A brief report on the status of the Journal of Trauma & Dissociation.

Each issue of the Journal of Trauma & Dissociation (JTD) opens with a signed editorial. These editorials, which I either write or invite, do not undergo formal peer review, although the authors and I almost always seek feedback from colleagues and make revisions accordingly prior to publication. The point of editorials is in part to allow the free expression of opinion. The opinions are always those of the authors of the editorials and do not represent the official stance of JTD, the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD), or Taylor & Francis. By tradition, the first editorial of each volume is authored by the incoming president of ISSTD (e.g., Danylchuk, 2015). When we publish special issues, the opening editorial is by the guest editors of the special issue. For the final issue of each volume, I have assumed the responsibility and privilege of writing an editorial myself (e.g., Freyd, 2015) or with a coauthor (e.g., Smith & Freyd, 2014). Generally speaking, in my own editorials I report on the state of the journal as well as discuss one or two other topics that I consider of importance and, I hope, of interest to JTD readers. In this issue of JTD—the fifth and final issue of Volume 17 (published in 2016)—I am departing from tradition by running side-by-side editorials. In this one, the first, I report on some of the recent developments and achievements of JTD. Immediately following this report is a second editorial on a topic I consider of importance and, I hope, of interest to JTD readers. That editorial—“Collusion, torture, and inequality: Understanding the actions of the American Psychological Association as institutional betrayal” (Gómez, Smith, Gobin, Tang, & Freyd, 2016/this issue)—is one that I have coauthored with four of my former and current doctoral students: Jennifer M. Gómez, Carly P. Smith, Robyn L. Gobin, and Shin Shin Tang. My hope is that readers of JTD will find relevance and meaning in each of these very different commentaries. JTD continues to receive many excellent submissions. Our submission rate is robust, and that means I am selecting the most outstanding papers from a strong pool. In addition, we are having an impact on our field as well as increasing public awareness of critical topics in our field. One JTD editorial