Neurological Reactivity of Combat Veterans with PTSD Following Exposure to Trauma-related Auditory and Olfactory Cues: An fNIRS Study – Michael Gramlich, M.S., Sandra M. Neer, Ph.D., and Deborah C. Beidel, Ph.D. ABPP

by ISTSS Blogs | Nov 22, 2017 | JOTS Highlights, Military and Combat

In recent years, national agencies and clinical research centers began advocating for integrative approaches that capture behavioral, genetic, and neurophysiological mechanisms to better understand complex and chronic disorders such as posttraumatic stress disorder...

The Development and Validation of a Self-Report Instrument that assesses ICD-11 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Complex PTSD: The Complex Trauma Inventory (CTI) – Justin M. Litvin, M.A., Patricia Kaminski Ph.D. and Shelley A. Riggs, Ph.D.

by ISTSS Blogs | Nov 22, 2017 | Clinical Issues and Treatment, JOTS Highlights

The work group editing trauma disorders for the eleventh edition of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) made several changes (Maercker et al., 2013). Specifically, they simplified the criteria for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in an effort to...

Does the suffering end after placing children with traumatic experiences in foster families? A study of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in young children in foster care in Germany – Mira Vasileva, M.Sc. and Franz Petermann, Ph.D.

by ISTSS Blogs | Nov 19, 2017 | Clinical Issues and Treatment, JOTS Highlights

For a long time it was assumed that very young children cannot experience symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD); the common stance was that they are not able, at this early age, to appraise an experience as traumatic, or to develop symptoms such as...

Finding common ground in Moral Injury treatment – Brian Klassen, Ph.D.

by ISTSS Blogs | Nov 19, 2017 | JOTS Highlights, Military and Combat

The experience of military service members who serve in combat is complex and can include multiple elements of fear, traumatic loss of friends and comrades, and provocative situations that challenge one’s basic sense of right and wrong (Stein et al., 2012). The...

“One Scar Too Many:” The Association of Traumatic Events and Psychological Distress among Undocumented Mexican Immigrants – Luz M. Garcini, Ph.D., MPH

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...

A Trauma-focused Intervention for Refugee Minors: A Pilot Study – Elisa Pfeiffer, M.Sc. and Lutz Goldbeck, Ph.D.

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...