Beth Cohen, MD, MA

ASSOC PROF IN RES-HCOMP
Medicine
+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: 

Severity of posttraumatic stress disorder, type 2 diabetes outcomes and all-cause mortality: A retrospective cohort study.

Journal of psychosomatic research

Salas J, Wang W, Schnurr PP, Cohen BE, Freedland KE, Jaffe AS, Lustman PJ, Friedman M, Scherrer JF

Perceptions of Safety of Daily Cannabis vs Tobacco Smoking and Secondhand Smoke Exposure, 2017-2021.

JAMA network open

Chambers J, Keyhani S, Ling PM, Hoggatt KJ, Hasin D, Nguyen N, Woods A, Ryder A, Cohen BE

Emotion regulation and combat severity differentiates PTSD diagnostic status among veterans.

Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy

Khan AJ, Ryder AL, Maguen S, Cohen BE

Causal discovery replicates symptomatic and functional interrelations of posttraumatic stress across five patient populations.

Frontiers in psychiatry

Pierce B, Kirsh T, Ferguson AR, Neylan TC, Ma S, Kummerfeld E, Cohen BE, Nielson JL

The association of post-traumatic stress disorder with glomerular filtration rate decline.

Nephrology (Carlton, Vic.)

Koraishy FM, Cohen BE, Scherrer JF, Whooley M, Hajagos J, Robinson-Cohen C, Hou W

Perceptions of Risks of Cannabis Use in a National Sample of US Adults.

Journal of general internal medicine

Kohlwes Y, Keyhani S, Cohen BE

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

Judson GL, Cohen BE, Muniyappa A, Raitt MH, Shen H, Tarasovsky G, Whooley MA, Dhruva SS

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

Ranney R, Maguen S, Woods A, Seal KH, Neylan TC, Bernardy N, Wiechers I, Ryder A, Cohen BE

Stress Measurement in Primary Care: Conceptual Issues, Barriers, Resources, and Recommendations for Study.

Psychosomatic medicine

Wulsin L, Sagui-Henson SJ, Roos LG, Wang D, Jenkins B, Cohen BE, Shah AJ, Slavich GM

Self-reported Changes in Cannabis Use Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic among US Adults.

Journal of psychoactive drugs

Nguyen N, Keyhani S, Ling PM, Hoggatt KJ, Hasin D, Cohen BE

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

Salas J, Gebauer S, Gillis A, van den Berk-Clark C, Schneider FD, Schnurr PP, Friedman MJ, Norman SB, Tuerk PW, Cohen BE, Lustman PJ, Scherrer JF

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

Nishimi K, Borsari B, Marx BP, Tripp P, Woodward E, Rosen RC, Cohen BE, Maven D, Jiha A, Woolley JD, Neylan TC, O'Donovan A

The Heart and Cannabis (THC) Cohort: Differences in Baseline Health and Behaviors by Cannabis Use.

Journal of general internal medicine

Keyhani S, Cohen BE, Vali M, Hoggatt KJ, Bravata DM, Austin PC, Lum E, Hasin DS, Grunfeld C, Shlipak MG

The Association Between Interpersonal Violence and Unstable Housing Among Veterans.

Military medicine

Hargrave AS, Kimberg L, Machtinger EL, Kushel MB, Cohen BE

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

Nishimi K, Borsari B, Marx BP, Rosen RC, Cohen BE, Woodward E, Maven D, Tripp P, Jiha A, Woolley JD, Neylan TC, O'Donovan A

The Association of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder with longitudinal change in Glomerular Filtration Rate in World Trade Center responders.

Psychosomatic medicine

Koraishy FM, Coca SG, Cohen BE, Scherrer JF, Mann F, Kuan PF, Luft BJ, Clouston S

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Cardiovascular Disease: State of the Science, Knowledge Gaps, and Research Opportunities.

JAMA cardiology

O'Donnell CJ, Schwartz Longacre L, Cohen BE, Fayad ZA, Gillespie CF, Liberzon I, Pathak GA, Polimanti R, Risbrough V, Ursano RJ, Vander Heide RS, Yancy CW, Vaccarino V, Sopko G, Stein MB

Trends in Medication Prescribing in Patients With PTSD From 2009 to 2018: A National Veterans Administration Study.

The Journal of clinical psychiatry

Holder N, Woods A, Neylan TC, Maguen S, Seal KH, Bernardy N, Wiechers I, Ryder A, Urbieta AM, Cohen BE

Factors Associated with a Career in Primary Care Medicine: Continuity Clinic Experience Matters.

Journal of general internal medicine

Kryzhanovskaya I, Cohen BE, Kohlwes RJ

A Pilot Trial of Collaborative Care with Motivational Interviewing to Reduce Opioid Risk and Improve Chronic Pain Management.

Addiction (Abingdon, England)

Borsari B, Li Y, Tighe J, Manuel JK, Gökbayrak NS, Delucchi K, Morasco BJ, Abadjian L, Cohen BE, Baxley C, Seal KH

Social support, social network size, and suicidal ideation: A nine-year longitudinal analysis from the Mind Your Heart Study.

Journal of psychiatric research

Arenson M, Bernat E, De Los Reyes A, Neylan TC, Cohen BE

Psychological Health, Well-Being, and the Mind-Heart-Body Connection: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association.

Circulation

Levine GN, Cohen BE, Commodore-Mensah Y, Fleury J, Huffman JC, Khalid U, Labarthe DR, Lavretsky H, Michos ED, Spatz ES, Kubzansky LD

Depression Predicts Non-Home Discharge After Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair.

Annals of vascular surgery

Ramirez JL, Zarkowsky DS, Ramirez FD, Gasper WJ, Cohen BE, Conte MS, Grenon SM, Iannuzzi JC

PTSD improvement and substance use disorder treatment utilization in veterans: Evidence from medical record data.

Drug and alcohol dependence

Salas J, Norman SB, Tuerk PW, den Berk-Clark CV, Cohen BE, Schneider FD, Chard KM, Lustman PJ, Schnurr PP, Friedman MJ, Grucza R, Scherrer JF

Differences in Opinions About Marijuana Use and Prevalence of Use by State Legalization Status.

Journal of addiction medicine

Steigerwald S, Cohen BE, Vali M, Hasin D, Cerda M, Keyhani S

Social Integration and Inflammation in Individuals with and without Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.

Brain, behavior, and immunity

Ahmadian AJ, Lin JE, Neylan TC, Woolley JD, O'Donovan A, Cohen BE

PTSD improvement and incident cardiovascular disease in more than 1000 veterans.

Journal of psychosomatic research

Scherrer JF, Salas J, Schneider FD, Friedman MJ, van den Berk-Clark C, Chard KM, Norman SB, Lustman PJ, Tuerk P, Schnurr PP, Cohen BE

Medical Reasons for Marijuana Use, Forms of Use, and Patient Perception of Physician Attitudes Among the US Population.

Journal of general internal medicine

Azcarate PM, Zhang AJ, Keyhani S, Steigerwald S, Ishida JH, Cohen BE

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

Scherrer JF, Salas J, Friedman MJ, Cohen BE, Schneider FD, Lustman PJ, van den Berk-Clark C, Chard KM, Tuerk P, Norman SB, Schnurr PP

Association of comorbid depression with inpatient outcomes in critical limb ischemia.

Vascular medicine (London, England)

Zahner GJ, Cortez A, Duralde E, Ramirez JL, Wang S, Hiramoto J, Cohen BE, Wolkowitz OM, Arya S, Hills NK, Grenon SM

Association Between Clinically Meaningful Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Improvement and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes.

JAMA psychiatry

Scherrer JF, Salas J, Norman SB, Schnurr PP, Chard KM, Tuerk P, Schneider FD, van den Berk-Clark C, Cohen BE, Friedman MJ, Lustman PJ

Sources of Information and Beliefs About the Health Effects of Marijuana.

Journal of general internal medicine

Ishida JH, Zhang AJ, Steigerwald S, Cohen BE, Vali M, Keyhani S

PTSD symptom decrease and use of weight loss programs.

Journal of psychosomatic research

Scherrer JF, Salas J, Chard KM, Tuerk P, van den Berk-Clark C, Schneider FD, Cohen BE, Lustman PJ, Schnurr PP, Friedman MJ, Norman SB

Substitution of marijuana for opioids in a national survey of US adults.

PloS one

Ishida JH, Wong PO, Cohen BE, Vali M, Steigerwald S, Keyhani S

Who is young at heart and when? Diastolic Doppler data from the mind your heart study.

Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.)

Abuzaid A, Cohen BE, Pursnani S, Lahsaeizadeh S, Ristow B, Shaw RE, Rosenblatt A, Fang Q, Schiller NB

"Association of Severity of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder With Inflammation: Using Total White Blood Cell Count as a Marker".

Chronic stress (Thousand Oaks, Calif.)

Koraishy FM, Salas J, Neylan TC, Cohen BE, Schnurr PP, Clouston S, Scherrer JF

Large posttraumatic stress disorder improvement and antidepressant medication adherence.

Journal of affective disorders

Salas J, Scherrer JF, Tuerk P, van den Berk-Clark C, Chard KM, Schneider FD, Schnurr PP, Friedman MJ, Norman SB, Cohen BE, Lustman P

Combined effect of posttraumatic stress disorder and prescription opioid use on risk of cardiovascular disease.

European journal of preventive cardiology

Scherrer JF, Salas J, Lustman P, Tuerk P, Gebauer S, Norman SB, Schneider FD, Chard KM, van den Berk-Clark C, Cohen BE, Schnurr PP

Perceptions of the Comparative Safety of Different Forms of Marijuana Use Among the Adult US Population.

Journal of general internal medicine

Yoo SR, Dollinger C, Vali M, Steigerwald S, Cohen BE, Ishida JH, Keyhani S

Peripheral Artery Disease Is Associated with a Deficiency of Erythrocyte Membrane n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids.

Lipids

Ramirez JL, Zahner GJ, Spaulding KA, Khetani SA, Hills NK, Gasper WJ, Harris WS, Cohen BE, Grenon SM

Comorbid Conditions Explain the Association Between Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Incident Cardiovascular Disease.

Journal of the American Heart Association

Scherrer JF, Salas J, Cohen BE, Schnurr PP, Schneider FD, Chard KM, Tuerk P, Friedman MJ, Norman SB, van den Berk-Clark C, Lustman PJ

Longitudinal association of PTSD symptoms and self-reported physical functioning among Veterans.

Journal of affective disorders

Ahmadian AJ, Neylan TC, Metzler T, Cohen BE

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

Seal KH, Borsari B, Tighe J, Cohen BE, Delucchi K, Morasco BJ, Li Y, Sachs E, Abadjian L, Watson E, Manuel JK, Vella L, Trafton J, Midboe A

The Role of Obesity in the Association Between Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Incident Diabetes.

JAMA psychiatry

Scherrer JF, Salas J, Lustman PJ, van den Berk-Clark C, Schnurr PP, Tuerk P, Cohen BE, Friedman MJ, Norman SB, Schneider FD, Chard KM

PTSD and Physical Health.

Current psychiatry reports

Ryder AL, Azcarate PM, Cohen BE

Smoking, Vaping, and Use of Edibles and Other Forms of Marijuana Among U.S. Adults.

Annals of internal medicine

Steigerwald S, Wong PO, Cohen BE, Ishida JH, Vali M, Madden E, Keyhani S

Risks and Benefits of Marijuana Use: A National Survey of U.S. Adults.

Annals of internal medicine

Keyhani S, Steigerwald S, Ishida J, Vali M, Cerdá M, Hasin D, Dollinger C, Yoo SR, Cohen BE

Posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, and suicidal ideation in veterans: Results from the mind your heart study.

Psychiatry research

Arenson MB, Whooley MA, Neylan TC, Maguen S, Metzler TJ, Cohen BE

The association of comorbid depression with mortality and amputation in veterans with peripheral artery disease.

Journal of vascular surgery

Arya S, Lee S, Zahner GJ, Cohen BE, Hiramoto J, Wolkowitz OM, Khakharia A, Binney ZO, Grenon SM

Usefulness of Epicardial Area in the Short Axis to Identify Elevated Left Ventricular Mass in Men.

The American journal of cardiology

Fitzpatrick JK, Cohen BE, Rosenblatt A, Shaw RE, Schiller NB

Veterans Group Exercise: A randomized pilot trial of an Integrative Exercise program for veterans with posttraumatic stress.

Journal of affective disorders

Goldstein LA, Mehling WE, Metzler TJ, Cohen BE, Barnes DE, Choucroun GJ, Silver A, Talbot LS, Maguen S, Hlavin JA, Chesney MA, Neylan TC

Current posttraumatic stress disorder and exaggerated threat sensitivity associated with elevated inflammation in the Mind Your Heart Study.

Brain, behavior, and immunity

O'Donovan A, Ahmadian AJ, Neylan TC, Pacult MA, Edmondson D, Cohen BE

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Is Associated With Worse Endothelial Function Among Veterans.

Journal of the American Heart Association

Grenon SM, Owens CD, Alley H, Perez S, Whooley MA, Neylan TC, Aschbacher K, Gasper WJ, Hilton JF, Cohen BE

PTSD and obesity in younger and older veterans: Results from the mind your heart study.

Psychiatry research

Smith BN, Tyzik AL, Neylan TC, Cohen BE

Suicide risk in Iraq and Afghanistan veterans with mental health problems in VA care.

Journal of psychiatric research

Maguen S, Madden E, Cohen BE, Bertenthal D, Neylan TC, Seal KH

Metabolic risk factors and posttraumatic stress disorder: the role of sleep in young, healthy adults.

Psychosomatic medicine

Talbot LS, Rao MN, Cohen BE, Richards A, Inslicht SS, O'Donovan A, Maguen S, Metzler TJ, Neylan TC

State of the Art Review: Depression, Stress, Anxiety, and Cardiovascular Disease.

American journal of hypertension

Cohen BE, Edmondson D, Kronish IM

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

Beristianos MH, Yaffe K, Cohen B, Byers AL

Timing of mental health treatment and PTSD Symptom improvement among Iraq and Afghanistan veterans.

Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.)

Maguen S, Madden E, Neylan TC, Cohen BE, Bertenthal D, Seal KH

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

Talbot LS, Neylan TC, Metzler TJ, Cohen BE

Elevated risk for autoimmune disorders in iraq and afghanistan veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder.

Biological psychiatry

O'Donovan A, Cohen BE, Seal KH, Bertenthal D, Margaretten M, Nishimi K, Neylan TC

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

Bradley SM, Stanislawski MA, Bekelman DB, Monteith LL, Cohen BE, Schilling JH, Hunt SC, Milek D, Maddox TM, Ho PM, Shore S, Varosy PD, Matthieu MM, Rumsfeld JS

Peripheral arterial disease, gender, and depression in the Heart and Soul Study.

Journal of vascular surgery

Grenon SM, Cohen BE, Smolderen K, Vittinghoff E, Whooley MA, Hiramoto J

Posttraumatic stress disorder and medication nonadherence in patients with uncontrolled hypertension.

JAMA internal medicine

Kronish IM, Lin JJ, Cohen BE, Voils CI, Edmondson D

Posttraumatic stress disorder and cognitive function: findings from the mind your heart study.

The Journal of clinical psychiatry

Cohen BE, Neylan TC, Yaffe K, Samuelson KW, Li Y, Barnes DE

Objective evidence of myocardial ischemia in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder.

Biological psychiatry

Turner JH, Neylan TC, Schiller NB, Li Y, Cohen BE

Social support may protect against development of posttraumatic stress disorder: findings from the Heart and Soul Study.

American journal of health promotion : AJHP

Dinenberg RE, McCaslin SE, Bates MN, Cohen BE

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)

Grenon SM, Vittinghoff E, Owens CD, Conte MS, Whooley M, Cohen BE

Multisystem resiliency moderates the major depression-telomere length association: findings from the Heart and Soul Study.

Brain, behavior, and immunity

Puterman E, Epel ES, Lin J, Blackburn EH, Gross JJ, Whooley MA, Cohen BE

Posttraumatic stress disorder and cardiovascular disease.

Progress in cardiovascular diseases

Edmondson D, Cohen BE

Time to treatment among veterans of conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan with psychiatric diagnoses.

Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.)

Maguen S, Madden E, Cohen BE, Bertenthal D, Seal KH

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

Cohen BE, Maguen S, Bertenthal D, Shi Y, Jacoby V, Seal KH

Association between depression and peripheral artery disease: insights from the heart and soul study.

Journal of the American Heart Association

Grenon SM, Hiramoto J, Smolderen KG, Vittinghoff E, Whooley MA, Cohen BE

Post-traumatic stress disorder and medication adherence: results from the Mind Your Heart study.

Journal of psychiatric research

Kronish IM, Edmondson D, Li Y, Cohen BE

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

Zen AL, Whooley MA, Zhao S, Cohen BE

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

Mishra RK, Devereux RB, Cohen BE, Whooley MA, Schiller NB

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

Seal KH, Cohen G, Bertenthal D, Cohen BE, Maguen S, Daley A

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

Pottala JV, Garg S, Cohen BE, Whooley MA, Harris WS

Mental health diagnoses and utilization of VA non-mental health medical services among returning Iraq and Afghanistan veterans.

Journal of general internal medicine

Cohen BE, Gima K, Bertenthal D, Kim S, Marmar CR, Seal KH

Restorative yoga in adults with metabolic syndrome: a randomized, controlled pilot trial.

Metabolic syndrome and related disorders

Cohen BE, Chang AA, Grady D, Kanaya AM

Feasibility and acceptability of restorative yoga for treatment of hot flushes: a pilot trial.

Maturitas

Cohen BE, Kanaya AM, Macer JL, Shen H, Chang AA, Grady D