by ISTSS Blogs | Mar 31, 2022 | International and Global, StressPoints
Since the 30th of January, 2020, COVID-19 has been designated as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) by the World Health Organization (WHO) due to its unprecedented threat to global health. The lockdown measures and quarantines have altered...
by ISTSS Blogs | Jan 27, 2022 | International and Global, StressPoints
The South Asian community includes individuals originating from the Indian sub-continent region (e.g., India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Maldives). Asian Indians (i.e., individuals of Indian descent) are a subgroup of the South Asian community....
by ISTSS Blogs | Dec 2, 2021 | International and Global, StressPoints
This is my final StressPoints column as ISTSS President, and I would like to highlight that serving in this role over the past year has been a privilege and an honor. I would like to also take this opportunity to express my deepest gratitude to all those who supported...
by ISTSS Blogs | Sep 30, 2021 | International and Global, StressPoints
Pre-COVID life seems like a distant past while the world adjusts to a new normal, or shall we say new normals. Early in March 2020, Scott Berinato wrote in the Harvard Business Review, “That Discomfort You’re Feeling is Grief”; little did we know of...
by ISTSS Blogs | Sep 24, 2021 | International and Global, StressPoints
While things are usually slow over the summer (at least in the Northern Hemisphere I should add), I am grateful that the various ISTSS committees and task forces have been working hard on proposing plans to implement recommendations stemming from our Membership...
by ISTSS Blogs | Jul 29, 2021 | International and Global, StressPoints
Editor’s Note: ISTSS is a founding partner in the Global Collaboration on Traumatic Stress The FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data stewardship state that data should be Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable (FAIR; Wilkinson et al 2016). In...
