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Richard E. Adams is affiliated with Kent State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Psychology and Health Professions, with a focus on Clinical Psychology and General Health Professions as subfields. Other areas of study include Anthropology, Molecular Biology, and Paleontology.

Their academic work frequently addresses topics related to Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research, Resilience and Mental Health, Migration, Health and Trauma, Healthcare professionals' stress and burnout, Child Abuse and Trauma, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, and Employment and Welfare Studies.

Recent publications by Richard E. Adams include:

  • Risk and protective factors associated with mental health among female military veterans: results from the veterans' health study, 2021, BMC Women s Health
  • Hidden in plain sight: the archaeological landscape of Mithaka Country, south-west Queensland, 2021, Antiquity
  • Impact and Risk of Moral Injury Among Deployed Veterans: Implications for Veterans and Mental Health, 2022, Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Mental health status in veterans residing in rural versus non-rural areas: results from the veterans' health study, 2020, Military Medical Research
  • Predictors of Current DSM-5 PTSD Diagnosis and Symptom Severity Among Deployed Veterans: Significance of Predisposition, Stress Exposure, and Genetics, 2020, Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment

Richard E. Adams has published in various venues, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • BMC Women s Health
  • Antiquity
  • Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Military Medical Research
  • Journal of Traumatic Stress

Collaboration is notable in Adams's career, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Joseph A. Boscarino
  • Charles R. Figley
  • Thomas G. Urosevich
  • H. Lester Kirchner
  • Joseph J. Boscarino

Best Publications

  • Compassion Fatigue and Psychological Distress Among Social Workers: A Validation Study

    Richard E. Adams;Joseph A. Boscarino;Charles R. Figley

  • Compassion fatigue following the September 11 terrorist attacks: a study of secondary trauma among New York City social workers

    Joseph A. Boscarino;Charles R. Figley;Richard E. Adams

  • The Compassion Fatigue Scale: Its Use With Social Workers Following Urban Disaster

    Richard E. Adams;Charles R. Figley;Joseph A. Boscarino

  • Predictors of PTSD and Delayed PTSD After Disaster: The Impact of Exposure and Psychosocial Resources

    Richard E. Adams;Joseph A. Boscarino

  • Is happiness a home in the suburbs? The influence of urban versus suburban neighborhoods on psychological health.

    Richard E. Adams

  • Social Integration, Fear of Crime, and Life Satisfaction

    Richard E. Adams;Richard T. Serpe

  • Alcohol use in New York after the terrorist attacks: A study of the effects of psychological trauma on drinking behavior

    Joseph A. Boscarino;Richard E. Adams;Sandro Galea;Sandro Galea

  • Implementing Community-Oriented Policing: Organizational Change and Street Officer Attitudes

    Richard E. Adams;William M. Rohe;Thomas A. Arcury

  • PTSD onset and course following the World Trade Center disaster: findings and implications for future research.

    Joseph A. Boscarino;Richard E. Adams

  • Mental health service use 1-year after the World Trade Center disaster: implications for mental health care

    Joseph A. Boscarino;Joseph A. Boscarino;Joseph A. Boscarino;Richard E. Adams;Charles R. Figley

  • Alcohol use, mental health status and psychological well-being 2 years after the World Trade Center attacks in New York City.

    Richard E. Adams;Joseph A. Boscarino;Sandro Galea

  • Early adolescent marijuana use: risks for the transition to young adulthood.

    J. S. Brook;R. E. Adams;E. B. Balka;E. Johnson

  • Mental health service and medication use in New York City after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack.

    Joseph A. Boscarino;Sandro Galea;Richard E. Adams;Jennifer Ahern

  • Differences in Mental Health Outcomes among Whites, African Americans, and Hispanics Following a Community Disaster

    Richard E. Adams;Joseph A. Boscarino

  • Associations Between Police Stress and Alcohol Use: Implications for Practice

    Brian A. Chopko;Patrick A. Palmieri;Richard E. Adams

  • Social and psychological resources and health outcomes after the World Trade Center disaster

    Richard E. Adams;Joseph A. Boscarino;Joseph A. Boscarino;Sandro Galea

  • A prospective cohort study of the effectiveness of employer-sponsored crisis interventions after a major disaster.

    Joseph A Boscarino;Richard E Adams;Charles R Figley

  • Substance use and functional impairment among adolescents directly exposed to the 2001 World Trade Center attacks

    Claude M Chemtob;Yoko Nomura;Louis Josephson;Richard E Adams

  • Stress and Well-Being in the Aftermath of the World Trade Center Attack: the Continuing Effects of a Communitywide Disaster.

    Richard E. Adams;Joseph A. Boscarino

  • PTSD and alcohol use after the World Trade Center attacks: a longitudinal study.

    Joseph A. Boscarino;H. Lester Kirchner;Stuart N. Hoffman;Jennifer Sartorius

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles R. Figley
Charles R. Figley Tulane University
Edna B. Foa
Edna B. Foa University of Pennsylvania
Evelyn J. Bromet
Evelyn J. Bromet Stony Brook University
Heidi S. Resnick
Heidi S. Resnick Medical University of South Carolina
Martin Whiteman
Martin Whiteman Columbia University
Judith S. Brook
Judith S. Brook New York University

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