Matthew Luciano, PhD

I don't know that it works perfectly, but I have to say that the Asta search tool from @ai2.bsky.social is exactly what I want from an AI-powered research search tool for scientists: Describe a style of experiment or work and see if there are papers that have done that.
asta.allen.ai/chat

Yes! I’ll definitely need some food recs. I can already feel my per diem burning a small hole in my pocket.

Check out my symposium on augmenting PTSD therapy to better address comorbid AUD!

📅 Friday, September 19th
🕒 3:15–4:30 PM
📍 Grand Ballroom Salon III, Floor 3

Pumped for #ISTSS2025! I’m presenting a symposium, but really can’t wait to see what everyone else is doing. Drop your presentation details here so we can make a mini schedule👇

Concurrent Treatment of PTSD and Alcohol Use Disorder in Women This randomized clinical trial compares the effect of trauma-focused psychological treatment vs relapse prevention on posttraumatic stress disorder symptom severity and alcohol use in women.

Concurrent Treatment of PTSD and Alcohol Use Disorder in Women. JAMA network open. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

@drandreahoward.bsky.social, hold my beer..

Latent class growth models are worse than useless, and we've known this for more than 20 years.

(See Bauer 2007)

What’s the most effective way to deliver exposure therapy for anxiety? We tested:
🔹 Behavioural experiments (BE)
🔹 Cognitive restructuring before exposure
🔹 Habituation-based approaches

BE had the best outcomes.

🧠 How do you implement exposure?

🔗 bit.ly/3YTlR0n

#mentalhealth #ClinPsy

Trump’s V.A. Squeezes Mental Health Care in Crowded Offices, Raising Privacy Concerns Clinicians at the Department of Veterans Affairs say the president’s return-to-office order is forcing many of them to work from makeshift spaces where sensitive conversations can be overheard.

Clinicians at the Department of Veterans Affairs say President Trump’s return-to-office order is forcing many of them to work from makeshift spaces where sensitive conversations can be overheard. And veterans have noticed the lack of privacy.

Updated treatment guideline for PTSD from the American Psychological Association. www.apa.org/ptsd-guideline

The ability to read a scientific article does not guarantee the ability to understand a scientific article.

Three scatter plots with correlations hiding in a partially open trench coat

Mediation models, or "three correlations hiding in a trench coat"

A Randomized Clinical Trial of Prolonged Exposure Therapy With and Without Topiramate for Comorbid PTSD and Alcohol Use Disorder | American Journal of Psychiatry Objective: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and alcohol use disorder (AUD) frequently co-occur. Prolonged exposure (PE) is an effective treatment for PTSD but shows smaller effects in patients wit...

Really excited to share this article! Our team found that Prolonged Exposure (PE) + topiramate (an anticonvulsant), led to greater change in PTSD severity than PE + placebo when treating PTSD and comorbid AUD. Check it out! psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/...

Trump administration plans to cut 80,000 employees from Veterans Affairs, according to internal memo The Department of Veterans Affairs is planning an “aggressive” reorganization that includes cutting 80,000 jobs from the sprawling agency.

Trump’s all-out assault on the VA is a complete betrayal of our Veterans.

Mark my word. This is Republicans' plan all along—

Gut the VA, then push to privatize the Department so they can fund tax cuts for billionaires.

And our heroes will pay the price. apnews.com/article/vete...

VA Research Funding Slashed Though not as prominent as the NIH, VA researchers play a major role in advancing basic health science. Hundreds of projects have been cut.

NIH cuts are getting the press, but VA research is getting slashed too. What do we lose when VA research goes away? Here's some greatest hits: The nicotine patch, invention of the cardiac pacemaker, first successful liver transplant, development of the CAT/CT scan

prospect.org/health/2025-...

The director of our VA in San Diego just told us that psychology jobs are now exempt from the hiring freeze. So I think it’s likely that the match will be unaffected thankfully.

Suicide Risk Among Veterans Who Receive Evidence-Based Therapy for PTSD This cohort study examines the association of initiation and an adequate course of cognitive processing therapy or prolonged exposure with suicide risk among veterans with posttraumatic stress disorde...

Pleased to share our new paper, led by Kevin Saulnier: Suicide Risk Among Veterans Who Receive Evidence-Based Therapy for PTSD jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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After 13 years on Twitter, I want my first post on @bsky.app to be smart and funny while also showcasing my interest in trauma-focused psychotherapy, PTSD, and harmful drinking. Instead, I’ll just post this meme.