Psychological Trauma-Theory Research Practice and Policy

Article	Citations
Traumatic stress in the age of COVID-19: A call to close critical gaps and adapt to new realities.	461
Fear of COVID-19 and the mental health consequences in America.	408
Loneliness, isolation, and social support factors in post-COVID-19 mental health.	383
Psychological adjustment during the global outbreak of COVID-19: A resilience perspective.	258
The effect of the COVID-19 lockdown on parents: A call to adopt urgent measures.	252
Inequity and the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on communities of color in the United States: The need for a trauma-informed social justice response.	235
LGBTQ populations: Psychologically vulnerable communities in the COVID-19 pandemic.	203
Home is not always a haven: The domestic violence crisis amid the COVID-19 pandemic.	185
COVID-19 disruption on college students: Academic and socioemotional implications.	172
The psychological impact of preexisting mental and physical health conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic.	141
Children and the COVID-19 pandemic.	129
The traumatic impact of job loss and job search in the aftermath of COVID-19.	111
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions on community-dwelling caregivers and persons with dementia.	105
The rise of adverse childhood experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic.	104
Psychological sequelae of social isolation and loneliness might be a larger problem in young adults than older adults.	102
Psychological impact of anti-Asian stigma due to the COVID-19 pandemic: A call for research, practice, and policy responses.	98
Mental health ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic for Black Americans: Clinical and research recommendations.	97
Prolonged grief related to COVID-19 deaths: Do we have to fear a steep rise in traumatic and disenfranchised griefs?	97
Psychological impact of COVID-19 in Spain: Early data report.	96
The outbreak that was always here: Racial trauma in the context of COVID-19 and implications for mental health providers.	95
Resilience is spreading: Mental health within the COVID-19 pandemic.	85
The paradox of social distancing: Implications for older adults in the context of COVID-19.	81
Fear, anger, and media-induced trauma during the outbreak of COVID-19 in the Czech Republic.	80
COVID-19: PTSD symptoms in Greek health care professionals.	79
The psychosocial impact of COVID-19 pandemic in Italy: A lesson for mental health prevention in the first severely hit European country.	73

Rural–urban mental health disparities in the United States during COVID-19.	73
The hidden disaster of COVID-19: Intimate partner violence.	69
COVID-related family separation and trauma in the intensive care unit.	69
Leveraging parent–child interaction therapy and telehealth capacities to address the unique needs of young children during the COVID-19 public health crisis.	68
A commentary on moral injury among health care providers during the COVID-19 pandemic.	67
A tale of two crises: The compounded effect of COVID-19 and anti-immigration policy in the United States.	62
Psychotherapists’ vicarious traumatization during the COVID-19 pandemic.	61
When time falls apart: The public health implications of distorted time perception in the age of COVID-19.	60
Managing psychological distress in children and adolescents following the COVID-19 epidemic: A cooperative approach.	60
Psychological aspects of employment instability during the COVID-19 pandemic.	57
Psychological and social impact of COVID-19.	56
COVID-19 and refugee and immigrant youth: A community-based mental health perspective.	55
Moral injury in Chinese health professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic.	54
Considering grief in mental health outcomes of COVID-19.	53
COVID-19: Threat and fear in Indonesia.	51
Heterogeneous mental health consequences of COVID-19: Costs and benefits.	51
Heightened risk of child maltreatment amid the COVID-19 pandemic can exacerbate mental health problems for the next generation.	50
Role of focusing on the positive side during COVID-19 outbreak: Mental health perspective from positive psychology.	50
Shifting from survival to supporting resilience in children and families in the COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons for informing U.S. mental health priorities.	49
Social representations, identity threat, and coping amid COVID-19.	48
Moral and mental health challenges faced by maternity staff during the COVID-19 pandemic.	47
Staying safe during COVID-19: How a pandemic can escalate risk for intimate partner violence and what can be done to provide individuals with resources and support.	47
Benefits of physical activity and physical exercise in the time of pandemic.	46
Does requiring trauma exposure affect rates of ICD-11 PTSD and complex PTSD? Implications for DSM–5.	45
Stress and cognitive functioning during a pandemic: Thoughts from stress researchers.	44
The mental health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on children and adolescents: Risk and protective factors.	42
“When the going gets tough, the tough get—Creative”: Israeli Jewish religious leaders find religiously innovative ways to preserve community members’ sense of belonging and resilience during the COVID	41
Social and psychological consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in African-American communities: Lessons from Michigan.	41
Americans’ distress early in the COVID-19 pandemic: Protective resources and coping strategies.	40
Attitudes toward COVID-19 and stress levels in Hungary: Effects of age, perceived health status, and gender.	39
The role of digital mental health resources to treat trauma symptoms in Australia during COVID-19.	39
Promoting resilience in the acute phase of the COVID-19 pandemic: Psychological interventions for intensive care unit (ICU) clinicians and family members.	39
Art therapy in the time of COVID-19.	39
“Turning personal tragedy into triumph”: A systematic review and meta-analysis of studies on posttraumatic growth among suicide-loss survivors.	38
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health: Real-time surveillance using Google Trends.	38
“If I die, they do not care”: U.K. National Health Service staff experiences of betrayal-based moral injury during COVID-19.	38
Life under the COVID-19 lockdown: On the relationship between intolerance of uncertainty and psychological distress.	37
Understanding the mental health burden of COVID-19 in the United Kingdom.	36
Doomscrolling during COVID-19: The negative association between daily social and traditional media consumption and mental health symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic.	36
The effect of the 2019 novel coronavirus pandemic on college students in Wuhan.	36
Supporting health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: Mental health support initiatives and lessons learned from an academic medical center.	36
Raising awareness of disabled lives and health care rationing during the COVID-19 pandemic.	34
The COVID-19 pandemic in Australia: Lessons learnt.	34
Validation of the Attitudes Related to Trauma-Informed Care Scale (ARTIC).	34
A model for treating COVID-19–related guilt, shame, and moral injury.	34
Implementing an emotional support and mental health response plan for healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.	33
I may never see the ocean again: Loss and grief among older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic.	33
Disparities, desperation, and divisiveness: Coping with COVID-19 in India.	33
Mental health and the COVID-19 pandemic in Chile.	33
Handling uncertainty and ambiguity in the COVID-19 pandemic.	32

Mental health impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan.	31
Is Amazon’s Mechanical Turk (MTurk) a comparable recruitment source for trauma studies?	31
Aging veterans’ mental health and well-being in the context of COVID-19: The importance of social ties during physical distancing.	31
Defining trauma and a trauma-informed COVID-19 response.	30
Mental health stressors in Israel during the coronavirus pandemic.	30
On the frontlines: Protecting low-wage workers during COVID-19.	29
The impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and combat exposure on mental health conditions among new post-9/11 veterans.	29
COVID-19, mental health, and opioid use disorder: Old and new public health crises intertwine.	29
China experience from COVID-19: Mental health in mandatory quarantine zones urgently requires intervention.	28
Predicting treatment dropout among veterans receiving prolonged exposure therapy.	28
Are women still “the other”? Gendered mental health interventions for health care workers in Spain during COVID-19.	28
The COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa.	28
COVID-19: Understanding and mitigating trauma in ICU survivors.	27
Coronavirus: A trigger for OCD and illness anxiety disorder?	27
COVID-19 and spontaneous singing to decrease loneliness, improve cohesion, and mental well-being: An Italian experience.	27
The mental turmoil of hospital nurses in the COVID-19 pandemic.	27
Adjustment and coronavirus: How to prepare for COVID-19 pandemic-related adjustment disorder worldwide?	27
Associations between sexual assault and suicidal thoughts and behavior: A meta-analysis.	26
The role of the COVID-19 pandemic as a risk factor for suicide: What is its impact on the public mental health state today?	25
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on gender-based violence in the United States: Framework and policy recommendations.	25
Addressing trauma and stress in the COVID-19 pandemic: Challenges and the promise of integrated primary care.	24
Therapists’ resilience and posttraumatic growth during the COVID-19 pandemic.	24
Institutional betrayal and help-seeking among women survivors of military sexual trauma.	24
The impact of neurofeedback training on children with developmental trauma: A randomized controlled study.	24
Symptoms improve after a yoga program designed for PTSD in a randomized controlled trial with veterans and civilians.	24
From secondary traumatic stress to vicarious posttraumatic growth amid COVID-19 lockdown in Greece: The role of health care workers’ coping strategies.	24
Meditating in virtual reality: Proof-of-concept intervention for posttraumatic stress.	23
Dying in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic: Contextual considerations and clinical recommendations.	23
Commentary on the coronavirus pandemic: Nigeria.	23
Psychological trauma and moral injury in religious leaders during COVID-19.	23
Need for a population health approach to understand and address psychosocial consequences of COVID-19.	23
The psychological effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and coping with them in Saudi Arabia.	22
Behavioral activation for PTSD: A meta-analysis.	22
A culturally specific mental health and spirituality approach for African Americans facing the COVID-19 pandemic.	22
A culturally-competent approach to emergency management: What lessons can we learn from the COVID-19?	22
Preloss grief in family members of COVID-19 patients: Recommendations for clinicians and researchers.	22
Feasibility of a 3-week intensive treatment program for service members and veterans with PTSD.	22
COVID-19 and U.S.-based refugee populations: Commentary.	22
Social and psychological consequences of the COVID-19 outbreak: The experiences of Taiwan and Hong Kong.	22
Risk and protective factors for symptoms of depression and anxiety among American Indians: Understanding the roles of resilience and trauma.	21
Parental worry, family-based disaster education and children’s internalizing and externalizing problems during the COVID-19 pandemic.	21
Changes in physiological reactivity in response to the trauma memory during prolonged exposure and virtual reality exposure therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder.	21
Collective trauma and community support: Lessons from Detroit.	21
The role of pets in managing uncertainty from COVID-19.	21
DNA methylation of NR3C1 and FKBP5 is associated with posttraumatic stress disorder, posttraumatic growth, and resilience.	21
Preparing for the aftermath of COVID-19: Shifting risk and downstream health consequences.	20
Work-related traumatic stress spillover in first responder families: A systematic review of the literature.	20
Commentary on the coronavirus pandemic: Anticipating a fourth wave in the opioid epidemic.	20
Association between daily rumination and posttraumatic growth during the COVID-19 pandemic: An experience sampling method.	19
Emotional resilience and event centrality mediate posttraumatic growth following adverse childhood experiences.	19
Yoga for veterans with PTSD: Cognitive functioning, mental health, and salivary cortisol.	19
Association between posttraumatic stress disorder and nonfatal drug overdose.	19
Impulsivity as a mediating factor in the association between posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and substance use.	19
Emotional impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on U.S. health care workers: A gathering storm.	19
The power of disconnection during the COVID-19 emergency: From isolation to reparation.	19
The impact of adverse childhood experiences on adolescent health risk indicators in a community sample.	19
Mitigating social and economic sources of trauma: The need for universal basic income during the coronavirus pandemic.	18
Psychosocial well-being among veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder and substance use disorder.	18
The effects of nonconventional palliative and end-of-life care during COVID-19 pandemic on mental health—Junior doctors’ perspective.	18
Under the COVID-19 lockdown: Rapid review about the unique case of North Cyprus.	18
Local to global: Somali perspectives on faith, community, and resilience in response to COVID-19.	18
Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic upon mental health: Perspectives from Vietnam.	17
Shattered social identity and moral injuries: Work-related conditions in health care professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic.	17
Moral injury in the wake of coronavirus: Attending to the psychological impact of the pandemic.	17
The economic burden of dissociative disorders: A qualitative systematic review of empirical studies.	17
Scoring the Life Events Checklist: Comparison of three scoring methods.	17
Work-related and nonwork stressors, PTSD, and psychological distress: Prevalence and attributable burden among Australian police and emergency services employees.	16
The impact of received social support on posttraumatic growth after disaster: The importance of both support quantity and quality.	16
Burnout following moral injury and dehumanization: A study of distress among Italian medical staff during the first COVID-19 pandemic period.	16
Caring for patients with posttraumatic stress and substance use disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic.	16
Attachment processes following traumatic loss: A mediation model examining identity distress, shattered assumptions, prolonged grief, and posttraumatic growth.	16
Impact of family rejection and racism on sexual and gender minority stress among LGBTQ young people of color during COVID-19.	16
A prospective study of firefighters’ PTSD and depression symptoms: The first 3 years of service.	16
Intergenerational effects of maternal PTSD: Roles of parenting stress and child sex.	16
Trauma-focused cognitive–behavioral therapy (TF-CBT) for interpersonal trauma in transitional-aged youth.	16
Different emotional profile of health care staff and general population during the COVID-19 outbreak.	15
The contributions of emotion regulation difficulties and dissociative symptoms to functional impairment among civilian inpatients with posttraumatic stress symptoms.	15
The need for trauma training: Clinicians’ reactions to training on complex trauma.	15
Viruism: The need for a new term describing COVID-19 impact in context of viral victimization.	15
School-based health centers during academic disruption: Challenges and opportunity in urban mental health.	15

Trajectories and possible predictors of treatment outcome for youth receiving trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy.	15
Perceived benefits and drawbacks of massed prolonged exposure: A qualitative thematic analysis of reactions from treatment completers.	15
Mental health problems related to COVID-19: A call for psychosocial interventions in Uganda.	15
Using self-compassion to grow in the face of trauma: The role of positive reframing and problem-focused coping strategies.	15
Managing the coronavirus pandemic in Portugal: A step-by-step adjustment of health and social services.	15
Moral injury and ICD-11 complex PTSD (CPTSD) symptoms among treatment-seeking veterans in the United Kingdom.	15
Factors predicting the development of psychopathology among first responders: A prospective, longitudinal study.	15
Do levels of posttraumatic growth vary by type of traumatic event experienced? An analysis of the Nurses’ Health Study II.	15
Shared trauma, resilience, and growth: A roadmap toward transcultural conceptualization.	15
Measurement and conceptualization of maternal PTSD following childbirth: Psychometric properties of the City Birth Trauma Scale—French Version (City BiTS-F).	14
Beyond PTSD: Client presentations of developmental trauma disorder from a national survey of clinicians.	14
Emotion regulation in undergraduate students with posttraumatic stress symptoms: A multimethod study.	14
COVID-19 has united patients and providers against institutional betrayal in health care: A battle to be heard, believed, and protected.	14
The longitudinal association between symptoms of posttraumatic stress and complicated grief: A random intercepts cross-lag analysis.	14
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic: Furnishing experiences from India.	14
Gender implications of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale in the Spanish population: A validation study.	14
COVID-19 anti-Asian racism and race-based stress: A phenomenological qualitative media analysis.	14
Deafness and mental health: Clinical challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic.	14
Experiential avoidance as a mediator in the relationship between shame and posttraumatic stress disorder: The effect of gender.	14
Mental health crisis of Japanese health care workers under COVID-19.	14
Living under the shadow of a pandemic: The psychological challenges underlying social distancing and awareness raising.	13
Examining the impact of a Healing Touch intervention to reduce posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in combat veterans.	13
Long-term displacement associated with health and stress among survivors of Typhoon Haiyan.	13
Military sexual trauma and alcohol misuse among military veterans: The roles of negative and positive emotion dysregulation.	13
Rapid response to acute stress reaction: Pilot test of iCOVER training for military units.	13
Effects of mindfulness training on posttraumatic stress symptoms from a community-based pilot clinical trial among survivors of intimate partner violence.	13
COVID-19 in Malta: The mental health impact.	13
Finding the silver linings in the COVID-19 pandemic: Psychosocial correlates of adversarial growth among Filipina domestic helpers in Hong Kong.	13
The need for psychosocial support amid COVID-19 crises in Nigeria.	13
Distortions in time perception during collective trauma: Insights from a national longitudinal study during the COVID-19 pandemic.	13
What lies ahead: Elevated concerns for the ongoing suicide pandemic.	13
Direct and indirect effects of mindfulness, PTSD, and depression on self-stigma of mental illness in OEF/OIF veterans.	13
Posttraumatic stress and alexithymia: A meta-analysis of presentation and severity.	13
The Asylum Seekers Photographic Interview (ASPI): Evaluation of a new method to increase Nigerian asylum seekers’ narrative meaning-making after trauma.	13
South Korea’s proactive approach to the COVID-19 global crisis.	13
Moral injury, PTSD, and complex PTSD among Israeli health and social care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: The moderating role of self-criticism.	12
Yoga for warriors: An intervention for veterans with comorbid chronic pain and PTSD.	12
PTSD, depression, and suicidality among survivors of childhood sexual trauma (CST), military sexual trauma (MST), and sexual revictimization (CST + MST).	12
Losing and regaining reflective functioning in the times of COVID-19: Clinical risks and opportunities from a mentalizing approach.	12
PTSD symptoms and suicide risk among firefighters: The moderating role of sleep disturbance.	12
Intergenerational transmission of risk for PTSD symptoms in African American children: The roles of maternal and child emotion dysregulation.	12
Mindfulness as a mediator between trauma exposure and mental health outcomes: Results from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study.	12
Safety and services for survivors of intimate partner violence: A researcher–practitioner dialogue on the impact of COVID-19.	12
Together we stand: Suicide risk and suicide prevention among Israeli older adults during and after the COVID-19 world crisis.	12
Does exposure exacerbate symptoms in veterans with PTSD and alcohol use disorder?	11
Sociocultural context and the posttraumatic psychological response: Considering culture, social support, and posttraumatic stress disorder.	11
Unhealthy family functioning is associated with health-related quality of life among military spouse caregivers.	11
Measuring positive psychosocial sequelae in patients with advanced cancer.	11
“Pandemonium of the pandemic”: Impact of COVID-19 in India, focus on mental health.	11
Prevalence of trauma among young adults exposed to stressful events of armed conflicts in South Asia: Experiences from Kashmir.	11
Affective working memory capacity in refugee adolescents.	11
Shared and unique mechanisms underlying the association of trauma exposure with posttraumatic stress symptoms and growth among adolescents following the Jiuzhaigou earthquake.	10
Ethnic-racial identity and posttraumatic stress disorder: The role of emotional avoidance among trauma-exposed community individuals.	10
A population mental health perspective on the impact of COVID-19.	10
Personal mastery and community dedication as mediators of the association of trauma exposure with PTSS and PTG.	10
When chaos is the norm: How some veterans with PTSD are continuing to engage in trauma-focused treatments during the COVID-19 pandemic.	10
Tending and mending: Affiliative responses to the COVID-19 pandemic by healthcare professionals in Italy.	10
Trauma exposure and mental health in a community sample of children and youth.	10
Posttraumatic stress disorder among older adults: A differential item functioning analysis of PTSD in ICD-11 and DSM–5.	10
Massed cognitive processing therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder in women survivors of intimate partner violence.	10
The coronavirus pandemic and Holocaust survivors in Israel.	10
Testing theoretical predictors of posttraumatic growth and posttraumatic stress symptoms.	10
Effectiveness of written exposure therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder in the Department of Veterans Affairs Healthcare System.	10
The COVID-19 pandemic and Thailand: A psychologist’s viewpoint.	10
Acute stress, worry, and impairment in health care and non-health care essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.	10
Adverse childhood experiences and somatic symptoms in adulthood: A moderated mediation effects of disturbed self-organization and resilient coping.	10
School-based racial microaggressions: A barrier to resilience among African American adolescents exposed to trauma.	10
Mental health support in Jordan for the general population and for the refugees in the Zaatari camp during the period of COVID-19 lockdown.	10
“That is not my country anymore”: Pre- and postdisplacement trauma, stressors, and distress in war-affected Syrian civilians.	10
The COVID-19 pandemic as traumatic stressor: Distress in older adults is predicted by childhood trauma and mitigated by defensive functioning.	10
Rape narratives analysis through natural language processing: Survivor self-label, narrative time span, faith, and rape terminology.	10
Gender differences in the PTSD symptoms of polytraumatized youth during isolated phases of trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy.	10
The effects of web-prolonged exposure among military personnel and veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder.	10
When (passive) acceptance hurts: Race-based coping moderates the association between racial discrimination and mental health outcomes among Black Americans.	10
Discussing substance use with clients during the COVID-19 pandemic: A motivational interviewing approach.	9
Associations among childhood threat and deprivation experiences, emotion dysregulation, and mental health in pregnant women.	9
The effectiveness of trauma-informed wilderness therapy with adolescents: A pilot study.	9
The mediating effect of rumination between posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and anger reactions.	9
The coronavirus pandemic in Malaysia: A commentary.	9
Diversity of adaptation profiles in youth victims of child sexual abuse.	9
A pilot study examining roles of cognitions and affect between positive memory processing and posttraumatic stress disorder symptom severity.	9
Exploring the maladaptive cognitions of moral injury within a primarily combat-trauma military sample.	9
An open-label, randomized controlled trial of the reconsolidation of traumatic memories protocol (RTM) in military women.	9
Evaluating social skills training for youth with trauma symptoms in residential programs.	9
Anti-immigration policy and mental health: Risk of distress and trauma among deferred action for childhood arrivals recipients in the United States.	9
Core belief challenge, rumination, and posttraumatic growth in women following pregnancy loss.	9
Assessment of posttraumatic stress disorder among women after childbirth using the City Birth Trauma Scale in Spain.	9
Traumatic experiences and somatoform dissociation in women with fibromyalgia.	9
Long-term intergenerational transmission of memories of the Vajont disaster.	9
PTSD and alcohol misuse: Examining the mediating role of fear of self-compassion among military veterans.	9
Exploring help-seeking experiences of Chinese immigrant survivors of intimate partner violence in the U.S.	9
A personal history of trauma and experience of secondary traumatic stress, vicarious trauma, and burnout in mental health workers: A systematic literature review.	9
Moral medical decision-making: Colliding sacred values in response to COVID-19 pandemic.	9
Associations between justice involvement and PTSD and depressive symptoms, suicidal ideation, and suicide attempt among post-9/11 veterans.	9
Reexamining the effect of emotional freedom techniques on stress biochemistry: A randomized controlled trial.	9