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...
Kate Chopin’s short story, Beyond the Bayou, describes how the story’s protagonist, La Folle, comes to suffer a debilitating, life-long fear. The remainder of the story, which tells how she overcomes this fear, can be easily accessed through an Internet...
Sleep-related difficulty is an important diagnostic indicator of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD); two sleep-related symptoms are included in the PTSD diagnostic criteria. The reexperiencing symptom cluster contains experiencing nightmares or distressing dreams...
Today’s teens face many of their own crises and potentially traumatic events: from the death of classmates from murder (e.g., recent killings at Virginia Tech in April 2007), to automobile accidents, and natural disasters (e.g., the deaths of students after...
Editor’s Note: Dan King, PhD and Lynda King, PhD made important contributions to StressPoints in their role as Contributing Editors. When they stepped down from these roles in November 2007, Claire Hebenstreit took the opportunity...
When I was asked to write a concise description of signal detection theory for the interested traumatologist, I immediately thought of American Idol. Perhaps I should explain. Fans of the show know that the three judges (Paula Abdul, Simon Cowell, and Randy...
As I write this, I am very aware that the deadline for abstract submissions to the annual meeting is tomorrow, March 14th. This year’s theme is "Terror and its Aftermath." I hope that as many as possible members of ISTSS will submit material for...
Editor Anne P. DePrince, PhD Contributing Editors Kathryn Becker-Blease, PhD David Read Johnson, PhD Kathryn Becker-Blease, PhD Diane Elmore, PhD, MPH Harold Kudler, PhD Heidi LaBash Dean Lauterbach, PhD Howard Lipke, PhD Patrick A. Palmieri, PhD Meg Spratt, PhD...
Each year, the ISTSS Travel Grant Awards allow colleagues to attend the Annual Meeting who would not otherwise have been able to participate. This year, we invited the award recipients to tell us about their experiences at the meeting in Baltimore last November. The...
ISTSS honored Professor Arieh Shalev with the 2007 Lifetime Acheivement Award during the ISTSS 23rd Annual Meeting in Baltimore last November. Dr. Shalev has been among the leading figures in the field of trauma and PTSD for more than three decades. As...
