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Heidi Resnick, Ph.D.   
[NCVC rotation]

Dr. Resnick received her B.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1980 and her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Indiana in 1987. She is currently a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the Medical University of South Carolina, as well as a leading investigator at the National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center.  For the past 18 years, Dr. Resnick has been conducting research, teaching, and performing clinical activities related to PTSD and other adaptations following exposure to potentially traumatic events, including crime and disaster.  She has developed early intervention strategies that may prevent the development of PTSD and other psychopathology following a traumatic event.  She has published more than 120 articles and book chapters related to the prevalence and impact of exposure to traumatic events, as well as approaches to interventions with PTSD and other mental health problems.  She has conducted a randomized controlled trial of a brief intervention used with adult and older adolescent rape victims in the emergency hospital setting that is designed to prepare women and girls for the procedures they will go through during the medical rape exam, and that provides instruction in adaptive coping strategies following rape.  She has collaborated with colleagues at the NCVC to develop similar materials for use by younger children and their parents who are preparing for non-acute post-sexual assault medical care services.  She has also collaborated with colleagues at the New York Academy of Medicine on a series of studies assessing reactions over time following the September 11th terrorist attacks in the World Trade Center.  This work has involved the development and piloting of a web-based psychoeducational intervention that may be useful in the aftermath of disasters.  Recent research includes a study of the prevalence and impact of forcible, and drug or alcohol facilitated or incapacitated rape within samples of college women and women in the general population.

Research interests: risk factors for exposure to potentially traumatic events, posttraumatic stress disorder and other mental health problems following exposure to rape or other PTEs.  Development and evaluation of interventions to prevent or reduce negative adaptations following exposure to potentially traumatic events.

Honors/Awards:

Select Publications:

• Acierno, R.E., Ruggiero, K.J., Galea, S., Resnick, H.S., Koenen, K., Roitzsch, J., de Arellano, M.A., Boyle, J., Kilpatrick, D.G. (in press). Psychological sequelae of the 2004 Florida Hurricanes: Implications for post-disaster intervention. American Journal of Public Health.
• Acierno, R.E., Lawyer, S., Kilpatrick, D.G., Resnick, H.S., Saunders, B. ( in press). Current psychopathology in previously assaulted older adults.  Journal of Interpersonal Violence.
• Resnick, H.S., Acierno, R.E., Amstadter, A.B., Self-Brown, S., & Kilpatrick, D.G. (2007). An acute post-sexual assault intervention to prevent drug abuse: Updated findings. Addictive Behaviors, 32, 2032-2045.
• Resnick, H.S., Acierno, R.E., Waldrop, A. E., King, L., King, D., Danielson, C.K., Ruggiero, K.J., & Kilpatrick, D.G. (2007). Randomized controlled evaluation of an early intervention to prevent post-rape psychopathology.  Behaviour Research and Therapy, 45, 2432-2447.
• Ruggiero, K.J., Resnick, H.S., Acierno, R.E., Coffey, S.F., Carpenter, M.J., Ruscio, A.M., Stephens, R.S., Kilpatrick, D.G., Stasiewicz, P.R., Roffman, R.A., Bucuvalas, M., & Galea, S. (2006). Internet-based intervention for mental health and substance us problems in disaster-affected populations: A pilot feasibility study. Behavior Therapy, 37, 190-205.
• Stuber, J., Resnick, H.S., Galea, S. (2006). Gender disparities in posttraumatic stress disorder after mass trauma. Gender Medicine, 3, 54-67.

Select Presentations:

• Gudmundsdottir, B., Kilpatrick, D.G., Resnick, H.S., Smith, D.W., Saunders, B.E. (2006, November). Predictors of Re-Victimization in Young Adulthood. Presentation at the 22nd Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Hollywood, CA.
• Best, C.L., Acierno, R.E., Ruggiero, K.J., Resnick, H.S., Galea, S., Roitzsch, J., de Arellano, M.A., Kilpatrick, D.G. (2005, November). The 2004 Hurricanes in Florida and the Implications for Katrina Victims in New Orleans. Presentation for the Jefferson Parish Human Services Authority, New Orleans, LA.
• McCart, M.R., Smith, D.W., Saunders, B.E., Kilpatrick, D>G., Resnick, H.S., Ruggiero, K.J. (2005, November). Do urban adolescents habituate to interpersonal and community violence exposure? Data from a national survey. Presented at the 39th Annual Convention of the Association for Cognitive and Behavioral Therapy, Washington, DC.
• Ruggiero, K.J., Resnick, H.S., Acierno, R.E., Coffey, S., Stephens, R., Carpenter, M., Kilpatrick, D.G., Ruscio, A., Stasiewicz, P., Roffman, R., Bucuvalas, M., Galea, S. (2005, November). Internet-based early intervention for mental health and substance use problems. Presented at the 39th Annual Convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy, Washington, DC.
• Resnick, H. (2005, October). Evaluation of an intervention to Prevent Postrape Psychopathology and Drug Abuse. Paper to be presented at the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) sponsored conference entitled Bridging Science and Culture to Improve Drug Abuse Research in Minority Communities, Atlanta, GA.

Curriculum Vitae  (2007) (Requires Adobe® Reader to view)

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