Beth Cohen, MD, MA

Professor

Dr. Cohen is an internist and clinical investigator whose research focuses on health outcomes in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder. She is Principal Investigator of the Mind Your Heart Study, a prospective cohort study designed to examine the effects of posttraumatic stress disorder on cardiovascular health.
Education
2018 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, University of California
M.A.S. in Clinical Research, 2007 - Graduate Division (Advance Training in Clinical Research), University of California, San Francisco
M.D., 2003 - Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
Residency, - School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
Publications

  1. Levine GN, Carney RM, Cohen BE, Dunn SL, Gaffey AE, Kronish IM, Olsson EMG, Huffman JC, American Heart Association Stroke Council; Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing; Council on. Post-Myocardial Infarction Psychological Distress: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation 2025. PMID: 40977387


  2. Rustagi AS, Jeffers AM, Graham FJ, Cohen BE, Slatore CG, Byers AL, Glantz SA, Keyhani S. Inhaled Cannabis, Asthma, and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Population-Based Cross-Sectional Study of n = 379,049. Journal of general internal medicine 2025. PMID: 40906010


  3. Keyhani S, Cohen BE, Vali M, Hoggatt KJ, Bravata DM, Austin PC, Lum E, Hasin D, Grunfeld C, Shlipak MG. Association of Smoking Cannabis With Cardiovascular Events Among Veterans With Coronary Artery Disease. Circulation 2025. PMID: 40686207


  4. Ryder AL, Graham FJ, Nishimi K, O'Donovan A, Cohen BE. Associations between PTSD and protective behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic: Results from the Mind Your Heart Study. Journal of health psychology 2025. PMID: 40667815


  5. Salas J, Sheth P, Cohen BE, Freedland KE, Jaffe AS, Schnurr PP, Friedman M, Lustman PJ, Scherrer JF. Large decrease in posttraumatic stress disorder severity and cardiovascular disease outcomes. General hospital psychiatry 2025. PMID: 40328100


  6. Pravosud V, Lum E, Vali M, Cohen BE, Hoggatt KJ, Byers AL, Austin PC, Walter LC, Hasin D, Zaman T, Keyhani S. Cannabis Use Among Older Adults. JAMA network open 2025. PMID: 40366653


  7. Hargrave AS, Cohen BE, Gibson CJ, Keyhani S, Li Y, Boscardin WJ, Byers AL. Sexual Trauma, Suicide, and Overdose in a National Cohort of Older Veterans. Annals of internal medicine 2025. PMID: 40294416


  8. Neylan TC, Muratore LA, Williams CL, Schmitz M, Valdez CV, Maguen S, O'Donovan A, Kelley DP, Metzler TJ, Cohen BE, West AC, Phan JDV, Antonetti V, Mayzel O, Hlavin JA, Chesney MA, Mehling WE. Group integrated exercise versus recovery class for veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder: a randomized clinical trial. BMC psychiatry 2025. PMID: 40021975


  9. Nguyen N, Leonard S, Cohen BE, Herbst ED, Hoggatt KJ, Keyhani S. Receipt of Smoking Cessation Medications and Smoking Abstinence Among Veterans Prescribed Opioid Analgesics With and Without Cannabis Use. Journal of general internal medicine 2024. PMID: 39528724


  10. Pravosud V, Glantz S, Keyhani S, Ling PM, Lempert LK, Hoggatt KJ, Hasin D, Nguyen N, Graham FJL, Cohen BE. Cannabis legalization and changes in cannabis and tobacco/nicotine use and co-use in a national cohort of U.S. adults during 2017-2021. The International journal on drug policy 2024. PMID: 39500225


  11. Graham FJL, Keyhani S, Ling P, Pravosud V, Nguyen N, Hasin D, Cohen BE. Changes in Sources of Information about the Risks and Benefits of Cannabis in a National Cohort of US Adults from 2017 - 2021. Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs 2024. PMID: 39440660


  12. Lum E, Tang J, Ryder A, Vali M, Cohen BE, Keyhani S. National cross-sectional survey of US adults to assess the reliability of current and lifetime cannabis smoking. BMJ open 2024. PMID: 39645265


  13. Scherrer JF, Salas J, Wang W, Freedland KE, Lustman PJ, Schnurr PP, Cohen BE, Jaffe AS, Friedman MJ. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Type 2 Diabetes Outcomes in Veterans. JAMA network open 2024. PMID: 39136942


  14. Salas J, Wang W, Schnurr PP, Cohen BE, Freedland KE, Jaffe AS, Lustman PJ, Friedman M, Scherrer JF. Severity of posttraumatic stress disorder, type 2 diabetes outcomes and all-cause mortality: A retrospective cohort study. Journal of psychosomatic research 2023. PMID: 37827022


  15. Chambers J, Keyhani S, Ling PM, Hoggatt KJ, Hasin D, Nguyen N, Woods A, Ryder A, Cohen BE. Perceptions of Safety of Daily Cannabis vs Tobacco Smoking and Secondhand Smoke Exposure, 2017-2021. JAMA network open 2023. PMID: 37566411


  16. Neylan TC, Cohen BE. Nightmares and Cardiovascular Disease: An Emerging Risk Factor? Sleep 2023. PMID: 36964910


  17. Nguyen N, Holmes LM, Pravosud V, Cohen BE, Ling PM. Changes in perceived harms of tobacco and cannabis and their correlations with use: A panel study of young adults 2014-2020. Addictive behaviors 2023. PMID: 37263178


  18. Khan AJ, Ryder AL, Maguen S, Cohen BE. Emotion regulation and combat severity differentiates PTSD diagnostic status among veterans. Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy 2023. PMID: 36716133


  19. Pierce B, Kirsh T, Ferguson AR, Neylan TC, Ma S, Kummerfeld E, Cohen BE, Nielson JL. Causal discovery replicates symptomatic and functional interrelations of posttraumatic stress across five patient populations. Frontiers in psychiatry 2023. PMID: 36793783


  20. Koraishy FM, Cohen BE, Scherrer JF, Whooley M, Hajagos J, Robinson-Cohen C, Hou W. The association of post-traumatic stress disorder with glomerular filtration rate decline. Nephrology (Carlton, Vic.) 2023. PMID: 36594760


  21. Kohlwes Y, Keyhani S, Cohen BE. Perceptions of Risks of Cannabis Use in a National Sample of US Adults. Journal of general internal medicine 2022. PMID: 36443627


  22. Hargrave AS, Sumner JA, Ebrahimi R, Cohen BE. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) as a Risk Factor for Cardiovascular Disease: Implications for Future Research and Clinical Care. Current cardiology reports 2022. PMID: 36306020


  23. Judson GL, Cohen BE, Muniyappa A, Raitt MH, Shen H, Tarasovsky G, Whooley MA, Dhruva SS. Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator placement among patients with left ventricular ejection fraction ≤35 % at least 40 days after acute myocardial infarction. American heart journal plus : cardiology research and practice 2022. PMID: 37886349


  24. Ranney R, Maguen S, Woods A, Seal KH, Neylan TC, Bernardy N, Wiechers I, Ryder A, Cohen BE. Comparison of mental health outcomes of augmenting medications for patients with posttraumatic stress disorder: A national veterans affairs study. Journal of evaluation in clinical practice 2022. PMID: 35709244


  25. Wulsin L, Sagui-Henson SJ, Roos LG, Wang D, Jenkins B, Cohen BE, Shah AJ, Slavich GM. Stress Measurement in Primary Care: Conceptual Issues, Barriers, Resources, and Recommendations for Study. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2022. PMID: 35067657


  26. Nguyen N, Keyhani S, Ling PM, Hoggatt KJ, Hasin D, Cohen BE. Self-reported Changes in Cannabis Use Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic among US Adults. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2022. PMID: 35356866


  27. Salas J, Gebauer S, Gillis A, van den Berk-Clark C, Schneider FD, Schnurr PP, Friedman MJ, Norman SB, Tuerk PW, Cohen BE, Lustman PJ, Scherrer JF. Increased Smoking Cessation among Veterans with Large Decreases in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Severity. Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco 2021. PMID: 34477205


  28. Nishimi K, Borsari B, Marx BP, Tripp P, Woodward E, Rosen RC, Cohen BE, Maven D, Jiha A, Woolley JD, Neylan TC, O'Donovan A. Posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms associated with protective and risky behaviors for coronavirus disease 2019. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2022. PMID: 35238581


  29. Keyhani S, Cohen BE, Vali M, Hoggatt KJ, Bravata DM, Austin PC, Lum E, Hasin DS, Grunfeld C, Shlipak MG. The Heart and Cannabis (THC) Cohort: Differences in Baseline Health and Behaviors by Cannabis Use. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2022. PMID: 35013928


  30. Hargrave AS, Kimberg L, Machtinger EL, Kushel MB, Cohen BE. The Association Between Interpersonal Violence and Unstable Housing Among Veterans. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2022. PMID: 35018446


  31. Nishimi K, Borsari B, Marx BP, Rosen RC, Cohen BE, Woodward E, Maven D, Tripp P, Jiha A, Woolley JD, Neylan TC, O'Donovan A. Clusters of COVID-19 protective and risky behaviors and their associations with pandemic, socio-demographic, and mental health factors in the United States. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2021. PMID: 34926133


  32. Koraishy FM, Coca SG, Cohen BE, Scherrer JF, Mann F, Kuan PF, Luft BJ, Clouston S. The Association of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder with longitudinal change in Glomerular Filtration Rate in World Trade Center responders. Psychosomatic medicine 2021. PMID: 34297009


  33. O'Donnell CJ, Schwartz Longacre L, Cohen BE, Fayad ZA, Gillespie CF, Liberzon I, Pathak GA, Polimanti R, Risbrough V, Ursano RJ, Vander Heide RS, Yancy CW, Vaccarino V, Sopko G, Stein MB. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Cardiovascular Disease: State of the Science, Knowledge Gaps, and Research Opportunities. JAMA cardiology 2021. PMID: 34259831


  36. Holder N, Woods A, Neylan TC, Maguen S, Seal KH, Bernardy N, Wiechers I, Ryder A, Urbieta AM, Cohen BE. Trends in Medication Prescribing in Patients With PTSD From 2009 to 2018: A National Veterans Administration Study. The Journal of clinical psychiatry 2021. PMID: 34004087


  37. Kryzhanovskaya I, Cohen BE, Kohlwes RJ. Factors Associated with a Career in Primary Care Medicine: Continuity Clinic Experience Matters. Journal of general internal medicine 2021. PMID: 33620629


  38. Khan AJ, Maguen S, Straus LD, Nelyan TC, Gross JJ, Cohen BE. Expressive suppression and cognitive reappraisal in veterans with PTSD: Results from the mind your heart study. Journal of affective disorders 2021. PMID: 33578339


  39. Borsari B, Li Y, Tighe J, Manuel JK, Gökbayrak NS, Delucchi K, Morasco BJ, Abadjian L, Cohen BE, Baxley C, Seal KH. A Pilot Trial of Collaborative Care with Motivational Interviewing to Reduce Opioid Risk and Improve Chronic Pain Management. Addiction (Abingdon, England) 2021. PMID: 33405304


  40. Arenson M, Bernat E, De Los Reyes A, Neylan TC, Cohen BE. Social support, social network size, and suicidal ideation: A nine-year longitudinal analysis from the Mind Your Heart Study. Journal of psychiatric research 2021. PMID: 33545566


  41. Levine GN, Cohen BE, Commodore-Mensah Y, Fleury J, Huffman JC, Khalid U, Labarthe DR, Lavretsky H, Michos ED, Spatz ES, Kubzansky LD. Psychological Health, Well-Being, and the Mind-Heart-Body Connection: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation 2021. PMID: 33486973


  42. Ramirez JL, Zarkowsky DS, Ramirez FD, Gasper WJ, Cohen BE, Conte MS, Grenon SM, Iannuzzi JC. Depression Predicts Non-Home Discharge After Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair. Annals of vascular surgery 2021. PMID: 33503503


  43. Salas J, Norman SB, Tuerk PW, den Berk-Clark CV, Cohen BE, Schneider FD, Chard KM, Lustman PJ, Schnurr PP, Friedman MJ, Grucza R, Scherrer JF. PTSD improvement and substance use disorder treatment utilization in veterans: Evidence from medical record data. Drug and alcohol dependence 2020. PMID: 33109460


  44. Steigerwald S, Cohen BE, Vali M, Hasin D, Cerda M, Keyhani S. Differences in Opinions About Marijuana Use and Prevalence of Use by State Legalization Status. Journal of addiction medicine 2019. PMID: 31821192


  45. Ahmadian AJ, Lin JE, Neylan TC, Woolley JD, O'Donovan A, Cohen BE. Social Integration and Inflammation in Individuals with and without Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Brain, behavior, and immunity 2020. PMID: 32534985


  46. Scherrer JF, Salas J, Schneider FD, Friedman MJ, van den Berk-Clark C, Chard KM, Norman SB, Lustman PJ, Tuerk P, Schnurr PP, Cohen BE. PTSD improvement and incident cardiovascular disease in more than 1000 veterans. Journal of psychosomatic research 2020. PMID: 32403058


  47. Azcarate PM, Zhang AJ, Keyhani S, Steigerwald S, Ishida JH, Cohen BE. Medical Reasons for Marijuana Use, Forms of Use, and Patient Perception of Physician Attitudes Among the US Population. Journal of general internal medicine 2020. PMID: 32291715


  48. Scherrer JF, Salas J, Friedman MJ, Cohen BE, Schneider FD, Lustman PJ, van den Berk-Clark C, Chard KM, Tuerk P, Norman SB, Schnurr PP. Clinically meaningful posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) improvement and incident hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and weight loss. Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association 2020. PMID: 32223280


  49. Zahner GJ, Cortez A, Duralde E, Ramirez JL, Wang S, Hiramoto J, Cohen BE, Wolkowitz OM, Arya S, Hills NK, Grenon SM. Association of comorbid depression with inpatient outcomes in critical limb ischemia. Vascular medicine (London, England) 2019. PMID: 31713461


  50. Scherrer JF, Salas J, Norman SB, Schnurr PP, Chard KM, Tuerk P, Schneider FD, van den Berk-Clark C, Cohen BE, Friedman MJ, Lustman PJ. Association Between Clinically Meaningful Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Improvement and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes. JAMA psychiatry 2019. PMID: 31433443


  51. Vella M, Meyer CS, Zhang N, Cohen BE, Whooley MA, Wang S, Hope MD. Association of Receipt of Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography With Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Mortality in the Veterans Affairs Health Care System. JAMA network open 2019. PMID: 31747036


  52. Ishida JH, Zhang AJ, Steigerwald S, Cohen BE, Vali M, Keyhani S. Sources of Information and Beliefs About the Health Effects of Marijuana. Journal of general internal medicine 2019. PMID: 31637640


  53. Scherrer JF, Salas J, Chard KM, Tuerk P, van den Berk-Clark C, Schneider FD, Cohen BE, Lustman PJ, Schnurr PP, Friedman MJ, Norman SB. PTSD symptom decrease and use of weight loss programs. Journal of psychosomatic research 2019. PMID: 31654900


  54. Ishida JH, Wong PO, Cohen BE, Vali M, Steigerwald S, Keyhani S. Substitution of marijuana for opioids in a national survey of US adults. PloS one 2019. PMID: 31584957


  55. Abuzaid A, Cohen BE, Pursnani S, Lahsaeizadeh S, Ristow B, Shaw RE, Rosenblatt A, Fang Q, Schiller NB. Who is young at heart and when? Diastolic Doppler data from the mind your heart study. Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) 2019. PMID: 31573700


  56. Koraishy FM, Salas J, Neylan TC, Cohen BE, Schnurr PP, Clouston S, Scherrer JF. "Association of Severity of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder With Inflammation: Using Total White Blood Cell Count as a Marker". Chronic stress (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) 2019. PMID: 32154489


  57. Salas J, Scherrer JF, Tuerk P, van den Berk-Clark C, Chard KM, Schneider FD, Schnurr PP, Friedman MJ, Norman SB, Cohen BE, Lustman P. Large posttraumatic stress disorder improvement and antidepressant medication adherence. Journal of affective disorders 2019. PMID: 31494363


  59. Scherrer JF, Salas J, Lustman P, Tuerk P, Gebauer S, Norman SB, Schneider FD, Chard KM, van den Berk-Clark C, Cohen BE, Schnurr PP. Combined effect of posttraumatic stress disorder and prescription opioid use on risk of cardiovascular disease. European journal of preventive cardiology 2019. PMID: 31084262


  60. Yoo SR, Dollinger C, Vali M, Steigerwald S, Cohen BE, Ishida JH, Keyhani S. Perceptions of the Comparative Safety of Different Forms of Marijuana Use Among the Adult US Population. Journal of general internal medicine 2018. PMID: 30535750


  61. Ramirez JL, Zahner GJ, Spaulding KA, Khetani SA, Hills NK, Gasper WJ, Harris WS, Cohen BE, Grenon SM. Peripheral Artery Disease Is Associated with a Deficiency of Erythrocyte Membrane n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids. Lipids 2019. PMID: 30883776


  62. Scherrer JF, Salas J, Cohen BE, Schnurr PP, Schneider FD, Chard KM, Tuerk P, Friedman MJ, Norman SB, van den Berk-Clark C, Lustman PJ. Comorbid Conditions Explain the Association Between Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Incident Cardiovascular Disease. Journal of the American Heart Association 2019. PMID: 30755078


  63. Ahmadian AJ, Neylan TC, Metzler T, Cohen BE. Longitudinal association of PTSD symptoms and self-reported physical functioning among Veterans. Journal of affective disorders 2019. PMID: 30818050


  64. Seal KH, Borsari B, Tighe J, Cohen BE, Delucchi K, Morasco BJ, Li Y, Sachs E, Abadjian L, Watson EC, Manuel JK, Vella L, Trafton J, Midboe A. Optimizing pain treatment interventions (OPTI): A pilot randomized controlled trial of collaborative care to improve chronic pain management and opioid safety-Rationale, methods, and lessons learned. Contemporary clinical trials 2018. PMID: 30572163


  65. Scherrer JF, Salas J, Lustman PJ, van den Berk-Clark C, Schnurr PP, Tuerk P, Cohen BE, Friedman MJ, Norman SB, Schneider FD, Chard KM. The Role of Obesity in the Association Between Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Incident Diabetes. JAMA psychiatry 2018. PMID: 30090920


  66. Eswarappa M, Neylan TC, Whooley MA, Metzler TJ, Cohen BE. Inflammation as a predictor of disease course in posttraumatic stress disorder and depression: A prospective analysis from the Mind Your Heart Study. Brain, behavior, and immunity 2018. PMID: 30389462


  67. Ryder AL, Azcarate PM, Cohen BE. PTSD and Physical Health. Current psychiatry reports 2018. PMID: 30367276


  68. Steigerwald S, Wong PO, Cohen BE, Ishida JH, Vali M, Madden E, Keyhani S. Smoking, Vaping, and Use of Edibles and Other Forms of Marijuana Among U.S. Adults. Annals of internal medicine 2018. PMID: 30167665


  69. Keyhani S, Steigerwald S, Ishida J, Vali M, Cerdá M, Hasin D, Dollinger C, Yoo SR, Cohen BE. Risks and Benefits of Marijuana Use: A National Survey of U.S. Adults. Annals of internal medicine 2018. PMID: 30039154


  70. Arenson MB, Whooley MA, Neylan TC, Maguen S, Metzler TJ, Cohen BE. Posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, and suicidal ideation in veterans: Results from the mind your heart study. Psychiatry research 2018. PMID: 29753254


  71. Arya S, Lee S, Zahner GJ, Cohen BE, Hiramoto J, Wolkowitz OM, Khakharia A, Binney ZO, Grenon SM. The association of comorbid depression with mortality and amputation in veterans with peripheral artery disease. Journal of vascular surgery 2018. PMID: 29588133


  72. Fitzpatrick JK, Cohen BE, Rosenblatt A, Shaw RE, Schiller NB. Usefulness of Epicardial Area in the Short Axis to Identify Elevated Left Ventricular Mass in Men. The American journal of cardiology 2018. PMID: 29628127


  73. Goldstein LA, Mehling WE, Metzler TJ, Cohen BE, Barnes DE, Choucroun GJ, Silver A, Talbot LS, Maguen S, Hlavin JA, Chesney MA, Neylan TC. Veterans Group Exercise: A randomized pilot trial of an Integrative Exercise program for veterans with posttraumatic stress. Journal of affective disorders 2017. PMID: 29145076


  75. O'Donovan A, Ahmadian AJ, Neylan TC, Pacult MA, Edmondson D, Cohen BE. Current posttraumatic stress disorder and exaggerated threat sensitivity associated with elevated inflammation in the Mind Your Heart Study. Brain, behavior, and immunity 2016. PMID: 27765647


  76. Grenon SM, Owens CD, Alley H, Perez S, Whooley MA, Neylan TC, Aschbacher K, Gasper WJ, Hilton JF, Cohen BE. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Is Associated With Worse Endothelial Function Among Veterans. Journal of the American Heart Association 2016. PMID: 27009621


  77. Smith BN, Tyzik AL, Neylan TC, Cohen BE. PTSD and obesity in younger and older veterans: Results from the mind your heart study. Psychiatry research 2015. PMID: 26210650


  78. Maguen S, Madden E, Cohen BE, Bertenthal D, Neylan TC, Seal KH. Suicide risk in Iraq and Afghanistan veterans with mental health problems in VA care. Journal of psychiatric research 2015. PMID: 26228410


  79. Talbot LS, Rao MN, Cohen BE, Richards A, Inslicht SS, O'Donovan A, Maguen S, Metzler TJ, Neylan TC. Metabolic risk factors and posttraumatic stress disorder: the role of sleep in young, healthy adults. Psychosomatic medicine 2015. PMID: 25886830


  80. Cohen BE, Edmondson D, Kronish IM. State of the Art Review: Depression, Stress, Anxiety, and Cardiovascular Disease. American journal of hypertension 2015. PMID: 25911639


  81. Cohen BE, Shi Y, Neylan TC, Maguen S, Seal KH. Antipsychotic prescriptions in Iraq and Afghanistan veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder in Department of Veterans Affairs healthcare, 2007-2012. The Journal of clinical psychiatry 2015. PMID: 25845036


  82. Beristianos MH, Yaffe K, Cohen B, Byers AL. PTSD and Risk of Incident Cardiovascular Disease in Aging Veterans. The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry 2014. PMID: 25555625


  83. Wingenfeld K, Whooley MA, Neylan TC, Otte C, Cohen BE. Effect of current and lifetime posttraumatic stress disorder on 24-h urinary catecholamines and cortisol: results from the Mind Your Heart Study. Psychoneuroendocrinology 2014. PMID: 25459895


  84. Maguen S, Madden E, Neylan TC, Cohen BE, Bertenthal D, Seal KH. Timing of mental health treatment and PTSD Symptom improvement among Iraq and Afghanistan veterans. Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) 2014. PMID: 25082217


  86. Talbot LS, Neylan TC, Metzler TJ, Cohen BE. The mediating effect of sleep quality on the relationship between PTSD and physical activity. Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine 2014. PMID: 25024659


  87. O'Donovan A, Cohen BE, Seal KH, Bertenthal D, Margaretten M, Nishimi K, Neylan TC. Elevated risk for autoimmune disorders in iraq and afghanistan veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder. Biological psychiatry 2014. PMID: 25104173


  88. Bradley SM, Stanislawski MA, Bekelman DB, Monteith LL, Cohen BE, Schilling JH, Hunt SC, Milek D, Maddox TM, Ho PM, Shore S, Varosy PD, Matthieu MM, Rumsfeld JS. Invasive coronary procedure use and outcomes among veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder: insights from the Veterans Affairs Clinical Assessment, Reporting, and Tracking Program. American heart journal 2014. PMID: 25173551


  89. Grenon SM, Cohen BE, Smolderen K, Vittinghoff E, Whooley MA, Hiramoto J. Peripheral arterial disease, gender, and depression in the Heart and Soul Study. Journal of vascular surgery 2014. PMID: 24661811


  90. Kronish IM, Lin JJ, Cohen BE, Voils CI, Edmondson D. Posttraumatic stress disorder and medication nonadherence in patients with uncontrolled hypertension. JAMA internal medicine 2014. PMID: 24296721


  92. Cohen BE, Neylan TC, Yaffe K, Samuelson KW, Li Y, Barnes DE. Posttraumatic stress disorder and cognitive function: findings from the mind your heart study. The Journal of clinical psychiatry 2013. PMID: 24330891


  93. Hendrickson CM, Neylan TC, Na B, Regan M, Zhang Q, Cohen BE. Lifetime trauma exposure and prospective cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality: findings from the Heart and Soul Study. Psychosomatic medicine 2013. PMID: 24149074


  95. Turner JH, Neylan TC, Schiller NB, Li Y, Cohen BE. Objective evidence of myocardial ischemia in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder. Biological psychiatry 2013. PMID: 23978403


  96. Dinenberg RE, McCaslin SE, Bates MN, Cohen BE. Social support may protect against development of posttraumatic stress disorder: findings from the Heart and Soul Study. American journal of health promotion : AJHP 2013. PMID: 23941102


  98. Grenon SM, Vittinghoff E, Owens CD, Conte MS, Whooley M, Cohen BE. Peripheral artery disease and risk of cardiovascular events in patients with coronary artery disease: insights from the Heart and Soul Study. Vascular medicine (London, England) 2013. PMID: 23835937


  100. Puterman E, Epel ES, Lin J, Blackburn EH, Gross JJ, Whooley MA, Cohen BE. Multisystem resiliency moderates the major depression-telomere length association: findings from the Heart and Soul Study. Brain, behavior, and immunity 2013. PMID: 23727245


  102. Edmondson D, Cohen BE. Posttraumatic stress disorder and cardiovascular disease. Progress in cardiovascular diseases 2013. PMID: 23621964


  103. Singh KJ, Cohen BE, Na B, Regan M, Schiller NB, Whooley MA. Alcohol consumption and 5-year change in left atrial volume among patients with coronary heart disease: results from the Heart and Soul study. Journal of cardiac failure 2013. PMID: 23482079


  104. Maguen S, Madden E, Cohen BE, Bertenthal D, Seal KH. Time to treatment among veterans of conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan with psychiatric diagnoses. Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) 2012. PMID: 23070131


  105. Cohen BE, Maguen S, Bertenthal D, Shi Y, Jacoby V, Seal KH. Reproductive and other health outcomes in Iraq and Afghanistan women veterans using VA health care: association with mental health diagnoses. Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health 2012. PMID: 22944901


  106. Grenon SM, Hiramoto J, Smolderen KG, Vittinghoff E, Whooley MA, Cohen BE. Association between depression and peripheral artery disease: insights from the heart and soul study. Journal of the American Heart Association 2012. PMID: 23130170


  107. Kronish IM, Edmondson D, Li Y, Cohen BE. Post-traumatic stress disorder and medication adherence: results from the Mind Your Heart study. Journal of psychiatric research 2012. PMID: 22809686


  108. Seal KH, Shi Y, Cohen G, Cohen BE, Maguen S, Krebs EE, Neylan TC. Association of mental health disorders with prescription opioids and high-risk opioid use in US veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan. JAMA 2012. PMID: 22396516


  109. O'Donovan A, Neylan TC, Metzler T, Cohen BE. Lifetime exposure to traumatic psychological stress is associated with elevated inflammation in the Heart and Soul Study. Brain, behavior, and immunity 2012. PMID: 22366689


  110. Holtz JE, Upadhyaya DS, Cohen BE, Na B, Schiller NB, Whooley MA. Mitral annular calcium, inducible myocardial ischemia, and cardiovascular events in outpatients with coronary heart disease (from the Heart and Soul Study). The American journal of cardiology 2012. PMID: 22245404


  111. Zen AL, Whooley MA, Zhao S, Cohen BE. Post-traumatic stress disorder is associated with poor health behaviors: findings from the heart and soul study. Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association 2011. PMID: 22023435


  112. Mishra RK, Devereux RB, Cohen BE, Whooley MA, Schiller NB. Prediction of heart failure and adverse cardiovascular events in outpatients with coronary artery disease using mitral E/A ratio in conjunction with e-wave deceleration time: the heart and soul study. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography 2011. PMID: 21764551


  113. Duivis HE, de Jonge P, Penninx BW, Na BY, Cohen BE, Whooley MA. Depressive symptoms, health behaviors, and subsequent inflammation in patients with coronary heart disease: prospective findings from the heart and soul study. The American journal of psychiatry 2011. PMID: 21724664


  114. Seal KH, Cohen G, Bertenthal D, Cohen BE, Maguen S, Daley A. Reducing barriers to mental health and social services for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans: outcomes of an integrated primary care clinic. Journal of general internal medicine 2011. PMID: 21647750


  115. Seal KH, Cohen G, Waldrop A, Cohen BE, Maguen S, Ren L. Substance use disorders in Iraq and Afghanistan veterans in VA healthcare, 2001-2010: Implications for screening, diagnosis and treatment. Drug and alcohol dependence 2011. PMID: 21277712


  117. Martens EJ, de Jonge P, Na B, Cohen BE, Lett H, Whooley MA. Scared to death? Generalized anxiety disorder and cardiovascular events in patients with stable coronary heart disease:The Heart and Soul Study. Archives of general psychiatry 2010. PMID: 20603456


  118. Pottala JV, Garg S, Cohen BE, Whooley MA, Harris WS. Blood eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acids predict all-cause mortality in patients with stable coronary heart disease: the Heart and Soul study. Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes 2010. PMID: 20551373


  120. Cohen BE, Marmar CR, Neylan TC, Schiller NB, Ali S, Whooley MA. Posttraumatic stress disorder and health-related quality of life in patients with coronary heart disease: findings from the Heart and Soul Study. Archives of general psychiatry 2009. PMID: 19884609


  121. Cohen BE, Gima K, Bertenthal D, Kim S, Marmar CR, Seal KH. Mental health diagnoses and utilization of VA non-mental health medical services among returning Iraq and Afghanistan veterans. Journal of general internal medicine 2009. PMID: 19787409


  122. Cohen BE, Barrett-Connor E, Wassel CL, Kanaya AM. Association of glucose measures with total and coronary heart disease mortality: does the effect change with time? The Rancho Bernardo Study. Diabetes research and clinical practice 2009. PMID: 19671481


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