Recent Publications

Recent Publications:

Nugent, N.R., Christopher, N.C., & Delahanty, D.L. (In Press). Emergency medical service and in-hospital vital signs and subsequent PTSD symptoms in child trauma victims. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.

Nugent, N.R., Christopher, N.C., & Delahanty, D.L. (In Press). Initial physiological responses and perceived hyperarousal predicts subsequent emotional numbing in child trauma victims. Journal of Traumatic Stress.


 Boarts, J.M., Sledjeski, E.M., Bogart, L.M., & Delahanty, D.L. (2006). The differential impact of PTSD and depression on HIV disease markers and adherence to HAART in people living with HIV. AIDS and Behavior.

 Cremeans-Smith, J.K., Millington, K., Sledjeski, E., Greene, K., & Delahanty, D.L. (2006).  Sleep disruptions mediate the relationship between early postoperative pain and later functioning following total knee replacement surgery.  Journal of Behavioral Medicine.

Pitman, R.K., & Delahanty, D.L. (2005). Conceptually Driven Pharmacological Approaches to Acute Trauma.  CNS Spectrums, 10 (2), 99-106.

Delahanty, D.L., Nugent, N.R., Christopher, N.C., & Walsh, M. (2005). Initial urinary epinephrine and cortisol levels predict acute PTSD symptoms in child trauma victims.  Journal of Psychoneuroendocrinology, 30(2), 121-128.

Sledjeski, E.M., Delahanty, D.L., & Bogart, L.M. (2005).  Incidence and impact of PTSD and comorbid depression on adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy and CD4 counts in people living with HIV. AIDS Patient Care and STDs, 19, 26-34.

Buckley, B., Nugent, N., Sledjeski, E., Raimonde, A.J., Spoonster, E., Bogart, L.M., & Delahanty, D.L. (2004) Evaluation  of initial posttrauma cardiovascular levels in association with acute PTSD symptoms following a serious motor vehicle accident. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 17, 317-324.

Delahanty, D.L., Bogart, L.M., & Figler, J. L.(2004). PTSD symptoms, salivary cortisol, medication adherence and CD4 levels in HIV+ individuals. AIDS CARE, 16, 247-260.

Bird, S.T., Bogart, L.M., & Delahanty, D.L. (2004). Health-related correlates of perceived discrimination in HIV care. AIDS Patient Care and STDs, 18, 19-26.

Bogart, L. M., Bird, S. T., Walt, L. C., Delahanty, D.L., & Figler, J. (2004). Association of stereotypes about physicians to health care satisfaction, help-seeking behavior, and adherence to treatment. Social Science and Medicine, 58, 1049-1058.

Delahanty, D.L., Bogart, L.M., & Figler, J. (2004). PTSD symptoms, salivary cortisol, medication adherence, and CD4 levels in HIV+ individuals. AIDS Care, 16, 247-260.

Flesher, M.R., Delahanty, D.L., Raimonde, A.J., & Spoonster, E. (2001). Amnesia, neuroendocrine levels, and PTSD in motor vehicle accident victims.  Brain Injury, 15, 879-889.

Delahanty, D.L., Raimonde, A.J., Spoonster, E., & Cullado, M. (2003). Injury severity, prior trauma history, urinary cortisol levels and acute PTSD in motor vehicle accident victims. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 17, 149-164.

Delahanty, D.L., Raimonde, A.J., & Spoonster, E. (2000).  Initial posttraumatic urinary
cortisol levels predict subsequent PTSD symptoms in motor vehicle accident victims.  Biological Psychiatry, 48, 940-947.

Book Chapters

Delahanty, D.L., Nugent, N.R. Predicting PTSD Prospectively Based on Prior Trauma History, Trauma Severity, and Immediate Biologic Responses. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Estimated Release Date: September 2006.

Delahanty, D. L. & Sledjeski, E. M. (in press). Psychoneuroimmunology. Encyclopedia of behavior modification and therapy. Sage Publications.

Delahanty, D.L., & Cremeans, J.K. (in press). Behavioral neuroimmunology.  In V.S.
Ramachandran (Ed.). Encyclopedia of the Human Brain.  Academic Press: San Diego, CA.

Bogart, L. & Delahanty, D.L. (in press) Social psychological models of health behavior.
Handbook of Health Care Psychology.  American Psychological Association.

 Delahanty, D.L., & Baum, A. (2001).  Stress and breast cancer.  In A. Baum, T. Revenson,
and J. Singer, (Eds.). Handbook of Health Psychology.  Erlbaum: Mahwah, NJ.

 Delahanty, D.L., Dougall, A.L., & Baum, A. (2001).  Neuroendocrine and immune
alterations following natural disasters and traumatic stress.  In R. Ader, D.L. Felten, and
N.Cohen, (Eds.). Psychoneuroimmunology (3rd ed.).  Academic Press: San Diego, CA.

 
Presentations:

Sledjeski, E., Delahanty, D., Raimonde, A.J., & Spoonster, E. "Coping with traumatic stress and acute PTSD". Presented at the American Psychological Association 2001 Annual Scientific Meeting, August 25, 2001. *APA travel award recipient

Sledjeski, E., Delahanty, D., Raimonde, A.J., & Spoonster, E. "The effects of peritraumatic dissociation and trauma history on PTSD symptomatology". Citation Paper Presented at the American Psychological Association 2002 Annual Scientific Meeting, August 23, 2002. *APA travel award recipient

Sledjeski, E., Delahanty, D., Buckley, B., Nugent, N., Raimonde, A.J., & Spoonster, E. "Peritraumatic urinary cortisol levels predict the development of acute stress disorder". Poster presented at the American Psychosomatic Society 2003 Annual Meeting, March 8, 2003.

Buckley, B., Nugent, N., Sledjeski, E., Delahanty, D., Raimonde, A., & Spoonster, E. “Initial cardiovascular predictors are not related to PTSD”. Poster presented at the Annual American Psychosomatic Society Meeting, March 7, 2003.

Sledjeski, E., Delahanty, D., Nugent, N., Buckley, B., Raimonde, A., & Spoonster, E. “Urinary norepinephrine levels immediately following an MVA are associated with higher levels of peritraumatic dissociation”. Poster to be presented at the annual International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, October, 2003.

Sledjeski, E., Bogart, L., Figler, J., & Delahanty, D. “The effects of comorbid depression and PTSD on medication adherence and CD4 counts in people living with HIV”. Poster submitted to the Annual American Psychosomatic Society, March, 2004.

Speziale, N., Sledjeski, E., Delahanty, D., Raimonde, J., & Spoonster, E. “ The relationship between initial urinary cortisol levels and PTSD symptoms six weeks following a motor vehicle accident”. Poster submitted to the Annual American Psychosomatic Society, March, 2004.

Boarts, J., Sledjeski, E., Delahanty, d., Bogart, L., & Figler, J. “The relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder and urinary cortisol levels in a sample of individuals living with HIV”. Poster submitted to the Annual American Psychosomatic Society, March, 2004.

Delahanty, D.L. “Psychophysiological predictors of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)”.  Invited colloquium at Ohio University, Athens, OH, April, 27, 2001.

Delahanty, D.L., Royer, D., Spoonster, E., & Raimonde, A.J. “Initial cortisol levels after a motor vehicle accident mediate the relationship between prior trauma history and subsequent symptoms of PTSD.”  Paper session on Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis, The 59th Annual Meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society, March 10, 2001.

Delahanty, D.L., Flesher, M.R., Royer, D., Raimonde, A.J., & Spoonster, E. “ Trauma severity, peri-traumatic cortisol, and PTSD in motor vehicle accident victims.”  Presented at the 16th annual meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies on Nov. 17, 2000.

Royer, D.K., Delahanty, D.L., Raimonde, A.J., & Spoonster, E. "Peritraumatic and initial posttraumatic psychological predictors of posttraumatic stress disorder." Presented at the American Psychological Association 2000 Annual Scientific Meeting, August 5, 2000.

 Flesher, M., Delahanty, D.L., Raimonde, A.J., & Spoonster, E. "Peritraumatic neuroendocrine responses in amnestic trauma victims." Presented at the American Psychological Association 2000 Annual Scientific Meeting, August 8, 2000.

Delahanty, D.L., Raimonde, A.J., Royer, D., & Flesher, M. "Peritraumatic urinary cortisol predicts posttraumatic distress." Presented at the American Psychosomatic Society 2000 Annual Scientific Meeting, March 3, 2000.