Anica Pless Kaiser, PhD
Research Assistant Professor, Psychiatry
Biography
Dr. Pless Kaiser’s research interests include understanding the effects of stress and trauma over the lifespan, PTSD symptom course over time, assessment of PTSD and related disorders, development of interventions for older Veterans, and the relationship between PTSD and aging.
Other Positions
- VA Boston Healthcare System
Education
- Central Michigan University, PhD
- Central Michigan University, MA
- University of Massachusetts Amherst, BA
Publications
- Published on 7/18/2024
Pless Kaiser A, Brady CB, Spiro A. Do appraisals of military service indicate current distress in aging Vietnam War combat veterans? Psychol Trauma. 2024 Jul 18. PMID: 39023945.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 6/29/2024
Weiskittle R, Baird L, O'Malley K, Pless Kaiser A, Bashian H, Moye J. Advancing Late-Life Trauma-Informed Care Education: Development and Evaluation of an Educational Podcast. J Clin Psychol Med Settings. 2024 Jun 29. PMID: 38951304.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 6/6/2024
Pless Kaiser A, Beaudreau SA. Clinical Gerontologist Special Issue: Lethal Means Safety in Older Adults. Clin Gerontol. 2024; 47(4):515-518. PMID: 38845215.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 5/23/2024
Bashian HM, Daks JS, Baird L, Heintz H, Moye J, Pless Kaiser A. Home-based primary care providers' perspectives on the unique challenges of working with late life posttraumatic stress disorder within their population of Veterans. Psychol Serv. 2024 Aug; 21(3):613-620. PMID: 38780554.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 5/13/2024
Serier KN, Magruder KM, Spiro A, Kimerling R, Frayne SM, Kilbourne AM, Pless Kaiser A, Smith BN. Associations between Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Diabetes in Vietnam-Era Women Veterans in the HealthViEWS Study. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2024 Jul; 33(7):926-937. PMID: 38738844.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 3/2/2024
Pless Kaiser A, Daks JS, Korsun L, Heintz H, Moye J, Sloan DM, Cook JM, Vogt D, Spiro A. Enhancing social functioning in older veterans with PTSD: Rationale and design of an intervention and initial RCT. Contemp Clin Trials. 2024 Apr; 139:107485. PMID: 38432471.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 10/27/2023
Marini CM, Yorgason JB, Pless Kaiser A, Erickson LD. Marital Quality and Loneliness Among Aging Vietnam-Era Combat Veterans: The Moderating Role of PTSD Symptom Severity. Clin Gerontol. 2023 Oct 27; 1-15. PMID: 37888842.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 9/28/2023
Pless Kaiser A, Chennapragada L, Andrusier S, Silver C, Padgett C, Beaudreau SA, Fairchild JK, Goodman M. Firearm Safety and Suicide Prevention for Medically Complex Older Veterans: Perspectives of VA Home-Based Primary Care Directors and Psychologists. Clin Gerontol. 2024; 47(4):571-582. PMID: 37767999.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 8/1/2023
O'Malley KA, Etchin AG, Auguste EJ, Kaiser AP, Korsun L, Weiskittle RE, Bashian HM, Sager ZS, Moye J. Advancing Trauma-Informed Care Education for Hospice and Palliative Staff: Development and Evaluation of Educational Videos. J Hosp Palliat Nurs. 2023 Aug 01; 25(4):224-233. PMID: 34608883.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 4/19/2023
Pless Kaiser A, Moye J, Baird L, Sager Z, Wachterman M. Factors Associated With Distress Related to Posttraumatic Stress Disorder at the End of Life Among U.S. Veterans. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2023 Aug; 66(2):102-115. PMID: 37084828.
Read at: PubMed
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