Cover: Fall 2022
Volume 17, Issue 3
Fall 2022
Cover Art: Fall 2022
Exuberance by Irit Felsen
Media Highlight: Traditional Chinese Dance in Working with Trauma
Ilene A. Serlin APA Symposium (2022, August) Trauma, Creativity, and Diversity: Our Inherent Resilience During APA 2022, I had the pleasure of presenting a CE program with an outstanding and diverse group of colleagues from […]
Can We Promote Safety After Mass Shootings?
James Halpern Emeritus Professor Founding Director, Institute for Disaster Mental Health SUNY New Paltz IN THE DECADE SINCE SANDY HOOK, there have been 948 school shootings with nearly 300,000 traumatized students on school grounds during […]
Call for Fellows
Fellows Committee Chair: Priscilla Dass-Brailsford pd227@georgetown.edu Phone: 202-706-5078 Fellow status in APA is given to those who have made unusual and outstanding contributions to the field of trauma psychology. Their distinguished contributions are the foundation […]
Chronic Illness & Trauma: Considerations for Diagnosing PTSD
Oyenike Balogun-Mwangi Section Editor: Shavonne Moore-Lobban SICKLE CELL DISEASE (SCD) is a congenital condition and blood disorder that, for many, is a lifelong struggle through illness, related stress, and subsequent trauma. Worldwide, 300,000 people are […]
Cultural Trauma & the Role of Therapists
José R. Rosario Section Editor: Antonella Bariani Peer Reviewers: Linda Zheng & Molly Becker THE HOLOCAUST, THE PULSE NIGHTCLUB SHOOTING, AND THE MURDERS OF George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Matthew Shepard are just some examples […]
Helping Self & Helping Others: Motivation & benefits to participation in trauma-related research
Alexandra González-Van Wart, Islea G. Piña, Sarah Melin, E. Kate Webb, Christine L. Larson, & Carissa W. Tomas Section Editor: Sydney Timmer-Murillo TRAUMA-RELATED RESEARCH PROVIDES INSIGHT into psychological and physiological responses after a stressful experience […]
Intergenerational and Historical Trauma
IN BRIEF Claire J. Starrs (Section Editor), Hannah Fraser-Purdy, & Vera Békés AN IMPORTANT FOCUS OF THE STUDY OF TRAUMA IS ITS INTERGENERATIONAL IMPACT. An increasing body of evidence indicates important mental health consequences on […]
Positive Psychology Approach to Improve Health, Rehabilitation, & Education Outcomes in Veterans in Higher Education
Emre Umucu (Section Editor) Michigan State University STUDENT VETERANS EXPERIENCE ADVERSE PSYCHOSOCIAL STRESSORS and disabilities associated with their previous military experience, which ultimately and negatively affect their college adjustment, well-being, and transition to employment (Umucu […]