Steven N Gold, PhD is Professor Emeritus in the College of Psychology at Nova Southeastern University, a researcher and practitioner with expertise in psychological trauma and dissociation, author of the books Contextual Trauma Therapy and Not Trauma Alone, and Editor in Chief of the APA Handbook of Trauma Psychology. He was inaugural editor of the APA journal Trauma Psychology and served as president of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation and of the APA Division of Trauma Psychology. Address: Fort Lauderdale, United States
Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, Oct 1, 2000
This investigation examined differences in symptom patterns of two different trauma samples using... more This investigation examined differences in symptom patterns of two different trauma samples using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2). MMPI-2s of 122 male combat veterans seeking outpatient treatment for combat-related PTSD were compared with those of 64 PTSD-diagnosed adults seeking outpatient treatment for the effects of child sexual abuse (CSA). We examined variables related to degree of health concerns, depression, somatization, anger and hostility, masculine-feminine traits, paranoid ideation, anxiety, difficulties thinking and concentrating, elevated mood, and social introversion, as well as test-taking attitude. MANOVAs revealed between-group differences on several variables. However, when analyses controlled for the effect of age, nearly all differences disappeared; the only remaining difference was in a scale measuring anger. Thus, it appears CSA survivors and combat veterans are much more similar than different in their clinical presentation on the MMPI-2. Conceptual issues in the assessment of PTSD are discussed.
Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 2009
... Gold, Steven N. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, Vol 1(2), Jun 2... more ... Gold, Steven N. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, Vol 1(2), Jun 2009, 89-90. ... Publication Date Jun 2009 Language English Author Gold, Steven N. Source Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, Vol 1(2), Jun 2009, 89-90. ...
For enough decades now, that many of our junior colleagues may not be aware that it was ever othe... more For enough decades now, that many of our junior colleagues may not be aware that it was ever otherwise, we have known that serious mental illnesses (SMIs)–most notably schizophrenia and bipolar disorder–are a manifestation of disordered biochemistry. Before we knew this to be the case, in an earlier, now all-but-forgotten era, a prevalent belief was that these and other syndromes were not reflections of neurotransmitter malfunction, but responses to horrific experiences. In the glow of current scientific knowledge, the long-outdated notion that the major contributor to SMIs was nurture rather than nature may appear at best quaint and at worst terribly misguided. A logical extension of the conclusion that SMIs are biologically-based disorders is that treatment must consequently be biologically based as well. Therefore, the primary intervention approach for these disorders has been pharmacological. Those in treatment for SMIs are routinely told that their disorder is chronic, and that unless they continue taking their medication for the rest of their lives, their symptoms will unquestionably worsen. And because it is widely assumed that people with SMI diagnoses are experiencing the effects of disordered biochemistry, for the most part mental health professionals have stopped
Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 2009
Associate editors Christine Courtois, Kathleen Kendall-Tackett, and I are honored to have had the... more Associate editors Christine Courtois, Kathleen Kendall-Tackett, and I are honored to have had the opportunity to have overseen this, the inaugural issue of Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy (PT:TRPP), the official journal the APA Division of ...
Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, Oct 1, 2000
This investigation examined differences in symptom patterns of two different trauma samples using... more This investigation examined differences in symptom patterns of two different trauma samples using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2). MMPI-2s of 122 male combat veterans seeking outpatient treatment for combat-related PTSD were compared with those of 64 PTSD-diagnosed adults seeking outpatient treatment for the effects of child sexual abuse (CSA). We examined variables related to degree of health concerns, depression, somatization, anger and hostility, masculine-feminine traits, paranoid ideation, anxiety, difficulties thinking and concentrating, elevated mood, and social introversion, as well as test-taking attitude. MANOVAs revealed between-group differences on several variables. However, when analyses controlled for the effect of age, nearly all differences disappeared; the only remaining difference was in a scale measuring anger. Thus, it appears CSA survivors and combat veterans are much more similar than different in their clinical presentation on the MMPI-2. Conceptual issues in the assessment of PTSD are discussed.
Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 2009
... Gold, Steven N. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, Vol 1(2), Jun 2... more ... Gold, Steven N. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, Vol 1(2), Jun 2009, 89-90. ... Publication Date Jun 2009 Language English Author Gold, Steven N. Source Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, Vol 1(2), Jun 2009, 89-90. ...
For enough decades now, that many of our junior colleagues may not be aware that it was ever othe... more For enough decades now, that many of our junior colleagues may not be aware that it was ever otherwise, we have known that serious mental illnesses (SMIs)–most notably schizophrenia and bipolar disorder–are a manifestation of disordered biochemistry. Before we knew this to be the case, in an earlier, now all-but-forgotten era, a prevalent belief was that these and other syndromes were not reflections of neurotransmitter malfunction, but responses to horrific experiences. In the glow of current scientific knowledge, the long-outdated notion that the major contributor to SMIs was nurture rather than nature may appear at best quaint and at worst terribly misguided. A logical extension of the conclusion that SMIs are biologically-based disorders is that treatment must consequently be biologically based as well. Therefore, the primary intervention approach for these disorders has been pharmacological. Those in treatment for SMIs are routinely told that their disorder is chronic, and that unless they continue taking their medication for the rest of their lives, their symptoms will unquestionably worsen. And because it is widely assumed that people with SMI diagnoses are experiencing the effects of disordered biochemistry, for the most part mental health professionals have stopped
Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 2009
Associate editors Christine Courtois, Kathleen Kendall-Tackett, and I are honored to have had the... more Associate editors Christine Courtois, Kathleen Kendall-Tackett, and I are honored to have had the opportunity to have overseen this, the inaugural issue of Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy (PT:TRPP), the official journal the APA Division of ...
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