In this piece, the authors present the case of a young Black American man who experienced symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder after an episode of police violence. Through engagement with this case, the authors consider whether trauma-focused psychotherapies, particularly trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapies (TF-CBT), are equipped to attend to contextual factors relevant to traumatic experiences of police violence. The authors suggest further research to determine for whom and in what contexts standard forms of psychotherapy as well as alternatives to TF-CBT are effective, and augmenting provider education to include advocacy strategies aimed at reducing police violence—advocacy that is relevant in the context of nationwide protests occurring after the officer-perpetrated killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and others.

在这篇文章中，作者介绍了一名年轻的美国黑人男子的案例，他在一次警察暴力事件后出现了创伤后应激障碍的症状。通过参与这个案例，作者考虑了以创伤为中心的心理治疗，特别是以创伤为中心的认知行为疗法 (TF-CBT)，是否能够处理与警察暴力创伤经历相关的背景因素。作者建议进一步研究以确定标准形式的心理治疗以及 TF-CBT 的替代方案对谁以及在什么情况下有效，并加强提供者教育以包括旨在减少警察暴力的宣传策略——与在警察杀害乔治·弗洛伊德、布伦娜·泰勒和其他人之后发生了全国性的抗议活动。