Do disorders comorbid with PTSD differ between servicemen and women? – Walter, Levine, Madra, Beltran, Glassman, & Thomsen

by ISTSS Blogs | Apr 19, 2022 | Assessment and Psychometrics, Clinical Issues and Treatment, JOTS Highlights

Psychological comorbidity, or when mental health disorders co-occur, is an important health issue because it is common and may negatively affect quality of life and treatment for individuals with more than one disorder. In fact, approximately 80% of both civilians...

Risk and Resilience: Revictimization among US Military Veterans – Scoglio, Molnar, Lincoln, Griffith, Park, & Kraus

by ISTSS Blogs | Apr 1, 2022 | Clinical Issues and Treatment, JOTS Highlights, Military and Combat

Unfortunately, individuals who have experienced abuse in childhood have a heightened risk of being victimized again in adulthood (Walker et al., 2017). This phenomenon is termed “revictimization” and refers to the experience of a similar type of...

Clinician’s Corner: Alaska Native Alcohol Misuse: Etiology and Symptoms of Traumas‎ – Maria C. Crouch, PhD

by ISTSS Blogs | Mar 31, 2022 | Clinical Issues and Treatment, StressPoints

Alaska Native (AN) people experience posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), alcohol problems, and alcohol-related health disparities at higher rates than the general population (Bassett et al., 2014; Emerson et al., 2017). These are compounded by historical traumas,...

Trauma and Diversity: Transgenerational Transmission of Intimate Partner Violence and ‎the Need for More Holistic Treatment Approaches – Samantha N. Hoffman, MS, and Amanda J. Khan, PhD

by ISTSS Blogs | Mar 31, 2022 | Clinical Issues and Treatment, StressPoints

What is Transgenerational Trauma? Trauma can occur in many forms and often has severe negative consequences for those directly and/or indirectly exposed. Treatment of trauma has largely focused on single present-life traumatic events (e.g., Sloan, Marx, Lee, &...

Clinician’s Corner: Cognitive Biases as a Barrier to Accurate Trauma and PTSD Assessment – Colton S. Rippey, MS

by ISTSS Blogs | Jan 27, 2022 | Clinical Issues and Treatment, StressPoints

The cornerstone to any psychological treatment plan is an accurate diagnosis from a comprehensive assessment. However, due to the wide array of psychopathology and overlapping diagnostic criteria within the two predominant psychiatric classification systems, the...

Why Me? Why Now? Abstract Thinking Predicts the Development of PTSD Symptoms in Student Paramedics – Aimee McKinnon, PhD, DClinPsy, Hjördis Lorenz, PhD, Paul Salkovskis, PhD, & Jennifer Wild, DClinPsy

by ISTSS Blogs | Dec 15, 2021 | Clinical Issues and Treatment, JOTS Highlights

What is abstract thinking and why is it important? Imagine that you are a student paramedic. You arrive at the scene of an accident, recognise symptoms that you learnt about recently, but you cannot remember what you need to do next. What might go through your head?...