Apa Journals Dialogue

Drs. Frederic Sautter and Julia Becker Cretu are both professors of psychiatry in the Tulane University School of Medicine and psychologists in the Southeast Louisiana Veteran's Health Care System. In addition to researching and treating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in veterans, they developed the Fortify the Family program to aid the families of veterans affected by PTSD.

Dr. Raymond Bergner is a clinical psychotherapist and a professor in the Department of Psychology at Illinois State University, where he teaches psychopathology, family therapy, and counseling theories and techniques. In addition to the research he discusses in this episode, he studies mental disorders, self-concept and self-esteem, and the integration of psychotherapy into clinical practice.

Dr. Kathleen Kendall-Tackett is a health psychologist, an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, and the Owner and Editor-in-Chief of Praeclarus Press, a small press specializing in women's health. Dr. Kendall-Tackett specializes in women's-health research including breastfeeding, depression, trauma, and health psychology. Her research interests include the psychoneuroimmunology of maternal depression and the lifetime health effects of trauma.

Dr. Bethany Brand is a trauma expert, clinical psychologist, and professor of psychology at Towson University. In addition to the research she discusses in this episode, Dr. Brand has studied treatments for dissociative disorders, distinctions in diagnosis of various trauma-related disorders, and the forensic assessment of feigned versus genuine dissociative disorders.

Dr. Stephen Gillaspy is an associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. He is also the director for the Pediatric Psychology emphasis in OUHSC's Clinical Postdoctoral Fellowship program, as well as the Associate Director for Clinical in OUHSC's Oklahoma Tobacco Research Center.

Dr. Kathleen Kendall-Tackett is a health psychologist, an International Board Certified lactation consultant, and the owner and editor-in-chief of Praeclarus Press, a small press specializing in women's health. Dr. Kendall-Tackett specializes in women's-health research including breastfeeding, depression, trauma, and health psychology. Her research interests include the psychoneuroimmunology of maternal depression and the lifetime health effects of trauma.

Cristina Zepeda is a graduate student researcher in the Cognitive Science Learning Lab at the University of Pittsburgh. Her research explores the relationship between metacognition and motivation, as well as how these concepts relate to learning and transfer. Ms. Zepeda also mentors students using the metacognitive techniques she studies.

Dr. Dewey Cornell is a forensic clinical psychologist and Bunker Professor of Education in the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia. Dr. Cornell is also the director of the Virginia Youth Violence Project. His research interests include the prevention of youth violence and bullying, as well as the facilitation of healthy student development through a supportive and structured school climate.

Dr. Oscar Barbarin is a professor in the department of Psychology at Tulane University. His research interests include the role of community and family in health risks and examining educational interventions for achievement and social well-being.

Dr. Thomas Widiger is a professor of psychology at the University of Kentucky. Dr. Widiger's research interests include the diagnosis and classification of psychopathology, the dimensional models of personality disorder, and the validity of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition, or DSM-IV.

Tara Galovski, PhD, is an associate professor at the Center for Trauma Recovery of the University of Missouri–St. Louis. She is primarily interested in treatment outcome research with a current focus on the development and testing of Cognitive Processing Therapy within survivors of interpersonal assault suffering from Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). In addition, Dr. Galovski investigates the impact of gender differences, chronicity of trauma, type of trauma and the presence of comorbid psychiatric disorders on the development and maintenance of PTSD as well as its resolution.