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Commentary: Trump Administration Threatens Decades of Trauma Research Progress

May 22, 2025

E. Kate Webb & Christine L. Larson Section Editor: Sydney Timmer-MurilloOpinions expressed by the authors are their own and not necessarily those of APA, Division 56, or any member of the editorial board. Trauma exposure is one of the most significant and prevalent risk factors for chronic mental and physical health conditions, including posttraumatic stress…

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COVID-19 and Asian American and Pacific Islander Healthcare Providers The Importance of an Ecological Lens when Examining Stressor Exposure and Outcomes

April 22, 2024

Terri L. Weaver, Sophia R. McMorrow, Sydney L. Bell, Jeane Bosch, & Jintong Tang The SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19 pandemic was a cataclysmic global event that overwhelmed healthcare systems, profoundly impacted healthcare providers’ mental and physical health (Magill et al., 2020), and brought racism, cultural and systemic disparities into hyper focus (Singu, Acharya, et al., 2020).…

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Psychopathology Following Traumatic Injury

October 23, 2023

Logan Pearson, Terri deRoon-Cassini, Mary E “Libby” Schroeder, & Daniel N. HolenaSection Editor: Sydney Timmer-Murillo In the high-stakes environment of trauma care, the immediate treatment priorities must focus primarily on stabilizing physical injury. This often relegates concern for mental health to the backseat, where it unfortunately remains for much of the early period post-trauma. Despite…

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Exploring the Wellness of Black Women Who Describe a Criterion A Trauma in their Life Story

June 21, 2023

Jessica Krukowski, Ed St. Aubin, & Karen RobinsonSection Editor: Sydney Timmer-Murillo Black women live in an intersection between two marginalized identities: their Blackness and their womanhood (King, 2019). Oftentimes the challenges Black men and boys face become synonymous with the entire Black experience (Patton et al., 2016). As a result, solidarity becomes asymmetrical, and the…

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Feasibility & Efficacy of Yoga as a Therapeutic Intervention for U.S. Veterans

March 20, 2023

Jacklynn M. Fitzgerald, Kaley Davis, Meghan Bennett, & Rachel Bollaert Section Editor: Sydney Timmer-Murillo Burden of Physical Health Comorbidities in the U.S. Veteran Population Research on the efficacy of yoga to treat physical and mental health disorders is on the rise, although, to our knowledge, no review has yet summarized the effects of yoga in…

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