Disparities in African American health remain pervasive and persist transgenerationally. There is a growing consensus that both structural and interpersonal racial discrimination are key mechanisms affecting African American health. The Biopsychosocial Model of Racism as a Stressor posits that the persistent stress of experiencing discrimination take a physical toll on the health of African Ame...

This workshop focuses on evidence-based Cognitive-Behavioral treatments for trauma and anxiety, to train mental health professionals (psychology, psychiatry, social work, etc.) and trainees in working with PTSD and related anxiety disorders. Cognitive Behavioral approaches are widely seen as the most effective treatments for these diagnoses. Training will focus specifically on delivering exposu...

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a heterogeneous disorder that affects individuals exposed to trauma (e.g., combat, interpersonal violence, and natural disasters). It is characterized by hyperarousal, intrusive reminders of the trauma, avoidance of trauma-related cues, and negative cognition and mood. This heterogeneity indicates the presence of multiple neurobiological mechanisms under...

post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd) can arise from different traumatic incidents, such as war, torture, being kidnapped or held captive, mugging, child abuse, road accidents, train wrecks, plane crashes as well as natural disasters like earthquakes and floods. during each disaster, both victims and rescue workers are vulnerable to physical and psychological trauma that may lead to different f...

Intrusive mental experiences occur within posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and some psychotic disorders. Similarities in the phenomenology and content in the intrusions of both disorders have been noted. Currently there is little understanding of any common etiology in terms of information-processing styles. This study investigated predictors of analogue posttraumatic intrusive cognitions w...

OBJECTIVE Imprecise conceptualizations of dissociation hinder understanding of trauma-related dissociation. An heuristic resolution for research and clinical practice is proposed. METHOD Current conceptualizations of dissociation are critically examined. They are compared with a new theory that incorporates classical views on dissociation with other contemporary theories related to traumatiza...

conclusions early trauma, dissociative experience, and suicide ideation can predict active/passive a/pap and explain the considerable variance of survival index. results structural coefficients showed that the pattern of high scores in active/passive a/pap correlates with the pattern of high scores in early trauma, dissociative experience and suicide ideation. the findings of the study showed t...

This paper evaluates representation of clinical consequences of developmental psychological trauma in the current proposal of DSM-5. Despite intensive efforts by its proponents for two decades, it is not known yet if Complex PTSD will take a place in the final version of DSM-5. Recognition of dissociative character of several symptom dimensions and introduction of items about negative affects s...