Sarah M. Schenk AUGUST OF 2020, I ARRIVED IN NEW YORK CITY to begin my studies toward an MA in Clinical Psychology. I had calibrated my expectations toward a different university experience, one in which […]
Wendy Chu & Andrea Chi Ern Ng Section Editors: Jack Lennon & Emily Rooney ASIAN AMERICANS ARE THE MOST DIVERSE and fastest growing ethnic group in the United States (Sue et al., 2021). However, issues […]
Heather Littleton & Amie Grills UNFORTUNATELY, BEING THE TARGET OF CYBER HARASSMENT is an extremely common experience among academics, particularly among those who are members of marginalized and minoritized groups. As trauma researchers and clinicians, […]
John Samuels, MA Section Editors: Jack Lennon & Emily Rooney RACIAL TRAUMA REFERS TO the stressful reactions of Black, Indigenous, or People of Color (BIPOC) individuals to dangerous experiences of racial discrimination (Comas-Díaz et al., […]
Jamie Taber, Jamie Besaw, & Emily Curren THE SARS-CoV-2 CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC has left individuals in unprecedented territory and has resulted in a significant increase in stress and anxiety throughout the United States (Fiorillo et al., […]
Research with the trans and non-binary (TNB) community across fields and disciplines has increased substantially over the last few decades (Moradi et al., 2016; Valentine & Shipherd, 2018). However, the extant body of work with […]
Antonella Bariani Individuals of Latino origin (Latinx), the fastest growing minority group within the United States (U.S.; Grieco et al., 2012), have been found to be at high risk for trauma exposure related to migration, […]
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the leading cause of death and disability among all trauma-related injuries in the United States (U.S.; Center for Disease Control [CDC], 2019). Despite being a rising public health concern, there […]
In the interest of transparency, I would first like to disclose my background and interest in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) comorbidity. As a master’s-level intern in the clinical assessment team at […]
Introduction Sexual assault can be a life-changing traumatic event that can lead to posttraumatic stress or posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD; Smith & Pick, 2015). In one undergraduate sample, 22% of students reported experiencing sexual assault […]
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