Citation

Vujanovic AA, Schnurr PP. Curr. Opin. Psychol. 2017; 14: iv-viii.

Affiliation

National Center for PTSD, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, VA Medical Center (116D), 215 North Main St, White River Junction, VT 05009, USA. Electronic address: paula.schnurr@dartmouth.edu.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.copsyc.2017.03.004

PMID

28813328

Abstract

This issue provides an expansive overview of the field of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The featured articles highlight novel, creative, and innovative topics and methodologies, consolidate recent scientific advances, and delineate future directions. The content spans various topics in the field of traumatic stress, including assessment, biopsychosocial correlates, clinical considerations, including comorbidity, anger, self-directed violence, and dissociative manifestations, evidence-based interventions, and innovative delivery formats that maximize dissemination and implementation. The issue's overarching goal is to stimulate creative, multidisciplinary, methodologically rigorous, and theoretically grounded research to advance knowledge and practice in PTSD and related conditions.

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Language: en