Difede, JoAnn

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A proof-of-concept randomized crossover clinical trial of a first-in-class vasopressin 1a receptor antagonist for PTSD: Design, methods, and recruitment. Contemporary clinical trials communications. 2023 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 65
Enhancing exposure therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD): a randomized clinical trial of virtual reality and imaginal exposure with a cognitive enhancer. Translational psychiatry. 2022 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 5
Novel Support Model for the Management of Occupational Stress Among Frontline Healthcare Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: a New Training Opportunity. Academic psychiatry : the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry. 2021 Letter GET IT
Times cited: 2
Predictors of involuntary and voluntary emotional episodic memories of virtual reality scenarios in Veterans with and without PTSD. Memory (Hove, England). 2020 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 4
Changes in physiological reactivity in response to the trauma memory during prolonged exposure and virtual reality exposure therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder. Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy. 2020 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 16
Enhanced exposure therapy for combat-related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Contemporary clinical trials. 2019 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 9
Changes in Dosing and Dose Timing of D-Cycloserine Explain Its Apparent Declining Efficacy for Augmenting Exposure Therapy for Anxiety-related Disorders: An Individual Participant-data Meta-analysis. Journal of anxiety disorders. 2019 Review GET IT
Times cited: 29
Deterioration rates in Virtual Reality Therapy: An individual patient data level meta-analysis. Journal of anxiety disorders. 2018 Review GET IT
Times cited: 48
Virtual reality exposure versus prolonged exposure for PTSD: Which treatment for whom?. Depression and anxiety. 2018 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 27
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Functional Impairment, and Subjective Distress in World Trade Center Disaster Workers. Journal of traumatic stress. 2018 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 12
The relationship between posttraumatic and depressive symptoms during virtual reality exposure therapy with a cognitive enhancer. Journal of anxiety disorders. 2018 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 19
Physical, functional, and psychosocial recovery from burn injury are related and their relationship changes over time: A Burn Model System study. Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries. 2018 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 25
D-Cycloserine Augmentation of Exposure-Based Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorders: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Individual Participant Data. JAMA psychiatry. 2017 Review GET IT
Times cited: 178
Systematic Review of the Clinical Application of Exposure Techniques to Community-Dwelling Older Adults with Anxiety. Clinical gerontologist. 2017 Review GET IT
Times cited: 6
Pilot Study of a Telehealth-Delivered Medication-Augmented Exposure Therapy Protocol for PTSD. The Journal of nervous and mental disease. 2017 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 13
Randomized controlled trial of prolonged exposure using imaginal exposure vs. virtual reality exposure in active duty soldiers with deployment-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Journal of consulting and clinical psychology. 2016 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 133
The treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder and related psychosocial consequences of burn injury: a pilot study. Journal of burn care & research : official publication of the American Burn Association. 2015 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 24
Exposure-Based CBT for Older Adults After Fall Injury: Description of a Manualized, Time-Limited Intervention for Anxiety. Cognitive and behavioral practice. 2014 Academic Article GET IT
Posttraumatic stress symptoms in older adults hospitalized for fall injury. General hospital psychiatry. 2014 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 21
Sleep disturbance, disability, and posttraumatic stress disorder in utility workers. Journal of clinical psychology. 2014 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 26
Evidence-based treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder. Annual review of medicine. 2014 Review GET IT
Times cited: 53
Expansion of a VR Exposure Therapy System for Combat-Related PTSD to Medics/Corpsman and Persons Following Military Sexual Trauma. Studies in health technology and informatics. 2014 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 8
D-cycloserine augmentation of exposure therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder: a pilot randomized clinical trial. Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology. 2013 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 165
Review: psychotherapy, somatic therapy and pharmacotherapy are all more effective than control for the treatment of PTSD. Evidence-based mental health. 2013 Comment GET IT
Times cited: 2
Development and testing of virtual reality exposure therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder in active duty service members who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. Military medicine. 2012 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 46
The longitudinal course of PTSD among disaster workers deployed to the World Trade Center following the attacks of September 11th. Journal of traumatic stress. 2011 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 52
Virtual reality goes to war: a brief review of the future of military behavioral healthcare. Journal of clinical psychology in medical settings. 2011 Review GET IT
Times cited: 119
Effectiveness of virtual reality exposure therapy for active duty soldiers in a military mental health clinic. Journal of traumatic stress. 2011 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 123
An intelligent virtual human system for providing healthcare information and support. Studies in health technology and informatics. 2011 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 41
Prevalence and predictors of posttraumatic stress symptoms in utility workers deployed to the World Trade Center following the attacks of September 11, 2001. Depression and anxiety. 2010 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 56
Development and early evaluation of the Virtual Iraq/Afghanistan exposure therapy system for combat-related PTSD. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 2010 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 132
Evidence-based treatments for PTSD, new directions, and special challenges. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 2010 Review GET IT
Times cited: 67
House calls revisited: leveraging technology to overcome obstacles to veteran psychiatric care and improve treatment outcomes. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 2010 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 13
Improvement in cerebral function with treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 2010 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 82
Psychiatric and neurologic aspects of war: an overview and perspective. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 2010 Article GET IT
Times cited: 14
Variant brain-derived neurotrophic factor Val66Met endophenotypes: implications for posttraumatic stress disorder. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 2010 Review GET IT
Times cited: 112
Virtual reality exposure therapy for combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 2010 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 52
Virtual reality exposure therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder and other anxiety disorders. Current psychiatry reports. 2010 Review GET IT
Times cited: 93
The nature and course of subthreshold PTSD. Journal of anxiety disorders. 2010 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 142
Treatments for common psychiatric conditions among adults during acute, rehabilitation, and reintegration phases. International review of psychiatry (Abingdon, England). 2009 Review GET IT
Times cited: 17
Emerging treatments for PTSD. Clinical psychology review. 2009 Review GET IT
Times cited: 157
Disability and posttraumatic stress disorder in disaster relief workers responding to September 11, 2001 World Trade Center disaster. Journal of clinical psychology. 2009 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 23
Optimizing Clinical Training for the Treatment of PTSD Using Virtual Patients. Studies in health technology and informatics. 2009 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 2
VR PTSD exposure therapy results with active duty OIF/OEF combatants. Studies in health technology and informatics. 2009 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 40
Relationships between memory inconsistency for traumatic events following 9/11 and PTSD in disaster restoration workers. Journal of anxiety disorders. 2008 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 25
Anger and posttraumatic stress disorder in disaster relief workers exposed to the September 11, 2001 World Trade Center disaster: one-year follow-up study. The Journal of nervous and mental disease. 2008 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 34
Numbing symptoms as predictors of unremitting posttraumatic stress disorder. Journal of anxiety disorders. 2008 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 33
Virtual Iraq: initial results from a VR exposure therapy application for combat-related PTSD. Studies in health technology and informatics. 2008 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 27
Virtual reality exposure therapy for the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder following September 11, 2001. The Journal of clinical psychiatry. 2007 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 238
A randomized controlled clinical treatment trial for World Trade Center attack-related PTSD in disaster workers. The Journal of nervous and mental disease. 2007 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 73
Confirmatory factor analysis of the PTSD Checklist and the Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale in disaster workers exposed to the World Trade Center Ground Zero. Journal of abnormal psychology. 2007 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 226
Are male disaster workers with Vietnam military service at greater risk for ptsd than peers without combat history?. The Journal of nervous and mental disease. 2006 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 3
The application of virtual reality to the treatment of PTSD following the WTC attack. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 2006 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 33
Predictors of responses to psychotherapy referral of WTC utility disaster workers. Journal of traumatic stress. 2006 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 11
Anger and its association to distress and social/occupational functioning in symptomatic disaster relief workers responding to the September 11, 2001, World Trade Center disaster. Journal of traumatic stress. 2006 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 47
Incidence of male childhood sexual abuse and psychological sequelae in disaster workers exposed to a terrorist attack. International journal of emergency mental health. 2006 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 10
Predictors of treatment utilization in world trade center attack disaster workers: role of race/ethnicity and symptom severity. International journal of emergency mental health. 2005 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 19
Anxiety, depressive, and posttraumatic stress disorders among mothers of pediatric survivors of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Pediatrics. 2004 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 78
The relationship of attribution of responsibility to acute stress disorder among hospitalized burn patients. The Journal of nervous and mental disease. 2004 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 26
Virtual reality exposure therapy for World Trade Center Post-traumatic Stress Disorder: a case report. 2002 GET IT
Times cited: 241
Innovative use of virtual reality technology in the treatment of PTSD in the aftermath of September 11. Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.). 2002 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 24
Acute stress disorder after burn injury: a predictor of posttraumatic stress disorder?. Psychosomatic medicine. 2002 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 77
Hypnotizability and trauma symptoms after burn injury. The International journal of clinical and experimental hypnosis. 2002 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 21
Predictors of PTSD in mothers of children undergoing bone marrow transplantation: the role of cognitive and social processes. Journal of pediatric psychology. 2002 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 82
Effects of varying scoring rules of the Clinician Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS) for the diagnosis of PTSD after acute burn injury. Journal of traumatic stress. 1999 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 20
Acute intrusive and avoidant PTSD symptoms as predictors of chronic PTSD following burn injury. Journal of traumatic stress. 1999 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 44
A case of chronic factitious disorder presenting as repeated, self-inflicted burns. Psychosomatics. 1998 Letter GET IT
Times cited: 1
Acute psychiatric responses to the explosion at the World Trade Center: a case series. 1997 GET IT
Times cited: 30
Determinants of pain expression in hospitalized burn patients. Pain. 1997 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 29
Posttraumatic stress disorder, self- and interpersonal dysfunction among sexually retraumatized women. Journal of traumatic stress. 1997 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 278
Predictors of posttraumatic stress disorder after burn injury. The American journal of psychiatry. 1992 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 220

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A Non-Inferiority Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial Comparing Interpersonal Therapy to Exposure Therapy for PTSD Consequent to MST in Male and Female Military Personnel and Veterans awarded by United States Department of Defense Principal Investigator 2018 - 2024
Piloting Virtual Reality Environments to Treat PTSD in Healthcare Workers Consequent to the COVID-19 Pandemic (Multi-Investigator Seed Grant) awarded by Cornell University Principal Investigator 2023 - 2023

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Background

education and training

Ph.D., New School for Social Research 1992
M.A., New School for Social Research 1986
B.A., George Washington University 1982

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JoAnn Difede

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jdifede@med.cornell.edu

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Clinical Profile

VIVO Weill Cornell Medical College

JoAnn Difede Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry

Publications

selected publications

Research

Funding awarded

Background

education and training

Contact

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primary email

webpage