title: Twenty years of progress in the study of trauma.
abstract: In this article, the authors argue that studies investigating the nature of traumatic memory have made the greatest contribution to trauma research in the past 20 years. Neuroimaging studies provide empirical support for the diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder and have important implications for the treatment of trauma survivors. In the future, the authors hope to see an empirically derived model of trauma that incorporates both mediating and moderating factors to predict outcome.
authors.affiliation: University of Ottawa.
authors.forename: Heather B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Macintosh
authors.forename: Valerie E
authors.initials: VE
authors.lastname: Whiffen
mesh_terms: D019548:Crime Victims / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D008960:Models, Psychological; D011594:Psychometrics; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology