I have a confession. I avoid reading anything about trauma or posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) when I am not working. I read a lot of fiction – but if the book’s description even implies the focus is on a trauma narrative, I will not be downloading it...
ISTSS honored the recipients of its 2013 Leadership Awards at their 29th Annual Meeting in Philadelphia. ISTSS wishes to extend special thanks to the 2013 Frank W. Putnam Trauma Research Scholar Committee, 2013 Awards Committee, and the 2013 Program Committee for...
Photo: Annual Meeting co-chairs Ananda Amstadter (left) and Nicole Nugent (right) with then-president Karestan Koenen (center). Thank you to everyone who participated in the ISTSS 29th Annual Meeting in Philadelphia. More than 1,300 attendees contributed to...
On September 23-24, a two day seminar, Understanding Terror and Violence in the Lives of Children and Adolescents, was co-hosted in Oslo, Norway by ISTSS and the Norwegian Center for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies (NKVTS) in collaboration with The European...
A recent trip to Spain on a music cultural exchange awakened me to the enduring legacy of poet Antonio Machado (1875-1939). Our music featured newly-composed pieces based on Machado’s poetry. These brought warm acclamation from Spaniards of all ages.What, I...
