Patricia Watson, PhD

Patricia Watson is a senior educational specialist for the National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Assistant Professor at Dartmouth Medical School in the Department of Psychiatry. Her education includes a doctoral degree in clinical psychology from Catholic University, and a postgraduate fellowship in pediatric psychology at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Watson is co-author of the Psychological First Aid (PFA) Field Guide and the Skills for Psychological Recovery (SPR) Manual, produced by the National Child Traumatic Stress Network and the National Center for PTSD. In addition, she has co-edited three books on disaster behavioral health interventions, as well as numerous articles, guidance documents, and chapters on disaster mental health, resilience, combat and operational stress, and pandemic flu.