SIG Spotlight: ISTSS Trauma & Technology Special Interest Group – Leigh E. Ridings, PhD, and Ursula S. Myers, PhD, SIG co-chairs

by ISTSS Blogs | Sep 30, 2021 | COVID-19, SIG Spotlight, StressPoints

Technology has been integrated into research and clinical services for traumatic stress populations for decades. However, the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in an exponential shift to virtual work for many researchers, clinicians and health care providers as they...

How has the COVID-19 pandemic impacted patients receiving PTSD care? – Carmen McLean, PhD, Sonya Norman, PhD, & Sudie Back, PhD

by ISTSS Blogs | Aug 16, 2021 | Clinical Issues and Treatment, COVID-19

One of the biggest changes to the mental health landscape since the onset of the pandemic has been the rapid and wide-scale switch from in-person therapy to telehealth. The adoption of telehealth may represent a silver lining to the pandemic, insofar as telehealth can...

SIG Spotlight: COVID-19, Mental Health and Physical Activity – Grace McKeon, Christopher T. Webster, Simon Rosenbaum and James W. Whitworth

by ISTSS Blogs | Apr 1, 2021 | COVID-19, SIG Spotlight, StressPoints

The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically altered people’s lives, exacerbated existing health inequalities and increased the risk for mental health problems, including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) (1). One important determinant of mental and physical...

President’s Message – Eric Bui, MD, PhD

by ISTSS Blogs | Apr 1, 2021 | COVID-19, StressPoints

As I was reading Dr. Debra Kaysen’s March 2020 President’s Message to find inspiration, it became quickly evident that what she wrote last year still rings true today, one full year later: “We are in the midst of an unprecedented global pandemic that...

Prospective Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Childhood Trauma-Exposed Individuals – Katja Seitz, Sabine Herpetz, and Katja Bertsch

by ISTSS Blogs | Mar 12, 2021 | Clinical Issues and Treatment, COVID-19, JOTS Highlights

Since the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been declared a pandemic in March 2020 (World Health Organization, 2020), extensive public health actions to slow down the spread of the virus (e.g., social distancing, self-isolation) have been implemented...

President’s Message – Eric Bui, MD, PhD

by ISTSS Blogs | Jan 28, 2021 | COVID-19, StressPoints

I am truly honored and humbled to serve as the president of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, especially during these trying times due to the global pandemic.   I can only start this column by addressing how challenging 2020 was for us all....