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Lauren M Sippel, PhD

Title(s)
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Additional Titles/Positions/Affiliations
Vice Chair for Quality in Psychiatry

Department(s)
Psychiatry

Education
•National Center for PTSD - Clinical Neurosciences Division/VA Connecticut Healthcare System, Postdoctoral Fellowship
•The Pennsylvania State University, PhD, 2014
•University of Mississippi Medical Center and G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center, Predoctoral Clinical Internship
•Swarthmore College, BA, 2005

Websites
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lauren-Sippel

Contact Information


Professional Interests

Social connectedness and mental health, strategies for improving the efficacy of PTSD treatment such as augmentation with pharmacological interventions and family involvement.

Grant Information

Co-PIs (Morland & Sippel): I01RX004776-01A1, "A randomized clinical trial examining intranasal oxytocin augmentation of brief couples therapy for veterans with PTSD"; funded by Department of Veterans Affairs Rehabilitation Research and Development service (2024-2028)


Selected Publications

 

A preliminary evaluation of the effectiveness of massed delivery of PTSD psychotherapy in VA residential treatment.
Holliday R, Holder N, Yamokoski C, Burden J, Sippel LM, Harpaz-Rotem I, Smith NB
Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2025 Nov-Dec;97:126-129. doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2025.10.004. Epub 2025 Oct 10.
PMID: 41086558

Novel Pharmacologic and Other Somatic Treatment Approaches for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Adults: State of the Evidence.
Sippel LM, Hamblen JL, Kelmendi B, Alpert JE, Carpenter LL, Grzenda A, Kraguljac N, McDonald WM, Rodriguez CI, Widge AS, Nemeroff CB, Schnurr PP, Holtzheimer PE, APA Council of Research Task Force on Novel Biomarkers and Treatments
Am J Psychiatry. 2024 Dec 1;181(12):1045-1058. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.20230950.
PMID: 39616450

Sources of Social Support and Trauma Recovery: Evidence for Bidirectional Associations from a Recently Trauma-Exposed Community Sample.
Sippel LM, Liebman RE, Schafer SK, Ennis N, Mattern AC, Rozek DC, Monson CM
Behav Sci (Basel). 2024 Mar 29;14(4) doi: 10.3390/bs14040284. Epub 2024 Mar 29.
PMID: 38667080

Design of a randomized clinical trial of brief couple therapy for PTSD augmented with intranasal oxytocin.
Sippel LM, Wachsman TR, Kelley ME, Knopp KC, Khalifian CE, Maglione JE, Glynn SM, Macdonald A, Monson CM, Flanagan JC, Holtzheimer PE, Morland LA
Contemp Clin Trials. 2024 Jun;141:107534. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2024.107534. Epub 2024 Apr 12.
PMID: 38614447

Sustaining the collaborative chronic care model in outpatient mental health: a matrixed multiple case study.
Kim B, Sullivan JL, Brown ME, Connolly SL, Spitzer EG, Bailey HM, Sippel LM, Weaver K, Miller CJ
Implement Sci. 2024 Feb 19;19(1):16. doi: 10.1186/s13012-024-01342-2. Epub 2024 Feb 19.
PMID: 38373979

An examination of relationship satisfaction as a predictor of outcomes of brief couple therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder.
Sippel LM, Knopp KC, Wachsman T, Khalifian CE, Glynn SM, Morland LA
J Trauma Stress. 2023 Dec;36(6):1115-1125. doi: 10.1002/jts.22984. Epub 2023 Oct 29.
PMID: 37898980

Lived Experience-Led Research Agenda to Address Early Death in People With a Diagnosis of a Serious Mental Illness: A Consensus Statement.
Fortuna KL, Lebby S, Geiger P, Johnson D, MacDonald S, Chefetz I, Ferron JC, St George L, Rossom R, Kalisa J, Mestrovic T, Nicholson J, Pringle W, Rotondi AJ, Sippel LM, Sica A, Solesio ME, Wright M, Zisman-Ilani Y, Gambee D, Hill J, Brundrett A, Cather C, Rhee TG, Daumit GL, Angel J, Manion I, Deegan PE, Butler JA, Pitts N, Brodey DE, Williams AM, Parks J, Reimann B, Wahrenberger JT, Morgan O, Bradford DW, Bright N, Stafford E, Bohm AR, Carney T, Haragirimana C, Gold A, Storm M, Walker R
JAMA Netw Open. 2023 May 1;6(5):e2315479. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.15479. Epub 2023 May 1.
PMID: 37234010

Comparative effectiveness of evidence-based psychotherapies for PTSD delivered in VA residential PTSD treatment.
Sippel LM, Gross GM, Spiller TR, Duek O, Smith N, Hoff R, Harpaz-Rotem I
Psychol Med. 2023 Oct;53(14):6859-6866. doi: 10.1017/S0033291723000375. Epub 2023 Mar 27.
PMID: 36971021

Pilot test of intranasal oxytocin as an enhancer of brief couples therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder.
Sippel LM, Khalifian CE, Knopp KC, Webster K, Maglione J, Holcomb J, Flanagan JC, Monson CM, Holtzheimer PE, Morland LA
J Psychiatr Res. 2023 May;161:165-169. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2023.03.001. Epub 2023 Mar 6.
PMID: 36931134

Editorial: Mental health services for occupational trauma: Decreasing stigma and increasing access.
Mota N, Bolton SL, Sippel LM
Front Health Serv. 2022;2:1041953. doi: 10.3389/frhs.2022.1041953. Epub 2022 Nov 23.
PMID: 36925781

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