Published
Back, S.E., Jarnecke, A.M., Norman, S.B., Zaur, A.J., & Hien, D.A. (2024). State of the science: Treatment of comorbid PTSD and substance use disorders. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 10.10002/jts.23049. Advanced online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.23049.
Hill, M. L., Kline, A. C., Saraiya, T. C., Gette, J., Ruglass, L. M., Norman, S. B., Back, S. E., Saavedra, L. M., Hien, D. A., & Morgan-López, A. A. (2024). Cannabis use and trauma-focused treatment for co-occurring posttraumatic stress disorder and substance use disorders: A meta-analysis of individual patient data. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 102, 102827–102827. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2024.102827
Morgan-López, A. A., Saavedra, L. M., Prakash, K., West, S. G., & Hien, D. A. (2024). The Hidden Psychometric Model Underlying the DSM : What Happens When It Fails to Fit Psychiatric Data. Psychiatric Services (Washington, D.C.), 75(9), 937–938. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230370
Hien, D. A., Papini, S., Saavedra, L. M., Bauer, A. G., Ruglass, L. M., Ebrahimi, C. T., Fitzpatrick, S., López-Castro, T., Norman, S. B., Killeen, T. K., Back, S. E., & Morgan-López, A. A. (2024). Project Harmony: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis of Psychotherapy and Pharmacologic Trials for Comorbid Posttraumatic Stress, Alcohol, and Other Drug Use Disorders. Psychological Bulletin, 150(3), 319–353. https://doi.org/10.1037/bul0000409
Saraiya, T. C., Back, S. E., Jarnecke, A. M., Blakey, S. M., Bauer, A. G., Brown, D. G., Ruglass, L. M., Killeen, T., & Hien, D. A. (2023). Sex and Gender Differences in Co-Occurring Alcohol Use Disorder and PTSD. Current Addiction Reports, 10(4), 617–627. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40429-023-00511-5
Morgan-López, A. A., Saavedra, L. M., Hien, D. A., Norman, S. B., Fitzpatrick, S. S., Ye, A., Killeen, T. K., Ruglass, L. M., Blakey, S. M., & Back, S. E. (2023). Differential symptom weighting in estimating empirical thresholds for underlying PTSD severity: Toward a “platinum” standard for diagnosis? International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 32(3), e1963. https://doi.org/10.1002/mpr.1963
Ruglass, L. M., Shevorykin, A., Zhao, Y., Killeen, T. K., Bauer, A. G., Morgan-López, A. A., Back, S. E., Fitzpatrick, S., López-Castro, T., Norman, S. B., Saavedra, L. M., & Hien, D. A. (2023). Self-report and urine drug screen concordance among women with co-occurring PTSD and substance use disorders participating in a clinical trial: Impact of drug type and participant characteristics. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 244, 109769. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2023.109769
Hien, D. A., Morgan-Lopez, A. A., Saavedra, L. M., Ruglass, L. M., Ye, A., Lopez-Castro, T., Fitzpatrick, S., Killeen, T. K., Norman, S. B., Ebrahimi, C. T., & Back, S. E. (2023). Project Harmony: A Meta-Analysis With Individual Patient Data on Behavioral and Pharmacologic Trials for Comorbid Posttraumatic Stress and Alcohol or Other Drug Use Disorders. American Journal of Psychiatry, 180(2), 155-166. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.22010071
Morgan‐López, A. A., Hien, D. A., Saraiya, T. C., Saavedra, L. M., Norman, S. B., Killeen, T. K., Simpson, T. L., Fitzpatrick, S., Mills, K. L., Ruglass, L. M., Back, S. E., & López‐Castro, T. (2022). Estimating posttraumatic stress disorder severity in the presence of differential item functioning across populations, comorbidities, and interview measures: Introduction to Project Harmony. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 35(3), 926–940. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.22800
Saavedra, L. M., Morgan-López, A. A., Back, S. E., Patel, S. V., Hien, D. A., Killeen, T. K., Norman, S. B., Fitzpatrick, S., Ebrahimi, C. T., & Ruglass, L. M. (2022). Measurement Error-Corrected Estimation of Clinically Significant Change Trajectories for Interventions Targeting Comorbid PTSD and SUDs in OEF/OIF Veterans. Behavior Therapy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beth.2022.04.007
Hien, D. A., Fitzpatrick, S., Saavedra, L. M., Ebrahimi, C. T., Norman, S. B., Tripp, J., Ruglass, L. M., Lopez-Castro, T., Killeen, T. K., Back, S. E., & Morgan-López, A. A. (2021). What's in a name? A data-driven method to identify optimal psychotherapy classifications to advance treatment research on co-occurring PTSD and substance use disorders. European journal of psychotraumatology, 13(1), 2001191. https://doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2021.2001191
Saavedra, L. M., Morgan-López, A. A., Hien, D. A., López-Castro, T., Ruglass, L. M., Back, S. E., Fitzpatrick, S., Norman, S. B., Killeen, T. K., Ebrahimi, C. T., Hamblen, J., & CAST, the Consortium on Addictions, Stress and Trauma (2021). Evaluating treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder, alcohol and other drug use disorders using meta-analysis of individual patient data: Design and methodology of a virtual clinical trial. Contemporary clinical trials, 107, 106479. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cct.2021.106479
Fitzpatrick, S. S., Morgan-López, A. A., Saraiya, T. C., Back, S. E., Killeen, T. K., Norman, S. B., López-Castro, T., Ruglass, L. M., Saavedra, L. M., & Hien, D. A. (2021). Graded response item response theory in scaling suicidal thoughts and behaviors among trauma-exposed women with substance use disorders. Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors, 10.1037/adb0000757. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/adb0000757
Morgan-López, A. A., Killeen, T. K., Saavedra, L. M., Hien, D. A., Fitzpatrick, S., Ruglass, L. M., & Back, S. E. (2020). Crossover between diagnostic and empirical categorizations of full and subthreshold PTSD. Journal of Affective Disorders, 274, 832–840. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2020.05.031
Ruglass, L. M., Morgan-López, A. A., Saavedra, L. M., Hien, D. A., Fitzpatrick, S., Killeen, T. K., Back, S. E., & López-Castro, T. (2020). Measurement nonequivalence of the Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale by race/ethnicity: Implications for quantifying posttraumatic stress disorder severity. Psychological Assessment, 32(11), 1015–1027. https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0000943
Saavedra, L.M., Morgan‐López, A.A., Hien, D.A., Killeen, T.K., Back, S.E., Ruglass, L.M., Fitzpatrick, S., Lopez‐Castro, T. (2020). Putting the Patient Back in Clinical Significance: Moderated Nonlinear Factor Analysis for Estimating Clinically Significant Change in Treatment for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Journal of Traumatic Stress. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.22624
Hien, D., Kropp, F., Wells, E.A., Campbell, A., Hatch-Maillette, M., Hodgkins, C., Killeen, T., Lopez-Castro, T., Morgan-Lopez, A., Ruglass, L.M. and Saavedra, L. (2020) The “Women and Trauma” study and its national impact on advancing trauma specific approaches in community substance use treatment and research. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 112, 12-17. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0740547219305811
Morgan-López, A.A., Saavedra, L.M., Hien, D.A., Killeen, T.K., Back, S.E., Ruglass, L.M., ... & Patock-Peckham, J.A. (2019). Estimation of equable scale scores and treatment outcomes from patient-and clinician-reported PTSD measures using item response theory calibration. Psychological Assessment, 32, 321-335. https://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Fpas0000789
Hill, M. L., Kline, A. C., Saraiya, T. C., Gette, J., Ruglass, L. M., Norman, S. B., Back, S. E., Saavedra, L. M., Hien, D. A., & Morgan-López, A. A. (2024). Cannabis use and trauma-focused treatment for co-occurring posttraumatic stress disorder and substance use disorders: A meta-analysis of individual patient data. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 102, 102827–102827. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2024.102827
Morgan-López, A. A., Saavedra, L. M., Prakash, K., West, S. G., & Hien, D. A. (2024). The Hidden Psychometric Model Underlying the DSM : What Happens When It Fails to Fit Psychiatric Data. Psychiatric Services (Washington, D.C.), 75(9), 937–938. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230370
Hien, D. A., Papini, S., Saavedra, L. M., Bauer, A. G., Ruglass, L. M., Ebrahimi, C. T., Fitzpatrick, S., López-Castro, T., Norman, S. B., Killeen, T. K., Back, S. E., & Morgan-López, A. A. (2024). Project Harmony: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis of Psychotherapy and Pharmacologic Trials for Comorbid Posttraumatic Stress, Alcohol, and Other Drug Use Disorders. Psychological Bulletin, 150(3), 319–353. https://doi.org/10.1037/bul0000409
Saraiya, T. C., Back, S. E., Jarnecke, A. M., Blakey, S. M., Bauer, A. G., Brown, D. G., Ruglass, L. M., Killeen, T., & Hien, D. A. (2023). Sex and Gender Differences in Co-Occurring Alcohol Use Disorder and PTSD. Current Addiction Reports, 10(4), 617–627. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40429-023-00511-5
Morgan-López, A. A., Saavedra, L. M., Hien, D. A., Norman, S. B., Fitzpatrick, S. S., Ye, A., Killeen, T. K., Ruglass, L. M., Blakey, S. M., & Back, S. E. (2023). Differential symptom weighting in estimating empirical thresholds for underlying PTSD severity: Toward a “platinum” standard for diagnosis? International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 32(3), e1963. https://doi.org/10.1002/mpr.1963
Ruglass, L. M., Shevorykin, A., Zhao, Y., Killeen, T. K., Bauer, A. G., Morgan-López, A. A., Back, S. E., Fitzpatrick, S., López-Castro, T., Norman, S. B., Saavedra, L. M., & Hien, D. A. (2023). Self-report and urine drug screen concordance among women with co-occurring PTSD and substance use disorders participating in a clinical trial: Impact of drug type and participant characteristics. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 244, 109769. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2023.109769
Hien, D. A., Morgan-Lopez, A. A., Saavedra, L. M., Ruglass, L. M., Ye, A., Lopez-Castro, T., Fitzpatrick, S., Killeen, T. K., Norman, S. B., Ebrahimi, C. T., & Back, S. E. (2023). Project Harmony: A Meta-Analysis With Individual Patient Data on Behavioral and Pharmacologic Trials for Comorbid Posttraumatic Stress and Alcohol or Other Drug Use Disorders. American Journal of Psychiatry, 180(2), 155-166. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.22010071
Morgan‐López, A. A., Hien, D. A., Saraiya, T. C., Saavedra, L. M., Norman, S. B., Killeen, T. K., Simpson, T. L., Fitzpatrick, S., Mills, K. L., Ruglass, L. M., Back, S. E., & López‐Castro, T. (2022). Estimating posttraumatic stress disorder severity in the presence of differential item functioning across populations, comorbidities, and interview measures: Introduction to Project Harmony. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 35(3), 926–940. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.22800
Saavedra, L. M., Morgan-López, A. A., Back, S. E., Patel, S. V., Hien, D. A., Killeen, T. K., Norman, S. B., Fitzpatrick, S., Ebrahimi, C. T., & Ruglass, L. M. (2022). Measurement Error-Corrected Estimation of Clinically Significant Change Trajectories for Interventions Targeting Comorbid PTSD and SUDs in OEF/OIF Veterans. Behavior Therapy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beth.2022.04.007
Hien, D. A., Fitzpatrick, S., Saavedra, L. M., Ebrahimi, C. T., Norman, S. B., Tripp, J., Ruglass, L. M., Lopez-Castro, T., Killeen, T. K., Back, S. E., & Morgan-López, A. A. (2021). What's in a name? A data-driven method to identify optimal psychotherapy classifications to advance treatment research on co-occurring PTSD and substance use disorders. European journal of psychotraumatology, 13(1), 2001191. https://doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2021.2001191
Saavedra, L. M., Morgan-López, A. A., Hien, D. A., López-Castro, T., Ruglass, L. M., Back, S. E., Fitzpatrick, S., Norman, S. B., Killeen, T. K., Ebrahimi, C. T., Hamblen, J., & CAST, the Consortium on Addictions, Stress and Trauma (2021). Evaluating treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder, alcohol and other drug use disorders using meta-analysis of individual patient data: Design and methodology of a virtual clinical trial. Contemporary clinical trials, 107, 106479. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cct.2021.106479
Fitzpatrick, S. S., Morgan-López, A. A., Saraiya, T. C., Back, S. E., Killeen, T. K., Norman, S. B., López-Castro, T., Ruglass, L. M., Saavedra, L. M., & Hien, D. A. (2021). Graded response item response theory in scaling suicidal thoughts and behaviors among trauma-exposed women with substance use disorders. Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors, 10.1037/adb0000757. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/adb0000757
Morgan-López, A. A., Killeen, T. K., Saavedra, L. M., Hien, D. A., Fitzpatrick, S., Ruglass, L. M., & Back, S. E. (2020). Crossover between diagnostic and empirical categorizations of full and subthreshold PTSD. Journal of Affective Disorders, 274, 832–840. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2020.05.031
Ruglass, L. M., Morgan-López, A. A., Saavedra, L. M., Hien, D. A., Fitzpatrick, S., Killeen, T. K., Back, S. E., & López-Castro, T. (2020). Measurement nonequivalence of the Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale by race/ethnicity: Implications for quantifying posttraumatic stress disorder severity. Psychological Assessment, 32(11), 1015–1027. https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0000943
Saavedra, L.M., Morgan‐López, A.A., Hien, D.A., Killeen, T.K., Back, S.E., Ruglass, L.M., Fitzpatrick, S., Lopez‐Castro, T. (2020). Putting the Patient Back in Clinical Significance: Moderated Nonlinear Factor Analysis for Estimating Clinically Significant Change in Treatment for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Journal of Traumatic Stress. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.22624
Hien, D., Kropp, F., Wells, E.A., Campbell, A., Hatch-Maillette, M., Hodgkins, C., Killeen, T., Lopez-Castro, T., Morgan-Lopez, A., Ruglass, L.M. and Saavedra, L. (2020) The “Women and Trauma” study and its national impact on advancing trauma specific approaches in community substance use treatment and research. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 112, 12-17. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0740547219305811
Morgan-López, A.A., Saavedra, L.M., Hien, D.A., Killeen, T.K., Back, S.E., Ruglass, L.M., ... & Patock-Peckham, J.A. (2019). Estimation of equable scale scores and treatment outcomes from patient-and clinician-reported PTSD measures using item response theory calibration. Psychological Assessment, 32, 321-335. https://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Fpas0000789
Accepted
Under Review
Morgan-López, A.A., Saavedra, L.M., & Hien, D.A. (under review) High Stakes Assessment: A case for modifying the measurement “firewall” between clinical outcomes journals and assessment journals. Under review at Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.
In Preparation
Ruglass, L.M., et al. (in preparation). Cross-lagged associations between PTSD symptom change and subsequent substance use change during combined behavioral and medication treatment for co-occurring PTSD and substance use disorder. Target Journal: Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.
Ruglass, L.M., et al. (in preparation). Psychometric properties of the Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale and Latent Models of PTSD symptom structure among veterans with co-occurring PTSD and substance use disorders. Target Journal: Psychological Assessment or Psychological Trauma.
Moderator and Mediator papers in the pipeline!
Ruglass, L.M., et al. (in preparation). Psychometric properties of the Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale and Latent Models of PTSD symptom structure among veterans with co-occurring PTSD and substance use disorders. Target Journal: Psychological Assessment or Psychological Trauma.
Moderator and Mediator papers in the pipeline!