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2012 ISTSS ANNUAL MEETING
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istss news
Join ISTSS in June for a webinar on Harnessing the Healing Power of Relationships
Posted: May 2, 2012
The March issue of Traumatic StressPoints is now available!
Posted: Mar 26, 2012
Back by popular demand! Join Dr. Edna Foa in March for a Webinar on Healing People with PTSD
Posted: Feb 23, 2012
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U.S. Veterans Suffer from Stigma of Mental Health
Posted: Apr 17, 2012
Prolonged Exposure (PE) with Paroxetine Better Than PE with Placebo
Posted: Mar 21, 2012
Recognizing and Preventing Child Abuse
Posted: Feb 14, 2012
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- Founded in 1985
- Over 2400 members
- Members are from 50 countries
- Headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois (USA)
V WORLD CONGRESS ON TRAUMATIC STRESS
May 23-26, 2012
Banamex Center
Mexico City, Mexico
Upcoming Events
May 23-25, 2012
International Scientific and Practice Conference
Problem of Psychological Consequences After Radium Catastrophes and Other Incidents - From Chernobyl to Fucusima
Moscow, Russia
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June 6-9, 2012
23rd Annual International Trauma Conference
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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June 11-17, 2012
73rd Annual Convention (Congrès annuel)
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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GLOBAL AFFILIATE SPOTLIGHT
Argentine Society for Psychotrauma (SAPsi)
The Argentine Society for Psychotrauma (SAPsi), an affiliate organization of ISTSS, publishes La Revista de Psicotrauma para Ibero-America (RPI), the only peer-reviewed journal in Spanish dedicated to trauma. Since the journal’s inception in 2002, it has published original papers, clinical reports and book reviews by English and Spanish speaking authors. Each article is presented with text in Spanish and abstracts in Spanish, English and Portuguese. SAPsi will be holding the thirteenth International Congress on Traumatic Stress and Anxiety Disorders as well as the third Congress of the Latin American Association for Psychotrauma from June 20 to 22, 2012 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
ISTSS Mission Statement
ISTSS is an international, interdisciplinary professional organization that promotes advancement and exchange of knowledge about traumatic stress. This knowledge includes:
- Understanding the scope and consequences of traumatic exposure
- Preventing traumatic events and ameliorating their consequences
- Advocating for the field of traumatic stress