Over three hundred students traveled from across the globe to attend the 23rd Annual Meeting of the International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies in Baltimore, Maryland. Their reasons for making the trek were as varied as their home locals. For example, Ms. Senem...
Following several years of intensive consultation and review, the Interagency Standing Committee (IASC) Guidelines on Mental Health and Psychosocial support in Emergency Settings were launched at the United Nations in November 2007. The launch was interesting and...
In The Things They Carried, Vietnam veteran and writer Tim O’Brien offers insights into trauma, its lingering effects and its interplay with the creative process. Writing prose with the flow and power of pure poetry, O’Brien demonstrates that it is...
Note: A version of this article originally appeared in the December 2007 edition of Therapy Today, the journal of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. This edited version is published with permission of the Editor of Therapy Today. As therapist...
Congratulations to Diane Elmore, PhD, on being honored as the 2007 ISTSS Chaim and Bela Danieli Young Professional at the ISTSS 23rd Annual Meeting in Baltimore. This award recognizes excellence in science or research in the field of traumatic stress by an...