Robert N. McLay
Naval Medical Center San Diego
59 Papers
343 Citations
Robert N. McLay is an academic researcher from Naval Medical Center San Diego. The author has contributed to research in topics: Traumatic stress & Poison control. The author has an hindex of 25, co-authored 59 publications.
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Insomnia is the most commonly reported symptom and predicts other symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder in U.S. service members returning from military deployments.
TL;DR: This study retrospectively reviewed records from current members of the U.S. military who had completed the PTSD Checklist at 0 and 3-months after returning from deployments to show that insomnia is a particularly frequent, severe, and persistent complaint in service members returning from deployment.
A randomized, controlled trial of virtual reality-graded exposure therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder in active duty service members with combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder.
Robert N. McLay,Dennis Patrick Wood,Jennifer Webb-Murphy,James Spira,Mark D. Wiederhold,Jeffrey M. Pyne,Brenda K. Wiederhold +6 more
TL;DR: The results are limited by small size, lack of blinding, a single therapist, and comparison to a relatively uncontrolled usual care condition, but did show VR-GET to be a safe and effective treatment for combat-related PTSD.
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Nulliparity and Late Menopause Are Associated With Decreased Cognitive Decline
TL;DR: It was found that nulliparous women and women who went through menopause later in life had significantly less cognitive decline, and greater lifetime exposure to endogenous estrogen may be associated with less age-related cognitive decline.
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The effectiveness of an attention bias modification program as an adjunctive treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Jennie M. Kuckertz,Nader Amir,Joseph W. Boffa,Ciara K. Warren,Susan E.M. Rindt,Sonya B. Norman,Vasudha Ram,Lauretta Ziajko,Jennifer Webb-Murphy,Robert N. McLay +9 more
TL;DR: While all participants experienced reductions in PTSD symptoms, participants in the ABM group experienced significantly fewer PTSD and depressive symptoms at post-treatment when compared to the ACC group.
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Combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder: a case report using virtual reality exposure therapy with physiological monitoring.
Dennis Patrick Wood,Jennifer Murphy,Robert N. McLay,Dennis Reeves,Jeffrey M. Pyne,Russell Shilling,Brenda K. Wiederhold +6 more
TL;DR: A case study from an Office of Naval Research funded project to compare the effects of virtual reality graded exposure therapy (VRGET) with cognitive behavioral group therapy in active-duty corpsmen is summarized.
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