Jeff Jaeger
University of Washington
6 Papers
1 Citations
Jeff Jaeger is an academic researcher from University of Washington. The author has contributed to research in topics: Sexual abuse & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 6 publications.
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Trauma Narratives: It's What You Say, Not How You Say It
TL;DR: Taken together, trauma narrative content rather than grammatical structure of the narrative may be more reflective of underlying emotional processing of the traumatic memory or lack thereof.
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An Investigation of Depression, Trauma History, and Symptom Severity in Individuals Enrolled in a Treatment Trial for Chronic PTSD
Michele Bedard-Gilligan,Jeanne M. Duax Jakob,Lisa Stines Doane,Jeff Jaeger,Afsoon Eftekhari,Norah C. Feeny,Lori A. Zoellner +6 more
TL;DR: Findings suggest that presence of co-occurring depression may be a more critical marker of severity and impairment than history of childhood abuse or repeated trauma exposure.
Factors Associated with Choice of Exposure Therapy for PTSD.
TL;DR: To increase utilization of exposure-based therapy, clinicians should provide clients information to address factors believed to increase preference for effective treatment, and fear of exposure treatment does not appear to play a significant role.
Imaginal exposure exacerbation revisited: Deconstructing patient characteristics associated with worse reactions to the initiation of imaginal exposure in PTSD.
Rosemary S. Walker,Elizabeth H. Marks,Jeff Jaeger,Jeanne M. Duax,Norah C. Feeny,Lori A. Zoellner +5 more
TL;DR: Exacerbation was not specific to PE and patients with and without symptom worsening showed comparable treatment gains, suggesting symptom exacerbation may reflect a common clinical process.
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Enhanced Prepulse Inhibition Predicts Treatment Response in PTSD
Aileen Echiverri-Cohen,Lori A. Zoellner,Robert Gallop,Michele Bedard-Gilligan,Jeff Jaeger,Norah C. Feeny +5 more
TL;DR: Better inhibition may serve as a pre-treatment, general prognostic marker for better treatment response, highlighting the importance of enhancement strategies that strengthen inhibitory processes prior to starting either pharmacotherapy or psychotherapy for PTSD.
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