Cumulative Trauma Exposure, Emotion Regulation, and PTSD Among Incarcerated Women – Shannon M. Lynch, PhD

by ISTSS Blogs | Aug 2, 2019 | Assessment and Psychometrics, Diversity and Multicultural Issues, JOTS Highlights

Women in prison experience high rates of traumatic exposures such as childhood physical and sexual abuse, sexual assault, and partner violence. Not surprisingly, research suggests this population has rates of PTSD that are three to five times that of women in the...

Comparison between Women-Only and Mixed-Gender Intensive PTSD Treatment for Female Veterans – Elina A. Stefanovics, PhD and Robert A Rosenheck, MD

by ISTSS Blogs | Aug 2, 2019 | Diversity and Multicultural Issues, JOTS Highlights, Military and Combat

Women veterans diagnosed with PTSD are an especially rapidly growing subgroup of VHA patients (Washington, Davis, Der-Martirosian, & Yano, 2013), constituting 10.3% of all those diagnosed with PTSD in 2015. With the recognition that women veterans with PTSD have...

Bringing Philosophy to Bear on Moral Injury and PTSD Construct Validation: Commentary on Farnsworth (2019) – NULL

by ISTSS Blogs | Aug 2, 2019 | Clinical Issues and Treatment, JOTS Highlights

As part of the recent surge of interest in Moral Injury (MI), there have been efforts to differentiate this developing construct from Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). We thank Farnsworth (2019) for his contribution and attempt to build on his valuable application...

ISTSS New Guidelines for Prevention and Treatment of PTSD: Methodology and Development Process – Jonathan I. Bisson DM FRCPsych

by ISTSS Blogs | Jul 1, 2019 | Clinical Issues and Treatment, JOTS Highlights

Keeping on top of the proliferation of evidence regarding the prevention and management of health conditions has become a major challenge.  As a result, healthcare professionals, policy makers and service planners, along with those seeking or using services,...

Clinical Considerations for Trauma-Related Guilt in Military Personnel – Carmen McLean PhD & Lily Brown PhD

by ISTSS Blogs | Jul 1, 2019 | JOTS Highlights, Military and Combat

Guilt is commonly reported by trauma survivors and has been linked to greater posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) severity (e.g., Bryan et al., 2015). As such, understanding how guilt impacts PTSD recovery has been of significant interest to clinicians and...

A Community’s Voice: 9/11 Victim Family Outcomes 14 Years Later – Mary A. Fetchet, Joscelyn E. Fisher & Stephen J. Cozza

by ISTSS Blogs | Jun 22, 2019 | Clinical Issues and Treatment, JOTS Highlights

Witnessing the terror attacks on September 11, 2001 affected practically all of us who were alive at that time. But, for some, 9/11 was a far more personal and tragic experience. On September 11, 2001, nearly 3,000 families lost a loved one who perished at the World...