Lifelong trauma sequelae: Complex PTSD in a new lifespan model – Andreas Maercker, MD, PhD, Myriam Thoma, PD, PhD, Shauna Rohner, PhD, & Florence Bernays, MSc

by ISTSS Blogs | Dec 6, 2021 | Clinical Issues and Treatment, JOTS Highlights

Clinicians around the world have found that prolonged traumatic experiences, particularly in childhood and adolescence, can result in a complex presentation of trauma sequelae. These have been newly defined by WHO as complex PTSD diagnosis in ICD-11. In addition to...

Clinician’s Corner: Psychotherapy Interventions for Co-occurring PTSD and Substance Use Disorders

by ISTSS Blogs | Dec 2, 2021 | Assessment and Psychometrics, Clinical Issues and Treatment, Uncategorized

Important advances in the psychosocial treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and substance use disorders (SUD) have occurred over the past two decades. Whereas before it was believed that trauma work could not be initiated until the patient was abstinent...

Human Rights and Policy: Narrowing the Treatment Gap for Complex Trauma Populations – Jennifer VanBoxel

by ISTSS Blogs | Nov 30, 2021 | Clinical Issues and Treatment, StressPoints

Growing empirical evidence suggests that the most severe traumatic stress symptoms develop in individuals with accumulated interpersonal trauma histories (Cloitre et al., 2020; Karatzias et al., 2018a; 2018b; Knefel et al., 2019). Polytraumatization that is...

Racial/Ethnic and Neighborhood Income Disparities in Traumatic Stress and Grief Reactions among Youth: The Potential Mediating Roles of Polyvictimization and Exposure to Homicide – Robyn Douglas, MA, Lauren Alvis, PhD, Julie Kaplow, PhD, ABPP

by ISTSS Blogs | Oct 8, 2021 | Clinical Issues and Treatment

Childhood trauma is an increasingly significant public health issue, influenced by various individual, relational, communal, and societal factors. Studies suggest that specific racial/ethnic groups (i.e., Black and/or Latino) are at greater risk of increased exposure...

Military Matters: The Importance of Brief Trauma-Focused Treatment within Substance Use ‎Disorder Specialty Care: Written Exposure Therapy (WET)‎

by ISTSS Blogs | Sep 30, 2021 | Clinical Issues and Treatment, Military and Combat, Trauma Blog Topics, Uncategorized

There are high rates of trauma exposure and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among treatment-seeking veterans with substance use disorders (SUD). The process of re-integrating into the civilian world while coping with psychological and physical conditions may...

Clinician’s Corner: Facilitating Posttraumatic Growth Through Participation in a ‎Speakers’ Collective: Clinical Implications for Supporting the Survivor’s Mission‎ – Christine Valdez, PhD, and Laurie Fields, PhD

by ISTSS Blogs | Sep 30, 2021 | Clinical Issues and Treatment, StressPoints

Communities Healing and Transforming Trauma (CHATT) is a speakers’ collective developed at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Trauma Recovery Center (TRC). The UCSF TRC was founded in 2001 to test a new model of comprehensive services for victims...