1. Iatrogenic effects of treatments as forms of potential medical traumas.
2. Microaggression as a form of continuous traumatic stress.
3. Redefining trauma.
4. Advancing conservation of resources theory.
5. Advancing compensatory relationships.
6. Interdisciplinary research.
7. Advancements that integrate philosophy with psychology, especially ethical philosophy.
8. Advancing existentialism.
9. Having multidisciplinary research that combines sociology, cultural anthropology, psychology, criminology, victimology, and philosophy.
10. Advancements in statistical (empirical) methods themselves by mathematicians/statisticians.