WRITING & MEDIA

Publications

Mathersul, D.C., Zeitzer, J.M., Schulz-Heik, R.J., Avery, T.J., & Bayley, P.J. (2024). Emotion Regulation and Heart Rate Variability May Identify the Optimal Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Treatment: Analyses from a Randomized Controlled Trial. Front. Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1331569

Becket-Davenport, C., Jamison, A.L., Hampole, S., Bosch, J., Glamb, L., Juhasz, K., Avery, T. J., Heinze, A., Mackintosh, M., & McGee-Vincent, P. (2023). Recruiting Veterans Health Administration Staff for a Training and Implementation Initiative to Integrate Mental Health Apps into Clinical Care: Strategies and Lessons Learned. J. Technol. Behav. Sci. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41347-023-00354-x

Allende, S., Mathersul, D.C., Schulz-Heik, R.J., Avery, T. J.,Mahoney, L., & Bayley, P.J. (2023). Yoga is effective for treating chronic pain in veterans with Gulf War Illness at long-term follow-up. BMC Complement Med Ther, 23, 319. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12906-023-04145-y

Mathersul, D.C., Schulz-Heik, R.J., Avery, T. J., Allende, S., Zeitzer, J., & Bayley, P.J. (2023). US Veterans Show Improvements in Subjective but Not Objective Sleep following Treatment for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Secondary Analyses from a Randomised Controlled Trial. Depression and Anxiety. 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/7001667

McGee-Vincent, P., Mackintosh, M. A., Jamison, A. L., Juhasz, K., Becket-Davenport, C., Bosch, J., Avery, T. J., Glamb, L., & Hampole, S. (2023). Training Staff Across the Veterans Affairs Health Care System to Use Mobile Mental Health Apps: A National Quality Improvement Project. JMIR mental health, 10, e41773. https://doi.org/10.2196/41773

Schulz-Heik, R. J., Lazzeroni, L. C., Hernandez, B., Avery, T. J., Mathersul, D. C., Tang, J. S., Hugo, E., & Bayley, P. J. (2022). Valued living among veterans in breath-based meditation treatment or cognitive processing therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder: Exploratory outcome of a randomized controlled trial. Global advances in health and medicine, 11,2164957X221108376. https://doi.org/10.1177/2164957X221108376

Bayley, P. J., Schulz-Heik, R. J., Tang, J. S., Mathersul, D. C., Avery, T., Wong, M., Zeitzer, J. M., Rosen, C. S., Burn, A. S., Hernandez, B., Lazzeroni, L. C., & Seppälä, E. M. (2022). Randomised clinical non-inferiority trial of breathing-based meditation and cognitive processing therapy for symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder in military veterans. BMJ Open, 12(8), e056609. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-056609

Schulz-Heik, R. J., Avery, T. J., Jo, B., Mahoney, L., & Bayley, P. J. (2022). Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Does Not Compromise Behavioral Pain Treatment: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial Among Veterans. Global Advances in Health and Medicine, 11. https://doi.org/10.1177/21649561221075578

Avery, T. J., Mathersul, D. C., Schulz-Heik, R. J., Mahoney, L., & Bayley, P. J. (2021). Self-Reported Autonomic Dysregulation in Gulf War Illness. Military Medicine, usab546. https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usab546

Mathersul, D. C., Dixit, K., Avery, T. J., Schulz-Heik, R. J., Zeitzer, J. M., Mahoney, L. A., Cho, R. H., Bayley, P. J. (2021). Heart rate and heart rate variability as outcomes and longitudinal moderators of treatment for pain across follow-up in Veterans with Gulf War illness. Life Sciences, 277(119604). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lfs.2021.119604

Armstrong, C. M., McGee-Vincent, P., Juhasz, K., Owen, J., Avery, T., Jaworski, B., Jamison, A. L., Cone, W., Gould, C., Ramsey, K., Mackintosh, M. A., & Hilty, D.M. (2021). VA Mobile Health Practice Guide (1st ed.). U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Washington, DC. https://connectedcare.va.gov/sites/default/files/va-mobile-health-practice-guide.pdf

McGee-Vincent, P., Juhasz, K., Jamison, A. L., Avery, T. J., Owen, J. E., Jaworski, B. K., & Blonigen, D. M. (2021). Mobile Mental Health Apps from the National Center for PTSD: Digital Self-Management Tools for Co-Occurring Disorders. Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 17(3), 181–192. https://doi.org/10.1080/15504263.2021.1939919

Bayley, P. J., Schulz-Heik, R. J., Cho, R., Mathersul, D., Collery, L., Shankar, K., Ashford, J. W., Jennings, J. S., Tang, J., Wong, M. S., Avery, T. J., Stanton, M. V., Meyer, H., Friedman, M., Kim, S., Jo, B., Younger, J., Mathews, B., Majmundar, M., & Mahoney, L. (2020). Yoga is effective in treating symptoms of Gulf War illness: A randomized clinical trial. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 143, 563–571.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2020.11.024.

Avery, T. J., Schulz-Heik, R. J., Friedman, M., Mahoney, L., Ahmed, N., & Bayley, P. J. (2020). Clinical yoga program utilization in a large health care system. Psychological Services. 18(3), 389–397. http://doi.org/10.1037/ser0000420

LaRocca, M. A., & Avery, T. J. (2020). Combat Experiences Link With Posttraumatic Growth Among Veterans Across Conflicts. The Journal of Mental and Nervous Disease, 208(6):445-451. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32040059/

Zhang, Y., Avery, T., Vakhtin, A. A., Mathersul, D. C., Tranvinh, E., Wintermark, M., … Furst, A. J. (2020). Brainstem Atrophy in Gulf War Illness. Neurotoxicology, 78, 71–79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuro.2020.02.006

Mathersul, D. C., Tang, J. S., Schulz-Heik, R. J., Avery, T. J., Seppälä, E. M., & Bayley, P. J. (2019). Study protocol for a non-inferiority randomised controlled trial of SKY breathing meditation versus cognitive processing therapy for PTSD among veterans. BMJ Open, 9(4), e027150. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-027150

Avery, T.J., Blasey, C., Rosen, C., & Bayley, P. (2018). Psychological Flexibility and Set-Shifting Among Veterans Participating in a Yoga Program: A Pilot Study. Military Medicine, 183(11-12), e359-e363. https://doi:10.1093/milmed/usy045

Schulz-Heik, R. J., Meyer, H., Mahoney, L., Stanton, M., Cho, R., Moore-Downing, D., Avery, T., … Bayley, P. (2017). Results from a clinical yoga program for veterans: yoga via telehealth provides comparable satisfaction and health improvements to in-person yoga. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine17, 198. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12906-017-1705-

Podcasts & Social Media

McGee-Vincent, P. (Host). (2022, July 5). Episode 12 – Mindfulness for Self-Care. PTSD Bytes (US Dept. of Veterans Affairs). Podcast retrieved from https://blogs.va.gov/VAntage/105042/ptsd-bytes-12-mindfulness-for-self-care/

Iskra, T. (Producer). (2021, October 18). Episode 260 – Benefits Breakdown, VA Mobile Apps. Borne the Battle (US Dept. of Veterans Affairs). Podcast retrieved from https://blogs.va.gov/VAntage/va-podcast-network/borne-the-battle/

Pinter, J. (Producer). (2020, January 31). Episode 139 – The NamasDay Episode with Tim Avery. Eagle Nation. Podcast retrieved from https://www.teamrwb.org/ep139-tim-avery/

Avery, T. (2019). Seva in the Military: Yoga as a Path of Continued Service for Veterans. YogaUOnline.com. Retrieved from: https://yogauonline.com/yoga-news/seva-military-yoga-path-continued-service-for-veterans

France, D. (Producer). (2018, May 8). HST056 Embodied Emotion with Dr. Timothy Avery [Episode 56]. Head Space and Timing. Podcast retrieved from http://veteranmentalhealth.com/2018/05/08/hst056-embodied-emotion-with-dr-timothy-avery/