Future Directions in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

1. Traumatic Meta-Memory as a Key Determinant of the Risk for PTSD, Danny Koren

2. Attachment Security as a Resilience Resource against Traumatic and Post-Traumatic Reactions

3. Intervention Considerations with Immediate Stress Reaction and Acute Stress Syndromes

4. From ASD to PTSD; Early Predictors and Risk Factors for PTSD

5. Cutting Edge Prevention Research

6. Systems of Care for Traumatized Populations as a Means for Preventing PTSD

7. Prevention of PTSD by Early Treatment

8. Evolution of DSM Diagnosis for PTSD

9. Neurocognitive Aspects of PTSD

10. Post-Traumatic Stress or Post-Traumatic Depression?

11. Diagnoses of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Using VA Health Care Services

12. Diagnosis in U.S. Combat Soldiers

13. Development of Evidence-Based Treatment for PTSD: Prolonged Exposure

14. Psychopathology and Evidence-Based Treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Prolonged Exposure

15. Research on Cognitive Processing Therapy: Beyond the Basics

16. A Rationale for the Use of VR in the Treatment of PTSD

17. Virtual Reality Applications for Anxiety Disorders and PTSD: The First Ten Years and the Next

18. Immersive VR Demos of Virtual Jerusalem, Iraq World and World Trade Center World

19. Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy for Combat Related PTSD with Active Duty Soldiers

20. Integrated, Co-Located Primary Care and Mental Health: A New Model for PTSD Treatment of Returning Combat Veterans

21. Prolonged Exposure Therapy for Combat and Terror Related PTSD

22. Cutting Edge Treatment Research: Enhancing Exposure Therapy Using D-Cycloserine (DCS)

23. Using VR + DCS to Treat PTSD in a Mixed Trauma Population

24. Pharmacological Manipulation of Traumatic Memories in Humans: Is It Possible and Can It Be Applied in the Treatment of PTSD?

25. Longitudinal Research on Combat Stress Reactions and Prisoners of the Yom Kippur War: Longitudinal Research on Civilians (Youth and Adults) Under Terror

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Marilyn P. Safir is Professor Emeritus, (specializing in Clinical and Social Psychology.) Safir was a founder of, and the second President of the Israeli Association of Cognitive Behavior Therapy, and received its First Award as Outstanding Member in Recognition for the Establishment of and Contributions to CBT in Israel. She also received the Award for Contributions to International Psychology from The American Psychological Association's Division for International Psychology (52) and was its first recipient as Distinguished Visiting Professor. She was also a founding Fellow of APA's Division (56) Trauma Psychology, and a founding Fellow of the American Psychological Society (APS).Helene S. Wallach received her PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Western Ontario, is a certified supervising Clinical Psychologist, a certified hypnotherapist, a certified marital and family therapist. Her teaching and research interests are varied: Forensic psychology - former head of criminology program in a University college, parole committee member, research in jail and in forensic wards in psychiatric hospitals; CBT - supervisor, co-founded a CBT internship program, a CBT post-grad psychotherapy program, as well as research on various aspects; VR - research into presence in VRCBT as well as efficacy of VRCBT; Pain - research into pain alleviation. Helene chaired sessions in conferences and reviewed grant proposals and papers. Albert "Skip" Rizzo received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the SUNY-Binghamton and is the Medical Virtual Reality Director at the USC Institute for Creative Technologies. He has Research Professor appointments with the USC Dept. of Psychiatry and the USC Davis School of Gerontology. Skip conducts research on the design, development and evaluation of Virtual Reality (VR) systems for clinical applications. This work spans the domains of psychological, cognitive and motor functioning in both healthy and clinical populations. In 2010, he

"The editors have chosen a comprehensive biopsychosocial model that integrates and continues to guide future work on PTSD. ... It would be an excellent handbook for experienced psychologists to review general data and to explore more recent research and clinical applications. In a very organized, clear fashion, the editors have compiled a book that would be of value to researchers, clinicians, students, policy makers, and public health professionals." (Dolores McCarthy, PsycCRITIQUES, Vol. 60 (48), November, 2015)