by ISTSS Blogs | Mar 12, 2021 | Clinical Issues and Treatment, COVID-19, JOTS Highlights
Since the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been declared a pandemic in March 2020 (World Health Organization, 2020), extensive public health actions to slow down the spread of the virus (e.g., social distancing, self-isolation) have been implemented...
by ISTSS Blogs | Feb 16, 2021 | JOTS Highlights, Trauma Blog Topics
The viral #MeToo movement and public allegations of sexual misconduct against men in Hollywood (e.g., Harvey Weinstein), have increased public awareness of the widespread problem of sexual assault (Bogen et al., 2019). For example, more than 19 million tweets (i.e.,...
by ISTSS Blogs | Feb 8, 2021 | JOTS Highlights, Trauma Blog Topics
Moral injury, defined as an experience of betrayal or transgression of moral values, has received increased attention in recent years and is associated with increased risk for psychiatric disorders, including posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, and suicidal...
by ISTSS Blogs | Feb 1, 2021 | JOTS Highlights, Trauma Blog Topics
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can not only affect service members and their families, but also unit cohesion and operational readiness. PTSD treatment in the U.S. Departments of Defense (DoD) and Veterans Affairs exists on a continuum ranging from...
by ISTSS Blogs | Dec 2, 2020 | JOTS Highlights, Military and Combat
The United Nations has been conducting peacekeeping operations for close to seven decades. Despite this, we still know little about the long-term effects of peacekeeping deployment on mental health (Forbes et al., 2016). For many of us, the name “peacekeeping...
by ISTSS Blogs | Oct 20, 2020 | Clinical Issues and Treatment, JOTS Highlights
Child sexual abuse is linked with deleterious consequences on adolescent girls’ mental health. Among these, one particularly harmful repercussion of abuse is suicidal ideation, or suicidal thoughts. Suicidality is an indicator of psychological distress which can...
