Research articles about ifs/trauma/chronic illness

Childhood Trauma and Chronic Illness in Adulthood: Mental Health and Socioeconomic Status as Explanatory Factors and Buffers - PMC 

(Published in Frontiers in Psychology, open-access under Creative Commons license. Authors: Laura E. Mock & Sheryl Arai.)*

 Childhood trauma, PTSD/CPTSD and chronic pain: A systematic review - PubMed 

(Published in PLOS ONE, open-access under Creative Commons Attribution License. Authors: Maria Karimov-Zwienenberg, Wilfried Symphor, William Peraud & Greg Décamps.)*

A Randomized Controlled Trial of an Internal Family Systems-based Psychotherapeutic Intervention on Outcomes in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Proof-of-Concept Study* — [Read the abstract on PubMed](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23950186/)

(Published in The Journal of Rheumatology. Authors: Nancy A. Shadick, Nancy F. Sowell, Michelle L. Frits, Suzanne M. Hoffman, Shelley A. Hartz, Fran D. Booth, Martha Sweezy, Patricia R. Rogers, Rina L. Dubin, Joan C. Atkinson, Amy L. Friedman, Fernando Augusto, Christine K. Iannaccone, Anne H. Fossel, Gillian Quinn, Jing Cui, Elena Losina & Richard C. Schwartz.)*

Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) among Survivors of Multiple Childhood Trauma: A Pilot Effectiveness Study 

(Published in Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma. Authors: Hilary B. Hodgdon, Frank G. Anderson, Elizabeth Southwell, Wendy Hrubec & Richard Schwartz.)*

 A pilot study of an online group-based Internal Family Systems intervention for comorbid posttraumatic stress disorder and substance use - PubMed 

(Published in Frontiers in Psychiatry, open-access under Creative Commons. Authors: D. Ally et al.)*