PTSD: National Center for PTSD

Lorig Kachadourian, PhD

Research Psychologist

Clinical Neurosciences Division

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Academic Appointment

• Yale University School of Medicine, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Education

• National Center for PTSD, Clinical Neurosciences Division, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, Yale University School of Medicine, Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2015
• National Center for PTSD, Behavioral Sciences Division, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston University School of Medicine, Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2012
• University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Clinical Psychology, PhD, 2010
• University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Psychology, BA, 1999

Expertise and Interests

• Anger, Aggression and associated risk factors including trauma exposure, PTSD, and substance use
• Mindfulness-based interventions to treat anger and aggression
• Self-aggression, including suicidal behaviors and non-suicidal self-injury

Membership in Professional Societies

• International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
• Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies

Selected Publications

Kachadourian LK, Harpaz-Rotem I, Tsai J, Southwick S, Pietrzak RH. Mindfulness as a mediator between trauma exposure and mental health outcomes: Results from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. 2021;13(2):223-230.

Kachadourian LK, Lyons R, Davis B, Haller M, Norman S. Trauma-related guilt and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in military veterans: The role of psychological inflexibility. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 2021;137:104-110.

Kachadourian LK, Nichter B, Herzog S, Norman SB, Sullivan T, Pietrzak RH. Non‐suicidal self‐injury in us military veterans: Results from the national health and resilience in veterans study. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy. 2021.

Kachadourian LK, Tsai J, Harpaz-Rotem I, Southwick SM, Pietrzak RH. Protective correlates of suicidality among veterans with histories of posttraumatic stress disorder and major depressive disorder: Results from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study. Journal of Affective Disorders. 2019;246:731-737.

Kachadourian LK, Gandelman E, Ralevski E, Petrakis IL. Suicidal ideation in military veterans with alcohol dependence and PTSD: The role of hostility. The American Journal on Addictions. 2018;27(2):124-130.