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Jessica L. Hamblen, PhD

Title(s)
Associate Professor of Psychiatry

Department(s)
Psychiatry

Education
Bates College, psychology, BA 1993
State University of New York at Buffalo, Child Clinical Psychology, MA
State University of New York at Buffalo, Child Clinical, Psychology, PhD
Dartmouth Medical School, Dept. of Psychiatry, Predoctoral clinical internship
Dartmouth Medical School, Dept. of Psychiatry, Postdoctoral Fellowship

Programs
National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Websites www.ncptsd.va.gov

Contact Information

NCPTSD
VA Medical Center
215 North Main Street
White River Junction VT 05009

Phone: 802-296-5132
Fax: : 802-296-5135
Email: Jessica.Hamblen@dartmouth.edu


Professional Interests

Interest is in developing, disseminating, and evaluating cognitive behavioral treatments for PTSD and related conditions

Grant Information

Florida Department of Children and Families
Baton Rouge Area Foundation
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Courses Taught

Delivers lectures to medical students, residents, and psychology interns on PTSD, cognitive behavioral treatments for PTSD, and PTSD assessment


Selected Publications

 

Moral injury is independently associated with suicidal ideation and suicide attempt in high-stress, service-oriented occupations.
Griffin BJ, Maguen S, McCue ML, Pietrzak RH, McLean CP, Hamblen JL, Jendro AM, Norman SB
Npj Ment Health Res. 2025 Aug 1;4(1):32. doi: 10.1038/s44184-025-00151-9. Epub 2025 Aug 1.
PMID: 40751003

Effectiveness of digital interventions for eight mental disorders: A meta-analytic synthesis.
Harrer M, Miguel C, Tong L, Kuper P, Sprenger AA, Furukawa Y, Wang Y, van Ballegooijen W, Ciharova M, Panagiotopoulou OM, Cristea I, Hamblen JL, Schnurr PP, Riper H, Sijbrandij M, Karyotaki E, van Straten A, Furukawa TA, Papola D, Leucht S, Cuijpers P, Metapsy consortium
Internet Interv. 2025 Sep;41:100860. doi: 10.1016/j.invent.2025.100860. Epub 2025 Jul 11.
PMID: 40703853

Introducing the suicide prevention trials database: A publicly available data repository of suicide prevention studies.
O'Neil ME, Veazie S, Krushnic D, Hannon S, Baker-Robinson W, Adams J, Clauss K, Constans J, Hamblen JL, Somohano VC, Denneson LM
Suicide Life Threat Behav. 2025 Feb;55(1):e13152. doi: 10.1111/sltb.13152.
PMID: 39901628

Prevalence of Moral Injury in Nationally Representative Samples of Combat Veterans, Healthcare Workers, and First Responders.
Maguen S, Griffin BJ, Pietrzak RH, McLean CP, Hamblen JL, Norman SB
J Gen Intern Med. 2025 Jan 29; doi: 10.1007/s11606-024-09337-x. Epub 2025 Jan 29.
PMID: 39881119

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

What's in a treatment name? How people with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms interpret and react to PTSD treatment names.
Larsen SE, Ranney RM, Matteo R, Grubbs KM, Hamblen JL
J Trauma Stress. 2025 Feb;38(1):112-123. doi: 10.1002/jts.23108. Epub 2024 Oct 21.
PMID: 39432415

Using the Moral Injury and Distress Scale to identify clinically meaningful moral injury.
Maguen S, Griffin BJ, Pietrzak RH, McLean CP, Hamblen JL, Norman SB
J Trauma Stress. 2024 Aug;37(4):685-696. doi: 10.1002/jts.23050. Epub 2024 Apr 24.
PMID: 38655683

The Management of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Acute Stress Disorder: Synopsis of the 2023 U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and U.S. Department of Defense Clinical Practice Guideline.
Schnurr PP, Hamblen JL, Wolf J, Coller R, Collie C, Fuller MA, Holtzheimer PE, Kelly U, Lang AJ, McGraw K, Morganstein JC, Norman SB, Papke K, Petrakis I, Riggs D, Sall JA, Shiner B, Wiechers I, Kelber MS
Ann Intern Med. 2024 Mar;177(3):363-374. doi: 10.7326/M23-2757. Epub 2024 Feb 27.
PMID: 38408360

A clinician's guide to the 2023 VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guideline for Management of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Acute Stress Disorder.
Lang AJ, Hamblen JL, Holtzheimer P, Kelly U, Norman SB, Riggs D, Schnurr PP, Wiechers I
J Trauma Stress. 2024 Feb;37(1):19-34. doi: 10.1002/jts.23013. Epub 2024 Jan 7.
PMID: 38184799

Development and feasibility pilot of Considering PTSD Treatment: An online intervention with peer support.
Hamblen JL, Szafranski S, Ranney RM, Grubaugh AL
Internet Interv. 2023 Dec;34:100684. doi: 10.1016/j.invent.2023.100684. Epub 2023 Oct 20.
PMID: 37920732

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