Trauma, Violence and Abuse

APA advocacy efforts focus on new and existing federal policies that support research and clinical service initiatives related to trauma, violence and abuse across the lifespan — including such issues as gun violence, child trauma, violence against women, elder abuse, hate crimes, disaster preparedness and response, and combat/war-related trauma.

• APA joins with national partners to advocate for funding to address violence against women

• President signs a comprehensive reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act

• American Psychological Association applauds provisions of White House plan to stem gun violence

• APA's Anderson meets with Obama administration officials to provide input on violence prevention proposals

• Violence against teachers spurs urgent call to action

• The Effective Providers for Child Victims of Violence Program

• Advocacy efforts focus on international violence against women

• Effective providers program invited to the Department of Justice (DOJ)

• House and Senate take action toward reauthorization of domestic violence legislation

• Workshops: Effective Providers for Child Victims of Violence

• APA efforts facilitate introduction of critical interpersonal violence bill

• U.S. Commission on Civil Rights: Violence in school

• Gun Violence Prevention

• Division 56 — Trauma Psychology

• ACT — Adults and Children Together — Against Violence

• Countering Terrorism: Integration of Practice and Theory (PDF, 762 KB)

• Department of Homeland Security

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — National Center for Injury Prevention and Control

• International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies

• VA National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

• National Child Traumatic Stress Network

• NIMH Traumatic Stress Research Program

• U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women