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Shira Maguen is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on psychology and health professions, with a strong emphasis on clinical psychology and general health professions as key subfields. Epidemiology, social psychology, and public health also constitute part of their academic interests.

The main topics covered in their body of work include:

  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
  • Migration, Health and Trauma
  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Resilience and Mental Health
  • Healthcare professionals' stress and burnout
  • Traumatic Brain Injury Research
  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors

Maguen has contributed extensively to several academic venues. The frequent publication venues for their research include:

  • Journal of Psychiatric Research
  • Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy
  • Psychological Services
  • Current Treatment Options in Psychiatry
  • Journal of Affective Disorders

They have coauthored many papers with a number of frequently collaborating researchers. Notable frequent coauthors are:

  • Dawne Vogt
  • Thomas C. Neylan
  • Nicholas Holder
  • Aaron Schneiderman
  • Brandon J. Griffin

Examples of recent papers authored or coauthored by Maguen include:

  • Gender Differences in Lifetime Prevalence and Onset Timing of Suicidal Ideation and Suicide Attempt Among Post-9/11 Veterans and Nonveterans, 2021, Medical Care
  • DSM-5 eating disorder prevalence, gender differences, and mental health associations in United States military veterans, 2021, International Journal of Eating Disorders
  • Gender differences in prevalence and outcomes of exposure to potentially morally injurious events among post-9/11 veterans, 2020, Journal of Psychiatric Research
  • Moral injury and suicidal behavior among US combat veterans: Results from the 2019-2020 National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study, 2021, Depression and Anxiety
  • Differences in childhood adversity, suicidal ideation, and suicide attempt among veterans and nonveterans, 2021, American Psychologist

Best Publications

  • Moral injury and moral repair in war veterans: A preliminary model and intervention strategy

    Brett T. Litz;Nathan Stein;Eileen Delaney;Leslie Lebowitz

  • Five Essential Elements of Immediate and Mid–Term Mass Trauma Intervention: Empirical Evidence

    Stevan E. Hobfoll;Patricia Watson;Carl C. Bell;Richard A. Bryant

  • Trends and risk factors for mental health diagnoses among Iraq and Afghanistan veterans using Department of Veterans Affairs health care, 2002-2008

    Karen H. Seal;Thomas J. Metzler;Kristian S. Gima;Daniel Bertenthal

  • Moral Injury: An Integrative Review

    Brandon J. Griffin;Brandon J. Griffin;Natalie Purcell;Natalie Purcell;Kristine Burkman;Kristine Burkman;Brett T. Litz;Brett T. Litz

  • Association of Mental Health Disorders With Prescription Opioids and High-Risk Opioid Use in US Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan

    Karen H. Seal;Ying Shi;Gregory Cohen;Beth E. Cohen;Beth E. Cohen

  • Substance use disorders in Iraq and Afghanistan veterans in VA healthcare, 2001-2010: Implications for screening, diagnosis and treatment.

    Karen H. Seal;Greg Cohen;Angela Waldrop;Beth E. Cohen

  • The coming-out process and its adaptational and health-related associations among gay, lesbian, and bisexual youths: stipulation and exploration of a model.

    Margaret Rosario;Joyce Hunter;Shira Maguen;Marya Gwadz

  • VA Mental Health Services Utilization in Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans in the First Year of Receiving New Mental Health Diagnoses

    Karen H. Seal;Shira Maguen;Beth Cohen;Kristian S. Gima

  • The impact of reported direct and indirect killing on mental health symptoms in Iraq war veterans.

    Shira Maguen;Barbara A. Lucenko;Mark A. Reger;Gregory A. Gahm

  • Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia in posttraumatic stress disorder: a randomized controlled trial.

    Lisa S Talbot;Shira Maguen;Thomas J Metzler;Martha Schmitz

  • Gender differences in military sexual trauma and mental health diagnoses among Iraq and Afghanistan veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder.

    Shira Maguen;Shira Maguen;Beth Cohen;Beth Cohen;Li Ren;Jeane Bosch

  • Childhood Trauma Associated with Short Leukocyte Telomere Length in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

    Aoife O'Donovan;Elissa Epel;Jue Lin;Owen Wolkowitz

  • Routine work environment stress and PTSD symptoms in police officers.

    Shira Maguen;Thomas J. Metzler;Shannon E. McCaslin;Sabra S. Inslicht

  • Gender differences in mental health diagnoses among Iraq and Afghanistan veterans enrolled in veterans affairs health care.

    Shira Maguen;Li Ren;Jeane O. Bosch;Charles R. Marmar

  • The impact of killing in war on mental health symptoms and related functioning

    Shira Maguen;Thomas J. Metzler;Brett T. Litz;Karen H. Seal

  • Prevalence and psychological correlates of complicated grief among bereaved adults 2.5-3.5 years after September 11th attacks.

    Yuval Neria;Richard Gross;Brett Litz;Shira Maguen

  • Killing in combat, mental health symptoms, and suicidal ideation in Iraq war veterans

    Shira Maguen;Shira Maguen;David D. Luxton;Nancy A. Skopp;Gregory A. Gahm

  • Gender differences in depression and PTSD symptoms following combat exposure.

    David D. Luxton;Nancy A. Skopp;Shira Maguen;Shira Maguen

  • Developmental milestones and disclosure of sexual orientation among gay, lesbian, and bisexual youths

    Shira Maguen;Frank J Floyd;Roger Bakeman;Lisa Armistead

  • Posttraumatic Growth Among Gulf War I Veterans: The Predictive Role of Deployment-Related Experiences and Background Characteristics

    Shira Maguen;Dawne S. Vogt;Lynda A. King;Daniel W. King

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas C. Neylan
Thomas C. Neylan University of California, San Francisco
Brett T. Litz
Brett T. Litz Boston University
Dawne Vogt
Dawne Vogt Boston University
Jillian C. Shipherd
Jillian C. Shipherd Boston University
Lisa Armistead
Lisa Armistead Georgia State University
Anne Richards
Anne Richards Birkbeck, University of London
Eli Somer
Eli Somer University of Haifa
Paula P. Schnurr
Paula P. Schnurr Dartmouth College
Everett L. Worthington
Everett L. Worthington Virginia Commonwealth University
Margaret A. Chesney
Margaret A. Chesney University of California, San Francisco

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