Jenna Park (née Forehand) CV
Education
Master of Arts (MA) in Couples and Family Therapy, Seattle University 2024
Master of Public Health (MPH), Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth 2018
Doctor of Medicine (MD), St. George’s University School of Medicine 2017
Bachelor of Science (BS) in Biochemistry, William Smith College 2010
Credentials
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Associate (LMFTA), Washington License MG61566317
Health Professions Education Evaluation Advanced Research Fellowship, Veterans Health Administration
Certified Clinical Research Coordinator, CITI Program
Certified Yoga Instructor, National Yoga Alliance
TRAININGS
Unifying Framework for Psychotherapy Level I, Therapy That Works Institute 2025
Presentations
Park JA. “Mining clinical data for novel posttraumatic stress disorder medications,” International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS) Annual Meeting. November 2022. Atlanta, GA.
Forehand JA. “Causes of excess mortality in veterans treated for posttraumatic stress disorder,” National Traumatic Brain Injury Series Panelist, VA HSR&D CyberSeminar, Veterans Affairs Medical Center; February 2020. White River Junction, VT.
Forehand JA. “Causes of excess mortality in veterans treated for posttraumatic stress disorder,” PTSD Journal Club, National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Veterans Affairs Medical Center; August 2019. White River Junction, VT.
Forehand JA, Kohrman S, Duemling K. “Improving the recognition of borderline personality disorder in a bipolar world,” Resident Journal Club, Department of Psychiatry, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center; April 2019. Lebanon, NH.
Forehand JA, Gotow E, Hastings J. “Attenuation of antidepressant effects of ketamine by opioid receptor antagonism,” Resident Journal Club, Department of Psychiatry, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center; October 2018. Lebanon, NH.
Forehand JA. “Psychosocial interventions to manage neuropsychiatric symptoms in nursing home residents: A systematic review and meta-analysis,” The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice Capstone Conference, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center; June 2018. Lebanon, NH.
Forehand JA, Stadler DS. “Aligning advance care preferences with actual care for residents of skilled nursing facilities,” The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice Public Health Internship Presentation, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center; May 2018. Lebanon, NH.
Auty SG, Forehand JA, Mkrtchyan NV, Weber NA, Calhoun DA. “Efficacy of computerized therapy for the treatment of depressed adolescents and young adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis,” The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice Inferential Methods Poster Session, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center; December 2017. Lebanon, NH.
Publications
Park JA, Gottlieb DJ, Watts BV, Dufort V, Gradus JL, Shiner B. (2024) Comparing suicide rates for cognitive processing therapy versus prolonged exposure therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder. American Journal of Psychotherapy, (In Press).
Park JA, Riblet NB, Shiner B, Gradus JL. PTSD and death from suicide: An update from 2017. PTSD Research Quarterly. 2023;34(2):1-8. https://www.ptsd.va.gov/publications/rq_docs/V34N2.pdf
Shiner B, Park JA, Rozema L, Hoyt JE, Watts BV, Gradus JL. Safety of Glecaprevir/Pibrentasvir for hepatitis C in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder: A post-marketing surveillance study. General Hospital Psychiatry. 2023;84:268-270. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2023.06.012
Peltzman T, Park J, Shiner B. Development and validation of a prognostic index for mental health and substance use disorder burden. General Hospital Psychiatry. 2023;85:213-219. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2023.10.012
Kenneally L, Stevens S, Cornelius S, Shiner B, Rice K, Park J, Watts BV, Teja N, Riblet N. Pilot randomized controlled trial of a brief strategy to prevent suicide after discharge from residential addiction treatment. Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment. 2023;154:209156. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.josat.2023.209156
Shiner B, Peltzman T, Forehand J, Gui J, Freytes IM, Watts BV. Examination of increasing suicide rates among rural Hispanic VA patients. Journal of Rural Health. 2023;39:565-574. https://www.doi.org/10.1111/jrh.12714
Peltzman T, Forehand JA, Freytes IM, Shiner B. Rural and urban Hispanic patients of the Veterans Health Administration. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. 2023;10:2273-2283. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-022-01406-3
Forehand JA, Dufort V, Gradus JL, Maguen S, Watts BV, Jiang T, Holder N, Shiner B. Association between post-traumatic stress disorder severity and death by suicide in US military veterans: retrospective cohort study. The British Journal of Psychiatry. 2022;221(5):676-682. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2022.110
Forehand JA, Levis M, Watts BV, Finn CT, Shiner B. Research literacy for psychiatry residents: a 10-session curriculum using a problem-based learning approach. Academic Psychiatry. 2022;46(4):504-509. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-021-01487-y
Shiner B, Forehand JA, Rozema L, Kulldorff M, Watts BV, Trefethen M, Jiang T, Huybrechts KF, Schnurr PP, Vincenti M, Gui J, Gradus JL. Mining clinical data for novel posttraumatic stress disorder medications. Biological Psychiatry. 2022;91(7):647-657. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2021.10.008
Shiner B, Gottlieb D, Rice K, Forehand JA, Snitkin M, Watts BV. Evaluating policies to improve access to mental health services in rural areas. Journal of Rural Health. 2022;38(4):805-816. https://www.doi.org/10.1111/jrh.12674
Shiner B, Huybrechts K, Gui J, Rozema L, Forehand JA, Kulldorff M, Watts BV, Jiang T, Hoyt J, Esteves J, Schnurr P, Ray K, Gradus JL. Comparative effectiveness of direct-acting antivirals for posttraumatic stress disorder in veterans affairs patients with hepatitis c virus infection. American Journal of Epidemiology. 2022;191(9):1614-1625. https://www.doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwac104
Riblet NB, Kenneally L, Stevens S, Watts BV, Gui J, Forehand JA, Cornelius S, Rousseau GS, Schwartz JC, Shiner B. A virtual, pilot trial of a brief intervention to prevent suicide in an integrated healthcare setting. General Hospital Psychiatry. 2022;75:68-74. https://www.doi.org/10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2022.02.002
Shiner B, Peltzman T, Cornelius SL, Gui J, Forehand JA, Watts BV. Recent trends in the rural-urban suicide disparity among veterans using VA health care. Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 2021;44(4):492-506. https://www.doi.org/10.1007/s10865-020-00176-9
Riblet NB, Stevens SP, Shiner B, Cornelius SL, Forehand JA, Scott RC, Watts BV. Longitudinal examination of COVID-19 public health measures on mental health for rural patients with serious mental illness. Military Medicine. 2021;186(9-10):956-961. https://www.doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usaa559
Riblet NB, Stevens SP, Watts BV, Gui J, Forehand JA, Cornelius S, Powell R, Lewicki K, Wasserman D, Shiner B. A pilot randomized trial of a brief intervention to prevent suicide after inpatient psychiatric discharge. Psychiatric Services. 2021;72(11):1320-1323. https://www.doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000537
Gottlieb D, Watts BV, Peltzman T, Riblet NB, Cornelius SL, Forehand JA, Shiner B. Small area analysis of veterans affairs mental health services data. Psychiatric Services. 2021;72(4):384-390. https://www.doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000130
Forehand JA, Peltzman T, Westgate CL, Riblet NB, Watts BV, Shiner B. Causes of excess mortality in veterans treated for posttraumatic stress disorder. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2019;57(2):145-152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2019.03.014
Memberships
American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (member since 2022)
Washington Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (member since 2022)