

2015-23

Family Violence Project 4. U.S. Army U.S. Army Installation Management
Command (IMCOM). $2,256,185. Principal Investigator Robert Ursano,
M.D.

2014-19

Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers (STARRS) Longitudinal Study, $31,057,000. PI: Robert J. Ursano

2012-16

Predicting Violence, $1,200,000 PI: D Larkin and R Kessler, Co-Invest R Ursano,U S Army CDMRP

2012-16

Military Sexual Trauma, $1,200,000 PI: D Larkin and R Kessler, Co-Invest R
Ursano, U S Army CDMRP
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2012-16

Personally Owned Firearms. DoD/HA. $250,000. Principal Investigators: Robert
J. Ursano, M.D. & Daniel Balog, M.D.

2011-15

Supplement II: Modifiable Risk and Protective Factors for Suicidal Behaviors in
the US Army. NIMH. $5,000,000. Principal Investigator R Ursano and M
Stein

2011-16

National Bereavement Study. CDMRP. $987,899. Principal Investigator: Stephen
Cozza, M.D., Co-Investigator R Ursano

2009-17

CSTS Program Grant. DoD/HA. $35,264,000. Principal Investigator: Robert J.
Ursano, M.D. (ongoing, yearly award)

2009-15

Supplement: Modifiable Risk and Protective Factors for Suicidal Behaviors in the
US Army. NIMH. $10,000,000. Principal Investigator R Ursano

2009-15

Modifiable Risk and Protective Factors for Suicidal Behaviors in the US Army.
NIMH. $49,870,709. Principal Investigator R Ursano

2009-14

FOCUS-CI Preventive Intervention with Children and Families of Combat
Injured. DoD, $6,475,828. PI S Cozza, Co-Investigator R Ursano

2009-16

Stress and Biomarkers in a Military Population, $875,000 (direct costs), USUHS
Principal Investigator: David M. Benedek, M.D. and Gary Wynn M.D, CoInvestigator R Ursano

2008-15

p11 a biomarker for memory retrieval: a possible role in traumatic stress. DoD.,$208,000. PI L Zhang CoInvest R Ursano

2008-15

Addressing the Needs of Children and Families of Combat Injured. DoD,
$497,584. PI S. Cozza, Co-Investigator: R Ursano

2008-10

Corticosterone administration to promote fear memory forgetting process inanimal model of PTSD. DoD $150,000 (direct) PI L Zhang Co-PI R Ursano

2008-10

Identification of gene expression patterns in brain tissues and peripheral whiteblood cells of rat model of PTSD. DoD $96,616 (direct) PIsY. Su and L
Zhang. Co-Invest R Ursano

2008-15

PTSD, comorbidity and service utilization among National Guard. DoD $636,732
PI: R Ursano, Co-PI S Galea

2008-14

PTSD Trajectory, comorbidity and utilization of mental health services among
Reserve forces. DoD $678,808 PI: S Galea Co-PI R Ursano (subaward$86,826)

2008-14Mortuary Affairs Soldiers: Early intervention and altering barriers to care fortraumatic stress and PTSD. DoD $425,852 (direct) PI C Fullerton; Co- PI R
Ursano2008-14

Deployment family stress: child neglect and maltreatment in US Army Families.
DoD: $651,945. PI S Cozza Co-PI: C Fullerton, R Ursano

2008-13

Mental Health and Service Utilization Among Reserve and National Guard Forces- NIMH. Sandro Galea - Project PI, Univ of Michigan; R. Ursano, Co-PI $493,137
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2008-09

Safety and health at work for all people through research and prevention. CDC$90,000 direct cost. PI R Ursano (collaboration with Columbia Univ and R
Gershon)2007-08

Protecting the health, safety and resilience of deployed staff. CDC $90,000
direct PI D Benedek Co-PI R Ursano

2007-08

Neuroscience Education, CSTS, USUHS, $207,294 Principal Investigator: Robert
J. Ursano, M.D.

2006-09

Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress Health Education Conference Series,
USUHS, $987,900 (total funding), Principal Investigator: Robert J. Ursano,
M.D.

2006-10Development of the Child and Family Trauma Program, DoD, $697,000 (total
Funding). PI S. Cozza, Co-Investigator R Ursano

2006-09

Trauma Health Education: Psychological and Behavioral Response, Recovery and
Mitigation, USUHS, $235,000 (total funding). Principal Investigator:
Robert J. Ursano, M.D.

2005-

Established Permanent Ongoing Funding for Center for the Study of TraumaticStress, Dept of Defense, Uniformed Services University, $1,200,000 (direct
costs). Director of CSTS: Robert J. Ursano

2005-06

Workplace Disaster Preparedness and Response. SAMSHA, Dept of Health andHuman Services. $50.000 (direct costs). Co-Principal Investigator: Carol
Fullerton Ph.D. and Robert J. Ursano, M.D.

2005-08

Weapons of Mass Destruction Program: Psychological and Behavioral Responses,
Recovery, and Mitigation. DoD. $300,000 (direct costs). Principal
Investigator, Robert J. Ursano, M.D.

2004-06

Guidelines for Assessing and Measuring Community Resilience. CDC. $125,000(direct costs). Co-Principal Investigators: Carol Fullerton PhD and Robert
J. Ursano, M.D.

2004-05

Workplace Preparedness for Terrorism. Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. $95,000(direct costs). Co-Principal Investigators: Robert J. Ursano, M.D., Carol S.
Fullerton, Ph.D., Robert Gifford, M.D., Nancy Vineburgh.

2003-05

Civilian Effects of Reserve Component Mobilization: A Framework for
Employer, Reserve Component Member and Family Assessments.
Department of the Army. $324,765 (direct costs). Co-Principal
Investigators: Robert J. Ursano, M.D., Robert Gifford, Ph.D.

2003

Analysis of Post-Traumatic Stress interventions in the workplace. NIOSH.
$14,516 (direct costs). Co-Investigator: Robert J. Ursano, M.D.

2003

Psychological and behavioral responses to the sniper attacks. Uniformed Services
University of the Health Sciences. Co-Investigator: Robert J. Ursano, M.D.

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2003-05

Psychological and behavioral consequences of deployment to the USNS Comfort.
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Co-Investigator:
Robert J. Ursano, M.D.

2002-07

Sleep, stress and arousal (Extended Analyses II). Walter Reed Army Institute of
Research. $2,048,078 (direct costs). Principal Investigator: Robert
J.Ursano, M.D.

2002-06

Functional Neuroimaging on Acute Stress Disorder and PTSD. National Instituteof Mental Health. $675,000 (direct costs). Principal Investigator: Elizabeth
Osuch, M.D. Co-Investigator: Robert J. Ursano, M.D.

2002-05

Efficacy of SSRI in Acute Stress Disorder and PTSD. Pfizer Neuroscience.
$16,000 (direct costs). Principal Investigator: Elizabeth Osuch, M.D. CoInvestigator: Robert J. Ursano, M.D.

2002

Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress. Department of Defense Health Affairs.
$550,000 (direct costs). Principle Investigator: Robert J. Ursano, M.D. CoPrincipal Investigators: Ann E. Norwood, M.D. Carol S. Fullerton, Ph.D.

2001-02

Effects of terrorist attack on the Pentagon. Department of Defense. Principal
Investigator: Robert J. Ursano, M.D.

2000-03

Education for state and local government: responding to psychiatric aspects of
weapons of mass destruction. Office of Emergency Preparedness (HHS).
$100,000 (direct costs). Principal Investigator: Robert J. Ursano, M.D.

2000-03

Military medical humanitarian assistance: Course development project forpsychiatry. $15,000 (direct costs). Centers for Disaster Medicine. CoPrincipal Investigators: Robert J. Ursano, M.D., Ann E. Norwood, M.D.,
Thomas A. Grieger, M.D.

2000

APA Committee on Dimensions of Psychiatric Disaster. American PsychiatricFoundation. $3,500 (direct costs). Principal Investigator: Robert J. Ursano,
M.D.

1999-03

Psychiatric aspects of weapons of mass destruction. SAMSHA. $50,000 (direct
costs). Principal Investigator: Robert J. Ursano, M.D.

1997-98

Stress and arousal symptoms expressed in individuals and groups: The Persian
Gulf War as a paradigm. $233,320 (direct costs). Principal Investigator:
Ann E. Norwood, M Robert J. Ursano, M.D.

1996-97

Disaster.D. Co-Investigator: Robert J. Ursano, M.D.

1996

Psychiatry education. American Psychiatric Foundation. $30,000 (direct costs).
Principal Investigator: Robert J. Ursano, M.D.

1995-06

Effects of breast cancer consumer participation in scientific peer review panels.
U.S. Army Research and Development Command. $187,491. Principal
Investigator: Carol S. Fullerton, Ph.D. Co-Investigator: Robert J. Ursano,
M.D.

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1995-01

Handbook on Disaster Psychiatry: Organization of District Branch Resources,
American Psychiatric Foundation. $10,000 (direct costs). Principal
Investigator: Robert J. Ursano, M.D.

1995-96

Psychiatric contributions to disaster response. Center for Emergency Services,
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, DHHS.
$15,000 (direct costs). Principal Investigator: Robert J. Ursano, M.D.

1995

An assessment of characteristics of spouse abuse in a military population. U.S.
Army Surgeon General. $107,735 (direct costs). Principal Investigator: Ann
E.Norwood, M.D. Co-Investigator: Robert J. Ursano, M.D.

1995

Stress among emergency workers after an air disaster. National Institute of Mental
Health. $48,415 (direct costs). Principal Investigator: Andrew Baum, Ph.D.
Consultant: Robert J. Ursano, M.D.

1994-14

Family violence (I,II,III). U.S. Army. $4,080,609 (direct costs). Principal
Investigator: Robert J. Ursano, M.D.

1994-96

Stress and women's health: combat, deployment, contingency operations andtrauma. $442,300 (direct costs). Co-Principal Investigators: Robert J.
Ursano,M.D., Loree Sutton, M.D., Carol S. Fullerton, Ph.D., Ann E.
Norwood, M.D.

1994-02

Sleep, stress and arousal. Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. $1,201,437(direct costs). Principal Investigator: Robert J. Ursano, M.D.

1993-96

Natural disasters and health outcome: adult and adolescent response to Hurricane
Andrew. Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. $75,830(direct costs). Co-Investigator: Robert J. Ursano, M.D.

1991-92

Support provision to disaster workers. Uniformed Services University of the
Health Sciences. $11, 220 (direct costs). Co-Investigator: Robert J. Ursano,
M.D.

1990-96

Chronic stress and mental health outcome of trauma (biopsychosocial responses
to motor vehicle accidents). National Institute of Mental Health. $1.6
million (directcosts). Co-principal Investigators: Andrew Baum, Ph.D.,
Robert J. Ursano, M.D.

1990-92

Psychological stress in the U.S. military deployed to Desert Storm/Shield. Walter
Reed Army Institute of Research. $170,000 (direct costs). Principal
Investigator: Robert J. Ursano, M.D.

1989-94stress mediators in the U.S. Army. Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. $1.87
million (direct costs). Principal Investigator: Robert J. Ursano, M.D.

1989-93Social support for disaster workers: effects on support providers. Uniformed
Services University of the Health Sciences. $13,200 (direct costs). CoPrincipal Investigator: Robert J. Ursano, M.D.

1989-93

Stress on caregivers to disaster workers. $55,000. Co Investigator: Robert J.
Ursano, M.D.

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1987-02

Health and adjustment in wives of first team soldiers. Co-Principal Investigators:
Carol S. Fullerton, Ph.D., Robert J. Ursano, M.D., Ann Norwood, M.D.

1987-01

Stress mediators in the U.S. Army. Walter Reed Army Institute of Research.
$1,870,00. Co-Principal Investigators: Carol S. Fullerton, Ph.D. and Robert
J. Ursano, M.D.

1986-88

Psychological effects of combat stress of chemical and biological warfare.
Aerospace Medicine Division, Systems Command, U. S. Air Force.
$348,000 (direct costs). Principal Investigator: Robert J. Ursano, M.D.

1982

Psychoanalytic research and training grant. Anne P. Lederer Foundation. $5000.
Chicago, IL

1981-84

Preadolescent chumship and social supports of the young adult. Uniformed
Services University of the Health Sciences. $7,500. Principal Investigator:
Robert J. Ursano, M.D.

1978-81

Psychosocial correlates of mitral valve prolapse. USAF School of Aerospace
Medicine. $14,000. (1981- extended biannual follow-up of initial
population). Principal Investigator: Robert J. Ursano, M.D.

1977-82

Psychiatric aspects of the USAF SEA prisoner of war experience.
Neuropsychiatry Branch, USAF School of Aerospace Medicine(Department funded). Principal Investigator: Robert J. Ursano, M.D.

1977

Psychiatric education of flight surgeons. Neuropsychiatry Branch, USAF Schoolof Aerospace Medicine (Department funded). $4000. Principal Investigator:
Robert J. Ursano, M.D.

1972-73

Brief versus long-term psychotherapy. Yale University (Dr. Dressler). $600
Principal Investigator: Robert J. Ursano, M.D.

APPENDIX AVISITING GUEST SCIENTISTS
2015

Daniel Stein MD PhD
Professor and Chair
Department of Psychiatry
University of Capetown
Capetown South Africa

2012

Eric Vermetten MD PhD
Professor of Psychiatry
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Leiden University
Leiden Netherlands
2010

Murray Stein MD MPH
Professor and Vice Chair
Department of Psychiatry
University of California, San Diego
San Diego, California

2002Mark Creamer, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Post-Traumatic Mental Health
Melbourne, Australia

1993

Arieh Shalev, M.D.
Associate Professor
Hadassah University
Jerusalem, Israel

1990

Elie Karim, M.D.
Fulbright Scholar
Professor,
American University Beirut
Beirut, Lebanon

1988

Burgess Watson, M.D.
Research Psychiatrist
Australia

1987

Lars Weisaeth, M.D.
Professor, Disaster Psychiatry, University of Oslo
Oslo, Norway

1987-88

Arik Shalev, M.D.
Senior Lecturer, Hadassah University
Jerusalem Israel

1986

Kathleen Wright, Ph.D.
Research Psychologist, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
Washington, DC

1986-89

Paul Barone, PhD
Research Psychologist, Walter Reed Army Insitute of Research
Washington, DC

1986-88

Larry Ingraham, PhD
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Scientist and Deputy Chief, Department of Military Medicine
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
Washington, DC
RESEARCH TRAINEES
2020

Teck Hwee Soh, M.D.
(International Disaster Psychiatry Fellow)
LTC, Singapore Armed Forces

2018

Cara Stokes, Ph.D.
(Post Doc Fellow)

2017

Steven Dash, Ph.D
(Thesis Committee)

2016

Oscar Gonzalez, Ph.D.
(Research Trainee)
Assistant Professor
Uniformed Services University

2010-2012

G Orovick M.D., M.P.H.
(Disaster Psychiatry Fellow)

2010-2012

R Boucher M.D., M.P.H.
(Disaster Psychiatry Fellow)

2008-2010

M. Brown M.D, M.P.H.
(Disaster Psychiatry Fellow)

2007-2009

P. Santiago M.D, M.P.H.
(Disaster Psychiatry Fellow)

2006-2008

A. Terhakopian M.D, M.P.H.
(Disaster Psychiatry Fellow)

2004-2006

Elizabeth Ritchie M.D, M.P.H.
(Disaster Psychiatry Fellow)
Consultant to US Army Surgeon General

2003-2006

Raffaella Querci, M.D.
ASL Citta' Unita' di Milano
Unita' Operativa Penale e Carceri
Course Italia 52
Milano 20120
Italy
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2004-2005

Ken Rukskul, M.D.
Army of Thailand
Stress Control Director
Bangkok, Thailand

2003-05Jun Shigemura, M.D.
Department of Psychiatry
National Defense Medical College
3-2 Namiki, Tokorozawa, Saitama, 359-8513
Japan

1999-00

Carsten W. Riel
Diplompsychologe
Bundeswehrkrankenhaus, Elmendorferstrasse 65
26160 Rad Zwischenahn, Germany

1999-00

Takefumi Goto
Department of Psychiatry
National Defense Medical College
3-2 Namiki Tokorozawa
Saitama, Japan

1998-99

Bernd Meinardus
Gruppe Wehrpsychologie
Rosenburg, Postfach 20 50 03

1998-99

Vivienne Ng, MPsych
Psychologist, Department of Psychology
Institute of Mental Health and Woodbridge Hospital,
Buangkok Green, Singapore 539747

1997-98

Hedaji Komai, M.D.
National Defense Medical College,
Japan

1997

Maria Liossi, B.S., M.S., RN
Chief, Division of Nursing Education
Hippokration General, Hospital of Athens
114 Vas. Sofias Avenue
Ampelokipi – Athens, Greece

1996-97

Susanne Bruns
Clinical Psychologist
KWEAO Oldenburg
Bremer Str 71, 26135
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Oldenburg, Germany
1995-96

Klaus Wothe
Clinical Psychologist
Bundeswehrkrankenhaus Hamm
Marker Allee 76 59603
Hamm, Germany

1995-96

John Wong, M.D.
SAF Psychiatrist/Head NMHC
Naval Medicine and Hyperbaric Centre
Republic of Singapore Navy, Sembawang Camp
Admiralty Road West
Singapore 2775

1994-96

Thomas Grieger, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Bethesda, MD

1989-93

George Brandt, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Bethesda, MD

1987-88

Michael Etzel, M.D.
Staff Psychiatrist
McDonald Army Community Hospital
Fort Eustis, VA

1987

Kenneth Hart, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Hofstra University
Hempstead, NY

1986-88

Carol Fullerton, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Bethesda, MD

1986-87

James Young, D.O.
Staff Psychiatrist
U.S. Naval Hospital
Okinawa, Japan
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1986-87

Shirley Ann Segal, Ph.D.
Research Associate
Institute for Scientific Information, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA

1985-86

James Rundell, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Bethesda, MD

1980-82

Jeremy Musher, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC

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