SIG Spotlight: Addressing Traumatic and Minority Stress among Transgender and Gender ‎Diverse Individuals – Francesca Kassing, PhD

by ISTSS Blogs | Mar 30, 2023 | Diversity and Multicultural Issues, SIG Spotlight, StressPoints

Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV) is an internationally recognized event held annually on March 31. The event seeks to bring awareness to the disproportionate rates of discrimination and violence experienced by transgender and gender diverse (TGD) communities, as...

How much do trauma-focused psychotherapies for PTSD improve interpersonal functioning? – Swerdlow, Baker, Leifker, Straud, Rozek, & Sippel

by ISTSS Blogs | Feb 9, 2023 | Clinical Issues and Treatment, Diversity and Multicultural Issues, JOTS Highlights

People with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) often report difficulties with “interpersonal functioning,” which we define as quality, satisfaction, and day-to-day functioning within close relationships, such as those with family, intimate partners,...

LGBTQIA+ Issues: Domestic Violence in the LGBTQ+ Community: A Silent Pandemic – Truc Vi Duong, MD, and Gino Mortillaro, MD

by ISTSS Blogs | Sep 29, 2022 | Diversity and Multicultural Issues, StressPoints

The history of violence against the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) community has been originally tied to the notion of disparate identities. Stereotypes permeate popular perception associating homosexuality with criminal activity, mental...

Trauma and Diversity: Ableism in Psychological Trauma Clinical Research ‎ – Amanda J. Khan, PhD ‎

by ISTSS Blogs | Sep 29, 2022 | Diversity and Multicultural Issues, StressPoints

Over 70% of the population will experience a traumatic event in their lifetime (e.g., Benjet et al. 2016). This includes people with disabilities, who are disproportionately excluded from clinical treatment research that may help alleviate psychological trauma...

Trauma and World Literature: The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison – Howard Lipke, PhD

by ISTSS Blogs | Sep 29, 2022 | Diversity and Multicultural Issues, StressPoints

Twenty-three years after publication of her classic novel, The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison wrote in an afterword that the primary mission of her book (if I understand her correctly) was to resolve a question. That question was: How could her African American schoolgirl...

LGBTQIA+ Issues: Using Expressive Writing to Mitigate the Negative Effects of Discrimination and ‎Stigma-Based Experiences among LGBTQ+ People – Kelly Harper, PhD, Nicholas Livingston, PhD, Katherine Iverson, PhD, and Brian P. Marx, PhD

by ISTSS Blogs | Jul 29, 2022 | Diversity and Multicultural Issues, StressPoints

Individuals with minoritized sexual orientations and/or gender identities (e.g., lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer [LGBTQ+]) have greater prevalence of trauma exposure and are at increased risk for depression, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), disordered...