ISTSS Invited Panel

Innovative Pathways to Healing Traumatic Stress: Perspectives from the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies

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This panel will feature presentations from members of the ISTSS Board of Directors on innovative approaches for studying, preventing, and treating traumatic stress in diverse populations around the world.

 

 

Global Collaboration on Traumatic Stress (GCTS) Invited Panel

 

Ongoing Armed Conflict, Child Maltreatment, and Global Prevalence of Trauma: the Added Value of Global Collaboration in Addressing Topics of International Importance
 

Panelists
Prof. Miranda Olff, PhD, (Panel chair), Department of Psychiatry, Amsterdam University Medical Centers (AMC), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Public Health, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; ARQ National Psychotrauma Centre, Diemen, The Netherlands
Prof. Sara Freedman, PhD, Head of The Louis and Gabi Weisfeld School of Social Work, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
Stéfanie Fréel, PhD Doctoral Candidate, Amsterdam University Medical Center, The Netherlands
Prof. Jinhee Hyun, PhD, Professor at the Department of Social Work at Daegu University, South Korea
Prof. Jana D. Javakhishvili, PhD, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia
Dr. Nancy Kassam-Adams, PhD, the Founder and Director of the Trauma Data Institute, and Senior Principal Scientist at the Center for Injury Research and Prevention at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, USA
Max Loomes, Discipline of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of New South Wales, Australia
Dr. Misari Oe, PhD, Head of the Counseling Center at the Kurume University Hospital, Japan
Prof. Monique Pfaltz, PhD, Mid Sweden University, Sweden
Prof. Carolina Saldago, PhD, Universidad Católica del Maule, Talca, Chile 
Prof. Ulrich Schnyder, PhD, University of Zurich, Sweden
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Trauma is a global issue. Traumatic experiences, trauma-related symptoms, as well as treatment approaches differ across cultures. Therefore, collaborating across national boundaries and traumatic stress societies joining forces will enhance our understanding and eventually benefit those confronted with trauma. The “Global Collaboration on Traumatic Stress (GCTS)” is a collaborative initiative which consists of researchers and clinicians from around the globe and represents traumatic stress societies worldwide (ESTSS, ISTSS, JSTSS, ASTSS, ACET, SAPsi, KSTSS, CPA-TSS, DeGPT). It has an active student and early career section.
 

This interactive panel will start with an outline of the GCTS’ history, background, its principles and structure. Then we will illustrate the added value of global collaboration by highlighting three themes: Armed conflict, Child maltreatment, and Global prevalence of trauma and trauma-related disorders.
 

Special attention will be paid to GTCS’ added value to members at various career stages (from students to more advanced) and from different geographies, including how GCTS’ global network supported their careers (e.g., research and practice), what opportunities it created for them, how it helped them advance in, or amplify, their ongoing work/studies and address research and practice gaps between countries.

The panel will end with a discussion with the audience and may result in new collaborations!