Traumatology

Editor

Brian E. Bride
University of Georgia School of Social Work

Associate Editors

Lisa Butler
School of Social Work, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

Nathan Denny
Medical Treatment Facility, Little Rock Air Force Base, Little Rock, AR

Tina Maschi
Graduate School of Social Service, Fordham University

Editorial Board

Richard Allen
California Disaster Mental Health Coalition, CA

David V. Baldwin
Southern Oregon State College

Randy Beaton
School of Nursing, University of Washington

Uri Bergmann
Private Practice, Commack, NY

Sandra L. Bloom
Community Works, Inc., Medford, OR

Danny Brom
The Israel Center for the Treatment of Psychotrauma, Jerusalem

Carl A. Castro
Medical Research and Materiel Command, AMEDD, Fort Detrick, MD

Don R. Catherall
Northwestern University Medical School

Eduardo H. Cazabat
Universidad del Salvador, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Anne M. Dietrich
PTSD Clinic, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Atle Dyregrov
Center for Crisis Psychology, Bergen, Norway

Elizabeth H. M. Eurelings-Bontekow
University of Leiden, The Netherlands

Garry A. Flint
Clinical Psychologist, Vernon, British Columbia, Canada

Gerald French
Traumatic Incident Reduction, Johannesburg, South Africa

Kathleen R. Gilbert
Indiana University

David H. Gleaves
University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Ricky Greenwald
Child Trauma Institute, Greenfield, MA

Chrys J. Harris
Family Therapy & Trauma Center, P. A., Greer, SC

Are Holen
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

W. Jake Jacobs
University of Arizona and The University of Arizona South

Russell T. Jones
Virginia Tech

Robert L. Koffman
Navy Medicine, Washington, DC

Bruce Lackie
University of Maine School of Social Work

Evelin G. Lindner
University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Judith Lyons
Veterans Affairs and University of Mississippi Medical Centers

Irwin J. Mansdorf
American Board of Forensic Examiners, Springfield, MO

Marianne Mathewson-Chapman
VHA/DoD Outreach Office, VA Office of Seamless Transition, Washington, DC

Gary E. May
University of Southern Indiana

Nicholas Mazza
Florida State University College of Social Work

Bret A. Moore
85th Medical Detachment, Combat Stress Control, Ft. Hood, TX

Patrick Morrissette
Brandon University School of Health Studies

Kathleen O. Nader
Director, Two Suns, for the assistance of traumatized children, Cedar Park, TX

Karen Quigley
New Jersey Health Care System, East Orange, NJ

Michael Rank
University of South Florida School of Social Work

Robyn Robinson
Trauma Support Consultants Pty. Ltd., Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Josef I. Ruzek
Palo Alto University

Ted Rynearson
National Homicide Support Project, Seattle, WA

Randy Sansone
Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton, OH

Eitan D. Schwarz
Northwestern University Medical School

Raymond M. Scurfield
University of Southern Mississippi School of Social Work

Jane Shakespeare-Finch
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia

Jonathan Shay
Tufts Medical School and VA Outpatient Clinic

Zahava Solomon
University of Tel Aviv, Israel

Anne Speckhard
Georgetown University Medical School

David Straton
Mermaid Waters Therapy Clinic, Queensland, Australia

Tony Taylor
Victoria University of Wellington, School of Psychology, Wellington, New Zealand

Bruce A. Thyer
Florida State University

Paul Valent
Monash Medical Center, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

Onno van der Hart
Free University, Heidelberg, The Netherlands

Bessel van der Kolk
Boston University Medical School

Mary Beth Williams
Environmental Protection Services, Wheeling, WV

John P. Wilson
Department of Psychology, Cleveland State University

William Yule
Maudsley Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Abstracting and indexing services providing coverage of Traumatology

• PsycINFO
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Submission

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Brian E. Bride, PhD, MSW, MPH
The University of Georgia

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References

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• Journal Article:
  Hughes, G., Desantis, A., & Waszak, F. (2013). Mechanisms of intentional binding and sensory attenuation: The role of temporal prediction, temporal control, identity prediction, and motor prediction. Psychological Bulletin, 139, 133–151. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0028566
• Authored Book:
  Rogers, T. T., & McClelland, J. L. (2004). Semantic cognition: A parallel distributed processing approach. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
• Chapter in an Edited Book:
  Gill, M. J., & Sypher, B. D. (2009). Workplace incivility and organizational trust. In P. Lutgen-Sandvik & B. D. Sypher (Eds.), Destructive organizational communication: Processes, consequences, and constructive ways of organizing (pp. 53–73). New York, NY: Taylor & Francis.

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