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Not all PTSD therapies keep veterans in treatment, study warns

Research shows nearly 26% of U.S. service members and veterans drop out of PTSD therapy, with trauma-focused treatments seeing the highest rates—highlighting the need for tailored, sustainable care.
November 2025
Press Release

Addressing compassion fatigue

Clinicians can reduce the risk of physical, emotional, and mental exhaustion that is common among mental health providers
August 2025
Article

Irritability in PTSD

A Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy article highlights the significance of irritability as a hallmark of PTSD.
January 2025
APA Journals Article Spotlight

The top 10 journal articles of 2024

Many of the year's most-read journal articles covered research on social media, with others exploring leadership, cognitive behavioral therapy, and adverse childhood experiences.
January 2025
Research in Brief

The hidden grief of miscarriage

People coping with pregnancy loss often experience intense grief without the traditional rituals and other supports that accompany loss. Psychologists can help ease the load
June 2024
Monitor on Psychology

Why are some people more susceptible to severe PMS? Psychologists seek answers

Emerging research on 'hormonal sensitivity' is opening up new avenues for suicide prevention and other interventions.
September 2023
Monitor on Psychology

Childhood neglect and posttraumatic stress may negatively affect fertility

This featured article in this issue of APA Journals Article Spotlight in Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy examines possible effects of different types of child maltreatment and posttraumatic stress symptoms on survivors’ fertility.
March 2023
APA Journals Article Spotlight

The top 10 journal articles of 2022

APA’s 89 journals published more than 5,500 articles in 2022. Here are the top 10 most read.
January 2023
Monitor on Psychology

Media overload is hurting our mental health. Here are ways to manage headline stress

Psychologists are seeing an increase in news-related stress and media saturation overload. Installing a few key media guardrails can help
November 2022
Monitor on Psychology

CE corner: How to support patients who have experienced sexual assault

Psychologists can help their patients navigate the complex contexts that survivors often face while attempting to cope with their assault.
September 2022
Monitor on Psychology

In brief

The latest peer-reviewed studies within psychology and related fields.
January 2022
Research in Brief

The top 10 journal articles

A look at the 10 most downloaded APA journals to date.
January 2022
Monitor on Psychology

CE corner: How psychologists can help refugees

As the Afghans reel from crisis, psychology can play a key role in helping refugees resettle.
August 2021
Monitor on Psychology

CE corner: Improved treatment for developmental trauma

A growing body of research is leading many psychologists to call for the inclusion of complex childhood trauma in various classification systems. Learn about developmental trauma disorder (DTD) and complex post-traumatic stress disorder (cPTSD) and how they differ from PTSD.
July 2021
Monitor on Psychology

The top 10 journal articles of 2020

A list of the 10 most downloaded APA journal articles in 2020.
January 2021
Monitor on Psychology

COVID-19: Insights on the pandemic’s traumatic effects and global implications

A special supplemental issue of Psychological Trauma (August 2020)
August 2020
APA PsycNet

Differential impacts of COVID-19 on communities of color and International perspectives on COVID-19

Two special sections from the July 2020 issue of Psychological Trauma
July 2020
APA PsycNet

Posttraumatic Outcomes Following a Campus Shooting

The featured study investigates the impact of mass shootings on posttraumatic stress and posttraumatic growth symptoms.
October 2019
APA Journals Article Spotlight

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