Susan Roth, Vice Provost for Interdisciplinary Studies

Susan Roth

Vice Provost for Interdisciplinary Studies
PhD, Northwestern University, 1973
mailing address: Box 90003 Durham, NC 27708
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phone: (919) 684-1964

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Research Summary:
 Interests broadly include the process of coping with trauma, the development of post traumatic chronic psychological disorders and treatment interventions for chronic PTSD. Current research efforts are focused on documenting the coping process in sexual trauma survivors.

Representative Publications:   (More Publications)

  1. Krause, E.D., DeRosa, R.R., & Roth, S. "Gender, trauma themes, and PTSD: Narratives of male and female survivors." Gender and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Ed. Kimerling, R., Ouimette, P., & Wolfe, J New York: Guilford Publications, Inc., 2002
  2. Roth, S. & Friedman, M.J. (Chief Editors) (1998). Childhood trauma remembered: A report on the current scientific knowledge base and its applications. A publication of The International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. (Also reprinted in the Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 7, 83-111).
  3. Kilpatrick, D.G., Resnick, H.S., Freedy, J.R., Pelcovitz, D., Resick, P., Roth, S., & van der Kolk, B. "Posttraumatic stress disorder field trial: Evaluation of the PTSD construct: Criteria A through E." DSM-IV sourcebook, volume IV. Ed. Widiger, T.A., Frances, A.J., Pincus, H.A., Ross, R., First, M.B., Davis, W., & Kline, M Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press, 1998
  4. Roth, S., Lebowitz, L., & DeRosa, R. "Thematic assessment of post-traumatic stress reactions." Assessing psychological trauma and PTSD: A handbook for practitioners. Ed. Wilson, J.P. and Keane, T.M New York: Guilford Press, 1997
  5. Roth, S. & Batson, R. (1997). Naming the Shadows: A New Approach to Individual and Group Psychotherapy for Adult Survivors of Childhood Incest.. New York, NY: Free Press.