Peter W. Tuerk

VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System — United States

Psychology · Social Sciences

35h-index4.0kcitations103works0.32yr avg
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Research Topics

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research(68), Traumatic Brain Injury Research(23), Migration, Health and Trauma(20), Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation(13), Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout(10)

Publications103 total

2.37 Virtual Practice Makes Perfect: A Novel Virtual Reality Training Platform for Exposure Therapy
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry·2025
Enhancing Exposure Therapy Training through Virtual Reality Simulation: A Randomized Pilot Trial (Preprint)
2025
Enhancing Therapist Training in the Delivery of Exposure Therapy for Individuals with Anxiety Disorders using Virtual Reality Simulation: A Randomized Feasibility Trial (Preprint)
JMIR Medical Education·2025Open Access
Problems With Noninferiority Designs in PTSD Treatment Research: Losing Signal to Noise
American Journal of Psychiatry·2025· 1 cited
A Randomized Controlled Trial of OC-Go for Childhood Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder: Augmenting Homework Compliance in Exposure With Response Prevention Treatment
Behavior Therapy·2023· 14 cited
Massed <i>v</i>. standard prolonged exposure therapy for PTSD in military personnel and veterans: 12-month follow-up of a non-inferiority randomised controlled trial
Psychological Medicine·2023· 11 citedOpen Access
The influence of posttraumatic stress disorder treatment on anxiety sensitivity: Impact of prolonged exposure, sertraline, and their combination
Journal of Traumatic Stress·2022· 3 citedOpen Access
The efficacy of 90-min versus 60-min sessions of prolonged exposure for PTSD: A randomized controlled trial in active-duty military personnel.
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology·2022· 16 citedOpen Access
Change in posttraumatic stress disorder–related thoughts during treatment: Do thoughts drive change when pills are involved?
2022· 3 cited
PTSD symptom improvement and smoking cessation among a sample of veterans
2022Open Access
Individual symptom reduction and post-treatment severity: Varying levels of symptom amelioration in response to prolonged exposure for post-traumatic stress disorder.
Psychological Services·2021· 7 cited
Increased Smoking Cessation Among Veterans With Large Decreases in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Severity
Nicotine & Tobacco Research·2021· 5 citedOpen Access
A randomized clinical trial of in-person vs. home-based telemedicine delivery of Prolonged Exposure for PTSD in military sexual trauma survivors
Journal of Anxiety Disorders·2021· 44 cited
Predictors of Response to Prolonged Exposure, Sertraline, and Their Combination for the Treatment of Military PTSD
The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry·2021· 14 cited
Massed versus standard prolonged exposure for posttraumatic stress disorder in Australian military and veteran populations (RESTORE trial): Study protocol for a non-inferiority randomized controlled trial
Contemporary Clinical Trials·2021· 2 cited
Treating Childhood Social Anxiety Disorder With Virtual Environments and Serious Games: A Randomized Trial
Behavior Therapy·2021· 38 citedOpen Access
PTSD improvement and substance use disorder treatment utilization in veterans: Evidence from medical record data
Drug and Alcohol Dependence·2020· 9 citedOpen Access
Web‐based virtual reality to enhance behavioural skills training and weight loss in a commercial online weight management programme: The Experience Success randomized trial
Obesity Science & Practice·2020· 20 citedOpen Access
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Journal of Traumatic Stress·2020Open Access
PTSD improvement and incident cardiovascular disease in more than 1000 veterans
Journal of Psychosomatic Research·2020· 22 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Ron Acierno(20), Anouk L. Grubaugh(8), Sheila A. M. Rauch(8), Sonya B. Norman(7), Daniel F. Grös(6), Leonard E. Egede(6), Hugh Myrick(6), Matthew Yoder(6), Paula P. Schnurr(6), B. Christopher Frueh(5), Kenneth J. Ruggiero(5), Bethany C. Wangelin(5), Jeffrey F. Scherrer(5), Joanne Salas(5), Kathleen M. Chard(5), David Schneider(5), Carissa van den Berk‐Clark(5), Beth E. Cohen(5), Matthew J. Friedman(5), Patrick J. Lustman(5)