What's New with ISTSS

ISTSS 26th Annual Meeting - Register NOW!
Posted: Thu, 05 Aug 2010
Register today for the ISTSS Annual Meeting. Download the Preliminary Program for full meeting details.

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Members - ISTSS Election: Vote NOW
Posted: Thu, 05 Aug 2010
Cast your vote electronically for ISTSS president-elect and individual board members. All votes must be received by September 10. Read more. 

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July 2010 Issue of Traumatic StressPoints - Now Available
Posted: Thu, 22 Jul 2010
Click here to download your issue today!

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Traumatic Stress in the News

Questions loom over drug given to sleepless vets
Posted: Mon, 30 Aug 2010
By MATTHEW PERRONE (AP) – 3 hours ago WASHINGTON — Andrew White returned from a nine-month tour in Iraq beset with signs of post-traumatic stress disorder: insomnia, nightmares, constant restlessness. Doctors tried to ease his symptoms u... ...

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Thousands Strain Fort Hood's Mental Health System
Posted: Tue, 24 Aug 2010
By Gregg Zoroya, USA TODAY FORT HOOD, Texas — Nine months after an Army psychiatrist was charged with fatally shooting 13 soldiers and wounding 30, the nation's largest Army post can measure the toll of war in the more than 10,000 mental healt... ...

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Advocates see trouble for misdiagnosed soldiers
Posted: Mon, 16 Aug 2010
By ANNE FLAHERTY (AP) – 22 hours ago WASHINGTON — At the height of the Iraq war, the Army routinely dismissed hundreds of soldiers for having a personality disorder when they were more likely suffering from the traumatic stresses of war,... ...

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Continuing Education

Earn CEs conveniently online without the cost and inconvenience of travel.  Plus - members enjoy reduced rates!

For Credit Offerings:

• Journal CE - Each issue of the Journal for Traumatic Stress Studies offers 3 continuing education credits.  Credits can be purchased by month or with a discounted subscription.
• Recorded Pre-Meeting Institute Sessions from the 2009 Annual Meeting offered for 4 credits each. PMI-11 is eligible for Ethics credits.
• Recorded Master Clinician Sessions (coming soon) - Several sessions were recorded at the 2009 Annual Meeting and will be available for 1.5 hours of CE credit each.

Non-Credit Offering:

• MP3 Downloadable Audio Recordings of most sessions of the 2009 Annual Meeting with accompanying slides.

Public

Click on these links to learn more about traumatic stress or to access specific resources:

• About Traumatic Stress 
• Links to Other Trauma Organizations
• ISTSS Streaming Public Education Videos
• ISTSS Public Education Pamphlets
• Terrorism & Disaster Information 
• Documentaries and Educational Videos Available for Information about Traumatic Stress

 

Professionals

ISTSS offers Public Education Pamphlets that provide a readily accessible introduction to important trauma-related issues, including:

• Mass Disasters, Trauma and Loss 
• Trauma, Loss and Traumatic Grief
• Indirect Traumatization in Professionals Working with Trauma Survivors (for providers)
• Children and Trauma

For even more trauma-related resources for professionals, click here.

 

Members

ISTSS is the world's largest professional membership organization specializing in the field of traumatic stress. It is an international, multidisciplinary organization that promotes the advancement and exchange of knowledge about severe stress and trauma. ISTSS embraces and presents perspectives across races, ethnicities, and cultures.

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