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    Karen Seal, MD

    TitleAssociate Professor in Residence
    SchoolUCSF School of Medicine
    DepartmentMedicine
    Address4150 Clement St.
    San Francisco CA 94121
    Phone415-221-4810x4852

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      1. Jakupcak M, Hoerster KD, Blais RK, Malte CA, Hunt S, Seal K. Readiness for Change Predicts VA Mental Healthcare Utilization Among Iraq and Afghanistan War Veterans. J Trauma Stress. 2013 Feb; 26(1):165-8.
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      2. Maguen S, Madden E, Cohen BE, Bertenthal D, Seal KH. Time to treatment among veterans of conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan with psychiatric diagnoses. Psychiatr Serv. 2012 Dec; 63(12):1206-12.
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      3. Maguen S, Lau KM, Madden E, Seal K. Relationship of screen-based symptoms for mild traumatic brain injury and mental health problems in Iraq and Afghanistan veterans: Distinct or overlapping symptoms? J Rehabil Res Dev. 2012 Oct; 49(7):1115-26.
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      4. Cohen BE, Maguen S, Bertenthal D, Shi Y, Jacoby V, Seal KH. Reproductive and other health outcomes in Iraq and Afghanistan women veterans using VA health care: association with mental health diagnoses. Womens Health Issues. 2012 Sep; 22(5):e461-71.
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      5. Koenig CJ, Maguen S, Daley A, Cohen G, Seal KH. Passing the baton: a grounded practical theory of handoff communication between multidisciplinary providers in two department of veterans affairs outpatient settings. J Gen Intern Med. 2013 Jan; 28(1):41-50.
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      6. Maguen S, Cohen B, Cohen G, Madden E, Bertenthal D, Seal K. Eating disorders and psychiatric comorbidity among Iraq and Afghanistan veterans. Womens Health Issues. 2012 Jul-Aug; 22(4):e403-6.
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      7. Maguen S, Lau KM, Madden E, Seal K. Factors associated with completing comprehensive traumatic brain injury evaluation. Mil Med. 2012 Jul; 177(7):797-803.
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      8. Spelman JF, Hunt SC, Seal KH, Burgo-Black AL. Post deployment care for returning combat veterans. J Gen Intern Med. 2012 Sep; 27(9):1200-9.
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      9. Seal KH, Abadjian L, McCamish N, Shi Y, Tarasovsky G, Weingardt K. A randomized controlled trial of telephone motivational interviewing to enhance mental health treatment engagement in Iraq and Afghanistan veterans. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2012 Sep; 34(5):450-9.
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      10. Seal KH, Shi Y, Cohen G, Cohen BE, Maguen S, Krebs EE, Neylan TC. Association of mental health disorders with prescription opioids and high-risk opioid use in US veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan. JAMA. 2012 Mar 7; 307(9):940-7.
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      11. Maguen S, Cohen B, Cohen G, Madden E, Bertenthal D, Seal K. Gender differences in health service utilization among Iraq and Afghanistan veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2012 Jun; 21(6):666-73.
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      12. Maguen S, Madden E, Lau KM, Seal K. The impact of head injury mechanism on mental health symptoms in veterans: do number and type of exposures matter? J Trauma Stress. 2012 Feb; 25(1):3-9.
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      13. Maguen S, Cohen B, Ren L, Bosch J, Kimerling R, Seal K. Gender differences in military sexual trauma and mental health diagnoses among Iraq and Afghanistan veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder. Womens Health Issues. 2012 Jan-Feb; 22(1):e61-6.
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      14. Seal KH, Cohen G, Bertenthal D, Cohen BE, Maguen S, Daley A. Reducing barriers to mental health and social services for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans: outcomes of an integrated primary care clinic. J Gen Intern Med. 2011 Oct; 26(10):1160-7.
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      15. Seal KH, Cohen G, Waldrop A, Cohen BE, Maguen S, Ren L. Substance use disorders in Iraq and Afghanistan veterans in VA healthcare, 2001-2010: Implications for screening, diagnosis and treatment. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2011 Jul 1; 116(1-3):93-101.
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      16. Maguen S, Ren L, Bosch JO, Marmar CR, Seal KH. Gender differences in mental health diagnoses among Iraq and Afghanistan veterans enrolled in veterans affairs health care. Am J Public Health. 2010 Dec; 100(12):2450-6.
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      17. Seal KH, Maguen S, Cohen B, Gima KS, Metzler TJ, Ren L, Bertenthal D, Marmar CR. VA mental health services utilization in Iraq and Afghanistan veterans in the first year of receiving new mental health diagnoses. J Trauma Stress. 2010 Feb; 23(1):5-16.
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      18. Maguen S, Lucenko BA, Reger MA, Gahm GA, Litz BT, Seal KH, Knight SJ, Marmar CR. The impact of reported direct and indirect killing on mental health symptoms in Iraq war veterans. J Trauma Stress. 2010 Feb; 23(1):86-90.
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      19. Maguen S, Metzler TJ, Litz BT, Seal KH, Knight SJ, Marmar CR. The impact of killing in war on mental health symptoms and related functioning. J Trauma Stress. 2009 Oct; 22(5):435-43.
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      20. Cohen BE, Gima K, Bertenthal D, Kim S, Marmar CR, Seal KH. Mental health diagnoses and utilization of VA non-mental health medical services among returning Iraq and Afghanistan veterans. J Gen Intern Med. 2010 Jan; 25(1):18-24.
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      21. Cohen BE, Marmar C, Ren L, Bertenthal D, Seal KH. Association of cardiovascular risk factors with mental health diagnoses in Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans using VA health care. JAMA. 2009 Aug 5; 302(5):489-92.
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      22. Seal KH, Metzler TJ, Gima KS, Bertenthal D, Maguen S, Marmar CR. Trends and risk factors for mental health diagnoses among Iraq and Afghanistan veterans using Department of Veterans Affairs health care, 2002-2008. Am J Public Health. 2009 Sep; 99(9):1651-8.
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      23. Tsui JI, Whooley MA, Monto A, Seal K, Tien PC, Shlipak M. Association of hepatitis C virus seropositivity with inflammatory markers and heart failure in persons with coronary heart disease: data from the Heart and Soul study. J Card Fail. 2009 Jun; 15(5):451-6.
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      24. Hu Y, Grau LE, Scott G, Seal KH, Marshall PA, Singer M, Heimer R. Economic evaluation of delivering hepatitis B vaccine to injection drug users. Am J Prev Med. 2008 Jul; 35(1):25-32.
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      25. Seal KH, Bertenthal D, Maguen S, Gima K, Chu A, Marmar CR. Getting beyond "Don't ask; don't tell": an evaluation of US Veterans Administration postdeployment mental health screening of veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. Am J Public Health. 2008 Apr; 98(4):714-20.
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      26. Seal KH, Monto A, Dove L, Shen H, Vittinghoff E, Tracy D, Miller E, Lau E, Wright TL. The association of human immunodeficiency virus infection with spontaneously resolved hepatitis C virus infection and level of viremia among injection drug users. Dig Dis Sci. 2007 Dec; 52(12):3423-30.
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      27. Seal KH, Bertenthal D, Miner CR, Sen S, Marmar C. Bringing the war back home: mental health disorders among 103,788 US veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan seen at Department of Veterans Affairs facilities. Arch Intern Med. 2007 Mar 12; 167(5):476-82.
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      28. Seal KH, Currie SL, Shen H, Anand BS, Bini EJ, Brau N, Jeffers L, Wright TL. Hepatitis C treatment candidacy and outcomes among 4318 US veterans with chronic hepatitis C virus infection: does a history of injection drug use matter? J Clin Gastroenterol. 2007 Feb; 41(2):199-205.
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      29. Tsui JI, Pletcher MJ, Vittinghoff E, Seal K, Gonzales R. Hepatitis C and hospital outcomes in patients admitted with alcohol-related problems. J Hepatol. 2006 Feb; 44(2):262-6.
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      30. Seal KH, Thawley R, Gee L, Bamberger J, Kral AH, Ciccarone D, Downing M, Edlin BR. Naloxone distribution and cardiopulmonary resuscitation training for injection drug users to prevent heroin overdose death: a pilot intervention study. J Urban Health. 2005 Jun; 82(2):303-11.
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      31. Seal KH, Kral AH, Lorvick J, McNees A, Gee L, Edlin BR. A randomized controlled trial of monetary incentives vs. outreach to enhance adherence to the hepatitis B vaccine series among injection drug users. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2003 Aug 20; 71(2):127-31.
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      32. Pfeiffer RM, Tanaka Y, Yeo AE, Umemura T, Seal KH, Shih JW, Alter HJ, Edlin BR, O'Brien TR. Prevalence of SEN viruses among injection drug users in the San Francisco Bay area. J Infect Dis. 2003 Jul 1; 188(1):13-8.
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      33. Seal KH, Downing M, Kral AH, Singleton-Banks S, Hammond JP, Lorvick J, Ciccarone D, Edlin BR. Attitudes about prescribing take-home naloxone to injection drug users for the management of heroin overdose: a survey of street-recruited injectors in the San Francisco Bay Area. J Urban Health. 2003 Jun; 80(2):291-301.
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      34. Atkinson J, Edlin BR, Engels EA, Kral AH, Seal K, Gamache CJ, Whitby D, O'Brien TR. Seroprevalence of human herpesvirus 8 among injection drug users in San Francisco. J Infect Dis. 2003 Mar 15; 187(6):974-81.
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      35. Bluthenthal RN, Kral AH, Gee L, Lorvick J, Moore L, Seal K, Edlin BR. Trends in HIV seroprevalence and risk among gay and bisexual men who inject drugs in San Francisco, 1988 to 2000. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2001 Nov 1; 28(3):264-9.
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      36. Seal KH, Kral AH, Gee L, Moore LD, Bluthenthal RN, Lorvick J, Edlin BR. Predictors and prevention of nonfatal overdose among street-recruited injection heroin users in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1998-1999. Am J Public Health. 2001 Nov; 91(11):1842-6.
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      37. Edlin BR, Seal KH, Lorvick J, Kral AH, Ciccarone DH, Moore LD, Lo B. Is it justifiable to withhold treatment for hepatitis C from illicit-drug users? N Engl J Med. 2001 Jul 19; 345(3):211-5.
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      38. Ochoa KC, Hahn JA, Seal KH, Moss AR. Overdosing among young injection drug users in San Francisco. Addict Behav. 2001 May-Jun; 26(3):453-60.
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      39. Lorvick J, Kral AH, Seal K, Gee L, Edlin BR. Prevalence and duration of hepatitis C among injection drug users in San Francisco, Calif. Am J Public Health. 2001 Jan; 91(1):46-7.
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      40. Seal KH, Ochoa KC, Hahn JA, Tulsky JP, Edlin BR, Moss AR. Risk of hepatitis B infection among young injection drug users in San Francisco: opportunities for intervention. West J Med. 2000 Jan; 172(1):16-20.
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