Gender and PTSD

Rachel Kimerling, PhD, is a psychologist at the VA Palo Alto Healthcare System and the Clinical Laboratory and Education Division of the National Center for PTSD. She is also Assistant Professor at the Pacific Graduate School of Psychology in Palo Alto, California. She was formerly Assistant Adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco, where she conducted PTSD research at San Francisco General Hospital. Dr. Kimerling is interested in the detection, prevention, and treatment of PTSD in health care settings. Paige Ouimette, PhD, is Associate Professor of Psychology at Washington State University. Previously, she was a Research Associate at the Center for Health Care Evaluation at the VA Palo Alto Healthcare System and Consulting Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine. Her research addresses PTSD and comorbid conditions in clinical settings. Dr. Ouimette maintains a clinical practice in Pullman, Washington. Jessica Wolfe, PhD, MPH, is Clinical Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, and Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine. She founded the Women's Health Sciences Division of the VA's National Center for PTSD and cofounded the Boston University School of Medicine Center for Excellence in Women's Health.

I. ETIOLOGY
1. The Epidemiology of Gender Differences in PTSD across Developmental, Societal, and Research Contexts
Fran H. Norris, Jennifer D. Foster, and Deborah L. Weisshaar

2. Gender Issues in the Neurobiology of PTSD
Ann M. Rasmusson and Matthew J. Friedman

3. Gender and PTSD: A Cognitive Model
David F. Tolin and Edna B. Foa

4. The Intersection of Gender and Betrayal in Trauma
Anne P. DePrince and Jennifer J. Freyd

II ASSESSMENT AND DIAGNOSIS
5. Differential Diagnosis of PTSD in Women
Marylene Cloitre, Karestan C. Koenen, Kim L. Gratz, and Matthew Jakupcak

6. Gender Considerations in the Psychometric Assessment of PTSD
Karen Cusack, Sherry Falsetti, Michael de Arellano

7. Gender and Psychophysiology of PTSD
Jessica M. Peirce, Tamara L. Newton, Todd C. Buckley, and Terence M. Keane

III COMORBIDITY
8. Gender Issues in PTSD with Comorbid Mental Health Disorders
Susan M. Orsillo, Sheela Raja, and Charity Hammond

9. Gender and the Comorbidity of PTSD with Substance Use Disorders
Sherry H. Stewart, Paige Ouimette, and Pamela J. Brown

10. PTSD and Medical Comorbidity
Rachel Kimerling, Gretchen Clum, Joy McQuery, and Paula P. Schnurr

IV TREATMENT
11. Gender and PTSD Treatment: Efficacy and Effectiveness
Dana Cason, Anouk Grubaugh, and Patricia Resick

12. Gender and the Psychopharmacological Treatment of PTSD
Kathleen T. Brady and Sudie E. Back

13. Gender, Trauma Themes, and PTSD: Narratives of Male and Female Survivors
Elizabeth D. Krause, Ruth R. DeRosa, and Susan Roth

14. Gender Issues in Couple and Family Therapy Following Traumatic Stress
Christina A. Byrne and David S. Riggs

V RESEARCH AND POLICY
15. Gender Differences in Stress, Trauma, and PTSD Research: Application of Two Quantitative Methods
Lynda A. King, Holly K. Orcutt, and Daniel W. King

16. Mental Health Policy and Women with PTSD
Mary C. Blehar, Bruce Cuthbert, and Kathryn M. Magruder