Marylene Cloitre
Research Professor
PhD
Areas of Expertise: PTSD and the long-term effects of trauma on social and emotional functioning. Development and treatments of complex forms of PTSD. Assessment and treatment of adolescents and adults who have experienced childhood abuse and traumatic loss.
Biography
Dr. Marylene Cloitre is a Research Professor and Senior Research Scientist at NYU Silver School of Social Work. Her long-standing research and clinical interests have concerned the long-term effects of psychological trauma on social and emotional functioning. Her current research is dedicated to the development of effective, patient-tailored, flexibly delivered mental health programs for trauma exposed populations.
Dr. Cloitre has received funding for this research from a variety of agencies including NIMH, SAMHSA, PCORI and the VA. She is a member of the advisory board for the planning and ongoing development of the 9/11 Memorial Museum. Dr. Cloitre is past-president of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies and was a member of the World Health Organization (WHO) ICD-11 working group on trauma-spectrum disorders. She is also the 2015 recipient of the Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Practice of Trauma Psychology from Division 56 of the American Psychological Association.
Selected Publications
Cloitre, M., Morabito, D., Macia, K., Speicher, S., Froelich, J., Webster, K., ... & Morland, L. (2024). A home-based telehealth randomized controlled trial of skills training in affective and interpersonal regulation versus present-centered therapy for women veterans who have experienced military sexual trauma. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.
Sullivan, K. S., Ancharski, K., Wortham, W., Okosi, M., Kaplan, D., Urquiza, A., Timmer, S., Cloitre, M.; Chemtob, C., & Lindsey, M. A. (2023). Feasibility and preliminary impact of a community-based intervention for maternal PTSD and parenting: Parenting-STAIR pilot. Journal of child and family studies, 32(2), 481-497.
Kenny, L., Hyland, P., Cloitre, M., & Shevlin, M. (2023). Factor structure of the shortened six-item version of the de Jong Gierveld Loneliness Scale (DJGLS-6): A systematic review and testing factor models in a nationally representative sample. European Journal of Mental Health, 18, ArtNo-e0001.
Reed, G. M., First, M. B., Billieux, J., Cloitre, M., Briken, P., Achab, S., ... & Bryant, R. A. (2022). Emerging experience with selected new categories in the ICD‐11: Complex PTSD, prolonged grief disorder, gaming disorder, and compulsive sexual behaviour disorder. World Psychiatry, 21(2), 189-213.
Fox, R., Hyland, P., Coogan, A. N., Cloitre, M., & McHugh Power, J. (2022). Posttraumatic stress disorder, complex PTSD and subtypes of loneliness among older adults. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 78(2), 321-342.
Macia, K. S., Blonigen, D. M., Shaffer, P. M., Cloitre, M., & Smelson, D. A. (2021). Trauma-related differences in socio-emotional functioning predict housing and employment outcomes in homeless veterans. Social Science & Medicine, 281, 114096.
Cloitre, M., Hyland, P., Prins, A., & Shevlin, M. (2021). The international trauma questionnaire (ITQ) measures reliable and clinically significant treatment-related change in PTSD and complex PTSD. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 12(1), 1930961.
Bachem, R., Levin, Y., Zerach, G., Cloitre, M., & Solomon, Z. (2021). The interpersonal implications of PTSD and complex PTSD: The role of disturbances in self-organization. Journal of Affective Disorders, 290, 149-156.