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.
Late-Breaking Poster Abstracts for the ISTSS 40th Annual MeetingÂ
Deadline: Friday, July 26, 2024
All too often, research isn't completed when ISTSS abstract submissions close. ISTSS is ‎excited to offer this ‎‎opportunity to submit a late-breaking poster submission for the 40th ‎Annual Meeting.
Only poster abstract submissions will be considered.
The ISTSS 40th Annual Meeting will focus on innovative strategies to apply basic science ‎knowledge to the assessment and treatment of traumatic stress, as well as on the translation of ‎scientific findings into actionable interventions for the global community. In pursuit of this goal, we ‎seek submissions specific to the field of traumatic stress on topics related—but not limited—to:‎
- Application of biomedical science findings to inform assessments and interventions for ‎traumatic stress symptoms/disorders. ‎
- Research investigating the psychological, biological, social and behavioral ‎mechanisms that underlie post-trauma mental health.‎
- Research taking a life course perspective to address to address ‎the spectrum of ‎translational science research.‎
- Evidence-based practices and innovative research in basic science, intervention ‎development and implementation, and policy. ‎
- Innovative transdiagnostic treatment approaches addressing the myriad ‎consequences of trauma.‎
- Cutting-edge research methodologies and statistical frameworks for translational ‎science research.‎
- Ethical implications and considerations associated with the application of translational ‎science in traumatic stress studies.‎
- Ways to effectively communicate and disseminate research to different stakeholders.‎
- Ways to cultivate translational science and interdisciplinary exchange. ‎
- Challenges and debates in the area of translational science.‎
- Translational science as applicable to the global community.‎
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.Â
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?
SIG Spotlight: Addressing Traumatic and Minority Stress among Transgender and Gender ‎Diverse Individuals – Francesca Kassing, PhD
Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV) is an internationally recognized event held annually on March 31. The event seeks to bring awareness to the disproportionate rates of discrimination and violence experienced by transgender and gender diverse (TGD) communities, as well as to celebrate the immense contributions of TGD individuals to our society. Despite progress being made in the global recognition of the disparate impact of trauma and violence on TGD populations, anti-transgender legislation in the United States has grown in the past few years, threatening to exacerbate preexisting health disparities for TGD populations (Barbee et al., 2022). Thus, in a cultural climate that subjects TGD individuals to chronic experiences of invalidation, discrimination and harm, it is imperative that traumatic stress researchers and clinicians acknowledge, address and seek to prevent trauma and minority stress for TGD individuals.
Trauma and Diversity: For the Women of Iran: Ideological-Based Trauma and the Fight for ‎Liberation – Amanda Khan, PhD
In September 2022 in Iran, Mahsa Amini was detained and beaten by morality police over an inadequate hijab. She had a few hairs edging out from behind her headscarf. She was later killed in police custody. After the story broke, Iran erupted in widespread protests demanding justice for Mahsa and freedom and civil rights for all women. In unprecedented revolution, women and men took to the streets in large enough force to get global attention and the protests have continued for months now. Women’s traumatic experiences arising from patriarchal oppression are human rights violations (Critelli & McPherson, 2019). The personal is political and as traumatologists, we must not be afraid to traverse this topography with our clients. Violence and oppressive action toward women have had devastating effects on many women in Iran.
Trauma and World Literature: Approaching the War in Ukraine Through Poetry on the Eve of its First ‎Anniversary – Harold Kudler, MD
February 24, 2023, marked one year since Ukraine was last invaded. I’m still trying to come to grips with this as a mental health professional who has spent his career working with combat veterans and other survivors of psychological trauma.