Sofia E. Matta, MD

Department of Mental Health, Womack Army Medical Center, Fort Bragg, North Carolina

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Sofia E. Matta, MD, is affiliated with the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Brigham in Boston, Massachusetts. With publications from 2024 to 2026, Matta has contributed extensively to topics including posttraumatic stress disorder, addiction, veterans and military issues, child and adolescent psychiatry, neurology, pain, and patient care. Her work addresses clinical applications of neuromodulatory technologies, management of mental health sequelae in diverse populations, and the integration of spirituality in mental health. Matta frequently collaborates with co-authors such as Theodore A. Stern and Michalla B. Braford.

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Serious Suicide Attempt Management
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Serious Suicide Attempt Management

July 8, 2025

Approximately half of the individuals who take their own life have had contact with their primary care provider within the month before their death.
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Facing Intensive Care: A Guide for PCPs
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Facing Intensive Care: A Guide for PCPs

June 17, 2025

Critically ill patients develop complex problems that involve affective, behavioral, cognitive, and motor manifestations, and failure to attend to these signs and symptoms can jeopardize the safety of both...
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Multimodal Approaches to Pain Management
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Multimodal Approaches to Pain Management

June 3, 2025

Although the primary objective of managing acute pain is to provide effective pain relief, it is also important to minimize medication side effects, improve patient function, and reduce the...
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Sequelae of Adverse Childhood Experiences
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Sequelae of Adverse Childhood Experiences

May 6, 2025

Long-term complications of ACEs involve psychiatric and medical conditions, such as mood and substance use disorders, chronic heart and lung diseases, obesity, diabetes, cancer, and PTSD.
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Comorbid Bipolar Disorder and PTSD
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Comorbid Bipolar Disorder and PTSD

December 24, 2024

Bipolar disorder and PTSD are highly comorbid conditions, and pharmacologic management poses unique challenges, as side effects of the commonly used medications for one disorder can worsen the symptoms...
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Treatment of Pain in the Context of Alcohol and Substance Use Disorders
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Treatment of Pain in the Context of Alcohol and Substance Use Disorders

October 17, 2024

When prescribing opioids for pain, prescription monitoring programs should be checked, regular urine toxicology screening should be conducted, and patients with an opioid use disorder should receive FDA-approved medication...
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Pharmacologic Management of TBI
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Pharmacologic Management of TBI

July 16, 2024

Cognitive complaints, including difficulties with attention, concentration, and memory, are common in patients post-TBI; however, many medications have been studied in the treatment of cognition after TBI. Read on...
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Strategies for Cutting Down and Stopping Alcohol Use
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Strategies for Cutting Down and Stopping Alcohol Use

May 28, 2024

Knowledge of nonpharmacologic approaches as well as medications’ mechanisms of action, side effects, and drug-drug interactions can facilitate the timely and appropriate use of psychotropics to help individuals cut...
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Traumatic Brain Injury: Manifestations and Management
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Traumatic Brain Injury: Manifestations and Management

May 9, 2024

Imaging provides important information about structural and functional brain changes following TBI, and results can guide interventions. In addition to pharmacologic approaches for persistent symptoms, psychoeducation is an invaluable...
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Hypoactive Delirium Diagnosis and Management
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Hypoactive Delirium Diagnosis and Management

February 8, 2024

Recognition of hypoactive delirium should prompt the search for its underlying etiologies, with initial attention paid to life-threatening or emergent causes.
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