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Overview

Alan Fontana is affiliated with Yale University in the United States and focuses their research primarily in the field of Medicine. Their work spans several subfields including Psychiatry and Mental Health, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, and Physiology.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Migraine and Headache Studies
  • Ophthalmology and Eye Disorders
  • Sympathectomy and Hyperhidrosis Treatments

Among the recent research contributions by Alan Fontana is the paper titled Primary headache in childhood associated with psychiatric disturbances: an update. published in 2020 in PubMed. This paper has been cited six times.

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Cátia Romano
  • Seung Yun Cho
  • S. Marino
  • Umberto Raucci
  • A. Fiumara

Regarding publication venues, Fontana's work has appeared in PubMed.

Best Publications

  • Dissociation and posttraumatic stress disorder in Vietnam combat veterans

    J. Douglas Bremner;Steven Southwick;Elizabeth Brett;Alan Fontana

  • Posttraumatic stress disorder as a risk factor for suicidal ideation in Iraq and Afghanistan War veterans.

    Matthew Jakupcak;Jessica Cook;Zac Imel;A. Fontana

  • Trauma, change in strength of religious faith, and mental health service use among veterans treated for PTSD.

    Alan Fontana;Robert Rosenheck

  • The role of denial in recovery from coronary heart disease.

    Jacob Levine;Stephen Warrenburg;Robert Kerns;Gary Schwartz

  • An empirical conceptualization of the recovery orientation

    Sandra G. Resnick;Alan Fontana;Anthony F. Lehman;Robert A. Rosenheck

  • Psychological benefits and liabilities of traumatic exposure in the war zone

    Alan Fontana;Robert Rosenheck

  • Analysis of violent behavior in Vietnam combat veteran psychiatric inpatients with posttraumatic stress disorder

    Miles McFall;Alan Fontana;Murray Raskind;Robert Rosenheck

  • Service system integration, access to services, and housing outcomes in a program for homeless persons with severe mental illness.

    Robert Rosenheck;Joseph Morrissey;Julie Lam;Michael Calloway

  • Support, stress, and recovery from coronary heart disease: a longitudinal causal model.

    Alan F. Fontana;Robert D. Kerns;Roberta L. Rosenberg;Kathleen L. Colonese

  • Posttraumatic stress disorder among Vietnam theater veterans: A causal model of etiology in a community sample.

    A. Fontana;Robert Alan Rosenheck

  • War zone traumas and posttraumatic stress disorder symptomatology.

    Alan Fontana;Robert Rosenheck;Elizabeth Brett

  • Recent Trends In VA Treatment Of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder And Other Mental Disorders

    Robert A. Rosenheck;Alan F. Fontana

  • A model of homelessness among male veterans of the Vietnam War generation.

    Robert Alan Rosenheck;A. Fontana

  • Outcome of intensive inpatient treatment for combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder.

    David Read Johnson;Robert Rosenheck;Alan Fontana;Hadar Lubin

  • Traumatic war stressors and psychiatric symptoms among World War II, Korean, and Vietnam War veterans.

    A. Fontana;Robert Alan Rosenheck

  • A model of war zone stressors and posttraumatic stress disorder

    A. Fontana;Robert Alan Rosenheck

  • Transgenerational effects of abusive violence on the children of Vietnam combat veterans

    Robert Alan Rosenheck;A. Fontana

  • Duty-related and sexual stress in the etiology of PTSD among women veterans who seek treatment.

    A. Fontana;Robert Alan Rosenheck

  • Effectiveness and cost of the inpatient treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder: comparison of three models of treatment

    Alan Fontana;Robert Rosenheck

  • A Computer Program for Assessing Specific Category Rater Agreement for Qualitative Data

    Domenic V. Cicchetti;Chinyu Lee;Alan F. Fontana;Barbara Noel Dowds

  • Treatment-seeking veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan: comparison with veterans of previous wars.

    Alan Fontana;Robert Rosenheck

  • Effect of clinician-veteran racial pairing in the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder.

    Robert Rosenheck;Alan Fontana;Cheryl Cottrol

  • Posttraumatic stress disorder among female Vietnam veterans: a causal model of etiology.

    A Fontana;L S Schwartz;R Rosenheck

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert D. Kerns
Robert D. Kerns Yale University
Miles McFall
Miles McFall University of Washington
Domenic V. Cicchetti
Domenic V. Cicchetti Yale University
Steven M. Southwick
Steven M. Southwick Yale University
Matthew Jakupcak
Matthew Jakupcak University of Washington
Matthew M. Burg
Matthew M. Burg Yale University
Zac E. Imel
Zac E. Imel University of Utah
Gary E. Schwartz
Gary E. Schwartz University of Arizona
Sidney J. Blatt
Sidney J. Blatt Yale University
Julian D. Ford
Julian D. Ford University of Connecticut

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