by ISTSS Blogs | Jun 28, 2023 | Uncategorized
The past several years have ushered in a cascade of compounding collective trauma,1 including the COVID-19 pandemic, a rise in mass shootings across the United States, a war in Ukraine, and, most recently, catastrophic wildfires in Canada, whose smoke has...
by ISTSS Blogs | Jun 28, 2023 | Uncategorized
The most recent iteration of the ISTSS member survey was developed and administered in late 2022. The goal of this survey was to assess ISTSS members’ perspectives on key issues of importance to the society, including but not limited to strategic plan-related...
by ISTSS Blogs | Feb 23, 2023 | Uncategorized
It has long been understood that certain psychological disorders run in families. This early observation inspired family and twin research designs, which provided foundational support for the heritability of psychological disorders, including posttraumatic stress...
by ISTSS Blogs | May 24, 2022 | Uncategorized
On February 27th, 2010, the sixth strongest earthquake in recorded history (8.8 Mw) struck Chile. With over 500 deaths, the destruction of hundreds of buildings including schools, and a blackout that affected most of the country’s population (Earthquake...
by ISTSS Blogs | Dec 2, 2021 | Assessment and Psychometrics, Clinical Issues and Treatment, Uncategorized
Important advances in the psychosocial treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and substance use disorders (SUD) have occurred over the past two decades. Whereas before it was believed that trauma work could not be initiated until the patient was abstinent...
by ISTSS Blogs | Sep 30, 2021 | Clinical Issues and Treatment, Military and Combat, Trauma Blog Topics, Uncategorized
There are high rates of trauma exposure and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among treatment-seeking veterans with substance use disorders (SUD). The process of re-integrating into the civilian world while coping with psychological and physical conditions may...
