Modeling trauma to develop treatments for posttraumatic stress.

Does virtual trauma cause posttraumatic stress disorder?

Editorial: Trauma, Psychosis and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Psychosocial treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder: a critical review.

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been the subject of growing recognition since its inception in 1980. Owing in part to the relatively recent inclusion of PTSD in the psychiatric nomenclature, research is only beginning to address its treatment in methodologically rigorous studies. In this review, we discuss issues such as prevalence of trauma and of PTSD, and gold standards for treatmen...

Enhanced Priming for Trauma-Related Words Predicts Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

There is preliminary evidence that enhanced priming for trauma-related cues plays a role in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). A prospective study of 119 motor vehicle accident survivors investigated whether priming for trauma-related stimuli predicts PTSD. Participants completed a modified word-stem completion test comprising accident-related, traffic-related, general threat, and neutral wo...

Behavioral Interventions for Trauma and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Optimal therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) follows logically from an understanding of etiological models describing the development and maintenance of the disorder. Accordingly, the present article provides a brief overview of PTSD with particular attention paid to etiology. Exposure-based interventions have consistently been shown to promote superior posttraumatic adjustment rela...