by ISTSS Blogs | Jun 1, 2019 | International and Global, StressPoints
ISTSS members may be familiar with Alex Kotlowitz’s reporting on the precariousness of life in inner-city sections of Chicago. Some may also remember his presentation at the 2010 ISTSS Annual Meeting with Eddie Bocanegra, of the film The...
by ISTSS Blogs | Jun 1, 2019 | International and Global, StressPoints
In Japan, natural disasters—such as earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, typhoons and floods—occur quite frequently. Although Japan’s land mass is very small, constituting only 0.25% of all land on earth, 10% of the world’s earthquakes...
by ISTSS Blogs | Mar 29, 2019 | International and Global, StressPoints, Trauma and the Arts
Ever since the release of her first album in 1992, the singer-songwriter Iris Dement has earned wide recognition and respect for her work. Her 2012 album, Sing the Delta, includes the song, The Night I Learned How Not to Pray. In the few minutes of her...
by ISTSS Blogs | Mar 29, 2019 | Clinical Issues and Treatment, International and Global, StressPoints
Worldwide lifetime prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is estimated to be approximately 4 percent (Kessler et al., 2017), and numerous factors are associated with elevated risk of diagnosis (e.g., trauma type, military/veteran population, gender; Gates...
by ISTSS Blogs | Mar 17, 2019 | International and Global, News
The International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS) strongly condemns all acts of hate-based violence and terrorism such as the horrific mass violence perpetrated against innocent victims in two Mosques in New Zealand, and sends a deeply felt message of...
by ISTSS Blogs | Jan 1, 2019 | Clinical Issues and Treatment, International and Global, StressPoints, Student and Early Career
The mothers and children refer to it as “carcel de bebes” or “baby jail,” described psychologist Kristin Samuelson, Ph.D, about the South Texas Family Residential Center, where she recently volunteered with the Dilley Pro Bono Project....
