Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy^®

Editor

Steven N. Gold
Nova Southeastern University

Associate Editors

Thema Bryant-Davis
Pepperdine University

Constance J. Dalenberg
Alliant International University

Jan Faust
Nova Southeastern University

Casey T. Taft
Boston VA National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Boston University School of Medicine

Associate Editors, Statistics

Daniel King
Boston VA National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Boston University School of Medicine

Lynda King
Boston VA National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Boston University School of Medicine

Consulting Editors

Pamela Alexander
Wellesley College

Jon Allen
The Menninger Clinic, Houston, Texas

Judie Alpert
New York University

George Bonnano
Columbia University, Teachers College

Bethany Brand
Towson University

Doug Bremner
Emory University

Chris Brewin
University College London, London, England

Laura S. Brown
Argosy University

Rebecca Campbell
Mississippi State University

Etzel Cardeña
University of Lund, Lund, Sweden

Eve Carlson
National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Eduardo Cazabat
Argentine Society for Psychotrauma, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Catherine Classen
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Joan Cook
Yale University and National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Mark Creamer
University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Lisa Cromer
University of Tulsa

Andrea Danese
King's College London, London, England

Priscilla Dass-Brailsford
Lesley University

Paul Dell
Trauma Recovery Center, Norfolk, Virginia

Daniel Dodgen
US Department of Health and Human Services

Jon D. Elhai
University of Toledo

Edna Foa
University of Pennsylvania

Victoria Follette
University of Nevada, Reno

Julian Ford
University of Connecticut School of Medicine

Mary Gail Frawley-O'Dea
Manhattan Institute for Psychoanalysis

Jennifer Freyd
University of Oregon

Robert Geffner
Alliant International University

Sandra Graham-Bermann
University of Michigan

Bonnie Green
Georgetown University

Muhamed Haj-Yahia
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

Kevin Hamberger
Medical College of Wisconsin

Patricia Hashima
Clemson University

Steven Hobfoll
Rush University

David Read Johnson
Yale University School of Medicine

Russell Jones
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Terence Keane
VA Boston Healthcare System

Ibrahim Aref Kira
Center for Cumulative Trauma Studies

Robert J. Lifton
Cambridge Health Alliance

David Lisak
University of Massachusetts

Grant Marshall
RAND Corporation

Brian P. Marx
National Center for PTSD, VA Boston Healthcare System

Mark W. Miller
National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, VA Boston Healthcare System and Boston University School of Medicine

Linda Mona
VA Long Beach Healthcare System

Lisa M. Najavits
Harvard Medical School and McLean Hospital

Nnamdi Pole
Smith College

Robert Rosenheck
VA Connecticut Healthcare System

Barbara Rothbaum
Emory University

Joseph Ruzek
National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and VA Palo Alto Health Care System

Karen W. Saakvitne
Trauma Research, Education, and Training Institute and Independent practice, Northampton, MA

Daniel G. Saunders
University of Michigan

Julia Seng
University of Michigan

Francine Shapiro
Mental Research Institute

Phyllis W. Sharps
Johns Hopkins University

Eli Somer
University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel

Robert D. Stolorow
Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis

Elisa Triffleman
Independent practice

Onno van der Hart
Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Bessel van der Kolk
Boston University School of Medicine

Dawne S. Vogt
VA Boston Healthcare and Boston University School of Medicine

Frank Weathers
Auburn University

Erika J. Wolf
National Center for PTSD, VA Boston Healthcare System

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Nova Southeastern University

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