Brain-Based Biotypes of Psychiatric Vulnerability in the Acute Aftermath of Trauma

Jennifer S Stevens1, Nathaniel G Harnett1, Lauren A M Lebois1

  • 1Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta (Stevens, van Rooij, Ely, Roeckner, Vincent); Division of Depression and Anxiety, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Mass. (Harnett, Lebois, Ressler); Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston (Harnett, Lebois, Pizzagalli, Ressler); Departments of Emergency Medicine and Health Services, Policy, and Practice, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital, and the Miriam Hospital, Providence, R.I. (Beaudoin); Department of Anesthesiology, Institute of Trauma Recovery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (An, Linnstaedt, McLean); Department of Biostatistics, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (Zeng); Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology, University of California, San Francisco (Neylan); Department of Biomedical Informatics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta (Clifford); Institute for Technology in Psychiatry (Germine) and Department of Psychiatry (Rauch), McLean Hospital, Belmont, Mass.; Department of Emergency Medicine, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit (Lewandowski); Department of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tenn. (Storrow); Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville (Hendry, Sheikh); Department of Emergency Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis (Musey); Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester (Haran); Department of Emergency Medicine, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Camden, N.J. (Jones); Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine and College of Nursing, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati (Punches); Department of Emergency Medicine and Center for Addiction Research, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati (Lyons); Departments of Emergency Medicine and Surgery, Division of Acute Care Surgery, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham (Kurz); Center for Injury Science, University of Alabama, Birmingham (Kurz); Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston (McGrath); Departments of Surgery (Pascual) and Neurosurgery (Pascual), Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Department of Emergency Medicine, Einstein Health Care Network, Philadelphia (Datner); Department of Emergency Medicine, Jefferson University Hospitals, Philadelphia (Chang); Department of Emergency Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit (Pearson); Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (Peak); Department of Emergency Medicine, Saint Joseph Mercy Hospital, Ann Arbor, Mich. (Domeier); Department of Emergency Medicine, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit (O'Neil); Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School-Baystate, Springfield (Rathley); Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston (Sanchez); Department of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston (Sanchez); Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, New Haven, Conn. (Pietrzak); Department of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. (Joorman); Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Washington University, St. Louis (Barch); Department of Biosciences and Neuroscience and Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus (Sheridan); Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh (Luna); Departments of Anesthesiology and Internal Medicine-Rheumatology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor (Harte); the Kolling Institute of Medical Research, Northern Clinical School, University of Sydney, and Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia (Elliott); Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago (Elliott); Department of Psychology, Temple University, Philadelphia (Murty); Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University, Detroit (Jovanovich); Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri, St. Louis (Bruce); Department of Emergency Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (House); Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston (Kessler); Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston (Koenen); Department of Emergency Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (McLean).

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