Developmental Traumatology: Trauma and Fetal Alcohol Exposure: Neurodevelopmental ‎Implications – Karen Zilberstein

by ISTSS Blogs | Jul 29, 2021 | Assessment and Psychometrics, StressPoints

As awareness of how childhood trauma affects neurodevelopment grows, questions arise about symptom complexity and how neurodevelopment is affected by other comorbid conditions. Youth exposed to toxic stress from early, severe and/or chronic maltreatment can show...

Media Matters: Next-Generation 911 Technology and Potential Impacts on First Responder Mental Health – Victoria Steigerwald and David Rozek, PhD

by ISTSS Blogs | May 27, 2021 | Assessment and Psychometrics, StressPoints

Emergency medical services in the United States currently rely primarily on audio calls and location data to respond to emergencies. With the increasing use of other means of communication such as text messages and video calls, however, communications centers are...

Assessment of Reliability and Validity of a German Diagnostic Interview Module for ICD-11 Adjustment Disorder – Axel Perkonigg, Katja Beesdo-Baum, and Adreas Maercker

by ISTSS Blogs | Apr 9, 2021 | Assessment and Psychometrics, JOTS Highlights

Adjustment disorder (AjD) is a relatively frequent mental disorder in various clinical settings and high-risk groups of the general population (Perkonigg et al., 2018). The clinical utility of the AjD diagnosis has been often criticized (e.g., Casey, 2014) and the...

Screening for posttraumatic stress disorder using the PCL-5 – Ashraf Kagee, Adélle Sterley, Wylene Saal, and Jason Batjes

by ISTSS Blogs | Apr 2, 2021 | Assessment and Psychometrics, JOTS Highlights

Detecting post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among antiretroviral therapy (ART) users is an important matter in the context of providing public health services. In South Africa, the country with the largest number of persons living with HIV, the prevalence of...

From Our Members: Developing Core Competencies in Health and Behavioral Health Responses to Human ‎Trafficking – Elizabeth Hopper, PhD; Jordan Greenbaum, MD; Rachel Robitz, MD; Hanni Stoklosa, MD, MPH; ‎Jessica L. Peck, DNP, APRN

by ISTSS Blogs | Apr 1, 2021 | Assessment and Psychometrics, StressPoints

Human trafficking is a form of traumatic stress, and a public health issue, that has been gaining increasing attention over the past two decades. Forced labor and commercial sexual exploitation are two of the most common forms of human trafficking. Central to the...

The importance of personality in the development of PTSD in firefighters – Eric Meyer, Ph.D. and Suzy Bird Gulliver, Ph.D.

by ISTSS Blogs | Dec 6, 2020 | Assessment and Psychometrics

Fire fighters routinely risk their lives to protect the public. Over 1 million fire fighters in the United States alone sign up for this dangerous profession to protect people, wildlands, and property despite known threats to their healthy, safety, and wellbeing....