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THE GRADY TRAUMA PROJECT

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To read some of the most recent publications from the Grady Trauma Project team, check out our ResearchGate page below.

Publications:

“Maternal buffering of fear-potentiated startle in children and adolescents with trauma exposure.” (2017). van Rooij, S. J., … et. al, Social neuroscience, 12(1), 22–31.

Main takeaway: Children learn the difference between fear and safety better when their mother is present, there is no difference for adolescents.

Link :https://doi.org/10.1080/17470919.2016.1164244

“Trauma, psychiatric disorders, and treatment history among pregnant African American women” (2020). Powers, A., … et al, Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy, 12(2), 138–146.

Main Takeaway: African American women served in urban hospital settings experience very high rates of trauma exposure and subsequent PTSD and depression yet access to treatment remains limited.

Link: https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0000507

“Disrupted amygdala-prefrontal functional connectivity in civilian women with posttraumatic stress disorder.” (2013). Stevens, J. S., … et al, Journal of psychiatric research, 47(10), 1469–1478.

Main Takeaway: The brain areas involved with processing and controlling fear are dysfunctional in civilian women with PTSD.

Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2013.05.031

“Association of CRP genetic variation and CRP level with elevated PTSD symptoms and physiological responses in a civilian population with high levels of trauma.” (2015). Michopoulos, V., … et al, The American journal of psychiatry, 172(4), 353–362.

Main Takeaways: Having higher levels of CRP, a blood inflammation marker, is linked with greater PTSD symptoms, increased physiological hyperarousal, and greater odds of a PTSD diagnosis, supporting previous studies that link proinflammatory states and PTSD.

Link: https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2014.14020263