“It’s just gonna be a while”: What Families Need While on the Waitlist for Trauma Therapy

by lgrasser@med.wayne.edu | Jul 30, 2025 | Clinical Issues and Treatment, Trauma Blog Topics

Home 9 Search query for: 2025 Caitlin Rancher, Owen Winters, Angela Moreland, & Daniel W. Smith Trauma Does Not Wait   Families seeking trauma-focused mental health services for their child are often told they need to wait – sometimes for months – before...

When PTSD treatment falls short: Understanding the impact of institutional betrayal

by lgrasser@med.wayne.edu | Jul 22, 2025 | Clinical Issues and Treatment, Trauma Blog Topics

Madeline J. Bruce, Deborah M. Little, Melba A. Hernandez-Tejada, & Ron Acierno July 22, 2025   Consider the following scenarios . . . 1) While deployed in the army, a woman survives a sexual assault committed by one of her own comrades. When she reported the...

Refining post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) treatment selection: Possible paths to better outcomes

by lgrasser@med.wayne.edu | Jul 1, 2025 | Clinical Issues and Treatment, Trauma Blog Topics

Home 9 Category: Clinical Issues and Treatment Victoria A. Torres, Elizabeth Coe, Jalisa Jackson, Kiara Leonard, Jessica Rostockyi, Kira Swensen, Eric C. Meyer, Suzy B. Gulliver, & Stephanie Jones   Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) affects millions...

Are PTSD treatment names welcoming or off-putting?

by lgrasser@med.wayne.edu | Apr 1, 2025 | Clinical Issues and Treatment, Trauma Blog Topics

Home 9 Category: Clinical Issues and Treatment Sadie E. Larsen, Rachel M. Ranney, Rebecca A. Matteo, Kathleen M. Grubbs, & Jessica Hamblen   One main aspect of marketing is right up front—what are the treatments called? So in this study, we asked 887...

Making the Most of Treatment: Veterans Want to Improve PTSD and Their Functioning During PTSD Treatment

by lgrasser@med.wayne.edu | Mar 28, 2025 | Clinical Issues and Treatment, Military and Combat, Trauma Blog Topics

Home 9 Category: Military and Combat Stephanie Y. Wells, Marcela C. Weber, Kathleen M. Grubbs, & Emily R. Wilhite   Trauma-focused psychotherapies improve posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and are widely available in the Veterans Affairs...

State of the Science for Telehealth-Delivered Psychotherapy for Trauma Sequelae

by kdhowell@umass.edu | Nov 19, 2024 | Clinical Issues and Treatment, Trauma Blog Topics

Home 9 Category: Clinical Issues and Treatment Madeline J. Bruce, Antonio F. Pagán, & Ron Acierno   We hope our state-of-the-science review can ease the unfortunate, yet common, concern that telehealth-delivered psychotherapy is less effective or...