Research Activities of the FSU Traumatology Institute

The research activities of the Institute includes the Psychosocial Stress Research Program which was established by Dr. Figley at Purdue University in 1978. Over the years, the Institute/PSSR Program has been active in a wide variety of studies and collaborating with many colleagues at FSU and other research institutions throughout the world. Following are the current programs:

Combat/Operational Stress Injury Effects on Warfighters and Their Families

• Consortium on Veteran Studies
• Collegiate Veterans Association Sponsorship
• February 10, 2005 Research Symposium
• Program of Research
• Warrior Families Resources

Compassion Fatigue

• Effective Methods of Assessment and Treatment of Compassion Fatigue
• Compassion Fatigue in the Criminal Justice System
• Compassion Fatigue and Stress Reduction Methods Among Animal Shelter Workers
• Study of Social Works Who Worked with 9/11 Survivors
• Study of Pre-Compassion Fatigue: MSW Student's Initial Reactivity to Suffering Clients During Field Work (Placement/Internship)

Instrument Development

• The Figley Traumagram
• Psychosocial Distress Assessment, Management, Prevention, and Mitigation
• Tests and Measurements

Terrorism-Related Research

• Study of New York residents after the September 11^th terrorist attacks
• Comparisons between the National Traumatic Events in the US (9/11/2001 terrorist attacks) and Kuwait (1990-1991 invasion and occupation by Iraq)
• Iatrogenic Effects of Studying Persons Recently Exposed to Psychological Trauma
• Participation in the Terrorism Deliberation

Trauma Treatments

• The Active Ingredients Project: Investigation of Effective Management and Desensitization Techniques among the Most Promising PTSD Treatments
• Active Ingredients Project: Phase II
• Phase I and II Clinical Trials of the Acupressure Technique for Stress Reduction
• Childhood Anxiety Treatments Project
• Poetry Therapy Program of Research

Resiliency Research

• Test of the Resiliency-as-Trait Hypothesis

• The development of the Kuwait Raha Scale of Personal Comfort and a National Survey of Kuwait Citizens

Family and Systems-Related Stress

• Post-Divorce Parental Partnerships: Characteristics That Separate Effective and Ineffective Parenting
• Celebrity Family Stress and Coping
• Human Response to Weapons of Mass Destruction
• Stress and Coping Among Military Families

Other Research Programs

• Health Benefits of Forgiveness
• Abuse, Memory, Science, Therapy, Ethics, Malpractice Studies by KENNETH S. POPE, PH.D.
• Bioterrorism
• Maternal Incest Effects on Adult Mother Survivors
• Information for Investigators: IRB Reviews
• Ambiguous Loss: Tri-State Crematory Tragedy

• http://www.swin.edu.au/victims/resources/assessment/ptsd/assessment_ptsd.html
• www.PsychInnovations.com
• Trauma Dictionary

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