2nd Dutch Conference Set – ISTSS

by ISTSS Blogs | Jan 1, 1998 | International and Global, StressPoints

The Research Institute for Psychology & Health, in collaboration with the Dutch journal 'Gedrag & Gezondheid,' is organizing the Second Dutch Conference on Psychology and Health, May 25­27, Kerkrade, The Netherlands. Invited keynote lecturers...

European Conference Addresses Traumatic Stress in Crisis Responders – Roderick Ørner, European Conference Secretariat

by ISTSS Blogs | Apr 1, 1996 | International and Global, StressPoints

SHEFFIELD, England - From March 17 to 20 - less than a week before the massacre of Dunblane schoolchildren - 300 delegates from 30 countries gathered in Sheffield for the First European Conference on Traumatic Stress in Emergency Services, Peacekeeping Operations and...

Beijing and Beyond – Ellen Frey-Wouters, PhD

by ISTSS Blogs | Apr 1, 1996 | International and Global, StressPoints

Nearly 50,000 people - more than two-thirds of them women - travelled to China from all over the world to participate in the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women, held in Beijing (Sept. 4&shyp;15, 1995), and the parallel NGO Forum on Women held in...

The French Model of a Care Unit for Victims of Traumatic Events – Didier Cremniter, MD

by ISTSS Blogs | Apr 1, 1996 | International and Global, StressPoints

The development of a medical and psychological care unit for immediate interventions in cases of natural or accidental disasters, crowd accidents or bomb attacks in France was based on our experience in dealing with the victims of the Islamist bomb attacks during the...

President’s Message – Matthew J. Friedman, MD, PhD

by ISTSS Blogs | Apr 1, 1996 | International and Global, StressPoints

Many ISTSS members listed in the 1995/96 Membership Directory received a recent mailing from the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress (AAETS). The stated mission of the Academy is to "increase awareness of the effects of trauma and ultimately improve...