From the President – Marit Sijbrandij, PhD, ISTSS President

by ISTSS Blogs | Dec 20, 2023 | StressPoints

As Immediate Past-President of ISTSS, this will be my final Presidential column in StressPoints. After this column, Dr. Angela Nickerson, the Current President of ISTSS, will take over. With Angela Nickerson, I am confident that our society will be in more than...

ISTSS’s Paper in a Day 2023: Gender differences in DSM-5 PTSD symptom clusters: A network analysis – Anke B. Witteveen & Mirjam van Zuiden

by ISTSS Blogs | Dec 19, 2023 | StressPoints, Student and Early Career

On November 1, 2023, another successful Paper in a Day (PiaD) was held at the ISTSS annual meeting in Los Angeles. The PiaD grew out of a wish to foster collaborations between young researchers from around the world. It is designed to stimulate international...

Training Ukrainian mental health professionals in evidence-based treatments for traumatic ‎stress – Tetiana Nickelsen, PhD & Israel Liberzon, MD

by ISTSS Blogs | Dec 19, 2023 | International and Global, StressPoints

In February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine. As a result, millions of people have been exposed to war and war-related trauma, and the world is witnessing an immense mental health crisis. Ukrainian mental health systems cannot address this crisis effectively alone, and...

Student perspectives: Treatment considerations for the internal experience of minority ‎stress and trauma – Abigail Dopico, MS & Luca Hartman, MS

by ISTSS Blogs | Dec 14, 2023 | Diversity and Multicultural Issues, StressPoints

Evidence has overwhelmingly shown that those who identify with marginalized groups in society may experience mental health-related issues at heightened frequency and with greater symptomatology. This is attributed to minority stress theory, which highlights the...

Grief-enhanced trauma-focused evaluation and management for underserved at-risk ‎adolescents – Naser Ahmadi, MD, PhD, Child Trauma SIG Chair

by ISTSS Blogs | Dec 14, 2023 | Diversity and Multicultural Issues, StressPoints

The increasing prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), especially during and after COVID-19, is a major public health crisis in the U.S., with a 16-25% prevalence of PTSD in youth (Murata et al., 2021). PTSD is associated with increased neurovascular...

Interested in serving as a reviewer for NIMH? – NULL

by ISTSS Blogs | Dec 14, 2023 | Diversity and Multicultural Issues, News, StressPoints

The NIMH is interested in expanding the pool of scientists that we engage to review applications submitted to our Institute. We are especially interested in including scientists whose participation can help to enhance diverse perspectives on our review panels and who...