New mental health award – Marit Sijbrandij, PhD

by ISTSS Blogs | Sep 28, 2023 | News, StressPoints

Wellcome has recently launched a new Mental Health Award. This award will fund researchers to investigate the causal mechanisms through which brain, body and environment interact over time in the development, persistence and resolution of anxiety- and trauma-related...

Developmental Traumatology: On holding and being held: Therapists, traumatized youth and ‎the pandemic – Sarah K. Abel, LICSW

by ISTSS Blogs | Sep 28, 2023 | Clinical Issues and Treatment, StressPoints

Many children who have suffered traumas early in their lives have also experienced profound losses of relationships. They may have lost or been separated from family members, experienced war and displacement, and/or lived in multiple placements. Because children with...

Clinician’s Corner: Behavioral health in the fire service ‎ ‎ ‎ – Anka A. Vujanovic, PhD

by ISTSS Blogs | Sep 28, 2023 | Clinical Issues and Treatment, StressPoints

Communities around the globe depend on firefighters. We rely on them for safety, crisis and medical intervention, and our general well-being. Firefighters are regularly exposed to critical and emergency situations (e.g., fires, natural disasters, crime scenes, medical...

Climate change and media messaging: What is a non-scary way of raising awareness about the end of civilization? – Josianne Lamothe, MSW, PhD

by ISTSS Blogs | Sep 28, 2023 | Clinical Issues and Treatment, StressPoints

In early September, following a record summer of global warming, the United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Gutierrez, declared in a speech that the “climate breakdown had begun” and urged global leaders to adopt radical solutions to, “avoid the...

Student perspectives: Recent advances in short-term, evidence-based PTSD treatments – Sophie Oliver, MA

by ISTSS Blogs | Sep 28, 2023 | Clinical Issues and Treatment, StressPoints, Student and Early Career

The gold-standard evidence-based treatments for PTSD (e.g., Prolonged Exposure [PE] therapy, Cognitive Processing Therapy) are typically implemented in 60- to 90-minute sessions for approximately 12 appointments. These treatments are considered highly effective, and...

Human rights and policy: PTSD treatment in US prisons: An urgent need to expand and improve – Haley Church, MA

by ISTSS Blogs | Sep 28, 2023 | StressPoints, Student and Early Career

Trauma exposure prior to incarceration is nearly ubiquitous. In a sample of 592 incarcerated men, 99% endorsed experiencing at least one lifetime traumatic experience prior to incarceration, with 59% scoring above the clinical threshold for Posttraumatic Stress...