Introduction The Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex (vmPFC) of the brain has been linked to value-based decision-making and regulation of negative emotions. Further, one study of the vmPFC utilizing functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) has helped to […]
Greetings fellow Division 56 members. For the four short months of being President of the Division, I have been allowed to gain a perspective of Division and APA functioning and politics, which is quite a […]
Incarceration and Mental Health According to the World Prison Population List, the United States has the highest prison population with 716 incarcerated per 100,000 (Walmsley, 2013), and these high rates of incarceration occur regardless […]
Litz, B.T., Libowitz, M.J., & Nash, W.P. (2016). Adaptive disclosure: A new treatment for military trauma, loss, and moral injury. New York: The Guilford Press. Adaptive Disclosure is written with heart and clarity to provide […]
It’s hard to believe that three years ago I was appointed as the editor of Trauma Psychology News. Over that period of time, I’ve met and worked with many brilliant people in the trauma psychology […]
1) What is your current occupation? I’m a licensed clinical psychologist for the Veterans Health Administration and associate professor of psychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine where I also direct the Division of Mental […]
We invite and encourage individuals who have “shown evidence of unusual and outstanding contributions or performance in the field of (trauma) psychology” with national or international impact (APA’s hallmark criteria) to apply for Fellowship status […]
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