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...

Research Methods: Elevating LGBTQ+ Individuals Voices Through a Mixed-Methods Approach – Román Ronzón-Tiardo, MA, Ines Cano-Gonzalez, MA, & Ruby Charak, PhD

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

Individuals with diverse and multiple marginalized identities are often underrepresented in psychological research, and it is crucial to fill this gap in the literature and provide insight into the different contextual factors affecting these populations (Roberts et...

Trauma and Diversity: Housing Insecurity and Trauma Exposure among Veterans: Understanding Health and ‎Functional Impact from an Intersectional Lens – Ryan Holliday, PhD and Shawn Liu, LCSW

by ISTSS Blogs | Sep 30, 2021 | Diversity and Multicultural Issues, StressPoints

Addressing the psychosocial impact of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and housing insecurity remain top priorities within the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Indeed, the VA has made substantial gains in addressing these factors. For example, from 2010...