CTSA in the News
Torment's Intensive Carer
Philadelphia Inquirer
Dr. Edna Foa, director of the Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety, is an international expert in treating PTSD and was profiled on the front page of Sunday's Philadelphia Inquirer on January 2, 2011. Read the article Torment's Intensive Carer in the Philadelphia Inquirer...
Honors for Dr. Edna B. Foa
2011: Congratulations to Dr. Edna B. Foa who was the first recipient of the International OCD Foundation's Outstanding Career Award.
2010: Congratulations to Dr. Edna B. Foa for receiving this year's Award from Division 56 (Trauma Psychology) for Lifetime Achievement in the Field of Trauma Psychology at the APA Convention in San Diego in August.
2010: Edna B. Foa, Ph.D. was named one of TIME Magazine's "TIME 100" for 2010, the magazine's annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Dr. Foa was cited for her development of Prolonged Exposure (PE) for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder. The recent dramatic increase of PTSD suffers in the U.S. and internationally, following increased terror attacks, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and numerous natural disasters, has resulted in urgent need to disseminate PE to mental health professionals. PE has been adopted by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for use in treating returning combat veterans, as well as by governments and private health facilities around the world. Dr. Foa was included as one of 25 influential "Thinkers" in Time's list - the survey also names influential "Leaders," "Heroes," and "Artists."
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.
Change of Mind
Wall Street Journal
Edna B. Foa, Ph.D. was quoted in a March 15, 2010 Wall Street Journal article, which looked into new techniques for altering memories, like exposure treatment, that are raising possibilities of one day treating people who suffer from phobias, post-traumatic stress disorder, and other anxiety-related conditions.
Trauma Can Be Successfully Treated
Elle Magazine
Edna B. Foa, Ph.D., 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 April 2010, 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.
In September 2009, the CTSA conducted a 4-day OCD 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).
Helping Armed Forces
In February 2010, Dr. Foa conducted a 4-day training session at the Ottawa Veterans Administration to provide VA mental health professionals with the skills to help veterans with PTSD using Prolonged Exposure (PE) therapy. She also conducted this training for the US Army in Fort Hood in Texas.
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.
