Journal of Traumatic Stress

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Traumatic Stress is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)
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2021 Annual Acknowledgment of Reviewers64
Vision Statement from the new Editor in Chief43
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Bisexual minority stress as a risk factor for sexual violence‐related posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms among bisexual+ women: A multilevel analysis31
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Harnessing psychedelics for treating posttraumatic stress disorder: Does the science support all the hype?27
Effectiveness of psychosocial interventions in mitigating adverse mental health outcomes among disaster‐exposed health care workers: A systematic review26
The interplay between cortisol and oxytocin in aggressive adolescents: The role of trauma26
Implementation of group cognitive processing therapy in correction centers: Anticipated determinants from formative evaluation24
Longitudinal associations among experiences of sexual assault, posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms, and heavy drinking in young adults23
Examination of race‐based traumatic stress symptom networks in Black adults in the United States: A network analysis23
Editorial: State of the Journal23
Associations between potentially traumatic events and psychopathology among preadolescents in the Adolescent Brain and Cognitive Development Study®22
Combining a stellate ganglion block with prolonged exposure therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder: A nonrandomized clinical trial22
Sexual abuse among Mozambican women at risk for HIV/AIDS infection: The temporal stability of self‐report21
Military sexual trauma in context: Ethnoracial differences in ecological resources among treatment‐seeking veterans21
Moral injury: State of the Science20
Gender differences in medication prescribing patterns for veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder: A 10‐year follow‐up study19
Posttraumatic stress disorder, Veterans Health Administration use, and care‐seeking among recent‐era U.S. veterans19
Mental health in traumatically bereaved individuals: The role of loss‐related, personal, interpersonal, and emotion regulation factors19
Impact of veteran‐led peer mentorship on posttraumatic stress disorder19
Measurement invariance of the PTSD Checklist for DSM‐5 across eight countries and samples with diverse trauma experiences18
The impact of substance use on posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and treatment discontinuation18
Linguistic and affective characteristics of script‐driven imagery for adults with posttraumatic stress order: Associations with clinical outcomes during deep transcranial magnetic stimulation18
Daily exposure to combat‐related cues and posttraumatic stress symptoms among veterans: Moderating effects of peri‐ and postdeployment experiences16
Fear of sin and fear of God: Scrupulosity predicts women's daily experiences of mental contamination following sexual trauma16
Children with sexual behavior problems: Ties to child maltreatment, family functioning, and help‐seeking16
Wounds that won't wash away: Disgust and trauma‐related contamination in military veterans seeking treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder15
Cognition improvement in U.S. veterans undergoing treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder: Secondary analyses from a randomized controlled trial15
Associations among sleep quality, cognitive processing therapy, and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in a primary care setting15
Expression of Concern: Posttraumatic Growth After MDMA‐Assisted Psychotherapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder15
Contributing factors to secondary traumatic stress and vicarious posttraumatic growth in therapists15
Employment status among US military veterans with a history of posttraumatic stress disorder: Results from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study15
Persecution and migration experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, and other sexual and gender minority asylum seekers14
The Middle‐Out Approach to reconceptualizing, assessing, and analyzing traumatic stress reactions14
Identifying transdiagnostic traumatic stress reactions in U.S. military veterans: A nationally representative study14
Partner outcomes from an uncontrolled trial of Couple HOPES: A guided online couple intervention for posttraumatic stress disorder and relationship enhancement14
Examining the between‐ and within‐person associations among perceived sleep quality and mental health symptoms in emergency medical service clinicians13
Early and recent military and nonmilitary stressors associated with posttraumatic stress symptoms among military service members and their spouses13
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The prevalence of childhood bullying and violence victimization and subsequent risk of adult revictimization in the Norwegian population: A cross‐sectional study13
Perceptions of parenthood and child development among parents who experienced child maltreatment13
Positive emotion in posttraumatic stress disorder: A global or context‐specific problem?12
Posttraumatic growth related to the COVID‐19 pandemic among individuals with lived experience of psychiatric disorder12
Posttraumatic growth during the COVID‐19 lockdown: A large‐scale population‐based study among Norwegian adolescents12
Diagnostic accuracy and psychometric performance of two self‐report measures of posttraumatic stress disorder in older veterans12
Using Danish national registry data to understand psychopathology following potentially traumatic experiences12
Context, coping, and mental health in refugees living in protracted displacement12
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Psychological distress across 2 years of the COVID‐19 pandemic differs by age and by race/ethnicity11
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Sociocultural determinants of mental health among male sexual trauma survivors11
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Conceptualizing impulsivity as a construct in relation to posttraumatic stress disorder symptom severity among women11
Paraprofessional delivery of online narrative exposure therapy for firefighters11
Royal Canadian Mounted Police cadets’ exposure to potentially psychologically traumatic events during the Cadet Training Program10
Exploring the association between moral injury and posttraumatic stress symptoms among Canadian public safety personnel10
Associations between higher exposure to potentially morally injurious events and negative posttraumatic cognition trajectories throughout cognitive processing therapy10
What I was thinking/what I would do differently: Clinical research10
Posttraumatic stress disorder–related anhedonia as a predictor of psychosocial functional impairment among United States veterans10
Social interactions in trauma disclosure: A multi‐informant and multiconstruct investigation10
Clarifying the association between adverse childhood experiences and postdeployment posttraumatic stress disorder symptom severity: A meta‐analysis and large‐sample investigation10
Comparing diagnostic criteria for posttraumatic stress disorder in a diverse sample of trauma‐exposed youth10
Gender differences in mental health outcomes among Afghanistan veterans exposed to war zone trauma9
Examining written exposure therapy for the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder in Azerbaijan: A pilot study9
Indirect effects of Seeking Safety plus sertraline on alcohol use: The mediating role of reductions in posttraumatic stress disorder symptom severity9
Military exposures and Gulf War illness in veterans with and without posttraumatic stress disorder9
Psychometric properties of the Spanish Child PTSD Symptom Scale for DSM‐5–Self‐Report in El Salvador9
Therapist perceptions of treating posttraumatic stress disorder in pregnancy: The VIP Study9
Rethinking trauma‐related psychopathology in the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP)9
Associations among posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms, life satisfaction, and well‐being comparisons: A longitudinal investigation9
Psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Centrality of Event Scale across multiple trauma‐exposed Taiwanese samples9
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Adverse childhood experiences, posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms, and compulsive behaviors among adults in substance use treatment: A latent class analysis9
A 1‐year follow‐up of the My Grief app for prolonged grief8
The impact of immigration detention on the mental health of refugees and asylum seekers8
An examination of relationship satisfaction as a predictor of outcomes of brief couple therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder8
Long‐term negative mental health outcomes in mothers exposed to Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico during the pre‐ and perinatal periods8
Problematic anger in a treatment‐seeking Canadian veteran population: Prevalence, assessment, and treatment implications8
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Introduction to the Special Issue on the 39th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies: Scalable strategies to address the impact of trauma worldwide8
Correction to “Predicting posttraumatic stress disorder caseness using the PTSD Checklist for DSM‐5 among patients receiving care for HIV”8
Childhood and adulthood trauma exposure: Associations with perinatal mental health and psychotherapy response8
The bumpy road of trauma‐focused treatment: Posttraumatic stress disorder symptom exacerbation in people with psychosis8
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Understanding the role of COVID‐19–related workplace stress and institutional betrayal on mental health in nurses: Some heroes wear scrubs8
Differential impact of type of killing on posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in U.S. Army soldiers deployed to Afghanistan8
The nosographic structure of posttraumatic stress symptoms across trauma types: An exploratory network analysis approach7
Posttraumatic stress disorder symptom change in youth after trauma‐focused cognitive behavioral therapy: Insights from cross‐sectional and cross‐lagged panel network analysis7
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Childhood trauma and drinking motives as predictors of sexual assault in college students7
Investigating the effects of suicide exposure among a clinical sample of active duty service members7
Roles, challenges, and possibilities of traumatic stress professional societies around the world7
State of the Science: Prolonged exposure therapy for the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder7
The network structure of psychopathological and resilient responses to the pandemic: A multicountry general population study of depression and anxiety7
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Conflict, trauma, and coping: The experiences of internally displaced people in northern Ethiopia7
What I was thinking/what I would do differently: Biological markers and mechanisms of mental health7
Early predictors of chronic posttraumatic stress disorder symptom trajectories in U.S. Army soldiers deployed to the Iraq war zone7
Posttraumatic stress symptom severity is associated with impaired processing of emotional faces in a large international sample7
Using the Moral Injury and Distress Scale to identify clinically meaningful moral injury7
Evidence‐based posttraumatic stress disorder treatment in a community sample: Military‐affiliated versus civilian patient outcomes7
Child posttraumatic stress symptoms in an acute injury sample: Patterns of associations among child report, parent report, and child heart rate parameters7
The mental health of forcibly displaced couples7
Social support as a predictor of outcomes of cognitive behavioral therapy with a trauma focus delivered face‐to‐face and via guided internet‐based self‐help7
Cumulative trauma, adversity, and loss among juvenile justice–involved girls: Implications for health disparities6
Body‐and movement‐oriented interventions for posttraumatic stress disorder: An updated systematic review and meta‐analysis6
Imaginal exposure processing during Concurrent Treatment of PTSD and Substance Use Disorders using Prolonged Exposure (COPE) therapy: Examination of linguistic markers of cohesiveness6
Posttraumatic stress disorder and hypertension in older adult Vietnam Era male and female veterans6
Negative affect provides a context for increased distrust in the daily lives of individuals with a history of childhood maltreatment6
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The role of symptom accommodation in trauma‐focused treatment engagement and response6
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Recalled protective childhood experiences are associated with positive emotional expression in active‐duty firefighters6
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Am I safe around you? Attachment figure activation increases perceived security but does not reduce negative interpretations of neutral expressions6
Age differences in long‐term mortality among male nonveterans, noncombat veterans, and combat veterans5
“You're going to look at me differently”: A qualitative study of disclosure experiences among survivors of military sexual assault5
A mixed‐methods investigation of a digital mental health tool to manage posttrauma anger5
The associations between posttraumatic stress disorder and delay discounting, future orientation, and reward availability: A behavioral economic model5
A unique combination of horror and longing: Traumatic grief in post–October 7, 2023, Israel5
Perceived betrayal moderates the effects of battlefield experiences on suicidal ideation and help‐seeking5
Correction to Posttraumatic Growth fter MDMA‐Assisted Psychotherapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder5
The impact of item order on the factor structure of the PTSD Checklist for DSM‐55
Walking the line between fidelity and flexibility: A conceptual review of personalized approaches to manualized treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder5
Prevalence and correlates of self‐reported cognitive difficulties in deployment‐injured U.S. military personnel5
Therapists’ experience of the lifeline in narrative exposure therapy5
Perceived posttraumatic growth in cardiac patients: A systematic scoping review5
Early life stress and autonomic response to acute mental stress in individuals with coronary heart disease5
Reducing response bias in reports of trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder: An application of the nonverbal response card in a survey of youth in Burkina Faso5
Predictors of treatment completion in group psychotherapy for male veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder5
Erratum for “Asylee perspectives on psychotherapies for posttraumatic stress”5
Trajectories of posttraumatic stress symptoms following collective violence: A systematic review and meta‐analyses5
A summary of the 38th Annual International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies Presidential Panel: How the traumatic stress community can assist individuals affected by the war in Ukraine5
Cognitive processing therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder in first responders and veterans: Flexing the approach with explicit case formulation5
Estimating posttraumatic stress disorder severity in the presence of differential item functioning across populations, comorbidities, and interview measures: Introduction to Project Harmony5
Medical board transparency regarding physician sexual misconduct: Two years post–policy updates5
Expanding the framework of attention in posttraumatic stress disorder: Commentary on Clauss et al. (2025)5
A prospective examination of health care costs associated with posttraumatic stress disorder diagnostic status and symptom severity among veterans5
Expression of Concern: Sleep Quality Improvements After MDMA‐Assisted Psychotherapy for the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder5
Adverse childhood experiences, individual‐level risk and protective factors, and recent drug use in a community sample of Nigerian women5
Improving access to evidence‐based interventions for trauma‐exposed adults in low‐ and middle‐income countries5
The role of pain and socioenvironmental factors on posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in traumatically injured adults: A 1‐year prospective study4
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Associations among traumatic experiences, threat exposure, and mental health in Pakistani journalists4
Demographic characteristics, torture experiences, and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms among asylum seekers and refugees persecuted for same‐sex behaviors4
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Therapeutic impacts of recalling and processing positive autobiographical memories on posttrauma health: An open‐label study4
Posttraumatic stress disorder factor structure in hurricane‐affected Puerto Ricans: A PTSD Checklist for DSM‐5 comparison with non‐Latiné White individuals4
Dimensional approaches to studying, assessing, and treating traumatic stress: Introduction to the Special Section4
Adverse childhood experiences, health risk factors, and significant problems with substances and behaviors among U.S. college students4
Traumatic brain injury and mental health outcomes among recently incarcerated men4
Assessing meaning violations in Syrian refugees: A mixed‐methods cross‐cultural adaptation of the Global Meaning Violations Scale–ArabV4
Trajectories of depression predict patterns of resilience following loss and potentially traumatic events4
What we talk about when we talk about trauma: Content overlap and heterogeneity in the assessment of trauma exposure4
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Traumatic and stressful life events as precipitants of obsessive compulsive disorder and social anxiety disorder4
Predicting optimal treatment outcomes in phase‐based treatment and direct trauma‐focused treatment among patients with posttraumatic stress disorder stemming from childhood abuse4
Differential associations between race‐based traumatic stress and major, everyday, and vicarious racial discrimination among young adults of color4
Conceptualizing disparities and differences in the psychobiology of traumatic stress4
Disorder‐specific and transdiagnostic vulnerability to posttraumatic stress symptoms: A machine learning approach4
Social support and treatment utilization for posttraumatic stress disorder: Examining reciprocal relations among active duty service members4
Event centrality and posttraumatic stress symptoms after traumatic injury: A longitudinal investigation4
The impact of age‐related differences in emotion dysregulation on refugee mental health and social outcomes4
The Ukraine crisis: Mental health resources for clinicians and researchers4
Leveraging observational data to identify in‐session patient and therapist predictors of cognitive processing therapy response and completion3
Posttraumatic stress disorder symptom severity is associated with reduced Montreal Cognitive Assessment scores in a sample of Vietnam War Veterans3
Psychological comorbidity: Predictors of residential treatment response among U.S. service members with posttraumatic stress disorder3
“God was with me”: A qualitative study of Christian meaning‐making among refugees3
Trauma‐informed systems change training has transcultural, transcontinental transformative healing power: An analysis of leaders in the United States and Angola, Africa3
Impact of moral injury and posttraumatic stress disorder on health care utilization and suicidality in rural and urban veterans3
Impaired recognition of facial expressions of emotions in refugees: The role of war‐related trauma3
The journey back to normality: Support systems and posttrauma needs following exposure to single‐incident trauma among children and adolescents3
Emotional reactivity linking assaultive trauma and risky behavior: Evidence of differences between cisgender women and men3
A meta‐analysis of the association between posttraumatic stress symptoms and problematic sexual behavior among preteen children3
Investigating the latent structure of the International Trauma Questionnaire to assess ICD‐11 posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and complex PTSD in an adult civilian sample during the Ukrain3
The feasibility and utility of trauma screening for children involved in the juvenile justice system3
Treatment of comorbid sleep disorders and posttraumatic stress disorder in U.S. active duty military personnel: A pilot randomized clinical trial3
Sexual compulsivity, erectile dysfunction, and suicidality among male survivors of military sexual violence3
Sexual assault characteristics and posttraumatic stress symptoms among collegiate women: The role of posttraumatic cognitions3
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Psychosocial impacts of the COVID‐19 pandemic on women with trauma histories: Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN)3
Advances, challenges, and future directions in trauma‐related Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable (FAIR) data efforts3
Associations between therapist factors and treatment efficacy in randomized controlled trials of trauma‐focused cognitive behavioral therapy for children and youth: A systematic review and meta‐analys3
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing for the treatment and early intervention of trauma among first responders: A systematic review3
An online intervention designed to reduce self‐stigma and increase help‐seeking in Arabic‐speaking refugees with posttraumatic stress symptoms: A randomized controlled trial3
Network psychometrics and the network approach to posttraumatic stress disorder: A conceptual and methodological overview3
Refugee‐related trauma patterns and mental health symptoms across three generations of Hmong Americans3
Longitudinal associations among resilience, social isolation, and gender in U.S. Iraq and Afghanistan–era veterans3
Beyond symptom reduction: Veterans’ goals for posttraumatic stress disorder treatment3
Caregiver and provider perspectives on the needs of families waiting for trauma therapy3
Risk factors for acute mental health symptoms and tobacco initiation in Coast Guard Responders to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill3
Examining the associations between posttraumatic stress disorder symptom clusters across cognitive processing therapy3
Experiences of intimate partner violence and valued living among women veterans: The role of self‐efficacy3
Chronicity of posttraumatic stress disorder and comorbid pain as predictors of treatment response for trauma‐affected refugees3
Traumatic stress in the South Asian diaspora: A narrative review3
Toward standard guidelines for reporting and using clinic‐ and system‐level observational data: Commentary on Lancaster et al. (2025)3
A mixed‐methods analysis of survivors’ motives for “self‐triggering” with trauma reminders3
Exploring the prevalence and predictors of prolonged grief disorder among children and adolescents bereaved by the 2023 earthquake in Turkey3
Safety fears and relocation stressors related to flawed buildings: Ireland's defective concrete crisis3
Cultural group and self‐construal moderate the association between expressive suppression and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms3
Gender differences in disorders comorbid with posttraumatic stress disorder among U.S. Sailors and Marines3
A pilot randomized controlled trial of online written exposure therapy delivered by peer coaches to veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder3
Evaluating coordination and quality of care among veterans receiving posttraumatic stress disorder care in the community3
Experiences of participation in a population‐based survey on violence: Emotional discomfort, disclosure concerns, and the perceived value of participation among adolescents and young adults3
Associations between posttraumatic stress and stroke: A systematic review and meta‐analysis3
Cuento de nunca acabar [never‐ending story]: Compounding trauma and mental health among undocumented Latinx immigrants3
Exploring trajectories in transdiagnostic behavior therapy3
The impact of prior head injury on outcomes following group and individual cognitive processing therapy among military personnel3
Terror leaves adolescents behind: Identifying risk and protective factors for high‐school completion among survivors of terrorism3
Psychosocial hazards, posttraumatic stress disorder, complex posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, and anxiety in the U.K. rail industry: A cross‐sectional study3
A clinician's guide to the 2023 VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guideline for Management of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Acute Stress Disorder3
Testing a dose‐response effect of the visuospatial game Tetris on intrusive memories3
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Introduction to the special section on the long‐term health impact of trauma, posttraumatic stress disorder, comorbid conditions, and aging2
A laboratory examination of risky sexual behavior among female sexual trauma survivors2
Associations between DSM‐5 posttraumatic stress disorder Criterion E2 endorsement and selected self‐destructive behaviors in recent‐era veterans: A focus on disordered eating2
Attributional negativity bias and acute stress disorder symptoms mediate the association between trauma history and future posttraumatic stress disorder2
2022 Annual Acknowledgement of Reviewers2
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Impact of neighborhood disadvantage on posttrauma outcomes after sexual assault2
Dispositional mindfulness moderates the links between potentially morally injurious event exposure and symptoms of anxiety and depression but not suicidal ideation2
The influence of trauma symptoms on interpersonal attributions in daily life2
A meta‐analysis of the association between shame and dissociation2
Inflammation following childhood maltreatment is associated with episodic memory decline in older adults2
Military sexual trauma and mental health counseling: Effects on resilience over time among recent‐era U.S. veterans2
From posttraumatic stress symptoms to suicidal ideation among military veterans: Pathways founded on meaning in life and gratitude2
Correlates and clinical associations of military sexual assault in Gulf War era U.S. veterans: Findings from a national sample2
A neglected aspect of refugee relief works: Secondary and vicarious traumatic stress2
Data‐informed selection of evidence‐based treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder and co‐occurring symptoms2
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Comparing immediate‐ and delayed‐onset posttraumatic stress disorder: Results from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions–III (NESARC‐III)2
The three axioms of resilience2
The role of time since trauma on treatment outcomes of veterans in two intensive posttraumatic stress disorder treatment programs2
Thinking hierarchically about posttraumatic response: Commentary on Lehinger et al. (2022)2
The predictive association between social support, communal mastery, and response to culturally adapted cognitive processing therapy among Native American women2
The effects of acute versus repeated cannabidiol administration on trauma‐relevant emotional reactivity: A double‐blind, randomized, placebo‐controlled trial2
Potentially traumatic pandemic stressors and anxiety‐related sleep disturbance among Latinx persons2
The first trauma‐informed critical incident review: The active shooter mass violence incident at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas2
“Pitching” posttraumatic stress disorder treatment: A qualitative study of how providers discuss evidence‐based psychotherapies with patients2
Discontinuation and nonpublication of clinical trials for the pharmacologic treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder among military veterans2
Maltreatment, resilience, and sexual relationship power in a sample of justice‐involved women with opioid use disorder2
#BlueGirl: A study of collective trauma on Twitter2
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Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and complex PTSD in eating disorder treatment‐seekers: Prevalence and associations with symptom severity2
Minimal important difference metrics and test–retest reliability of the PTSD Checklist for DSM‐5 with a primary care sample2
Occupational posttraumatic stress disorder and workplace violence in workers’ compensation claims2
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