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...

Trauma and World Literature: The Time of Our Singing by Richard Powers – Howard Lipke, PhD

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

Richard Powers’ novels are known and respected for the way he incorporates lessons in history and science in the body of his work without intruding on character or plot development. In The Time of Our Singing, he structures his novel around the history of the...

Research Methods: Increasing Visibility of Transgender and Gender Diverse Individuals in Trauma and PTSD Research – Kelly Harper, PhD; Zig Hinds, BS; Eli Benevides, BS; & Nicholas A. Livingston, PhD

by ISTSS Blogs | Jun 2, 2022 | Diversity and Multicultural Issues

Roughly six per 1000 people in the United States identify as transgender. Williams Institute, 2016 It is estimated that approximately 1.4 million people in the United States identify as transgender, including approximately 140,000 veterans and service members...

Human Rights and Policy Recognizing Sexual Violence as a War Crime – Alyssa Jones, PhD

by ISTSS Blogs | May 24, 2022 | Diversity and Multicultural Issues, StressPoints

In April 2022, reports from the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine documented evidence of war crimes that they deemed a human rights and humanitarian crisis after the Russian invasion (Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights,...

Trauma and Diversity: A Case For Including Spirituality In Healing Trauma ‎ – Amanda J. Khan, PhD

by ISTSS Blogs | Dec 2, 2021 | Diversity and Multicultural Issues, StressPoints

The American Psychological Association (APA) recently adopted new multicultural guidelines for psychologists (Clauss-Ehlers et al., 2019). Within these guidelines, psychologists are charged with delivering culturally adaptive and strengths-based approaches to...