Clinician’s Corner: Behavioral health in the fire service ‎ ‎ ‎ – Anka A. Vujanovic, PhD

by ISTSS Blogs | Sep 28, 2023 | Clinical Issues and Treatment, StressPoints

Communities around the globe depend on firefighters. We rely on them for safety, crisis and medical intervention, and our general well-being. Firefighters are regularly exposed to critical and emergency situations (e.g., fires, natural disasters, crime scenes, medical...

Climate change and media messaging: What is a non-scary way of raising awareness about the end of civilization? – Josianne Lamothe, MSW, PhD

by ISTSS Blogs | Sep 28, 2023 | Clinical Issues and Treatment, StressPoints

In early September, following a record summer of global warming, the United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Gutierrez, declared in a speech that the “climate breakdown had begun” and urged global leaders to adopt radical solutions to, “avoid the...

Student perspectives: Recent advances in short-term, evidence-based PTSD treatments – Sophie Oliver, MA

by ISTSS Blogs | Sep 28, 2023 | Clinical Issues and Treatment, StressPoints, Student and Early Career

The gold-standard evidence-based treatments for PTSD (e.g., Prolonged Exposure [PE] therapy, Cognitive Processing Therapy) are typically implemented in 60- to 90-minute sessions for approximately 12 appointments. These treatments are considered highly effective, and...

Clinician’s Corner: Meeting the challenges of organizational stress: Biocratic organizations and creating presence – Sandra L. Bloom, MD

by ISTSS Blogs | Sep 28, 2023 | Clinical Issues and Treatment, StressPoints

In 2022, the U.S. Surgeon General issued a report about workplace mental health and wellbeing. Many ‎of you will not be surprised to learn that in a survey of 1,500 U.S. adult workers across for profit, non-‎profit and government sectors, 76% of respondents...

A Mother’s Pain: Vicarious Traumatic Stress After Race-Related Violence – Printz & Milan

by ISTSS Blogs | Sep 9, 2023 | Clinical Issues and Treatment, JOTS Highlights

Since the video of the brutal killing of Tyre Nichols was publicly released, various media outlets have repeatedly played clips of the video or described its contents. These illustrations of racialized violence may place a segment of our society at risk for vicarious...

A new perspective on the brain basis of PTSD in Veterans involves alterations in both fear and anxiety networks – Feola & Blackford

by ISTSS Blogs | Sep 1, 2023 | Clinical Issues and Treatment, JOTS Highlights, Military and Combat

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a common, disabling disorder that significantly impacts many combat Veterans. Research estimates that 15-23% of the soldiers returning from deployment in Afghanistan have PTSD (Fulton et al., 2015). The rate of PTSD in Veterans...