by lgrasser@med.wayne.edu | Jul 6, 2026 | Assessment and Psychometrics, Military and Combat, Trauma Blog Topics
Timothy McCoy, Ray Siddiqi, & Alexander Puhalla July 7, 2026 Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is one of the most common forms of psychopathology that impacts U.S. veterans (American Psychiatric Association, 2013; Trivedi et al., 2015). Shame, an intense...
by lgrasser@med.wayne.edu | Jun 23, 2026 | Assessment and Psychometrics, Trauma Blog Topics
Seth Mattson, John Peteet, & Shira Maguen June 23, 2026 In clinical practice, trauma is often conceptualized through the lens of fear--manifesting as hyperarousal, avoidance, and intrusive reminders. For many patients, this framework is both accurate...
by lgrasser@med.wayne.edu | May 12, 2026 | Military and Combat, Trauma Blog Topics
Walt Sowden, Roland Hart, & George A. Bonanno May 12, 2026 For decades, researchers and clinicians alike have focused largely on combat exposure as the primary driver of posttraumatic stress in military veterans. More recently, attention has turned to...
by lgrasser@med.wayne.edu | May 5, 2026 | Diversity and Multicultural Issues, Trauma Blog Topics
Arlene Bjugstad, Jodi Berger Cardoso, Jessica Hernández Ortiz, & Jessica Borelli May 5, 2026 Families from Central America (e.g., El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras) often migrate to the United States under conditions of extreme hardship. Violence, political...
by lgrasser@med.wayne.edu | Mar 24, 2026 | Clinical Issues and Treatment, Diversity and Multicultural Issues, Trauma Blog Topics
Marley Warren & Lia J. Smith March 24, 2026 LGBTQ individuals experience stressors related to their identity--including stigma, microaggressions, and violence--that increase their risk for the development of a variety of mental health concerns (e.g., Lu et...
by lgrasser@med.wayne.edu | Mar 17, 2026 | Assessment and Psychometrics, Clinical Issues and Treatment, Trauma Blog Topics
Zoe Brier, Isobel Rosenthal, & Kathleen Chard March 17, 2026 About 90% of people in the United States experience a traumatic event in their lifetime, and a significant number of those exposed to trauma go on to develop PTSD (Kilpatrick et al., 2013)....
