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Overview

Benjamin E. Saunders is affiliated with the Medical University of South Carolina in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including Health Professions, Psychology, and Medicine, with a focus on subfields such as General Health Professions, Clinical Psychology, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, Applied Psychology, and Epidemiology.

The main topics addressed in their work cover various areas related to child and adolescent development, health policy, and mental health interventions. Key topics include:

  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Health Policy Implementation Science
  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Digital Mental Health Interventions
  • Homelessness and Social Issues
  • Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
  • Primary Care and Health Outcomes

Recent publications by Saunders include the following:

  • "Longitudinal Relations among Adolescent Risk Behavior, Family Cohesion, Violence Exposure, and Mental Health in a National Sample" (2020), published in Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
  • "Sustainment of Trauma-Focused and Evidence-Based Practices Following Learning Collaborative Implementation" (2020), published in Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research
  • "Symptom patterns and life with post-acute COVID-19 in children aged 8-17 years: a mixed-methods study protocol" (2023), published in BJGP Open
  • "Hybrid type 1 randomized controlled trial of a tablet-based application to improve quality of care in child mental health treatment" (2020), published in Contemporary Clinical Trials
  • "Trauma-Related Knowledge and Practice Changes among Brokers in a Community-Based Learning Collaborative" (2022), published in Research on Social Work Practice

Saunders frequently collaborates with various researchers, including:

  • Rochelle F. Hanson
  • Daniel W. Smith
  • Samuel O. Peer
  • Funlola Are
  • Margaret T. Anton

The primary publication venues in which Saunders has published reflect their diverse interests in psychology, mental health policy, and clinical trials. These include:

  • Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
  • Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research
  • BJGP Open
  • Research on Social Work Practice
  • Contemporary Clinical Trials

Best Publications

  • Prevalence of civilian trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder in a representative national sample of women

    Heidi S. Resnick;Dean G. Kilpatrick;Bonnie S. Dansky;Benjamin E. Saunders

  • Violence and Risk of PTSD, Major Depression, Substance Abuse/Dependence, and Comorbidity: Results From the National Survey of Adolescents

    Dean G. Kilpatrick;Kenneth J. Ruggiero;Ron E. Acierno;Benjamin E. Saunders

  • Risk factors for adolescent substance abuse and dependence: data from a national sample

    Dean G. Kilpatrick;Ron Acierno;Benjamin Saunders;Heidi S. Resnick

  • Prevalence of civilian trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder in a representative national sample of women.

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  • A 2-year longitudinal analysis of the relationships between violent assault and substance use in women.

    Dean G. Kilpatrick;Ron Acierno;Heidi S. Resnick;Benjamin E. Saunders

  • Criminal Victimization: Lifetime Prevalence, Reporting to Police, and Psychological Impact

    Dean G. Kilpatrick;Benjamin E. Saunders;Lois J. Veronen;Connie L. Best

  • Victim and crime factors associated with the development of crime-related post-traumatic stress disorder

    Dean G. Kilpatrick;Benjamin E. Saunders;Angelynne Amick-McMullan;Connie L. Best

  • Delay in disclosure of childhood rape: results from a national survey.

    Daniel W Smith;Elizabeth J Letourneau;Benjamin E Saunders;Dean G Kilpatrick

  • Child Sexual Assault as a Risk Factor for Mental Disorders among Women: A Community Survey.

    Benjamin E. Saunders;Lorenz A. Villeponteaux;Julie A. Lipovsky;Dean G. Kilpatrick

  • Understanding acute psychological distress following natural disaster

    John R. Freedy;Michael E. Saladin;Dean G. Kilpatrick;Heidi S. Resnick

  • Risk Factors for Rape, Physical Assault, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Women: Examination of Differential Multivariate Relationships

    Ron Acierno;Heidi Resnick;Dean G. Kilpatrick;Benjamin Saunders

  • An overview of the literature on sexual harassment: Perpetrator, theory, and treatment issues

    Afroditi Pina;Theresa A. Gannon;Benjamin Saunders

  • Prevalence and correlates of dating violence in a national sample of adolescents.

    Kate B. Wolitzky-Taylor;Kenneth J. Ruggiero;Carla Kmett Danielson;Heidi S. Resnick

  • Report of the APSAC task force on attachment therapy, reactive attachment disorder, and attachment problems.

    Mark Chaffin;Rochelle Hanson;Benjamin E. Saunders;Todd Nichols

  • Understanding Children Exposed to Violence Toward an Integration of Overlapping Fields

    Benjamin E. Saunders

  • PTSD as a mediator between childhood rape and alcohol use in adult women

    Jeffery N Epstein;Benjamin E Saunders;Dean G Kilpatrick;Heidi S Resnick

  • Childhood physical assault as a risk factor for PTSD, depression, and substance abuse: findings from a national survey.

    Renae D. Duncan;Benjamin E. Saunders;Dean G. Kilpatrick;Rochelle F. Hanson

  • Income, race/ethnicity, and exposure to violence in youth: Results from the national survey of adolescents

    Julie L. Crouch;Rochelle F. Hanson;Benjamin E. Saunders;Dean G. Kilpatrick

  • A longitudinal investigation of interpersonal violence in relation to mental health and substance use.

    Kristina A. Hedtke;Kenneth J. Ruggiero;Monica M. Fitzgerald;Heidi M. Zinzow

  • Prevalence and mental health correlates of witnessed parental and community violence in a national sample of adolescents.

    Heidi M. Zinzow;Kenneth J. Ruggiero;Heidi S. Resnick;Rochelle F. Hanson

  • Epidemiology of Traumatic Experiences in Childhood

    Benjamin E. Saunders;Zachary W. Adams

Frequent Co-Authors

Dean G. Kilpatrick
Dean G. Kilpatrick Medical University of South Carolina
Heidi S. Resnick
Heidi S. Resnick Medical University of South Carolina
Rochelle F. Hanson
Rochelle F. Hanson Medical University of South Carolina
Kenneth J. Ruggiero
Kenneth J. Ruggiero Medical University of South Carolina
Carla Kmett Danielson
Carla Kmett Danielson Medical University of South Carolina
Connie L. Best
Connie L. Best Medical University of South Carolina
Ananda B. Amstadter
Ananda B. Amstadter Virginia Commonwealth University
Heidi M. Zinzow
Heidi M. Zinzow Clemson University
Ron Acierno
Ron Acierno The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Josh M. Cisler
Josh M. Cisler University of Wisconsin–Madison

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