by ISTSS Blogs | Mar 14, 2024 | Uncategorized
Background Many children are exposed to potentially traumatic events, placing them at increased risk for a range of negative mental and physical health consequences. Racially and ethnically minoritized youth are more likely to experience trauma, and they often...
by ISTSS Blogs | Mar 5, 2024 | Uncategorized
The International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS) publishes StressPoints, an award-winning electronic newsletter to support the professional development needs of its membership. Four issues are published annually. The purpose of StressPoints is to provide...
by ISTSS Blogs | Mar 5, 2024 | Uncategorized
Comorbid eating disorders and PTSD: The public health burden The overlap between eating disorders and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is well documented. Systematic reviews and meta analyses suggest that anywhere from 18% to 25% of individuals with eating...
by ISTSS Blogs | Mar 5, 2024 | Uncategorized
‘Once you’ve been initiated into the Elderly, the world doesn’t want you back. […]. We – by whom I mean anyone over sixty – commit two offenses just by existing. One is Lack of Velocity. We drive too slowly, walk too slowly,...
by ISTSS Blogs | Mar 5, 2024 | Uncategorized
It has been well-documented that young people with experience in the child welfare system (hereafter called young people in care) have far higher rates of mental health difficulties than the general population of youth. Many of these young people have experienced...
by ISTSS Blogs | Mar 5, 2024 | Uncategorized
Psychological First Aid (PFA) is an early intervention widely recommended for recent trauma survivors (Vernberg et al., 2008). It emerged in the early 2000s as an alternative to debriefing, a popular technique which was found to increase the incidence of Posttraumatic...
