FRANK W. PUTNAM, MD

Recent Publications: 2020 – 2026

  • Langeland, W., Jepsen, E.K., Brand, B.L., Kleven, L., Loewenstein, R.J., Putnam, F.W., Schielke, H.J., Myrick, A. (2020). The economic burden of dissociative disorders: A qualitative systematic review of empirical studies. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/tra0000556
  • Putnam, F.W., Amaya-Jackson, L.M., Putnam, K.T., Briggs, E.C., (2020). Synergistic adversities and behavioral problems in traumatized children and adolescents. Child Abuse & Neglect, 106:1-10, 104922
  • Etzel, L., Hastings, W.J., Mattern, B.C., Oxford, M.L., Heim, C., Putnam, F.W., Noll, J.G., Shalev, I. (2020). Intergenerational transmission of childhood trauma? Testing cellular aging in mothers exposed to sexual abuse and their children. Psychoneuroendocrinology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2020.104781
  • Briggs, E.C., Amaya Jackson, L., Putnam, K.T., Putnam, F.W. (2021). All ACEs are not equal: The contribution of synergy to ACE scores. American Psychologist. 76:243-252. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0000768
  • Li, J. C., Hall, M. A., Shalev, I., Schreier, H. M. C., Zarzar, T. G., Marcovici, I., Putnam, F. W., Noll, J. G. (2021). Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis attenuation and obesity risk in sexually abused females. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 129: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2021.105254
  • Shenk, C.E., Felt, J.M., Ram, N., O’Donnell, J.J., Sliwinski, M.J., Pokhvisneva, I., Benson, L., Meany, M.J., Putnam F.W., Noll, J.G., (2021). Cortisol trajectories measured prospectively across thirty years of female development following exposure to childhood sexual abuse: Moderation by epigenetic age acceleration at midlife. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 136: https//doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2021.105606
  • Simeon, D, Knutelska, M., Putnam, F.W., Schmeid, J., Smith, L.M., (2022). Attention and memory in depersonalization-Spectrum dissociative disorders: Impact of selective- divided attentional condition, stimulus emotionality, and stress. Journal of Trauma and Dissociation. DOI: 10.1080/15299732.2022.2079798
  • Simeon, D., and Putnam, F. (2022). Pathological dissociation in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R): Prevalence, morbidity, comorbidity, and childhood maltreatment. Journal of Trauma and Dissociation, 23:490-503. – Winner of the JTD’s Richard P. Kluft award for best journal article of 2022.
  • Loewenstein, R. J., & Putnam, F. W. (2022). Discrete Behavioral States Theory. In Dissociation and the Dissociative Disorders (pp. 281-296). Eds: Martin J. Dorahy, Steven N. Gold, John A. O’Neil, Routledge.
  • Felt, J.M, Yusupov, N., Harrington, K.D., Fietz, J., Silwinski, J.J., Ram, N., O’Donnell, K.J., BeCome Working Group, Meaney, M.J., Putnam, F.W., Noll, J.G., Binder, E.B., Shenk, C.E.,   (2023). Epigenetic age acceleration as a biomarker for impaired cognitive abilities in adulthood following early life adversity and psychiatric disorders.  Neurobiology of Stress. 27 https//doi.org/10.1016/j-jnstr.2023.100577.
  • Bethany L. Brand, Hygge J. Schielke, Karen Putnam, Nicholas A. Pierorazio, M. Shae Nester, Jerrica Robertson, Amie C. Myrick, Richard J. Loewenstein, Frank W. Putnam, Kathy Steele, Suzette Boon, and Ruth Lanius. A Randomized Controlled Trial Assists Individuals With Complex Trauma and Dissociation in Finding Solid Ground. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001871
  • Cardeña, E., Berkovich-Ohana, A., Valli, K., Barttfeld, P., Gomez-Marin, A., Greyson, B., Kumar, V. K., Laureys, S., Luhrmann, T. M., Newberg, A., Preller, K. H., Putnam, F. W., Tagliazucchi, E., Walsh, R., Carter, O., & Yaden, D. (2025). A consensus taxonomy of altered (nonordinary) states of consciousness: Bringing order to disarray. Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice. Advance online publication. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/cns0000431
  • Swerbenski, H., Li, Z.,  Putnam, F.W., Noll, J.G. (2026). Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Dysregulation Following Child Sexual Abuse Distinguishes Posttraumatic Stress Trajectories from Adolescence to Midlife. Psychoneuroendocrinology 187 (2026) 107782