Student Perspectives: Changes in Conceptualization and Assessment of Resilience – Sophie Brickman, MA, and Kelly Dixon, MA

by ISTSS Blogs | Jul 28, 2022 | StressPoints, Student and Early Career

With appreciation to Dr. Steve Bistricky for his feedback on this piece   How do we define resilience? Over time, scholars have asked, is resilience a trait or a state? Typically, traits (i.e., personality traits) are inherent, stable, and require great effort to...

SIG Spotlight: Understanding Resilience in Relation to the Intergenerational Transmission of Trauma and Complex PTSD – Fabiana Franco, ISTSS Intergenerational Trauma and Resilience SIG Co-Chair

by ISTSS Blogs | May 25, 2022 | Student and Early Career

Unresolved trauma in parents may inhibit their ability to physically and emotionally attach and bond to their children, producing trauma in the next generation. These parents may repeat the patterns of behavior that led to their own trauma which includes ideas about...

Student Perspectives: Interventions for Post-Concussion Syndrome Prevention Following ‎Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: Recommendations and Future Directions‎ – Emmeline N. Taylor, BS

by ISTSS Blogs | May 25, 2022 | StressPoints, Student and Early Career

Approximately 2.5 million people present to an emergency department each year due to traumatic brain injury (TBI; Taylor et al., 2017). An estimated 75% of these cases involve mild TBI (mTBI; i.e., concussion) and do not require hospitalization (Centers for Disease...

Student Perspectives: What is #TraumaTok?‎ – Ihssane Fethi and Marine Tessier

by ISTSS Blogs | Mar 31, 2022 | StressPoints, Student and Early Career

Outside academic spaces and therapy offices, trauma has been a growing topic on social media. Platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Reddit, YouTube, and now TikTok all have trauma content. In these online spaces, formal content (e.g., scientific articles,...

Student Perspectives: Trauma-Informed Supervisors: How Can I Find One, and How Can I Be One?‎ – Sophie Brickman, MA

by ISTSS Blogs | Jan 27, 2022 | StressPoints, Student and Early Career

As students in the trauma field, we are hopefully well aware of the prevalence of secondary traumatic stress/vicarious trauma, burnout, and compassion fatigue that trauma-focused providers often experience at some point in their career. These experiences may even be...

Student Perspectives: Traumatic Stress Following Severe Injury: Providing Care in a Level 1 Trauma Center’s ‎Traumatic Injury Unit – Emmeline N. Taylor, BS

by ISTSS Blogs | Dec 2, 2021 | StressPoints, Student and Early Career

In 2019, over two million people were hospitalized for traumatic injury (National Center for Injury Prevention, 2019). Injuries are one of the leading causes of death among people in the United States and can result in acquired disability and notable medical spending...