Publications
Select Recently Published Journal Articles
1) Reger G, Holloway K, Candy C, Rothbaum BO, Difede J, Rizzo A, Gahm G. Effectiveness of Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy for Active Duty Soldiers in a Military Mental Health Clinic. Journal of Traumatic Stress, (in press).
2) Mclay RN, Rizzo AA, Graap K, Spira J, Perlman K, Johnston S, Rothbaum BO, Difede J, Deal R, Shilling R, Oliver D, Baird A, Bordnick PS, Spitalnick J, Pyne JM. Development and Testing of Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in Active Duty Service Members who Served in Iraq and Afghanistan. Primary Psychiatry, (in press).
3) Cukor J, Wyka K, Jayasinghe N, Difede J. The nature and course of subthreshold PTSD. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 24(8): 918-23, 2010.
4) Difede J, Barchas JD: Psychiatric and neurologic aspects of war: An overview and perspective. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1208: 1-9, 2010.
5) Cukor J, Olden M, Lee FS, Difede J: Evidence-based treatments for PTSD, new directions, and special challenges. Annals of the NY Academy of Science, 1208: 82-89, 2010.
6) Rizzo A, Difede J, Rothbaum BO, Reger G, Spitalnick J, Cukor J, Mclay R. Development and early evaluation of the Virtual Iraq/Afghanistan exposure therapy system for combat-related PTSD. Annals of the NY Academy of Science, 1208: 114-125, 2010.
7) Olden M, Cukor J, Rizzo S, Rothbaum BO, Difede J: House Calls Revisited: Leveraging Technology to Overcome Obstacles to Psychiatric Care and Improve Treatment Outcomes. Annals of the NY Academy of Science, 1208: 133-141, 2010.
8) Roy MG, Francis J, Friedlander J, Banks-Williams L, Lande RG, Taylor P, Blair J, McLellan J, Law W, Tarpley V, Patt I, Yu H, Mallinger A, Difede J, Rizzo A, Rothbaum B. Improvement in cerebral function with treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder. Annals of the NY Academy of Science, 1208: 142-149, 2010.
9) Gerardi M, Cukor J, Difede J, Rizzo A, Rothbaum B. Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Other Anxiety Disorders. Current Psychiatry Reports, 12(4): 298-305, 2010.
10) Cukor J, Spitalnick J, Difede J, Rizzo A, Rothbaum BO: Emerging Treatments for PTSD. Clinical Psychology Review: Special Issue: PTSD, Iraq, & Afghanistan, 29(8): 715-726, 2009.
11) Kenny PG, Parsons TD, Rothbaum B, Difede J, Reger G, Rizzo A. Optimizing Clinical Training for the Treatment of PTSD Using Virtual Patients. Annual Review of Cybertharapy and Telemedicine: Advanced Technologies in the Behavioral Social and Neurosciences, 7: 264-268, 2009.
12) Difede J, Cukor J, Lee F, Yurt R: Treatments for common psychiatric conditions among adults during acute, rehabilitation, and reintegration phases. International Review of Psychiatry, 21(6): 559-569, 2009.
13) Evans S, Patt I, Giosan C, Spielman L, Difede J: Disability and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Disaster Relief Workers Responding to September 11, 2001 World Trade Center Disaster. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 65(7): 1-11, 2009.
14) Giosan C, Malta L, Jayasinghe N, Spielman L, Difede J: Relationships between memory inconsistency for traumatic events following 9/11 and PTSD in disaster restoration workers, Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 23(4): 557-561, 2009.
15) Malta LS, Wyka KE, Giosan C, Jayasinghe N, Difede J: Numbing Symptoms as Predictors of Unremitting Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 23(2): 223-229, 2009.
Book Chapters
1) Roy MJ, Rizzo A, Difede J, Rothbaum BO. Emerging and Alternative Therapies for PTSD. In D. Benedek, G. H. Wynn (Eds.), Clinical Manual for the Management of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc., 2010.
2) Rothbaum BO, Difede J, Rizzo AA. Therapist Treatment Manual for Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder In Iraq Combat Veterans, Geneva Foundation, 2009.
3) Rizzo AA, Difede J, Rothbaum BO, Johnston S, Mclay RN, Reger G, Gahm G, Parsons T, Graap K, Pair J. VR PTSD Exposure Therapy Results with Active Duty Iraq War Combatants. In J.D. Westwood et al. (Eds.), Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 142, 277-282. Amsterdam, NL: IOS Press, 2009.
4) Difede J, Cukor J: Evidence based long-term treatment of mental health consequences of disasters among adults. In Y. Neria, S. Galea, F. Norris (Eds.), Mental Health Consequences of Disaster. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009.
5) Rizzo A, Gahm G, Reger G, Difede J, Rothbaum B: Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy for Combat-related PTSD. In P. Shiromani, T. Keane, & J. LeDoux (Eds.), Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Basic Science and Clinical Practice, 375-399. New Jersey: Humana Press, 2009.
6) Difede J, Roberts J, Jayasinghe N, Leck P: Evaluation and treatment of emergency services personnel following the World Trade Center attack. In Y. Neria, R. Gross, R. Marshall, & E. Susser (Eds.), September 11, 2001: Treatment, Research and Public Mental Health in the Wake of a Terrorist Attack. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006.
7) Difede J, Cukor J, Jayasinghe N, Hoffman H: Developing a virtual reality treatment protocol for posttraumatic stress disorder following the World Trade Center attack. In Ray, MJ (Ed.) NATO Security through Science: Novel Approaches to the Diagnosis and Treatment of PTSD. IDS Press, 2006.
8) Difede J: Acute psychiatric responses to the explosion at the World Trade Center: A case series. In Kushner H (Ed.), Essential readings on political terrorism: analyses of problems and prospects for the 21st century. New York: Gordian Knot Books, 2002.
