by ISTSS Blogs | Dec 31, 2017 | International and Global, StressPoints
Global Mental Health (GMH) is an area of study and practice that operates within international humanitarian context. GMH experience broadened the understanding of trauma and mental health (MH) in diverse cultures and demonstrated the power of human resilience. It also...
by ISTSS Blogs | Dec 31, 2017 | International and Global, StressPoints
Sheldon Horowitz, the central character in Derek B. Miller’s novel Norwegian By Night, is a Jewish-American combat veteran of the Korean War who is haunted by much in his past and, especially, by self-blame regarding deaths for which he had varying degrees...
by ISTSS Blogs | Dec 31, 2017 | International and Global, StressPoints
As a peacebuilding professional who focuses on storytelling and Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration (DDR), I spent most of my professional career in volatile parts of the African continent. I have lived in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the...
by ISTSS Blogs | Nov 28, 2017 | International and Global, JOTS Highlights
More than 100 million children worldwide are exposed to disasters each year (UNISDR, 2011), and disasters are increasing in both frequency and intensity (USGCRP, 2016). Following a disaster, posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) are the primary problem presenting in...
by ISTSS Blogs | Nov 18, 2017 | International and Global, JOTS Highlights
The United States (U.S.) has been a primary destination for international migrants. Approximately 13% of the U.S. population is foreign born (U.S. Census Bureau, 2015), with a considerable proportion of these immigrants being undocumented (approximately 27%) and of...
by ISTSS Blogs | Oct 11, 2017 | International and Global, JOTS Highlights
Background: a highly vulnerable population As many other European countries, Germany has in the last years welcomed thousands of refugees from all over the world, among them about 64,000 unaccompanied refugee minors, most of them in the age range between 14 and 17...
