Psy 607: Trauma Intervention

Topics by Week

Winter 2005 Graduate Seminar
Jennifer J. Freyd & Pamela Birrell
University of Oregon

Focus books for the course:

Bloom, Sandra. (1997) Creating Sanctuary: toward the evolution of sane societies. Routledge.

Brewin, Chris (2003) Post-traumatic stress disorder: malady or myth? Yale University Press.

Recommended books for this course and your personal library:

Herman, J.L. (1997). Trauma and recovery. Basic Books.

Wison, J.P. & Keane, T.M. (Eds) (2004) Assessing Psychological Trauma and PTSD, Second Edition. Guilford.

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See Course Bibliography for additional readings

January 4: Introduction and Organization

January 11: Trauma, PTSD, A Crisis of Identity

Discussion Leaders: Bridget Klest & Lisa Cromer

Readings:

• Brewin pages 1-87
• Birrell, P.J. & Freyd, J.J. (in press) Betrayal Trauma: Relational Models of Harm and Healing. Journal of Trauma Practice.
• Freyd, J.J., Klest, B., & Allard, C.B. (in press). Betrayal trauma: Relationship to physical health, psychological distress, and a written disclosure intervention. Journal of Trauma & Dissociation.

Background Readings & Resources:

• Betrayal trauma theory-- if you are not already familiar with betrayal trauma theory here is a short summary: http://dynamic.uoregon.edu/~jjf/defineBT.html and this book is on reserve in Knight Library (under Freyd, Psy 401): Freyd, J.J. (1996). Betrayal trauma theory: The logic of forgetting childhood abuse. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.

January 18: Trauma Theory: Deconstructing the Social

Discussion Leaders: Lori Stewart & Aiko Takahashi

Readings:

• Bloom pages 1-74
• Burstow, B. (2003) Toward a radical understanding of trauma and trauma work. Violence Against Women, 9, 1293-1317.
• Foa, E. B. (2000). Psychosocial treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 61(Suppl 5), 43-51.

Background Readings & Resources:

• Professional Society Treatment Guidelines: Ken Pope provides links to 4 that focus on trauma and related issues at http://kspope.com/ethcodes/index.php. Once you get to that page use your browser searcher to look for instances of "trauma" on that page and you'll find 2. Then use the searcher to find instances of "disso" and you should find 2 of those also. Look around and see what else might be useful to you on this page.
  
• Important Book-- if you are not already familiar with this book, it is the classic in the field of trauma recovery: Herman, J.L. (1997). Trauma and recovery. Basic Books. This book is on reserve in Knight Library (under Freyd, Psy 401).

January 25: Trauma, Memory, Emotion, & Brain

Guest Speaker 12-1 pm

Discussion Leader: Mary Ann Messiers

Readings:

• Brewin pages 88-127
• Kubany, E. S., Hill, E. E., & Owens, J. A. (2003). Cognitive trauma therapy for battered women with PTSD: Preliminary findings. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 16(1), 81-91.
• Maldonado, J. R., Butler, L. D., & Spiegel, D. (1998). Treatments for dissociative disorders. In P. E. Nathan & J. M. Gordon (Eds.), A Guide to treatments that work (pp. 423-446). New York: Oxford University Press.
• Resick, P. A., Nishith, P., & Griffin, M. G. (2003). How well does cognitive-behavioral therapy treat symptoms of complex PTSD? An examination of child sexual abuse survivors within a clinical trial. CNS Spectrums, 8(5), 342-351.

February 1: Attachment & Society in Psychiatry

Guest Speaker 12-1 pm: David Baldwin, Ph.D.

Discussion Leader 1-2 pm: Catherine Tenedios

Readings:

• Bloom pages 75-114
• Ehlers, A., Clark, D. M. (2003). Early psychological interventions for adult survivors of trauma: A review. Biological Psychiatry, 53(9), 817-826.
• Chapters 1 & 2 (pages 1-54) and the Appendix (pages 281-321) from Friedrich, W. N. (2002). Psychological assessment of sexually abused children and their families. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
• Lanius, R., et al (2003). Individual differences in a husband and wife who developed PTSD after a motor vehicle accident: a
  functional MRI case study. American Journal of Psychiatry, 160, 667-669.
  

February 8: Historical Trauma, Oppression, Diversity, & Healing

Discussion Leaders: Sopagna Eap & Melissa Foynes

Readings:

• Heilbron, C. L. and M. A. J. Guttman (2000). "Traditional healing methods with First Nation women in group counseling." Canadian Journal of Counselling 34(1): 3-13.
• Kataoka, S. A., Stein, B. D., Jaycox, L. H., Wong, M., Escudero, P., Tu, W., Zaragoza, C., & Fink, A. (2003). A school-based mental health program for traumatized Latino immigrant children. Journal of the Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 42(3), 311-318.
• LeSure-Lester, E. G. (2002). An application of cognitive-behavior principles in the reduction of aggression among abused African American adolescents. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 17(4), 394-402.
• Mills, P. A. (2003). "Incorporating Yup'ik and Cup'ik Eskimo traditions into behavioral health treatment." Journal of Psychoactive Drugs 35(1): 85-88.
• Otto, M. W., Hinton, D., Korbly, N. B., Chea, A., Ba, P., Gershuny, B. S., & Pollack, M. H. (2003). Treatment of pharmacotherapy-refractory posttraumatic stress disorder among Cambodian refugees: a pilot study of combination treatment with cognitive-behavior therapy vs sertraline alone. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 41, 1271-1276.

February 15: Myths and Repression

Discussion Leaders: Sonia Venkatraman

Readings:

• Brewin pages 128-179
• Bryant, R. A. (2000). Cognitive behavioral therapy of violence-related posttraumatic stress disorder. Aggression & Violent Behavior, 5(1), 79-97.
• Taylor, T. L., Chemtob, C. M. (2004). Efficacy of treatment for child and adolescent traumatic stress. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, 158, 786-791

February 22: Trauma Intervention by Creating Sanctuary

Discussion Leaders: Dan Friend & Carolyn Allard

Readings:

• Bloom pages 115-194
• Bolen, R. M. (2003). "Child sexual abuse: Prevention or promotion?" Social Work, 48(2), 174-185.
• Geeraert, L., Van den Noortgate, W., Grietens, H., & Onghena, P. (2004). The Effects of Early Prevention Programs for Families With Young Children At Risk for Physical Child Abuse and Neglect: A Meta-Analysis. Child Maltreatment, 9(3), 277-291.
  

March 1: Preventing and Treating PTSD

Discussion Leaders: Tiffany Thornton & Sharon Tang

Assignment: If you are taking this course for Behavior Change credit, your paper is due on March 1.

Readings:

• Brewin pages 180-224
• Cohen JA, Deblinger E, Mannarino AP, Steer R (2004), A multi-site randomized controlled trial for multiply traumatized children with sexual abuse-related PTSD. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 43(4):393-402.
• Litz, B. T., Gray, M. J., Bryant, R. A., Adler, A. B. (2002). Early intervention for trauma: Current status and future directions. Clinical Psychology: Science & Practice, 9(2), 112-134.

March 8: Summing Up

Guest Speaker: Ari Divine on the Trauma Healing Project

Discussion Leaders: Pam Birrell & Jennifer Freyd

Readings:

• Bloom pages 195-257

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