Brett T. Litz, PhD
Professor
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Psychiatry

PhD, State University of New York at Binghamton
MA, State University of New York at Binghamton
BA, Stony Brook University



Dr. Litz is a clinical psychologist and Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Psychological and Brain Sciences and is also the Director of the Mental Health Core of the Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiological Research and Information Center at the VA Boston Healthcare System. Dr. Litz is internationally recognized as an expert on PTSD, military trauma, and the early intervention and treatment of trauma, traumatic loss, and moral injury.

Dr. Litz recent work entails the development and validation of a new measure of moral injury as a multidimensional outcome (the Moral Injury Outcome Scale; a public domain scale available by emailing Dr. Litz) and conducing a VA funded multisite clinical trial testing an expanded version of Adaptive Disclosure on Veterans with PTSD. Adaptive Disclosure is a flexible multidimensional psychotherapy that employs different strategies to target threat-based, loss-related, and moral injury-related trauma (http://www.guilford.com/books/Adaptive-Disclosure/Litz-Lebowitz-Gray-Nash/9781462523290) . Dr. Litz has over 370 peer reviewed publications is a fellow of the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, the American Psychopathological Association, and the Association for Psychological Science.

VA Boston Healthcare System




Program Evaluation of Veterans Healing Veterans from the Inside Out
11/01/2022 - 11/30/2025 (PI)
Veterans Transition Center


Internet-based Psychotherapies for PTSD Symptoms in WTC Responders
09/01/2016 - 08/31/2021 (Subcontract PI)
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai HHS CDC NIOSH
5U01OH010729-03

Moral Injury Outcomes
09/01/2018 - 03/31/2021 (PI)
The University of Melbourne


Personnel agreement for research services of Brett Litz
09/01/2013 - 08/31/2014 (Subcontract PI)
Boston VA Research Institute, Inc. Dept of Defense


Brief Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment for Victims of Mass Violence
06/01/2002 - 05/31/2005 (PI)
NIH/National Institute of Mental Health
5 R01 MH66589 02

The Parameters of Emotional Processing in PTSD
08/29/2001 - 10/31/2004 (PI)
NIH/National Institute of Mental Health
5 R01 MH61256 03



Title
South Texas Research Organizational Network Guiding Studies on Trauma and Resilience (STRONG STAR)
(PI)

The Assessment Core of the South Texas Research Organizational Network Guiding Studies on Trauma and Resilience - Consortium to Alleviate PTSD (STRONG-STAR)
(PI)

Adaptive Disclosure: A Combat-Specific PTSD Treatment
(PI)

Psychosocial Rehabilitation after Moral Injury and Loss with Adaptive Disclosure
(PI)

CAP-Assessment Core Boston
(PI)

Internet-based Psychotherapies for PTSD Symptoms in WTC Responders
(PI)



Yr Title Project-Sub Proj Pubs
2025 The Prevalence and Functional Impact of Moral Injury in Veterans 5I01RX003915-03
2024 The Prevalence and Functional Impact of Moral Injury in Veterans 5I01RX003915-02
2023 The Prevalence and Functional Impact of Moral Injury in Veterans 1I01RX003915-01A2
2021 Psychosocial Rehabilitation after Moral Injury and Loss with Adaptive Disclosure 5I01RX002135-05 1
2020 Psychosocial Rehabilitation after Moral Injury and Loss with Adaptive Disclosure 5I01RX002135-04 1
2019 Psychosocial Rehabilitation after Moral Injury and Loss with Adaptive Disclosure 5I01RX002135-03 1
2019 CAP-Assessment Core Boston 5I01CX001134-06
2018 Psychosocial Rehabilitation after Moral Injury and Loss with Adaptive Disclosure 5I01RX002135-02 1
2018 CAP-Assessment Core Boston 5I01CX001134-05
2017 Psychosocial Rehabilitation after Moral Injury and Loss with Adaptive Disclosure 1I01RX002135-01A2 1
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  1. Litz BT, Walker HE. Moral Injury: An Overview of Conceptual, Definitional, Assessment, and Treatment Issues. Annu Rev Clin Psychol. 2025 Jan 29. PMID: 39879547
     
  2. Litz BT. Moral injury: State of the Science. J Trauma Stress. 2025 Apr; 38(2):187-199. PMID: 39757695
     
  3. Benfer N, Darnell BC, Rusowicz-Orazem L, Litz BT. Reciprocal changes in functioning and PTSD symptoms over the course of psychotherapy. J Anxiety Disord. 2024 Oct; 107:102918. PMID: 39213829
     
  4. Gomes KD, Moore BA, Straud CL, Baker MT, Isler WC, McNally RJ, Litz BT, Peterson AL. Identifying Predictors of Positive and Negative Affect at Mid-Deployment Among Military Medical Personnel. Mil Med. 2024 Aug 19; 189(Supplement_3):142-148. PMID: 39160826
     
  5. Thompson-Hollands J, Lee DJ, Allen ES, Pukay-Martin ND, Campbell SB, Chard KM, Renshaw KD, Sprunger JG, Birkley E, Dondanville KA, Litz BT, Riggs DS, Schobitz RP, Yarvis JS, Young-McCaughan S, Keane TM, Peterson AL, Monson CM, Fredman SJ. The significant others' responses to trauma scale (SORTS): applying factor analysis and item response theory to a measure of PTSD symptom accommodation. Eur J Psychotraumatol. 2024; 15(1):2353530.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38836407; PMCID: PMC11155430; DOI: 10.1080/20008066.2024.2353530;
     
  6. Litz BT. A functional approach to defining and repairing moral injury: Evidence, change agents, clinical strategies, and lessons learned. J Trauma Stress. 2024 Oct; 37(5):775-783. PMID: 38837451
     
  7. Martin J, Rueda A, Lee GH, Tassone VK, Park H, Ivanov M, Darnell BC, Beavers L, Campbell DM, Nguyen B, Torres A, Jung H, Lou W, Nazarov A, Ashbaugh A, Kapralos B, Litz B, Jetly R, Dubrowski A, Strudwick G, Krishnan S, Bhat V. Digital Interventions to Understand and Mitigate Stress Response: Protocol for Process and Content Evaluation of a Cohort Study. JMIR Res Protoc. 2024 May 06; 13:e54180. PMID: 38709554; PMCID: PMC11106701; DOI: 10.2196/54180;
     
  8. Monson CM, Pukay-Martin ND, Wagner AC, Crenshaw AO, Blount TH, Schobitz RP, Dondanville KA, Young-McCaughan S, Mintz J, Riggs DS, Brundige A, Hembree EA, Litz BT, Roache JD, Yarvis JS, Peterson AL. Cognitive-behavioural conjoint therapy versus prolonged exposure for PTSD in military service members and veterans: results and lessons from a randomized controlled trial. Eur J Psychotraumatol. 2024; 15(1):2330305. PMID: 38590124; PMCID: PMC11005874; DOI: 10.1080/20008066.2024.2330305;
     
  9. Feder A, Kowalchyk ML, Brinkman HR, Cahn L, Aaronson CJ, Böttche M, Presseau C, Fred-Torres S, Markowitz JC, Litz BT, Yehuda R, Knaevelsrud C, Pietrzak RH. Randomized controlled trial of two internet-based written therapies for world trade center workers and survivors with persistent PTSD symptoms. Psychiatry Res. 2024 Jun; 336:115885. PMID: 38603979
     
  10. Litz BT, Yeterian J, Berke D, Lang AJ, Gray MJ, Nienow T, Frankfurt S, Harris JI, Maguen S, Rusowicz-Orazem L. A controlled trial of adaptive disclosure-enhanced to improve functioning and treat posttraumatic stress disorder. J Consult Clin Psychol. 2024 Mar; 92(3):150-164. PMID: 38358703; PMCID: PMC11771448; DOI: 10.1037/ccp0000873;
     
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