Eve Carlson, PhD

Eve Carlson is a clinical psychologist researcher with the National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and the Palo Alto VA Health Care System. She conducts research on the psychological impact of traumatic experiences with a focus on assessment. Her publications include the books Trauma Assessments: A Clinician's Guide and Trauma Research Methodology and numerous theoretical and research papers relating to traumatic stress and assessment of trauma and trauma responses. Dr. Carlson has collaborated on the development of several measures, including measures of trauma history, PTSD, and dissociation. She is currently conducting an NIMH-funded study to develop a novel assessment method called Ecological Proximal Assessment that uses handheld computers to collect intensive, longitudinal self-report data in participants’ natural environments.