by ISTSS Blogs | Jul 23, 2014 | Uncategorized
I was honored to accept the Frank W. Putnam Trauma Research Scholar award at the ISTSS 2013 Annual Meeting. While at the meeting, I witnessed the tremendously stimulating interdisciplinary community that is comprised of ISTSS members. Since then, I have continued to...
by ISTSS Blogs | May 1, 2008 | Uncategorized
Joanna Legerski and Lynnnette Averill stepped into their new roles as chair and vice chair of the ISTSS Student Section in November 2007. Wasting no time, they have already made great strides towards their three primarily goals: to increase opportunity, growth, and...
by ISTSS Blogs | Oct 1, 2003 | Uncategorized
Special Interest Groups Child Trauma SIG The Child Trauma SIG will hold its yearly meeting Thursday, October 30, from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. during the ISTSS annual meeting in Chicago. ISTSS members with an interest in childhood trauma are welcome to attend the SIG...
by ISTSS Blogs | Oct 1, 1997 | Uncategorized
An estimated 300 million people are suffering from mental and neurological disorders and in aggregate these disorders are the single largest cause of lost years of quality of life (WHO, The World Health Report 1996; World Bank, World Development Report, 1993)....
by ISTSS Blogs | Oct 1, 1997 | Uncategorized
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) recently formed a working group to prepare an official NIMH report on the psychobiological consequences of torture and extreme trauma, at the request of members of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission...
