Science, Therapy, and Whole-Body Health

Trauma

The Debate Over Trauma in the New DSM Revision

Abigail Powers Lott Ph.D., ABPP on May 30, 2024

How we define trauma can affect what counts as traumatic and how posttraumatic stress disorder diagnoses get assigned.

How we define trauma can affect what counts as traumatic and how posttraumatic stress disorder diagnoses get assigned.

Hormones

Prioritizing Women's Health Research

Abigail Powers Lott Ph.D., ABPP on November 14, 2023

Women are at more than twice the risk of men for stress-related psychiatric disorders, but research remains vastly limited and there's more to learn about what drives this risk.

Women are at more than twice the risk of men for stress-related psychiatric disorders, but research remains vastly limited and there's more to learn about what drives this risk.

Emotion Regulation

Emotion Regulation in Moms Helps Children's Health

Abigail Powers Lott Ph.D., ABPP on May 3, 2022

Developing skills that help you regulate your emotions and train your attention in pregnancy could have lasting positive effects on you and your children.

Developing skills that help you regulate your emotions and train your attention in pregnancy could have lasting positive effects on you and your children.

Trauma

Can Brain Function Predict Future Risk for Psychological Distress?

Abigail Powers Lott Ph.D., ABPP on March 16, 2022

Researchers turn to the brain to understand risk and resilience to psychological symptoms following trauma.

Researchers turn to the brain to understand risk and resilience to psychological symptoms following trauma.

DSM

How Cultural Context Affects Healing

Abigail Powers Lott Ph.D., ABPP on June 26, 2021

In the quest for a life worth living, how is healing achieved? Psychotherapy must be inclusive of communities of culture to be effective.

In the quest for a life worth living, how is healing achieved? Psychotherapy must be inclusive of communities of culture to be effective.