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Landes S, Kirchner J, Areno J, Jegley S, Pitcock J, Abraham T, McBain S, Singh R, Bollinger M, Painter J, Woods J, Curtis N, Jones D, Matarazzo B, Reger M, Comtois K. Adapting caring contacts for a Department of Veterans Affairs emergency department: Results from a type 2 hybrid effectiveness-implementation pilot study. Frontiers in Psychiatry. Forthcoming.
Matarazzo BB, Gerard GR, Jankovsky MC, Oslin DW, Brenner LA. Feasibility and Acceptability of the HOME Program for Veterans Recently Discharged from a Psychiatric Hospitalization. Adm Policy Ment Health. 2021 Nov;48(6):974-982. doi: 10.1007/s10488-021-01109-7. Epub 2021 Feb 1. PubMed PMID: 33523330.
McGarity S, Stacy S, Borges LM, Barnes SM, Nazem S, Gerard GR, Clark K, Matarazzo BB, Bahraini NH, Wortzel HS. Therapeutic Risk Management for Violence: Safety Planning for Other-directed Violence. J Psychiatr Pract. 2021 Jul 28;27(4):296-304. doi: 10.1097/PRA.0000000000000565. PubMed PMID: 34398580.
Borges LM, Barnes SM, Nazem S, Gerard GR, McGarity S, Clark K, Matarazzo BB, Bahraini NH, Wortzel HS. Therapeutic Risk Management for Violence: Chain Analysis of Other-directed Violent Ideation and Behavior. J Psychiatr Pract. 2021 May 5;27(3):203-211. doi: 10.1097/PRA.0000000000000552. PubMed PMID: 33939375.
Simon GE, Matarazzo BB, Walsh CG, Smoller JW, Boudreaux ED, Yarborough BJH, Shortreed SM, Coley RY, Ahmedani BK, Doshi RP, Harris LI, Schoenbaum M. Reconciling Statistical and Clinicians' Predictions of Suicide Risk. Psychiatr Serv. 2021 May 1;72(5):555-562. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.202000214. Epub 2021 Mar 11. PubMed PMID: 33691491; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10296777.
Matarazzo BB, Brenner LA, Wortzel HS, Bahraini NH. Balancing Scientific Evidence, Clinical Expertise, and Patient Preferences: VHA's Suicide Risk Identification Strategy. Psychiatr Serv. 2020 Dec 1;71(12):1303-1305. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.202000109. Epub 2020 Aug 12. PubMed PMID: 32781925.
Wortzel HS, Barnes SM, Gerard G, Clark K, Borges LM, McGarity S, Nazem S, Bahraini NH, Matarazzo BB. Therapeutic Risk Management for Violence: Stratifying Risk and Characterizing Violence. J Psychiatr Pract. 2020 Nov;26(6):503-509. doi: 10.1097/PRA.0000000000000510. PubMed PMID: 33275387.
Bahraini N, Brenner LA, Barry C, Hostetter T, Keusch J, Post EP, Kessler C, Smith C, Matarazzo BB. Assessment of Rates of Suicide Risk Screening and Prevalence of Positive Screening Results Among US Veterans After Implementation of the Veterans Affairs Suicide Risk Identification Strategy. JAMA Netw Open. 2020 Oct 1;3(10):e2022531. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.22531. PubMed PMID: 33084900; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7578771.
Holliday R, Wiblin J, Holder N, Gerard G, Matarazzo B, Monteith L. Preventing Suicidal Self-Directed Violence Among Survivors of Military Sexual Trauma: Understanding Risk and Applying Evidence-Based Principles. Psychiatric Annals. 2020 September; 50(10):437-443.
Wortzel HS, Borges LM, McGarity S, Nazem S, Barnes SM, Bahraini NH, Clark K, Matarazzo BB. Therapeutic Risk Management for Violence: Augmenting Clinical Risk Assessment With Structured Instruments. J Psychiatr Pract. 2020 Sep;26(5):405-410. doi: 10.1097/PRA.0000000000000495. PubMed PMID: 32936587.
Bahraini NH, Matarazzo BB, Barry CN, Post EP, Forster JE, Dollar KM, Dobscha SK, Brenner LA. Protocol: examining the effectiveness of an adaptive implementation intervention to improve uptake of the VA suicide risk identification strategy: a sequential multiple assignment randomized trial. Implement Sci. 2020 Jul 22;15(1):58. doi: 10.1186/s13012-020-01019-6. PubMed PMID: 32698812; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7374070.
Wortzel HS, Borges LM, Barnes SM, Nazem S, McGarity S, Clark K, Bahraini NH, Matarazzo BB. Therapeutic Risk Management for Violence: Clinical Risk Assessment. J Psychiatr Pract. 2020 Jul;26(4):313-319. doi: 10.1097/PRA.0000000000000481. PubMed PMID: 32692128.
Ammerman BA, Gebhardt HM, Lee JM, Tucker RP, Matarazzo BB, Reger MA. Differential Preferences for the Caring Contacts Suicide Prevention Intervention Based on Patient Characteristics. Arch Suicide Res. 2020 Jul-Sep;24(3):301-312. doi: 10.1080/13811118.2019.1632231. Epub 2019 Aug 1. PubMed PMID: 31213148.
Monteith LL, Wendleton L, Bahraini NH, Matarazzo BB, Brimner G, Mohatt NV. Together With Veterans: VA National Strategy Alignment and Lessons Learned from Community-Based Suicide Prevention for Rural Veterans. Suicide Life Threat Behav. 2020 Jun;50(3):588-600. doi: 10.1111/sltb.12613. Epub 2020 Jan 16. PubMed PMID: 31950557.
Monteith LL, Bahraini NH, Gerber HR, Dorsey Holliman B, Schneider AL, Holliday R, Matarazzo BB. Military sexual trauma survivors' perceptions of veterans health administration care: A qualitative examination. Psychol Serv. 2020 May;17(2):178-186. doi: 10.1037/ser0000290. Epub 2018 Sep 27. PubMed PMID: 30265071.
Brancu M, Cleary B, Cunningham K, Anderson S, Gerard G, Fernandez P, Matarazzo B. ). Implementing a home-based suicide prevention program with rural veterans. Journal of Rural Mental Health. 2020; 44(3):146-155. doi: 10.1037/rmh0000138.
Matarazzo BB, Forster JE, Hostetter TA, Billera M, Adler G, Ganzini LK, Oslin DW, Brenner LA. Efficacy of the Home-Based Mental Health Evaluation (HOME) Program for Engaging Patients in Care After Hospitalization. Psychiatr Serv. 2019 Dec 1;70(12):1094-1100. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.201900002. Epub 2019 Aug 27. PubMed PMID: 31451065.
Wortzel HS, Barnes SM, Cannizzaro KA, Villarreal EJ, Matarazzo BB, Allen MH. Welfare Checks and Therapeutic Risk Management. J Psychiatr Pract. 2019 Nov;25(6):470-474. doi: 10.1097/PRA.0000000000000434. Review. PubMed PMID: 31821224.
Matarazzo BB, Brown GK, Stanley B, Forster JE, Billera M, Currier GW, Ghahramanlou-Holloway M, Brenner LA. Predictive Validity of the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale among a Cohort of At-risk Veterans. Suicide Life Threat Behav. 2019 Oct;49(5):1255-1265. doi: 10.1111/sltb.12515. Epub 2018 Oct 9. PubMed PMID: 30368871.
Reger MA, Gebhardt HM, Lee JM, Ammerman BA, Tucker RP, Matarazzo BB, Wood AE, Ruskin DA. Veteran Preferences for the Caring Contacts Suicide Prevention Intervention. Suicide Life Threat Behav. 2019 Oct;49(5):1439-1451. doi: 10.1111/sltb.12528. Epub 2018 Nov 19. PubMed PMID: 30451311.
Wortzel HS, Barnes SM, Cannizzaro KA, Villarreal EJ, Allen MH, Matarazzo BB. Welfare Checks for Suicide Risk Management: Risks and Benefits. J Psychiatr Pract. 2019 Sep;25(5):379-382. doi: 10.1097/PRA.0000000000000419. PubMed PMID: 31505523.
Matarazzo BB, Brenner LA, Reger MA. Positive Predictive Values and Potential Success of Suicide Prediction Models. JAMA Psychiatry. 2019 Aug 1;76(8):869-870. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2019.1519. PubMed PMID: 31241754.
Borges LM, Nazem S, Matarazzo BB, Barnes SM, Wortzel HS. Therapeutic Risk Management: Chain Analysis of Suicidal Ideation and Behavior. J Psychiatr Pract. 2019 Jan;25(1):46-53. doi: 10.1097/PRA.0000000000000358. PubMed PMID: 30633732.
Wortzel HS, Nazem S, Bahraini NH, Matarazzo BB, Silverman MM. The Potential Perils of a Suicide-specific Diagnosis. J Psychiatr Pract. 2018 Sep;24(5):354-358. doi: 10.1097/PRA.0000000000000333. PubMed PMID: 30427823.
Brenner LA, Forster JE, Hoffberg AS, Matarazzo BB, Hostetter TA, Signoracci G, Simpson GK. Window to Hope: A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Psychological Intervention for the Treatment of Hopelessness Among Veterans With Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. J Head Trauma Rehabil. 2018 Mar/Apr;33(2):E64-E73. doi: 10.1097/HTR.0000000000000351. PubMed PMID: 29084101.
Matarazzo BB, Farro SA, Billera M, Forster JE, Kemp JE, Brenner LA. Connecting Veterans at Risk for Suicide to Care Through the HOME Program. Suicide Life Threat Behav. 2017 Dec;47(6):709-717. doi: 10.1111/sltb.12334. Epub 2017 Feb 2. PubMed PMID: 28150329.
Wortzel HS, Nazem S, Bahraini NH, Matarazzo BB. Why Suicide Risk Assessment Still Matters. J Psychiatr Pract. 2017 Nov;23(6):436-440. doi: 10.1097/PRA.0000000000000263. PubMed PMID: 29303951.
Reger M, Luxton D, Tucker R, Comtois K, Keen A, Landes S, Matarazzo B, Thompson C. Implementation methods for the caring contacts suicide prevention intervention. Professional Psychology: Research & Practice. 2017; 48(5):369–377.
Petrik M, Miller B, Matarazzo B. Factors influencing suicide risk assessment and management in VA primary care clinics: A qualitative study of provider perspectives. Military Behavioral Health. 2017; 6(3):205-214. doi: 10.1080/21635781.2017.1379452.
Gutierrez PM, Pease J, Matarazzo BB, Monteith LL, Hernandez T, Osman A. Evaluating the psychometric properties of the Interpersonal Needs Questionnaire and the Acquired Capability for Suicide Scale in military veterans. Psychol Assess. 2016 Dec;28(12):1684-1694. doi: 10.1037/pas0000310. Epub 2016 Mar 21. PubMed PMID: 26998894.
Monteith LL, Bahraini NH, Matarazzo BB, Gerber HR, Soberay KA, Forster JE. The influence of gender on suicidal ideation following military sexual trauma among Veterans in the Veterans Health Administration. Psychiatry Res. 2016 Oct 30;244:257-65. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2016.07.036. Epub 2016 Jul 22. PubMed PMID: 27504921.
Monteith LL, Bahraini NH, Matarazzo BB, Soberay KA, Smith CP. Perceptions of Institutional Betrayal Predict Suicidal Self-Directed Violence Among Veterans Exposed to Military Sexual Trauma. J Clin Psychol. 2016 Jul;72(7):743-55. doi: 10.1002/jclp.22292. Epub 2016 Mar 23. PubMed PMID: 27007795.
Schneider AL, Hostetter TA, Homaifar BY, Forster JE, Olson-Madden JH, Matarazzo BB, Huggins J, Brenner LA. Responses to Traumatic Brain Injury Screening Questions and Suicide Attempts among Those Seeking Veterans Health Administration Mental Health Services. Front Psychiatry. 2016;7:59. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2016.00059. eCollection 2016. PubMed PMID: 27148088; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4835447.
Matarazzo BB, Signoracci GM, Brenner LA, Olson-Madden JH. Barriers and Facilitators in Providing Community Mental Health Care to Returning Veterans with a History of Traumatic Brain Injury and Co-occurring Mental Health Symptoms. Community Ment Health J. 2016 Feb;52(2):158-64. doi: 10.1007/s10597-015-9926-9. Epub 2015 Aug 26. PubMed PMID: 26308836.
Nazem S, Matarazzo B, Wortzel H. Optimizing collaboration and achieving standard of care: A model for Therapeutic Risk Management of the Suicidal Patient. AAPL Newsletter. 2016; 41(3):25-28.
Petrik ML, Billera M, Kaplan Y, Matarazzo B, Wortzel H. Balancing patient care and confidentiality: considerations in obtaining collateral information. J Psychiatr Pract. 2015 May;21(3):220-4. doi: 10.1097/PRA.0000000000000072. PubMed PMID: 25955265.
Signoracci GM, Bahraini NH, Matarazzo BB, Olson-Madden JH, Brenner LA. Delivering Mental Health Services to OEF/OIF Veterans: A VHA Qualitative Study. J Holist Nurs. 2014 Sep;32(3):161-72. doi: 10.1177/0898010114524484. Epub 2014 Mar 25. PubMed PMID: 24668062.
Matarazzo BB, Hoffberg AS, Clemans TA, Signoracci GM, Simpson GK, Brenner LA. Cross-cultural adaptation of the Window to Hope: a psychological intervention to reduce hopelessness among U.S. veterans with traumatic brain injury. Brain Inj. 2014;28(10):1238-47. doi: 10.3109/02699052.2014.916419. Epub 2014 Jun 19. PubMed PMID: 24946053.
Olson-Madden JH, Homaifar BY, Hostetter TA, Matarazzo BB, Huggins J, Forster JE, Schneider AL, Nagamoto HT, Corrigan JD, Brenner LA. Validating the traumatic brain injury-4 screening measure for veterans seeking mental health treatment with psychiatric inpatient and outpatient service utilization data. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2014 May;95(5):925-9. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2014.01.008. Epub 2014 Jan 27. PubMed PMID: 24480334.
Matarazzo BB, Homaifar BY, Wortzel HS. Therapeutic risk management of the suicidal patient: safety planning. J Psychiatr Pract. 2014 May;20(3):220-4. doi: 10.1097/01.pra.0000450321.06612.7a. PubMed PMID: 24847995.
Matarazzo BB, Barnes SM, Pease JL, Russell LM, Hanson JE, Soberay KA, Gutierrez PM. Suicide risk among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender military personnel and veterans: what does the literature tell us?. Suicide Life Threat Behav. 2014 Apr;44(2):200-17. doi: 10.1111/sltb.12073. Epub 2014 Feb 3. Review. PubMed PMID: 24494604.
Wortzel HS, Homaifar B, Matarazzo B, Brenner LA. Therapeutic risk management of the suicidal patient: stratifying risk in terms of severity and temporality. J Psychiatr Pract. 2014 Jan;20(1):63-7. doi: 10.1097/01.pra.0000442940.46328.63. PubMed PMID: 24419312.
Homaifar B, Matarazzo B, Barnes S. Therapeutic assessment and suicide risk. The TA Connection: Resources for Therapeutic Assessment Professionals. 2014; 2(2):3-7.
Homaifar B, Matarazzo B, Wortzel HS. Therapeutic risk management of the suicidal patient: augmenting clinical suicide risk assessment with structured instruments. J Psychiatr Pract. 2013 Sep;19(5):406-9. doi: 10.1097/01.pra.0000435039.68179.70. Review. PubMed PMID: 24042246.
Wortzel HS, Matarazzo B, Homaifar B. A model for therapeutic risk management of the suicidal patient. J Psychiatr Pract. 2013 Jul;19(4):323-6. doi: 10.1097/01.pra.0000432603.99211.e8. Review. PubMed PMID: 23852108.
Matarazzo BB, Clemans TA, Silverman MM, Brenner LA. The self-directed violence classification system and the columbia classification algorithm for suicide assessment: a crosswalk. Suicide Life Threat Behav. 2013 Jun;43(3):235-49. doi: 10.1111/j.1943-278x.2012.00131.x. Epub 2012 Nov 12. PubMed PMID: 23145815.
Olson-Madden JH, Brenner LA, Matarazzo BB, Signoracci GM. Identification and treatment of TBI and co-occurring psychiatric symptoms among OEF/OIF/OND veterans seeking mental health services within the State of Colorado: establishing consensus for best practices. Community Ment Health J. 2013 Apr;49(2):220-9. doi: 10.1007/s10597-012-9572-4. Epub 2013 Jan 17. PubMed PMID: 23325070.
Brenner LA, Homaifar BY, Olson-Madden JH, Nagamoto HT, Huggins J, Schneider AL, Forster JE, Matarazzo B, Corrigan JD. Prevalence and screening of traumatic brain injury among veterans seeking mental health services. J Head Trauma Rehabil. 2013 Jan-Feb;28(1):21-30. doi: 10.1097/HTR.0b013e31827df0b5. PubMed PMID: 23288308.
Matarazzo B, Wortzel H, Dorsey Holliman B, Brenner L. Evidence-based intervention strategies for Veterans with traumatic brain injury and co-morbid mental health conditions: A systematic review. Brain Impairment. 2013; 14(1):42-50. doi: DOI: 10.1017/Brlmp.2013.4.
Matarazzo BB. Adaptive institutional transference in the treatment of individuals with borderline personality disorder. Bull Menninger Clin. 2012 Fall;76(4):297-313. doi: 10.1521/bumc.2012.76.4.297. PubMed PMID: 23244524.
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