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Lifetime Achievement Awards for Dr. Edna B. Foa

2009: Congratulations to Dr. Edna B. Foa for receiving this year's Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association of Behavioral & Cognitive Therapies (ABCT). She will be presented with this award at the ABCT annual conference in New York in November, 2009.

Trauma Can Be Successfully Treated

Elle Magazine
Edna B. Foa, PhD, professor of psychiatry, discusses the use of prolonged exposure as a treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder. September 2009 article.

Sexual Trauma Haunts Many Female Vets

US News & World Report
Edna B. Foa, PhD, professor of psychiatry, speaks with HealthDay News (posted by USNews.com) about a study which found 1 in 7 female veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan who sought medical care were victims of sexual trauma during their service.
Read the HealthDay/US News article.

Training in Philadelphia at the CTSA

In September 2008, the CTSA conducted a 4-day training workshop for mental health professionals, including psychiatrists, psychologists, and social workers. The aim of the training is to provide these professionals with skills to treat patients suffering from OCD using Exposure and Response Prevention (EX/RP).  

In October 2008, the CTSA conducted a 4-week training workshop for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. The aim of the training was to provide mental health professionals, including psychiatrists, psychologists, and social workers, with the skills of conducting Prolonged Exposure (PE) therapy with trauma survivors who suffer from chronic PTSD.

Helping Armed Forces

In August 2009, Dr. Foa conducted a 5-day training session at the Philadelphia Veterans Administration Hospital to provide VA mental health professionals with the skills to supervise veterans with PTSD using Prolonged Exposure (PE) therapy.

This is a series of workshops for the Army and VA across the country. Several of the faculty of the CTSA have been providing training for therapists at the Army Medical Department. Dr. Foa previously conducted a training session in San Antonio in August 2008 teach Prolonged Exposure (PE) to Army mental health professionals. Dr. Hembree and Dr. Yadin conducted similar training sessions in Hawaii and Germany, respectively.

Training in Israel

Dr. Foa has conducted several training workshops in Tel Aviv, Israel. The aim of the training is to provide mental health professionals, including psychiatrists, psychologists, and social workers, with the skills of conducting PE with trauma survivors who suffer from chronic PTSD, such as combat veterans and terror-attack survivors.