The Burden of Adversity and Depression on BIPOC Parenting Practices – Idia Thurston, PhD, Kathryn Howell, PhD, Caroline Kaufman, PhD, Jessica Eden Mandell, MS, & Kristina Decker, PhD

by ISTSS Blogs | Oct 28, 2021 | JOTS Highlights

As many as one in three women in the United States experience intimate partner violence (IPV) in their lifetime (Breiding et al., 2015). Women of color experience especially high rates of partner violence, likely related to structural inequalities that...

The Way That Veterans Tell the Stories of Their Stressful Military Experiences May Shape Their Risk for Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms – Rebecca Shiner, PhD

by ISTSS Blogs | Oct 18, 2021 | JOTS Highlights

Memories of traumatic experiences are at the very heart of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD; American Psychiatric Association, 2013). People with PTSD are haunted by memories of traumatic past events; these memories intrude in daily life, reappear in dreams or in...

MDMA-Assisted Therapy can improve Sleep Quality in PTSD – Linnae Ponte and Lisa Jerome

by ISTSS Blogs | Jun 14, 2021 | Clinical Issues and Treatment, JOTS Highlights

Recent advances in sleep research have shown that overall sleep quality is associated with a person’s physical and mental wellbeing (Tahmasian et al., 2020). As such, sleep disturbances are a common feature of many mental disorders, including posttraumatic...

Assessment of Reliability and Validity of a German Diagnostic Interview Module for ICD-11 Adjustment Disorder – Axel Perkonigg, Katja Beesdo-Baum, and Adreas Maercker

by ISTSS Blogs | Apr 9, 2021 | Assessment and Psychometrics, JOTS Highlights

Adjustment disorder (AjD) is a relatively frequent mental disorder in various clinical settings and high-risk groups of the general population (Perkonigg et al., 2018). The clinical utility of the AjD diagnosis has been often criticized (e.g., Casey, 2014) and the...

Screening for posttraumatic stress disorder using the PCL-5 – Ashraf Kagee, Adélle Sterley, Wylene Saal, and Jason Batjes

by ISTSS Blogs | Apr 2, 2021 | Assessment and Psychometrics, JOTS Highlights

Detecting post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among antiretroviral therapy (ART) users is an important matter in the context of providing public health services. In South Africa, the country with the largest number of persons living with HIV, the prevalence of...

Dropout from PTSD treatment in military samples – Amanda Edwards-Stewart, PhD

by ISTSS Blogs | Mar 26, 2021 | Clinical Issues and Treatment, JOTS Highlights

Alan was a 36-year-old noncommissioned Army officer who I saw in outpatient practice for approximately two months. His initial intake assessment found high levels of generalized anxiety and depression. His anxiety symptoms interfered with daily living and were his...