Training Ukrainian mental health professionals in evidence-based treatments for traumatic ‎stress – Tetiana Nickelsen, PhD & Israel Liberzon, MD

by ISTSS Blogs | Dec 19, 2023 | International and Global, StressPoints

In February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine. As a result, millions of people have been exposed to war and war-related trauma, and the world is witnessing an immense mental health crisis. Ukrainian mental health systems cannot address this crisis effectively alone, and...

Global perspectives: Achieving inclusion of individuals with disability: The cultural dimension – Philomena J. Tanui, PhD‎

by ISTSS Blogs | Jun 28, 2023 | International and Global, StressPoints

Culture, defined as local beliefs, practices, role assignments and symbolic practices by which men and women live (Eagleton, 2016), can play a formative role in demarcating members of a shared collective. It can shape what members of a community perceive as important...

Genocidal Rape – An Understudied Source of Terror with Horrendous Consequences – Karan Varshney, MPH

by ISTSS Blogs | Jun 1, 2023 | International and Global, JOTS Highlights

Genocide constitutes violence on a scale that is considered a crime against humanity. Rape is perhaps the most inhumane form of terrors that can be committed by an individual. Genocidal rape hence can be deemed as the worst kind of wrongdoings that can be...

Terror leaves adolescents behind – Strøm, Dyb, Wentzel-Larsen, Stene, Schultz, & Stensland

by ISTSS Blogs | May 19, 2023 | International and Global, JOTS Highlights

Given the increase in mass shootings in schools in over the past decade (Irwin et al., 2021), it is imperative to pertain knowledge of how such events affect students. In particular, there is a need for early identification of survivors at high risk of having their...

Child PTSD Symptoms Following Acute Trauma: Associations Among Informant Reports and Child HR Parameters – Bailey, Meiser-Stedman, Hiller, Haag, Lobo, & Halligan

by ISTSS Blogs | Apr 26, 2023 | Clinical Issues and Treatment, International and Global, JOTS Highlights

Research has shown that the first six months following trauma exposure in childhood is critical in the potential development of long-term posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), evidencing that beyond this initial six-month period natural decline in posttraumatic stress...

What are asylee’s impressions of leading psychotherapies for posttraumatic stress? – Cassidy, McQuaid, Heatherington, & Su

by ISTSS Blogs | Apr 12, 2023 | Clinical Issues and Treatment, International and Global, JOTS Highlights

Individuals seeking asylum (asylees) typically experience several traumatic stressors before and during their asylum journey, as well as an extended period of uncertain living status following their arrival (Steel et al., 2006). As a result, they have significantly...