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  1. Factors Associated with Treatment Duration in a Trauma-Focused Community Mental Health Setting

    Article • Behavioral Sciences, July 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr. Bita Ghafoori

  2. Resilience, Coping Self-Efficacy, and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms among Healthcare Workers Who Work with Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Greece

    Article • Behavioral Sciences, June 2024, MDPI AG

    Sofia Triliva, Dr. Bita Ghafoori

  3. Trauma-focused treatments for victims of interpersonal violence: A comparison of treatment interventions and outcomes

    Article • Psychotherapy Research, May 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Bita Ghafoori

  4. Psychological adaptation among health care workers who work with trauma‐exposed refugees in Greece

    Article • Journal of Traumatic Stress, February 2024, Wiley

    Sofia Triliva, Dr. Bita Ghafoori

  5. Utilizing a webinar to introduce an evidence-based trauma treatment in Chile: Results from a pilot study investigating clinician attitudes and needs

    Article • International Journal of Mental Health, February 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Bita Ghafoori

  6. Understanding treatment attitudes in the path towards trauma recovery in urban-dwelling trauma-exposed Latinx adults

    Article • Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work, February 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Bita Ghafoori

  7. Clinical profiles and factors associated with treatment initiation in survivors of sex trafficking: A comparison with survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault.

    Article • Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy, June 2022, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr. Bita Ghafoori

  8. Dropout from evidence‐based trauma treatment in a community mental health clinic serving victims of interpersonal violence

    Article • Journal of Traumatic Stress, February 2022, Wiley

    Dr. Bita Ghafoori

  9. Identity‐based hate and violence as trauma: Current research, clinical implications, and advocacy in a globally connected world

    Article • Journal of Traumatic Stress, October 2021, Wiley

    Dr. Bita Ghafoori

  10. PTSD Symptom Expression in Latina Sexual Assault Survivors

    Article • The International Journal of Health Wellness and Society, January 2021, Common Ground Publishing

    Dr. Bita Ghafoori

  11. A Pilot Study of Racial and Ethnic Differences in Mental Health Outcomes During the First 6 Weeks of Trauma-Focused Treatment

    Article • Community Mental Health Journal, April 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Bita Ghafoori

  12. Examining attitudes towards mental health treatment and experiences with trauma: Understanding the needs of trauma‐exposed middle‐aged and older adults

    Article • Journal of Community Psychology, March 2020, Wiley

    Dr. Bita Ghafoori

  13. A Pilot Study of a Trauma Training for Healthcare Workers Serving Refugees in Greece: Perceptions of Feasibility of Task-Shifting Trauma Informed Care

    Article • Journal of Aggression Maltreatment & Trauma, September 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Bita Ghafoori, Evangelia Fragkiadaki, Rea Sfakianaki , Sofia Triliva

  14. Predictors of treatment initiation, completion, and selection among youth offered trauma-informed care.

    Article • Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy, April 2019, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr. Bita Ghafoori

  15. Predictors of Treatment Access and Initiation Among Diverse, Low-Income Victims of Violence Offered a Trauma-Focused Evidence-Based Psychotherapy

    Article • Journal of Interpersonal Violence, April 2019, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Bita Ghafoori

  16. A naturalistic study exploring mental health outcomes following trauma-focused treatment among diverse survivors of crime and violence

    Article • Journal of Affective Disorders, February 2019, Elsevier

    Dr. Bita Ghafoori

  17. Psychological adaptation and posttraumatic stress disorder among Syrian refugees in Germany: a mixed-methods study investigating environmental factors

    Article • European Journal of Psychotraumatology, January 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Bita Ghafoori

  18. Psychotherapy for experiential avoidance and PTSD

    Article • Clinical Case Studies, April 2018, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Bita Ghafoori

  19. Age-Related Differences in Trauma Experiences, Mental-Health Needs, and Mental-Health-Service Use in Victims of Human Trafficking: A Pilot Investigation of Transition-Aged Youth Compared to Older Adults

    Article • Journal of Human Trafficking, August 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Bita Ghafoori

  20. Correlates of psychological distress among urban trauma-exposed adults: Influence of age and coping preferences.

    Article • Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy, August 2017, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr. Bita Ghafoori

  21. Feasibility of Training Frontline Therapists in Prolonged Exposure

    Article • The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, April 2017, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr. Bita Ghafoori

  22. A Randomized, Controlled Pilot Study of a Single-Session Psychoeducation Treatment for Urban, Culturally Diverse, Trauma-Exposed Adults

    Article • The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, June 2016, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr. Bita Ghafoori

  23. Mental Health Service Use Among Trauma-Exposed Adults

    Article • The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, March 2014, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr. Bita Ghafoori

  24. Factors associated with mental health service use in urban, impoverished, trauma-exposed adults.

    Article • Psychological Services, January 2014, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr. Bita Ghafoori

  25. Gender Disparities in the Mental Health of Urban Survivors of Trauma

    Article • Journal of Aggression Maltreatment & Trauma, October 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Bita Ghafoori

  26. Training student therapists in prolonged exposure therapy: A case study demonstrating teaching, supervising, and learning a trauma focused treatment.

    Article • Traumatology An International Journal, December 2012, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr. Bita Ghafoori

  27. Racial and ethnic differences in symptom severity of PTSD, GAD, and depression in trauma‐exposed, urban, treatment‐seeking adults

    Article • Journal of Traumatic Stress, February 2012, Wiley

    Dr. Bita Ghafoori

  28. Personality patterns among Black, White, and Hispanic combat veterans.

    Article • Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy, March 2010, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr. Bita Ghafoori

  29. Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy for Mood Management in Individuals With Intellectual Disabilities: A Pilot Study

    Article • Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, January 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Bita Ghafoori

  30. Screening for generalized anxiety disorder symptoms in the wake of terrorist attacks: A study in primary care

    Article • Journal of Traumatic Stress, May 2009, Wiley

    Dr. Bita Ghafoori

  31. The Role of Adult Attachment, Parental Bonding, and Spiritual Love in the Adjustment to Military Trauma

    Article • Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, April 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Bita Ghafoori

  32. Use of a Religious HYMN in Remission of Symptoms of Social Phobia (Social Anxiety Disorder): A Case Study

    Article • Psychological Reports, April 2005, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Bita Ghafoori