Bringing Together Clinicians and Researchers From Around the World to Advocate for the Field of Traumatic Stress.
Healing Trauma Together
The International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies is dedicated to sharing information about the effects of trauma and the discovery and dissemination of knowledge about policy, program and service initiatives that seek to reduce traumatic stressors and their immediate and long-term consequences. ISTSS is an international interdisciplinary professional organization that promotes advancement and exchange of knowledge about traumatic stress.
Registration is Now Open!
Join us in Boston on September 25-28, 2024 for the ISTSS 40th Annual Meeting. The ISTSS Annual Meeting provides a forum for the dissemination of theoretical work, scientific research, and evidence-based clinical approaches in traumatic stress studies.
Conversations and Consultations
Our Conversations and Consultation series is a members-only series that provides members with the opportunity to exchange valuable insight and advice with subject-matter experts, mentors, and/or colleagues in the trauma field. Each session is facilitated by one or more experts and presented to ISTSS members as a free membership benefit. Check out past sessions on industry careers, part-time private practice, and our most recent session on international collaboration.
Grow Your Professional Network by Volunteering with ISTSS
Volunteers play an integral role in ISTSS' day-to-day activities and form a broad professional network. Interested in adding an ISTSS volunteer position to your CV?
Public information and education spotlight – Sonya Norman, PhD, Public Information and Education (PIE) Committee Chair, Melissa Zielinski, PhD, PIE Production Subcommittee Chair, Jennifer Wachen, PhD, PIE Review Subcommittee Chair & Tanya C. Saraiya, PhD, Conversation and Consultation Chair
The Public Information and Education (PIE) committee regularly releases new informational and educational products for our ISTSS members and the broader public.
- Friday Fast Facts are a deep dive into a topic with informational webpages, videos and infographics.
- Webinars and podcasts have our expert members presenting on a timely topic.
Conversation and Consultation is a member-only perk akin to a virtual coffee and chat where ISTSS experts informally answer questions about a professional development topic.
Clinician’s corner: A call for ground-up and trauma-informed approaches in the development of alcohol interventions for North American Indigenous Peoples – Nicole H. Weiss, PhD & Nichea S. Spillane, PhD
Alcohol is a primary determinant of health disparities facing North American Indigenous (NAI) peoples of the United States and Canada, including American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian and other Native Pacific Islander peoples in the United States, and First Nations, Métis, Inuit and other Aboriginal peoples in Canada, among others. Rates of alcohol use among NAI peoples—while lower than or comparable to other racial and ethnic groups (Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality, 2021)—are distinguished by more severe alcohol-related consequences. Indeed, NAI peoples have the highest rates of alcohol abstinence of all racial and ethnic groups yet exhibit the highest rates of binge and heavy drinking (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2015), and lifetime (43.4%) and 12-month (19.2%) rates of alcohol use disorder are substantially higher for NAI peoples than for other racial and ethnic groups (Vaeth et al., 2017). Thus, reducing harm from alcohol use among NAI peoples is critical to addressing health disparities in this population.
2023 ISTSS Award Winners – Rachel Hiller, PhD, Chair, ISTSS Awards Committee & Jana Javakhishviki, PhD, Chair, ISTSS Student Awards Committee
It has been an honor to chair the ISTSS Awards Committees in 2023. We would like to gratefully acknowledge the contribution of Winnie Lau, Belinda Liddell, Kathy Margruder, Naser Morina, Christin Ogle, Ulrich Schnyder and Jennifer Wild from the Professional Awards Committee, and Faith Nomamiukor, Krithika Prakash and Betty Lai of the Student and Mentor Awards Committee. We would also like to acknowledge Michele Bedard-Gilligan, the incoming co-chair of the committee. Finally, our thanks also go to former-chair Angela Nickerson and Diane Elmore Borbon of the ISTSS Executive Office, for their support throughout the process.