Research Interests for Susan Roth

Research Interests: Response To Major Life Stress

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.

Recent Publications
  1. Krause, E.D., DeRosa, R.R., & Roth, S., Gender, trauma themes, and PTSD: Narratives of male and female survivors, in Gender and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, edited by Kimerling, R., Ouimette, P., & Wolfe, J (2002), New York: Guilford Publications, Inc..
  2. Roth, S. & Friedman, M.J. (Chief Editors), Childhood trauma remembered: A report on the current scientific knowledge base and its applications, edited by Roth, S., & Friedman, M.J.(Chief Editors), A publication of The International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (1998) (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, in DSM-IV sourcebook, volume IV, edited by Widiger, T.A., Frances, A.J., Pincus, H.A., Ross, R., First, M.B., Davis, W., & Kline, M, vol. IV (1998), Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press.
  4. Roth, S., Lebowitz, L., & DeRosa, R., Thematic assessment of post-traumatic stress reactions, in Assessing psychological trauma and PTSD: A handbook for practitioners, edited by Wilson, J.P. and Keane, T.M (1997), New York: Guilford Press.
  5. Roth, S. & Batson, R., Naming the Shadows: A New Approach to Individual and Group Psychotherapy for Adult Survivors of Childhood Incest (1997), New York, NY: Free Press.