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PTSD Research Quarterly (RQ)

Literature on DSM-5 and ICD-11: An Update (PDF)

RQ Vol. 32(2), 2021 by Michelle J. Bovin, PhD; Abigail A. Camden; Frank W. Weathers, PhD

Editorial Director: Matthew J. Friedman, MD, PhD
Bibliographic Editor: David Kruidenier, MLS
Managing Editor: Heather Smith, BA Ed

The PTSD Research Quarterly (RQ) is an electronic newsletter produced by the National Center for PTSD, Department of Veterans Affairs. Each RQ newsletter contains a review article written by guest experts on a specific topic related to PTSD. The article has a selective bibliography with abstracts and a supplementary list of annotated citations.

Recent Issues

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2021

• Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Racial Trauma (PDF)
  RQ Vol. 32(1), 2021 by Monnica T. Williams, PhD; Angela M. Haeny, PhD; Samantha C. Holmes, PhD

2020

• Racial and Ethnic Disparities in PTSD (PDF)
  RQ Vol. 31(4), 2020 by Michele Spoont, PhD; Juliette McClendon, PhD
• Anger and PTSD (PDF)
  RQ Vol. 31(3), 2020 by Leslie Morland, PhD, PsyD, Eric Elbogen, PhD, ABPP (Forensic) and Kirsten Dillon, PhD
• Behavioral Interventions for Comorbid PTSD and Substance Use Disorder (PDF)
  RQ Vol. 31(2), 2020 by Sonya B. Norman, PhD and Denise A. Hien, PhD, ABPP
• Practical Implications of Research on Intimate Partner Violence Against Women (PDF)
  RQ Vol. 31(1), 2020 by Katherine M. Iverson, PhD

2019

• PTSD and Aging (PDF)
  RQ Vol. 30(4), 2019 by Lewina Lee, PhD
• Medication-Assisted Psychotherapy for PTSD (PDF)
  RQ Vol. 30(3), 2019 by Boadie W. Dunlop, MD and Barbara O. Rothbaum, PhD
• PTSD and TBI Comorbidity (PDF)
  RQ Vol. 30(2), 2019 by Jasmeet P. Hayes, PhD
• Opioid Use Among Individuals with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PDF)
  RQ Vol. 30(1), 2019 by Nancy Bernardy, PhD and Macgregor Montaño, PharmD, BCPP

2018

• Inflammation and PTSD (PDF)
  RQ Vol. 29(4), 2018 by Thomas C. Neylan, MD and Aoife O'Donovan, PhD
• The Dissociative Subtype of PTSD: An Update of the Literature (PDF)
  RQ Vol. 29(3), 2018 by Francesca L. Schiavone, Paul Frewen, PhD, Margaret McKinnon, PhD, and Ruth A. Lanius, MD, PhD
• Focal Brain Stimulation for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PDF)
  RQ Vol. 29(2), 2018 by Paul Holtzheimer, MD
• Shared Decision-making for PTSD (PDF)
  RQ Vol. 29(1), 2018 by Juliette Harik, PhD

2017

• PTSD and Death from Suicide (PDF)
  RQ Vol. 28(4), 2017 by Jaimie L. Gradus, DSc, MPH
• Patient Engagement in PTSD Treatment (PDF)
  RQ Vol. 28(3), 2017 by Shannon Kehle-Forbes, PhD and Rachel Kimerling, PhD
• Meditation-based Approaches in the Treatment of PTSD (PDF)
  RQ Vol. 28(2), 2017 by Alexander M. Talkovsky, PhD and Ariel J. Lang, PhD, MPH
• Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Cardiovascular Disease (PDF)
  RQ Vol. 28(1), 2017 by Melanie Arenson, BS and Beth Cohen, MD, MAS

2016

• PTSD and Sleep (PDF)
  RQ Vol. 27(4), 2016 by Philip Gehrman, PhD, Gerlinde Harb, PhD, and Richard Ross, MD, PhD
• PTSD and Accelerated Aging (PDF)
  RQ Vol. 27(3), 2016 by Erika J. Wolf, PhD
• Group Treatment for PTSD - Revised (PDF)
  RQ Vol. 27(2), 2016 by Denise M. Sloan, and J. Gayle Beck (REVISED version posted 6/24/2016)
• Forty Years After the War: How are Vietnam Veterans Doing Today? (PDF)
  RQ Vol. 27(1), 2016 by Nida H. Corry, PhD, Richard Kulka, PhD and John A. Fairbank, PhD, and William E. Schlenger, PhD

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