Abstract Submission
Submissions Accepted:
February 1 – March 15, 2012, 5 p.m. CST
Submit an Abstract
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The ISTSS Annual Meeting is the place where professionals connect with old friends and colleagues, meet new ones and develop and strengthen collaborative relationships that move the field of traumatic stress forward. It is a forum for research, clinical strategies, public policy concerns and theoretical formulations of trauma. It is an international assembly of professionals and students representing an array of disciplines who share a passion for the study and treatment of traumatic stress.
This year’s meeting theme is “Beyond Boundaries: Innovations to Expand Services and Tailor Traumatic Stress Treatment.” 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.
Compelling Topics
- Developing and evaluating services for hard to reach populations
- Programs for global populations affected by humanitarian crises
- Innovative solutions for expanding care in resource-poor settings
- Scaling-up of evidence-based practices
- Research on barriers to care
- Providing services for trauma survivors outside the health system
- Development and application of post-traumatic recovery promotion programs
- Using clinical assessments to tailor care to individuals
- Novel conceptualizations of diverse presentations of trauma responses
- School or work-based programs for trauma survivors
- Internet or mobile phone programs for trauma survivors
- Clinical application of real-time measures of post-traumatic symptoms
Presentation Types
The ISTSS Annual Meeting includes both oral and poster presentations.
Full Accreditation Statement
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 ISTSS. Boston University School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM.
The meeting will also offer CE credits in psychology, counseling, social work, marriage/family therapy, alcohol and drug counseling and nursing.
Travel Grants
ISTSS has a travel grant program for eligible speakers from developing countries. Contact ISTSS headquarters for more information.
Questions?
Email: istss@istss.org
Phone: +1-847-480-9028