Ellen Terese Gerrity

Journal Article J Dev Behav Pediatr · December 2018 OBJECTIVE: Families experience multiple stressors as a result of military service. The purpose of this study was to investigate the associations among service member deployment experiences, family and military factors, and children's mental health using ba ... Full text Link to item Cite

Beyond Institutional Betrayal: When the Professional Is Personal

Chapter · January 1, 2018 Gerrity offers a personal reflection and an analysis of the institutional role of the American Psychological Association (APA) in US torture policy and its implementation. Providing an indictment of the APA’s betrayal of bedrock principles against psycholo ... Full text Cite

U.S. Federal Policy Efforts to Address Violence and Trauma in the Lives of Children

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An experimental comparison of web-push vs. paper-only survey procedures for conducting an in-depth health survey of military spouses.

Journal Article BMC Med Res Methodol · April 26, 2017 BACKGROUND: Previous research has found that a "web-push" approach to data collection, which involves contacting people by mail to request an Internet survey response while withholding a paper response option until later in the contact process, consistentl ... Full text Link to item Cite

Clinical Considerations Related to the Behavioral Manifestations of Child Maltreatment.

Journal Article Pediatrics · April 2017 Children who have suffered early abuse or neglect may later present with significant health and behavior problems that may persist long after the abusive or neglectful environment has been remediated. Neurobiological research suggests that early maltreatme ... Full text Link to item Cite

Links between child and adolescent trauma exposure and service use histories in a national clinic-referred sample

Journal Article Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy · March 1, 2013 The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) is a federally funded child mental health service initiative designed to raise the standard of care and increase access to evidence-based services for traumatized children and their families across the Un ... Full text Cite

Complex trauma and mental health in children and adolescents placed in foster care: findings from the National Child Traumatic Stress Network.

Journal Article Child Welfare · 2011 Many children in the child welfare system (CWS) have histories of recurrent interpersonal trauma perpetrated by caregivers early in life often referred to as complex trauma. Children in the CWS also experience a diverse range of reactions across multiple a ... Link to item Cite

The Effects and Effectiveness of Using Torture as an Interrogation Device: Using Research to Inform the Policy Debate

Journal Article Social Issues and Policy Review · December 1, 2009 Governments sometimes characterize torture as an indispensable interrogation tool for gathering strategic intelligence. In this article, we review the relevant social scientific research on the effectiveness, impact, and causes of torture. First, we summar ... Full text Cite

The National Child Traumatic Stress Network: Collaborating to Improve the Standard of Care

Journal Article Professional Psychology Research and Practice · August 1, 2008 Mental health practitioners are often called upon to provide services to children, adolescents, and families in the aftermath of traumatic experiences such as child neglect, sexual or physical abuse, family/domestic violence, sexual assault, interpersonal ... Full text Cite

Making trauma intervention principles public policy

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Psychologists and the use of torture in interrogations

Journal Article Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy · December 1, 2007 This article argues that psychologists should not be involved in interrogations that make use of torture or other forms of cruel, inhumane, or degrading treatment. The use of torture is first evaluated in light of professional ethics codes and internationa ... Full text Cite

Efficacy of treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder. An empirical review.

Journal Article JAMA · August 5, 1992 OBJECTIVE--The purpose of this article is to review the empirical evidence for the efficacy of a range of treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Reviewed studies focused on rape victims, combat veterans, the tragically bereaved, torture victi ... Link to item Cite

Natural Disasters and Post‐traumatic Stress Disorder Short‐Term versus Long‐Term Recovery in Two Disaster‐Affected Communities

Journal Article Journal of Applied Social Psychology · January 1, 1990 Post‐traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in adults following disaster‐precipitated family relocation was investigated in a longitudinal study of family and individual response to natural disasters. Adult participants included 78 women and 77 men in two commun ... Full text Cite

Bronchial provocation tests before and after cessation of smoking.

Journal Article Respiration · 1988 We studied the effect of smoking cessation on airway reactivity. We recruited cigarette smokers who were attempting to stop smoking. Entry criteria required each subject to be smoking at least 10 cigarettes each day and report a chronic cough. Exclusion cr ... Full text Link to item Cite

Perceived helpfulness of messages on a community-based telephone support service for ex-smokers.

Journal Article Int J Addict · 1985 Callers to a community-based telephone support service for ex-smokers evaluated the perceived helpfulness of six categories of taped messages. These categories were: behavioral coping, cognitive coping, negative health, positive health, informational, and ... Full text Link to item Cite