ISTSS 28th Annual Meeting
Beyond Boundaries: Innovations to Expand Services
and Tailor Traumatic Stress Treatments
November 1 - 3, 2012
Pre-Meeting Institutes - October 31
JW Marriott Los Angeles at L.A. Live
Los Angeles, California USA
About This Year's Meeting Theme
Major advances have been made in the assessment and treatment of traumatic stress in the past 20 years. Despite these advances, the vast majority of those affected by traumatic stress still do not receive any type of services or care. For many, no services are available. Others are reluctant to seek care or do not find the services offered appealing. In addition, treatments are not effective for some who receive them. The effectiveness of services or clinical care may be limited if our conceptualizations, research methods and practices do not match the clinical realities for some trauma survivors.
This meeting will provide a forum to discuss innovative strategies for outreach, assessment, treatments and programs that will enable us to deliver services in a wider variety of contexts and reach more trauma survivors. A shift in focus from mental disorder and diagnosis to the promotion of mental health can help reduce stigma and facilitate wider dissemination of information and tools to promote recovery from traumatic stress. Innovations in conceptualization, measurement and clinical methods may help us better understand the diversity of responses to traumatic stress and tailor our services and treatments to groups and individuals with different post-traumatic presentations.
About the ISTSS Annual Meeting
The ISTSS Annual Meeting is a unique opportunity to learn the latest in traumatic stress research, hear about clinical insights and innovations, earn continuing education credits, and network with colleagues.
The 2012 meeting in Los Angeles will be the year's largest gathering of professionals dedicated to trauma treatment, education, research and prevention. More than 100 symposia, workshops, panel discussions, cases and media presentations will be presented on a wide variety of topics related to traumatic stress.
The established learning objectives of this meeting:
- Discuss innovations in practice or research methods that have contributed to improved care for underserved trauma-exposed populations.
- Identify ways that workers in the field of traumatic stress can improve access to services for trauma-exposed persons.
- Describe ways that innovations in conceptualization, research methods and practices help clinicians to tailor treatments to groups or individuals.
The ISTSS 28th Annual Meeting co-chairs are Debra Kaysen, PhD, and Wietse Tol, PhD.
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of Boston University School of Medicine and the International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS). Boston University School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Credit Designation
Boston University School of Medicine designates this live activity for AMA PRA Category1 Credit(s)™.