Presidential Voice – Fall 2018
Greetings Division 56 members. In this note, I have two topics of focus. First, I wish to congratulate you all for a wonderful convention at APA in San Francisco. As Program Chair, Dr. Bryann DeBeer […]
Fall 2018
Editor’s Note – Fall 2018
Expanding and Integrating Welcome to the fall issue of Trauma Psychology News (TPN). In this issue, we bring you two new sections. The Military Psychology section contains a discussion of a specialized intervention called Impact of […]
APA 2018 Travel Awardees
Award for Media Contributions to the Field of Trauma Psychology
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2018 Awards Presented
Award for Media Contributions to the Field of Trauma Psychology
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Death, afterlife, and doomsday scenario: Why do we evade the extreme dangers of climate change?
Death, afterlife, and doomsday scenario: Why do we evade the extreme dangers of climate change? (A review of Samuel Scheffler’s Death and the Afterlife) Robert D. Stolorow, Ph.D. In a blog post of a year […]
Impact of Killing (IOK): Expanding our Framework to Help Veterans Heal from War
Impact of Killing (IOK): Expanding our Framework to Help Veterans Heal from War Kristine Burkman, PhD & Shira Maguen, PhD Currently, there are only two evidence-based psychotherapies (EBPs) for PTSD endorsed by the Veterans Health […]
Trauma Assessment Video Training with High-Risk Trauma Diverse Clients
Research has demonstrated that individuals who are female and/or from diverse backgrounds are subject to higher rates of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) than their majority counterparts. The rates of PTSD in the general population are […]
Understanding Posttraumatic Growth in Haiti
Ainelle Mercado, Marie Valsaint, Skultip (Jill) Sirikantraporn, Grant J. Rich, & Wismick Jean-Charles Despite being the first nation in the world created as a result of a successful slave revolt and also the first independent nation […]
An Overview of Transgender Sexual Victimization
While the term “gender” is often equated with the construct of biological sex, it actually refers to the socially constructed roles, behaviors, activities, and attributions that are the traditional norm for one’s assigned biological sex. […]
Zeynep Sagir: Recipient of the Division 56 Travel Assistance Stipend for the 2018 APA Convention
By: Elizabeth Carll, PhD & Vincenzo Teran, PsyD To encourage international participation, the APA Trauma Psychology Division provides an annual travel stipend to attend the APA Convention for international students who are citizens of developing countries […]