by ISTSS Blogs | Mar 28, 2024 | Uncategorized
Background IPV as a global health priority Intimate partner violence (IPV), defined as physical, sexual, and/or psychological violence by a current or former partner affects over 1 in 3 women worldwide (Breiding et al., 2015). IPV is associated with multiple negative...
by ISTSS Blogs | Mar 28, 2024 | Uncategorized
Background on Moral Injury Moral injury is the emotional pain and functional impairment people can experience after participating in, failing to prevent, or witnessing highly stressful events that transgress their beliefs about right and wrong. In recent years, there...
by ISTSS Blogs | Mar 22, 2024 | Assessment and Psychometrics
Overview of Electronic Health Record data As in many fields, the use of “big data” has become more common in psychiatric research, alongside major technologic and computational advances in recent decades. Electronic health records (EHR) can be considered...
by ISTSS Blogs | Mar 22, 2024 | Uncategorized
Military service, and combat deployment in particular, has been found to be strongly associated with an increased risk of developing PTSD (Armenta et al., 2018; Hoge et al., 2006; Porter et al., 2018). The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) provides disability...
by ISTSS Blogs | Mar 14, 2024 | Uncategorized
Background Many children are exposed to potentially traumatic events, placing them at increased risk for a range of negative mental and physical health consequences. Racially and ethnically minoritized youth are more likely to experience trauma, and they often...
