Public information and education spotlight – Sonya Norman, PhD, Public Information and Education (PIE) Committee Chair, Melissa Zielinski, PhD, PIE Production Subcommittee Chair, Jennifer Wachen, PhD, PIE Review Subcommittee Chair & Tanya C. Saraiya, PhD, Conversation and Consultation Chair ‎

by ISTSS Blogs | Dec 13, 2023 | StressPoints

The Public Information and Education (PIE) committee regularly releases new informational and educational products for our ISTSS members and the broader public.  Friday Fast Facts are a deep dive into a topic with informational webpages, videos and infographics....

Clinician’s corner: A call for ground-up and trauma-informed approaches in the development of ‎alcohol interventions for North American Indigenous Peoples – Nicole H. Weiss, PhD & Nichea S. Spillane, PhD

by ISTSS Blogs | Dec 13, 2023 | Clinical Issues and Treatment, Diversity and Multicultural Issues, StressPoints

Alcohol is a primary determinant of health disparities facing North American Indigenous (NAI) peoples of the United States and Canada, including American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian and other Native Pacific Islander peoples in the United States, and First...

2023 ISTSS Award Winners – Rachel Hiller, PhD, Chair, ISTSS Awards Committee & Jana Javakhishviki, PhD, Chair, ISTSS Student Awards Committee

by ISTSS Blogs | Dec 13, 2023 | News, StressPoints

It has been an honor to chair the ISTSS Awards Committees in 2023. We would like to gratefully acknowledge the contribution of Winnie Lau, Belinda Liddell, Kathy Margruder, Naser Morina, Christin Ogle, Ulrich Schnyder and Jennifer Wild from the Professional Awards...

Media matters: Just like me: Who engages with mass violence media?‎ – Daniel P. Relihan, PhD

by ISTSS Blogs | Dec 13, 2023 | News, StressPoints

The proliferation of ubiquitous modern media technologies and the 24-hour news cycle allows people to engage with events anywhere in the world as they unfold. In the context of violent conflict, war and disaster, such instantaneous and vivid immersion into global...

Greetings from the Editor – Anka A. Vujanovic, PhD

by ISTSS Blogs | Dec 13, 2023 | StressPoints

As 2023 draws to a close, I hope this issue finds you all safe and well, surrounded by loved ones, and engaged in meaningful work or meaningful rest. The past year has continued to challenge us, as humans and as those who dedicate our professional lives to helping...

Nothing in my life – Keren Neeman, PhD

by ISTSS Blogs | Dec 13, 2023 | StressPoints

Nothing in my life prepared me to this moment that I had no words. Not the fact that I am the only child of Holocaust survivors that lost their entire families, a grandchild to a woman that walked in the Death March, was attacked by murderous dogs and that I am the...