Leia Saltzman
Assistant professor of social work
Areas of Expertise
Biography
Leia Saltzman’s research uses mixed methodology to explore the process of adaptation in the context of trauma, community violence and mass disaster. Her previous research has focused on resilience and posttraumatic growth.
Saltzman now explores the role of time in the process of adaptation, with the goal of developing time-informed and sustainable mental health interventions. She is interested in community based research that influences mental health policies and clinical practices with trauma-affected populations in order to promote well-being, build stronger families and more cohesive communities that can withstand the impact of mass disaster, trauma and violence.
Education
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Boston College
Boston College
University of Waterloo
Articles
It’s about time: Reconceptualizing the role of time in loss and trauma.
2019
This article explores the universal concept of time with the aim of enhancing our ability to help those affected by loss and trauma as well as those who study and treat them. The help comes in the form of a new framework that focuses on how we think about, and represent, time in scholarship and practice.
Post-combat adaptation: improving social support and reaching constructive growth
2017
Posttraumatic stress disorder, a commonly researched mental health outcome associated with trauma, does not develop in the majority of survivors. More common trajectories of adaptation include resilience, and posttraumatic growth (PTG).
