ASSOC PROF IN RES-HCOMP
M_MED-VAMC-DGIM
+1 415 221-4810 ext. 2093
Dr. Cohen is an internist and clinical investigator whose research focuses on health outcomes in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder. She is Principal Investigator of the Mind Your Heart Study, a prospective cohort study designed to examine the effects of posttraumatic stress disorder on cardiovascular health.
Publications
Large decrease in posttraumatic stress disorder severity and cardiovascular disease outcomes.
General hospital psychiatry
Cannabis Use Among Older Adults.
JAMA network open
Sexual Trauma, Suicide, and Overdose in a National Cohort of Older Veterans.
Annals of internal medicine
Group integrated exercise versus recovery class for veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder: a randomized clinical trial.
BMC psychiatry
Receipt of Smoking Cessation Medications and Smoking Abstinence Among Veterans Prescribed Opioid Analgesics With and Without Cannabis Use.
Journal of general internal medicine
Cannabis legalization and changes in cannabis and tobacco/nicotine use and co-use in a national cohort of U.S. adults during 2017-2021.
The International journal on drug policy
Changes in Sources of Information about the Risks and Benefits of Cannabis in a National Cohort of US Adults from 2017 - 2021.
Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Type 2 Diabetes Outcomes in Veterans.
JAMA network open
Severity of posttraumatic stress disorder, type 2 diabetes outcomes and all-cause mortality: A retrospective cohort study.
Journal of psychosomatic research
Perceptions of Safety of Daily Cannabis vs Tobacco Smoking and Secondhand Smoke Exposure, 2017-2021.
JAMA network open
Changes in perceived harms of tobacco and cannabis and their correlations with use: A panel study of young adults 2014-2020.
Addictive behaviors
Emotion regulation and combat severity differentiates PTSD diagnostic status among veterans.
Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy
Causal discovery replicates symptomatic and functional interrelations of posttraumatic stress across five patient populations.
Frontiers in psychiatry
The association of post-traumatic stress disorder with glomerular filtration rate decline.
Nephrology (Carlton, Vic.)
Perceptions of Risks of Cannabis Use in a National Sample of US Adults.
Journal of general internal medicine
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) as a Risk Factor for Cardiovascular Disease: Implications for Future Research and Clinical Care.
Current cardiology reports
Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator placement among patients with left ventricular ejection fraction ≤35 % at least 40 days after acute myocardial infarction.
American heart journal plus : cardiology research and practice
Comparison of mental health outcomes of augmenting medications for patients with posttraumatic stress disorder: A national veterans affairs study.
Journal of evaluation in clinical practice
Stress Measurement in Primary Care: Conceptual Issues, Barriers, Resources, and Recommendations for Study.
Psychosomatic medicine
Self-reported Changes in Cannabis Use Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic among US Adults.
Journal of psychoactive drugs
Increased Smoking Cessation among Veterans with Large Decreases in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Severity.
Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
Posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms associated with protective and risky behaviors for coronavirus disease 2019.
Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association
The Heart and Cannabis (THC) Cohort: Differences in Baseline Health and Behaviors by Cannabis Use.
Journal of general internal medicine
The Association Between Interpersonal Violence and Unstable Housing Among Veterans.
Military medicine
Clusters of COVID-19 protective and risky behaviors and their associations with pandemic, socio-demographic, and mental health factors in the United States.
Preventive medicine reports
The Association of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder with longitudinal change in Glomerular Filtration Rate in World Trade Center responders.
Psychosomatic medicine
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Cardiovascular Disease: State of the Science, Knowledge Gaps, and Research Opportunities.
JAMA cardiology
Evidence for depression and anxiety as risk factors for heart disease and stroke: implications for primary care.
Family practice
Exploring Posttraumatic Stress Disorder as a Cardiovascular Risk Factor in Women Veterans: The Heart of the Matter.
JAMA cardiology
Trends in Medication Prescribing in Patients With PTSD From 2009 to 2018: A National Veterans Administration Study.
The Journal of clinical psychiatry
Factors Associated with a Career in Primary Care Medicine: Continuity Clinic Experience Matters.
Journal of general internal medicine
A Pilot Trial of Collaborative Care with Motivational Interviewing to Reduce Opioid Risk and Improve Chronic Pain Management.
Addiction (Abingdon, England)
Social support, social network size, and suicidal ideation: A nine-year longitudinal analysis from the Mind Your Heart Study.
Journal of psychiatric research
Depression Predicts Non-Home Discharge After Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair.
Annals of vascular surgery
PTSD improvement and substance use disorder treatment utilization in veterans: Evidence from medical record data.
Drug and alcohol dependence
Differences in Opinions About Marijuana Use and Prevalence of Use by State Legalization Status.
Journal of addiction medicine
Social Integration and Inflammation in Individuals with and without Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.
Brain, behavior, and immunity
PTSD improvement and incident cardiovascular disease in more than 1000 veterans.
Journal of psychosomatic research
Medical Reasons for Marijuana Use, Forms of Use, and Patient Perception of Physician Attitudes Among the US Population.
Journal of general internal medicine
Clinically meaningful posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) improvement and incident hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and weight loss.
Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association
Association of comorbid depression with inpatient outcomes in critical limb ischemia.
Vascular medicine (London, England)
Association Between Clinically Meaningful Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Improvement and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes.
JAMA psychiatry
Association of Receipt of Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography With Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Mortality in the Veterans Affairs Health Care System.
JAMA network open
Sources of Information and Beliefs About the Health Effects of Marijuana.
Journal of general internal medicine
PTSD symptom decrease and use of weight loss programs.
Journal of psychosomatic research
Who is young at heart and when? Diastolic Doppler data from the mind your heart study.
Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.)
"Association of Severity of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder With Inflammation: Using Total White Blood Cell Count as a Marker".
Chronic stress (Thousand Oaks, Calif.)
Large posttraumatic stress disorder improvement and antidepressant medication adherence.
Journal of affective disorders
Predictors of multiple domains of functioning in Veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder: Results from the Mind Your Heart Study.
Depression and anxiety
Combined effect of posttraumatic stress disorder and prescription opioid use on risk of cardiovascular disease.
European journal of preventive cardiology
Perceptions of the Comparative Safety of Different Forms of Marijuana Use Among the Adult US Population.
Journal of general internal medicine
Comorbid Conditions Explain the Association Between Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Incident Cardiovascular Disease.
Journal of the American Heart Association
Longitudinal association of PTSD symptoms and self-reported physical functioning among Veterans.
Journal of affective disorders
Optimizing pain treatment interventions (OPTI): A pilot randomized controlled trial of collaborative care to improve chronic pain management and opioid safety-Rationale, methods, and lessons learned.
Contemporary clinical trials
The Role of Obesity in the Association Between Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Incident Diabetes.
JAMA psychiatry
Inflammation as a predictor of disease course in posttraumatic stress disorder and depression: A prospective analysis from the Mind Your Heart Study.
Brain, behavior, and immunity
PTSD and Physical Health.
Current psychiatry reports
Smoking, Vaping, and Use of Edibles and Other Forms of Marijuana Among U.S. Adults.
Annals of internal medicine
Risks and Benefits of Marijuana Use: A National Survey of U.S. Adults.
Annals of internal medicine
Posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, and suicidal ideation in veterans: Results from the mind your heart study.
Psychiatry research
The association of comorbid depression with mortality and amputation in veterans with peripheral artery disease.
Journal of vascular surgery
Usefulness of Epicardial Area in the Short Axis to Identify Elevated Left Ventricular Mass in Men.
The American journal of cardiology
Veterans Group Exercise: A randomized pilot trial of an Integrative Exercise program for veterans with posttraumatic stress.
Journal of affective disorders
Does trauma exposure predict prescription drug problems beyond the contribution of post-traumatic stress disorder and depression? An analysis of the Mind Your Heart cohort study.
Journal of addictive diseases
Current posttraumatic stress disorder and exaggerated threat sensitivity associated with elevated inflammation in the Mind Your Heart Study.
Brain, behavior, and immunity
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Is Associated With Worse Endothelial Function Among Veterans.
Journal of the American Heart Association
PTSD and obesity in younger and older veterans: Results from the mind your heart study.
Psychiatry research
Suicide risk in Iraq and Afghanistan veterans with mental health problems in VA care.
Journal of psychiatric research
Metabolic risk factors and posttraumatic stress disorder: the role of sleep in young, healthy adults.
Psychosomatic medicine
State of the Art Review: Depression, Stress, Anxiety, and Cardiovascular Disease.
American journal of hypertension
Antipsychotic prescriptions in Iraq and Afghanistan veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder in Department of Veterans Affairs healthcare, 2007-2012.
The Journal of clinical psychiatry
PTSD and Risk of Incident Cardiovascular Disease in Aging Veterans.
The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry
Effect of current and lifetime posttraumatic stress disorder on 24-h urinary catecholamines and cortisol: results from the Mind Your Heart Study.
Psychoneuroendocrinology
Timing of mental health treatment and PTSD Symptom improvement among Iraq and Afghanistan veterans.
Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.)
Effect of physical activity level on biomarkers of inflammation and insulin resistance over 5 years in outpatients with coronary heart disease (from the Heart and Soul Study).
The American journal of cardiology
The mediating effect of sleep quality on the relationship between PTSD and physical activity.
Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine
Elevated risk for autoimmune disorders in iraq and afghanistan veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder.
Biological psychiatry
Invasive coronary procedure use and outcomes among veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder: insights from the Veterans Affairs Clinical Assessment, Reporting, and Tracking Program.
American heart journal
Peripheral arterial disease, gender, and depression in the Heart and Soul Study.
Journal of vascular surgery
Posttraumatic stress disorder and medication nonadherence in patients with uncontrolled hypertension.
JAMA internal medicine
Association of alcohol use biomarkers and cognitive performance in veterans with problematic alcohol use and posttraumatic stress disorder: data from the mind your heart study.
Journal of addictive diseases
Posttraumatic stress disorder and cognitive function: findings from the mind your heart study.
The Journal of clinical psychiatry
Lifetime trauma exposure and prospective cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality: findings from the Heart and Soul Study.
Psychosomatic medicine
Objective evidence of myocardial ischemia in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder.
Biological psychiatry
Social support may protect against development of posttraumatic stress disorder: findings from the Heart and Soul Study.
American journal of health promotion : AJHP
Trauma exposure predicts alcohol, nicotine, and drug problems beyond the contribution of PTSD and depression in patients with cardiovascular disease: data from the Heart and Soul Study.
The American journal on addictions
Peripheral artery disease and risk of cardiovascular events in patients with coronary artery disease: insights from the Heart and Soul Study.
Vascular medicine (London, England)
Gender differences in the prospective associations of self-reported sleep quality with biomarkers of systemic inflammation and coagulation: findings from the Heart and Soul Study.
Journal of psychiatric research
Multisystem resiliency moderates the major depression-telomere length association: findings from the Heart and Soul Study.
Brain, behavior, and immunity
Sexual dysfunction in male Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans: association with posttraumatic stress disorder and other combat-related mental health disorders: a population-based cohort study.
The journal of sexual medicine
Posttraumatic stress disorder and cardiovascular disease.
Progress in cardiovascular diseases
Alcohol consumption and 5-year change in left atrial volume among patients with coronary heart disease: results from the Heart and Soul study.
Journal of cardiac failure
Time to treatment among veterans of conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan with psychiatric diagnoses.
Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.)
Reproductive and other health outcomes in Iraq and Afghanistan women veterans using VA health care: association with mental health diagnoses.
Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health
Association between depression and peripheral artery disease: insights from the heart and soul study.
Journal of the American Heart Association
Post-traumatic stress disorder and medication adherence: results from the Mind Your Heart study.
Journal of psychiatric research
Lifetime exposure to traumatic psychological stress is associated with elevated inflammation in the Heart and Soul Study.
Brain, behavior, and immunity
Mitral annular calcium, inducible myocardial ischemia, and cardiovascular events in outpatients with coronary heart disease (from the Heart and Soul Study).
The American journal of cardiology
Post-traumatic stress disorder is associated with poor health behaviors: findings from the heart and soul study.
Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association
Prediction of heart failure and adverse cardiovascular events in outpatients with coronary artery disease using mitral E/A ratio in conjunction with e-wave deceleration time: the heart and soul study.
Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography
Depressive symptoms, health behaviors, and subsequent inflammation in patients with coronary heart disease: prospective findings from the heart and soul study.
The American journal of psychiatry
Reducing barriers to mental health and social services for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans: outcomes of an integrated primary care clinic.
Journal of general internal medicine
Substance use disorders in Iraq and Afghanistan veterans in VA healthcare, 2001-2010: Implications for screening, diagnosis and treatment.
Drug and alcohol dependence
Identifying and overcoming barriers to cervical cancer screening in women with a history of sexual violence and posttraumatic stress disorder.
Journal of women's health (2002)
Scared to death? Generalized anxiety disorder and cardiovascular events in patients with stable coronary heart disease:The Heart and Soul Study.
Archives of general psychiatry
Blood eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acids predict all-cause mortality in patients with stable coronary heart disease: the Heart and Soul study.
Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes
Psychological risk factors and the metabolic syndrome in patients with coronary heart disease: findings from the Heart and Soul Study.
Psychiatry research
Posttraumatic stress disorder and health-related quality of life in patients with coronary heart disease: findings from the Heart and Soul Study.
Archives of general psychiatry
Mental health diagnoses and utilization of VA non-mental health medical services among returning Iraq and Afghanistan veterans.
Journal of general internal medicine
Association of glucose measures with total and coronary heart disease mortality: does the effect change with time? The Rancho Bernardo Study.
Diabetes research and clinical practice
Association between omega-3 fatty acids and depressive symptoms among patients with established coronary artery disease: data from the Heart and Soul Study.
Psychotherapy and psychosomatics
Restorative yoga in adults with metabolic syndrome: a randomized, controlled pilot trial.
Metabolic syndrome and related disorders
Yoga: an evidence-based prescription for menopausal symptoms?
Menopause (New York, N.Y.)
Red blood cell docosahexaenoic acid and eicosapentaenoic acid concentrations are positively associated with socioeconomic status in patients with established coronary artery disease: data from the Heart and Soul Study.
The Journal of nutrition
Association of socioeconomic status and exercise capacity in adults with coronary heart disease (from the Heart and Soul Study).
The American journal of cardiology