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Drinking motives as mediators between PTSD symptom severity and alcohol consumption in persons with severe mental illnesses by O'Hare, Thomas, Sherrer, Margaret

“…Abstract Research has consistently shown that drinking to alleviate negative emotional states predicts alcohol use and relapse among clients with co-occurring…”
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Post-traumatic Stress and Trauma-Related Subjective Distress: Comparisons Among Hispanics, African-Americans, and Whites with Severe Mental Illness by O’Hare, Thomas, Shen, Ce, Sherrer, Margaret V.

“…We tested the hypothesis with a sample of community mental health clients (N = 132) that Hispanic clients would report significantly greater post-traumatic…”
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The Role of Cognitive Appraisal in Adaptation to Traumatic Stress in Adults With Serious Mental Illness: A Critical Review by Sherrer, Margaret V.

“…A compelling body of literature suggests that negative appraisal may be associated with adverse reactions to traumatic stress. However, very few studies have…”
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Racial Differences in Response to Trauma: Comparing African-American, White, and Hispanic People With Severe Mental Illness by O'Hare, Thomas, Shen, Ce, Sherrer, Margaret V.

“…Objective: To test hypotheses that Hispanics will report greater posttraumatic stress symptoms than Whites or African-Americans with severe mental illness…”
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Lifetime Physical and Sexual Abuse and Self-Harm in Women With Severe Mental Illness by O’Hare, Thomas, Shen, Ce, Sherrer, Margaret V.

“…In a sample of 242 women in treatment for severe mental illness (SMI), we used regression analysis to test the hypothesis that lifetime physical and sexual…”
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Physical and Sexual Abuse and Self-Harming Behaviors in Women with Major Mood Disorders by O'Hare, Thomas, Shen, Ce, Sherrer, Margaret V.

“…Subjective distress from prior abuse has been linked to self-harming behaviors in people with severe mental illness (SMI). However, less is known about these…”
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Lifetime Abuse and Self-Harm in People With Severe Mental Illness: A Structural Equation Model by O'Hare, Thomas, Shen, Ce, Sherrer, Margaret V.

“…We tested the hypothesis that lifetime physical and sexual abuse would have direct effects on self-harm (i.e., thoughts of self-harm, self-harming behaviors,…”
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High-risk behaviors and drinking-to-cope as mediators of lifetime abuse and PTSD symptoms in clients with severe mental illness by O'Hare, Thomas, Shen, Ce, Sherrer, Margaret

“…Face‐to‐face interviews with 276 community mental health clients (56.2% women; 42.8% men) diagnosed with schizophrenia spectrum disorders (44.6%) and major…”
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Lifetime Trauma, Subjective Distress, Substance Use, and PTSD Symptoms in People with Severe Mental Illness: Comparisons Among Four Diagnostic Groups by O’Hare, Thomas, Sherrer, Margaret

“…The current study examines correlations among trauma, high risk behaviors, subjective distress from both trauma and high risk behaviors, and substance use in…”
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Trauma and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms in People With Severe Mental Illness: Examining Alternative Measures of Trauma by O'Hare, Thomas, Shen, Ce, Sherrer, Margaret

“…The current study of 371 community mental health clients with severe mental illness examined correlates of posttraumatic stress symptoms and 4 different…”
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Correlates of Practitioners' Risk Assessments of Self-Harm in People with Severe Mental Illness by O'Hare, Thomas, Shen, Ce, Sherrer, Margaret V.

“…Despite the difficulties in predicting self-harming behaviors in people with severe mental illness (SMI), practitioners are expected to assess for risk of…”
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Differences in trauma and posttraumatic stress symptoms in clients with schizophrenia spectrum and major mood disorders by O'Hare, Thomas, Shen, Ce, Sherrer, Margaret

“…Abstract The current study of 371 community mental health clients with severe mental illness examined differences in frequency of common lifetime trauma and…”
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Subjective Distress Associated with Sudden Loss in Clients with Severe Mental Illness by O’Hare, Thomas, Sherrer, Margaret

“…Data from interviews with 276 community mental health clients diagnosed with a severe mental illness were used to examine the association between clients’…”
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Subjective distress from trauma in older clients with severe mental illness by O'Hare, Thomas, Shen, Ce, Sherrer, Margaret V.

“…There is little research on older persons with severe mental illness (SMI) who have experienced trauma. We conducted an exploratory study with 174 community…”
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Race, Trauma, and Suicide Attempts: Comparing African American, White, and Hispanic People with Severe Mental Illness by O'Hare, Thomas, Shen, Ce, Sherrer, Margaret V.

“…In a sample (N = 132) of people with severe mental illness (SMI; schizophrenia spectrum and major mood disorders) we tested the hypothesis that Hispanic…”
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Sudden Losses and Negative Appraisal in People With Severe Mental Illness by O'Hare, Thomas, Sherrer, Margaret V., Shen, Ce

“…Research on the impact of sudden or unexpected losses in people with severe mental illness is scarce. The purpose of our study was to examine the relationship…”
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Validation of a Brief PTSD Scale for Clients With Severe Mental Illnesses by O’Hare, Thomas, Shen, Ce, Sherrer, Margaret

“…Trauma and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) are more common in severe mental illnesses (SMI) clients than in the general population, yet brief screens for…”
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Subjective distress from stressful events and high-risk behaviors as predictors of PTSD symptom severity in clients with severe mental illness by O'Hare, Thomas, Sherrer, Margaret V., Shen, Ce

“…Survey data collected from 257 community mental health center clients tested direct and indirect relationships among subjective distress associated with…”
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Impact of the Most Frequently Reported Traumatic Events on Community Mental Health Clients by O'Hare, Thomas, Sherrer, Margaret V.

“…This survey of 354 community mental health clients examined the relative impact of client self-reported events that they deemed "most traumatic" for predicting…”
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Lifetime Traumatic Events and High-Risk Behaviors as Predictors of PTSD Symptoms in People with Severe Mental Illnesses by O'Hare, Thomas, Sherrer, Margaret V.

“…Research is limited regarding the role of high-risk behaviors, trauma, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in people with severe mental illnesses…”
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