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)
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
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
2017 CAP-Assessment Core Boston 5I01CX001134-04
2016 CAP-Assessment Core Boston 5I01CX001134-03
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  1. Darnell BC, Benfer N, Vannini MBN, Grunthal B, Rusowicz-Orazem L, Fielstein E, Litz BT. Expected symptom change trajectories for the early identification of probable treatment nonresponse in VA PTSD specialty care clinics: A proof-of-concept. Psychol Serv. 2023 Apr 06. PMID: 37023290
     
  2. Pruiksma KE, Taylor DJ, Wachen JS, Straud CL, Hale WJ, Mintz J, Young-McCaughan S, Peterson AL, Yarvis JS, Borah EV, Dondanville KA, Litz BT, Resick PA. Self-reported sleep problems in active-duty US army personnel receiving PTSD treatment in group or individual formats: secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial. J Clin Sleep Med. 2023 Mar 29. PMID: 36988304
     
  3. Pruiksma KE, Taylor DJ, Wachen JS, Straud CL, Hale WJ, Mintz J, Young-McCaughan S, Peterson AL, Yarvis JS, Borah EV, Dondanville KA, Litz BT, Resick PA. Self-reported sleep problems in active-duty US army personnel receiving PTSD treatment in group or individual formats: secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial. J Clin Sleep Med. 2023 Mar 29. PMID: 36988304
     
  4. Nabity PS, Reed DE, McGeary CA, Houle TT, Jaramillo CA, Resick PA, Eapen BC, Litz BT, Mintz J, Penzien DB, Keane TM, Young-McCaughan S, Peterson AL, McGeary DD. Mechanisms of change in posttraumatic headache-related disability: A mediation model. Headache. 2023 Mar; 63(3):410-417.View Related Profiles. PMID: 36905163
     
  5. Back SE, Flanagan JC, Mintz J, Brady KT, Jones J, Jarnecke AM, Joseph JE, Shirley DW, Malcolm RJ, Hamner M, Litz BT, Niles BL, Young-McCaughan S, Keane TM, Peterson AL. A Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial of Doxazosin for Co-Occurring PTSD and Alcohol Use Disorder in Veterans. J Clin Psychiatry. 2023 Mar 08; 84(2).View Related Profiles. PMID: 36883885
     
  6. Brown LA, Zhu Y, Coon H, Young-McCaughan S, Fina BA, Dondanville KA, Hernandez AM, Litz BT, Mintz J, Maurer DM, Kelly KM, Peterson AL, Bryan CJ, Williamson DE. Phenotypic predictors of suicide subtypes from pre-to postdeployment in active duty military personnel. J Psychiatr Res. 2023 Apr; 160:163-170. PMID: 36804111
     
  7. Stanley IH, Marx BP, Fina BA, Young-McCaughan S, Tyler HC, Sloan DM, Blankenship AE, Dondanville KA, Walker JL, Boffa JW, Bryan CJ, Brown LA, Straud CL, Mintz J, Abdallah CG, Back SE, Blount TH, DeBeer BB, Flanagan J, Foa EB, Fox PT, Fredman SJ, Krystal J, McDevitt-Murphy ME, McGeary DD, Pruiksma KE, Resick PA, Roache JD, Shiroma P, Taylor DJ, Wachen JS, Kaplan AM, López-Roca AL, Nicholson KL, Schobitz RP, Schrader CC, Sharrieff AM, Yarvis JS, Litz BT, Keane TM, Peterson AL. Psychometric Properties of the Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors Interview-Short Form Among U.S. Active Duty Military Service Members and Veterans. Assessment. 2023 Jan 16; 10731911221143979.View Related Profiles. PMID: 36644835
     
  8. Peterson AL, Blount TH, Foa EB, Brown LA, McLean CP, Mintz J, Schobitz RP, DeBeer BR, Mignogna J, Fina BA, Evans WR, Synett S, Hall-Clark BN, Rentz TO, Schrader C, Yarvis JS, Dondanville KA, Hansen H, Jacoby VM, Lara-Ruiz J, Straud CL, Hale WJ, Shah D, Koch LM, Gerwell KM, Young-McCaughan S, Litz BT, Meyer EC, Blankenship AE, Williamson DE, Roache JD, Javors MA, Sharrieff AM, Niles BL, Keane TM. Massed vs Intensive Outpatient Prolonged Exposure for Combat-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Jan 03; 6(1):e2249422.View Related Profiles. PMID: 36602803; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.49422;
     
  9. Benfer N, Rusowicz-Orazem L, Fielstein EM, Darnell BC, Frankfurt SB, Mignogna J, Litz BT. Leveraging available metadata in VA PTSD clinics and generating benchmarks for clinically significant change. J Consult Clin Psychol. 2023 May; 91(5):267-279. PMID: 36521133
     
  10. Clapp JD, Gray MJ, Litz BT, Lang AJ, Sowers AF. Development and Validation of the Disclosure Expectancy Scale. Assessment. 2022 Nov 02; 10731911221128947. PMID: 36321556
     
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Bar chart showing 326 publications over 35 distinct years, with a maximum of 24 publications in 2019

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