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Overview

Peter W. Tuerk is affiliated with the University of Virginia in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in psychology and medicine. Their work spans multiple subfields including clinical psychology, epidemiology, experimental and cognitive psychology, general health professions, and developmental neuroscience.

The scientist's primary research focus is on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), with additional interests in traumatic brain injury, healthcare professional stress and burnout, anesthesia and neurotoxicity, migration-related health and trauma, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, and anxiety, depression, psychometrics, treatment, and cognitive processes.

Notable recent publications include:

  • A randomized clinical trial of in-person vs. home-based telemedicine delivery of Prolonged Exposure for PTSD in military sexual trauma survivors (2021, Journal of Anxiety Disorders)
  • Treating Childhood Social Anxiety Disorder With Virtual Environments and Serious Games: A Randomized Trial (2021, Behavior Therapy)
  • PTSD improvement and incident cardiovascular disease in more than 1000 veterans (2020, Journal of Psychosomatic Research)
  • Web-based virtual reality to enhance behavioural skills training and weight loss in a commercial online weight management programme: The Experience Success randomized trial (2020, Obesity Science & Practice)
  • Clinically meaningful posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) improvement and incident hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and weight loss (2020, Health Psychology)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Peter W. Tuerk include:

  • Ron Acierno
  • Sonya B. Norman
  • Jeffrey F. Scherrer
  • Joanne Salas
  • David Schneider

Their publications appear regularly in venues such as:

  • Journal of Traumatic Stress
  • Behavior Therapy
  • Journal of Anxiety Disorders
  • Journal of Psychosomatic Research
  • Health Psychology

The body of work by Peter W. Tuerk covers a total of 27 publications in psychology and 11 in medicine. Within psychology, there is a significant emphasis on clinical psychology, as evidenced by 22 publications in this subfield. Epidemiology and experimental and cognitive psychology are also present in their research profile.

This overview reflects a research career devoted largely to understanding and addressing trauma-related disorders and their broader impacts on health, along with methodological approaches such as virtual environments and telemedicine in treatment.

Best Publications

  • Exposure Therapy for PTSD Delivered to Veterans via Telehealth: Predictors of Treatment Completion and Outcome and Comparison to Treatment Delivered in Person

    Daniel F. Gros;Matthew Yoder;Peter W. Tuerk;Brian E. Lozano

  • A pilot study of prolonged exposure therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder delivered via telehealth technology

    Peter W. Tuerk;Matthew Yoder;Kenneth J. Ruggiero;Daniel F. Gros

  • Prolonged exposure therapy for combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder: an examination of treatment effectiveness for veterans of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

    Peter W. Tuerk;Matthew Yoder;Anouk Grubaugh;Hugh Myrick

  • Delivery of Evidence-Based Psychotherapy via Video Telehealth

    Daniel F. Gros;Daniel F. Gros;Leslie A. Morland;Carolyn J. Greene;Ron Acierno;Ron Acierno

  • A non-inferiority trial of Prolonged Exposure for posttraumatic stress disorder: In person versus home-based telehealth.

    Ron Acierno;Ron Acierno;Rebecca Knapp;Peter Tuerk;Amanda K. Gilmore

  • BEHAVIORAL ACTIVATION AND THERAPEUTIC EXPOSURE FOR POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER: A NONINFERIORITY TRIAL OF TREATMENT DELIVERED IN PERSON VERSUS HOME‐BASED TELEHEALTH

    Ron Acierno;Ron Acierno;Daniel F Gros;Daniel F Gros;Kenneth J Ruggiero;Kenneth J Ruggiero;B Melba A Hernandez-Tejada;B Melba A Hernandez-Tejada

  • Randomized Controlled Trial of Home‐Based Telehealth Versus In‐Person Prolonged Exposure for Combat‐Related PTSD in Veterans: Preliminary Results

    Erica K. Yuen;Daniel F. Gros;Daniel F. Gros;Matthew Price;Stephanie Zeigler;Stephanie Zeigler

  • Efficacy of Prolonged Exposure Therapy, Sertraline Hydrochloride, and Their Combination Among Combat Veterans With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

    Sheila A. M. Rauch;Sheila A. M. Rauch;H. Myra Kim;H. Myra Kim;Corey Powell;Peter W. Tuerk;Peter W. Tuerk

  • Health service utilization before and after evidence-based treatment for PTSD.

    Peter W. Tuerk;Bethany Wangelin;Sheila A. M. Rauch;Clara E. Dismuke

  • Baseline psychophysiological and cortisol reactivity as a predictor of PTSD treatment outcome in virtual reality exposure therapy.

    Seth Davin Norrholm;Seth Davin Norrholm;Tanja Jovanovic;Maryrose Gerardi;Kathryn G. Breazeale

  • Biological and symptom changes in posttraumatic stress disorder treatment: a randomized clinical trial.

    Sheila A. M. Rauch;Anthony P. King;James Abelson Ph.D.;Peter W. Tuerk

  • Prolonged Exposure Therapy for Combat-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Comparing Outcomes for Veterans of Different Wars

    Matthew Yoder;Peter W. Tuerk;Matthew Price;Anouk L. Grubaugh

  • Yohimbine enhancement of exposure therapy for social anxiety disorder: a randomized controlled trial.

    Jasper A.J. Smits;David Rosenfield;Michelle L. Davis;Kristin Julian

  • Mild traumatic brain injury and treatment response in prolonged exposure for PTSD.

    Rebecca K. Sripada;Sheila A. M. Rauch;Peter W. Tuerk;Erin Smith

  • Home‐based delivery of variable length prolonged exposure therapy: A comparison of clinical efficacy between service modalities

    Leslie A. Morland;Margaret‐Anne Mackintosh;Lisa H. Glassman;Stephanie Y. Wells

  • Sticking it out in trauma-focused treatment for PTSD: It takes a village.

    Laura A. Meis;Siamak Noorbaloochi;Emily M. Hagel Campbell;Christopher R. Erbes

  • Diagnosis and Treatment of PTSD-Related Compulsive Checking Behaviors in Veterans of the Iraq War: The Influence of Military Context on the Expression of PTSD Symptoms

    Peter W. Tuerk;Anouk L. Grubaugh;Mark B. Hamner;Edna B. Foa

  • Toward the development of national telehealth services: the role of Veterans Health Administration and future directions for research.

    Peter W. Tuerk;John Fortney;John Fortney;Hayden B. Bosworth;Hayden B. Bosworth;Bonnie Wakefield

  • TAKING THE PULSE OF PROLONGED EXPOSURE THERAPY: PHYSIOLOGICAL REACTIVITY TO TRAUMA IMAGERY AS AN OBJECTIVE MEASURE OF TREATMENT RESPONSE.

    Bethany C. Wangelin;Bethany C. Wangelin;Peter W. Tuerk;Peter W. Tuerk

  • Treatment for Anxiety and Depression via Clinical Videoconferencing: Evidence Base and Barriers to Expanded Access in Practice.

    Peter W Tuerk;Stephanie M Keller;Ron Acierno

Frequent Co-Authors

Sonya B. Norman
Sonya B. Norman University of California, San Diego
Ron Acierno
Ron Acierno The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Kathleen M. Chard
Kathleen M. Chard University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Daniel F. Gros
Daniel F. Gros Medical University of South Carolina
Sheila A.M. Rauch
Sheila A.M. Rauch Emory University
Kenneth J. Ruggiero
Kenneth J. Ruggiero Medical University of South Carolina
Paula P. Schnurr
Paula P. Schnurr Dartmouth College
Barbara O. Rothbaum
Barbara O. Rothbaum Emory University
Edna B. Foa
Edna B. Foa University of Pennsylvania
Anthony P. King
Anthony P. King The Ohio State University

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