by ISTSS Blogs | Aug 26, 2022 | Clinical Issues and Treatment, JOTS Highlights, Military and Combat
Women veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have historically received more psychiatric medications relative to males. Even with increased rates of PTSD and greater numbers of comorbidities, these differences do not account for the gender differences...
by ISTSS Blogs | Aug 19, 2022 | Clinical Issues and Treatment, JOTS Highlights
Social support, working conditions and exposure to traumatic events, can all impact mental health. Exposure to traumatic events is common for many professionals, including police officers, firefighters, and ambulance crews (Skogstad et al., 2013). Rail...
by ISTSS Blogs | Aug 12, 2022 | Clinical Issues and Treatment, JOTS Highlights
Most children in the United States have experienced at least one traumatic event (Copeland et al., 2007), which can lead to mental health problems for them later in life, like nightmares, panic attacks, anxiety, and depression (Kessler et al., 2012). Trauma-focused...
by ISTSS Blogs | Jul 29, 2022 | Clinical Issues and Treatment, StressPoints
There has been increasing media coverage of mass violence and negative events throughout the world. With advancements in smartphone technology have come increased accessibility to media coverage. Not only are individuals able to access media almost anywhere, anytime,...
by ISTSS Blogs | Jul 29, 2022 | Clinical Issues and Treatment, StressPoints
The inclusion of a complex PTSD (CPTSD) diagnosis in the World Health Organization’s (WHO) International Classification of Diseases (ICD) Revision 11 represents a milestone for those concerned with complex trauma. Survivors, clinicians, researchers, and other...
by ISTSS Blogs | Jul 28, 2022 | Clinical Issues and Treatment, StressPoints
Drs. Arlene (Lu) Steinberg, Judie Alpert, and I recently co-edited a book entitled Sexual Boundary Violations in Psychotherapy: Facing Transgressions, Indiscretions, and Misconduct (2021). The topic has not received much recent attention in the professional...