Join Marylene Cloitre, PhD, for a webinar on treating adult survivors of childhood abuse
Psychotherapy for the Interrupted Life: Treating Adult Survivors of Childhood Abuse
Marylene Cloitre, PhD
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. CT
The January issue of Traumatic StressPoints is now available
The January issue includes information on the 28th Annual Meeting in Los Angeles, profiles of each 2011 ISTSS award winner and recurring StressPoints favorites including Trauma and World Literature and trauma-related articles.
PTSD Links Exposure and Respiratory Illness in 9/11 Workers
A recent study of 9/11 responders, including 8,508 police officers and 12,333 other types of responders, indicates that the relationship between exposure and respiratory illness is mediated by PTSD. The study is published online in the journal Psychological Medicine.
Join Dr. Edna Foa in January for a Webinar on Healing People with PTSD
Healing People with PTSD
presented by Edna B. Foa, PhD
Monday, January 16, 2012
12:00 - 1:30 p.m. CST
The November issue of Traumatic StressPoints is now available
The November issue includes an introduction of the new StressPoints editor, 27th Annual Meeting information and recurring StressPoints favorites including Trauma and World Literature and trauma-related research articles.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapies Prevent Chronic PTSD in Recent Survivors
Arieh Shalev, MD and colleagues delivered results from the Jerusalem Trauma Outreach and Prevention Study in the Archives of General Psychiatry this month. In a randomized controlled study, the authors were able to demonstrate that, when provided to recent survivors of traumatic events who met threshold for PTSD, Prolonged Exposure (PE), Cognitive Therapy, and delayed PE all prevented chronic PTSD. Escitalopram (Lexapro) was also tested with this population but there was no visible improvement over placebo. Since prevention of PTSD is such a pressing public health issue, this is an exciting finding for those with PTSD symptoms following a traumatic event.
Fulbright Scholarship Awarded to ISTSS Board Member Kathryn Magruder
VA HSR&D researcher and ISYSS board member, Kathryn Magruder, Ph.D., M.P.H., has been awarded a Fulbright scholarship. Dr. Magruder is a core investigator with the HSR&D's Center for Disease Prevention and Health Interventions for Diverse Populations in Charleston, SC. Her career focus has been on studying post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in military Veterans, and she will enhance this work as a Fulbright scholar in Ankara, Turkey.
Dr. Magruder will spend the next nine months in Ankara observing PTSD symptoms in civilians (such as Iraqi citizens from the Mosul area), who have been temporarily removed from their stressful environments. Dr. Magruder will work from the Psychiatry Department at the Hacettepe University Medical School in Ankara, where she will conduct lectures and seminars about past and ongoing VA research, and continue several studies currently underway, including "A Twin Study of The Course and Consequences of PTSD in Vietnam Era Veterans," and "Long-Term Health Outcomes of Women's Service during the Vietnam Era." Dr. Magruder also is conducting research to compare web-based vs. in-person methods of training mental health providers in suicide prevention.
http://www.hsrd.research.va.gov/for_researchers/awards/margruder-091911.cfm
The September issue of Traumatic StressPoints is now available
The September issue includes results from the ISTSS Board election, Annual Meeting information and recurring StressPoints favorites including Book Corner, Trauma and World Literature and trauma-related research articles.
Greater Understanding of PTSD 10 years after 9/11
The events of 9/11 led to increase study and greater understanding of PTSD. We have learned that certain demographic variables can predict higher rates of PTSD, including low income, immigrant status, being female, and having a history of depression or other mental illness. Feelings of shame, guilt, and blame can also dramatically increase sensivity to developing PTSD. Moreover, there are factors that can act as protective agents against PTSD. The most salient being having a strong support system including family, friends, and community to provide a safe environment to promote healing.
