Briefs

Boccellari, A. (2018). Adapting the Trauma Recovery Center Model to Rural Communities. Alliance for Safety and Justice.

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Boccellari, A. (2020). Trauma Recovery Centers: Addressing the Needs of Underserved Crime Survivors. Alliance for Safety and Justice.

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Wiggall, S., Garretson, M., Fortin, P. (2023). Keys to collaboration between hospital-based violence intervention programs and trauma recovery centers. The Health Alliance for Violence Intervention and the National Alliance of Trauma Recovery Centers.

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Alliance for Safety and Justice. (2023). Supporting Crime Survivors by Investing in Trauma Recovery Centers: Findings form a National Survey

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Journal Publications

Alvidrez, J., Shumway, M., Morazes, J., Boccellari, A. (2011). Ethnic Disparities in Mental Health Treatment Engagement among Female Sexual Assault Victims. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, 20:4, 415 425, DOI: 10.1080/10926771.2011.568997

Link to publication: https://doi.org/10.1080/10926771.2011.568997

Alvidrez, J., Shumway, M., Kelly, V., Merrill, G., Smart, S., Gelb, M., Okin, R., & Boccellari, A. (2008). Which Low-Income Urban Crime Victims Use Trauma-Focused Case Management and Psychotherapy Services?. Journal of Loss and Trauma, 13:4, 288-302, DOI: 10.1080/15325020701279782

Link to publication: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15325020701279782

Alvidrez, J., Shumway, M., Boccellari, A., Green, J. D., Kelly, V., & Merrill, G. (2008). Reduction of State Victim Compensation Disparities in Disadvantaged Crime Victims Through Active Outreach and Assistance: a Randomized Trial. American Journal of Public Health, 98(5), 882–888.

Link to publication: https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2007.113639

Boccellari, A., Alvidrez, J., Shumway, M., Kelly, V., Merrill, G., Gelb, M., Smart, S., & Okin, R. L. (2007). Characteristics and Psychosocial Needs of Victims of Violent Crime Identified at a Public-sector Hospital: Data from a Large Clinical Trial. General Hospital Psychiatry, 29(3), 236–243

Link to publication: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17484941/

Boccellari, A., Okin, R. L., Alvidrez, J., Shumway, M., Green, J. D., & Penko, J. (2007). State Provided Crime Victim Services Do Not Meet the Mental Health Needs of California’s Disadvantaged Crime Victims. Report to the California Program on Access to Care, California Policy Research Center, University of California, Office of the President.

Link to publication: https://divisionoftraumarecoveryservices.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/CPAC-Final.pdf

Cramer, R. J., McNeil, D. E., Holley, S. R., Shumway, M., & Boccellari, A. (2012). Mental Health in Violent Crime Victims: Does sexual orientation matter? Law and Human Behavior, 36(2), 87–95.

Link to publication: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22471413/

Dekker, A.M., Langton, L., Houston-Kolnik, J., Boccellari, A. & Taira, B.R. (2025). Trauma Recovery Centers as an Innovative Model of Care for Underserved Victims of Violent Crime. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 36(2), 748-756. DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2025.a959126.

Link to publication: https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/959126

Dekker, A.M., Wang, J., Burton, J., & Taira, Breena R. (2024). A scoping review of the Trauma Recovery Center model for underserved victims of violent crime. AIMS Public Health, 11(4), 1247-1269, DOI: 10.3934/publichealth.2024064.

Link to publication: https://www.aimspress.com/article/doi/10.3934/publichealth.2024064?viewType=HTML

Dekker, A.M., Yen, A., Canizalez, A., Perez, Y., Salazar, D., Ghafoori, B., Saberi, D., & Taira, B.R. (2025). Facilitators of, Barriers to, and Innovations in the Implementation of the Trauma Recovery Center Model for Underserved Victims of Violent Crime in Los Angeles County. Milbank Quarterly. DOI: 10.1111/1468-0009.70017.

Link to publication: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1468-0009.70017

Fields, L., Young, D. A., Patel, A. R., Munroe, C., Shumway, M., Bell, S., & Richer, L. A. (2022). Drug-facilitated Sexual Assault, Impaired Trauma Memory, and Implications for Mental Health Treatment. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 13(1), 2057165.

Link to publication: https://doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2022.2057165

Fields, L., Valdez, C. E., Richmond, C., Murphy, M. J., Halloran, M., Boccellari, A., & Shumway, M. (2020). Communities Healing and Transforming Trauma (CHATT): A Trauma-Informed Speakers’ Bureau for Survivors of Violence. Journal of Trauma & Dissociation: The Official Journal of the International Society for the Study of Dissociation (ISSD), 21(4), 437–451.

Link to publication: https://doi.org/10.1080/15299732.2020.1770149

Ghafoori B., Taylor R.(2017). 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. Journal of Human Trafficking, 3:4, 259-270, DOI: 1080/23322705.2016.1219840

Link to publication: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23322705.2016.1219840

Ghafoori, B., Hansen, M. C., Garibay, E., & Korosteleva, O. (2017). Feasibility of Training Frontline Therapists in Prolonged Exposure: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study of Treatment of Complex Trauma in Diverse Victims of Crime and Violence. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 205(4), 283–293.

Link to publication: https://doi.org/10.1097/NMD.0000000000000659

Ghafoori, B., Hansen, M. C., & Garibay, E. (2021). Predictors of Treatment Access and Initiation Among Diverse, Low-Income Victims of Violence Offered a Trauma-Focused Evidence-Based Psychotherapy. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 36(15-16), NP8124–NP8145.

Link to publication: https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260519842848

Ghafoori, B., Garfin, D. R., Ramírez, J., & Khoo, S. F. (2019). Predictors of Treatment Initiation, Completion, and Selection Among Youth Offered Trauma-informed Care. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice and Policy, 11(7), 767–774.

Link to publication: https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0000460

Ghafoori, B., Wolf, M. G., Nylund-Gibson, K., & Felix, E. D. (2019). A Naturalistic Study Exploring Mental Health Outcomes Following Trauma-focused Treatment Among Diverse Survivors of Crime and Violence. Journal of Affective Disorders, 245, 617–625.

Link to publication: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2018.11.060

Ghafoori, B., & Khoo, S. F. (2020). A Pilot Study of Racial and Ethnic Differences in Mental Health Outcomes During the First 6 Weeks of Trauma-Focused Treatment. Community Mental Health Journal, 56(8), 1592–1602.

Link to publication: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-020-00620-9

Ghafoori, B., Matos, M., & Gonçalves, M. (2022). Dropout from Evidence-based Trauma Treatment in a Community Mental Health Clinic Serving Victims of Interpersonal Violence. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 35(3), 1025–1041.

Link to publication: https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.22811

Ghafoori, B., Martinho, G., Gonçalves, M., & Matos, M. (2022). Clinical Profiles and Factors Associated with Treatment Initiation in Survivors of Sex Trafficking: A Comparison with Survivors of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy.

Link to publication: https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001273

Kelly, V. G., Merrill, G. S., Shumway, M., Alvidrez, J., & Boccellari, A. (2010). Outreach, Engagement, and Practical Assistance: Essential Aspects of PTSD Care for Urban Victims of Violent Crime. Trauma, Violence & Abuse, 11(3), 144–156.

Link to publication: https://doi.org/10.1177/1524838010374481

Lathan, E.C., Davydenko, I., Hosking, C.R., Rodriguez, D.C., Haynes, T., & Powers, A. (2025). Integrating a trauma recovery center into an urban hospital setting serving multiply marginalized patients in the Southeastern United States. BMC Health Services Research, DOI: 0.1186/s12913-025-12662-4.

Link to publication: https://bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12913-025-12662-4

Laytin, A. D., Shumway, M., Boccellari, A., Juillard, C. J., & Dicker, R. A. (2018). ANOTHER “LETHAL TRIAD”-RISK FACTORS FOR VIOLENT INJURY AND LONG-TERM MORTALITY AMONG ADULT VICTIMS OF VIOLENT INJURY. The Journal of Emergency Medicine, 54(5), 711–718.

Link to publication: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jemermed.2017.12.060

Richer, L. A., Fields, L., Bell, S., Heppner, J., Dodge, J., Boccellari, A., & Shumway, M. (2017). Characterizing Drug-Facilitated Sexual Assault Subtypes and Treatment Engagement of Victims at a Hospital-Based Rape Treatment Center. Journal of interpersonal violence, 32(10), 1524–1542.

Link to publication: https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260515589567

Simske NM., Rivera T., Ren BO., Benedick A., Simpson M., Hendrickson SB., Vallier HA. (2022). Victims of Crime Recovery Program Decreases Risk for New Mental Illness. Journal of Mental Health Clinical Psychology. 6(1): 3-10

Link to publication: https://www.mentalhealthjournal.org/articles/victims-of-crime-recovery-program-decreases-risk-for-new-mental.html

Simske NM., Rivera T., Ren BO., et al. (2021). Implementation of Programming for Survivors of Violence-related Trauma at a Level 1 Trauma Center. Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open. 6: e000739. DOI: 1136/tsaco-2021-000739

Link to publication: https://tsaco.bmj.com/content/6/1/e000739

Wiggall S., Boccellari A. (Editors). (2017). The UCSF Trauma Recovery Center Model: Removing Barriers to Care and Transforming Services for Survivors of Violent Crime. (Manual). Promise of the Sun Press.

Available online at: https://nationalallianceoftraumarecoverycenters.org/resources/uscf-trc-manual