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Publications of Interest

Trauma, Autism and ADHD

Publications of Interest is our quarterly column where we present a summary of recent articles on a topic of interest to our members. This quarter we have a new volunteer coordinator of this column, Charlotte Creasey. We welcome Charlotte (pictured below). Charlotte is a student member, and when asked to introduce herself had the following […]

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Dissociation Among Youth in Out of Home Care

This month in our quarterly column, Publications of Interest (POI), we are bringing you a selection of articles which explore dissociation among youth in out of home care/foster care. Youth in foster care or exiting foster care commonly report an extensive history of early abuse and neglect, re-abuse within foster care, and repeated cycles of […]

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Moral Injury and Vicarious Trauma

This month in our quarterly column, Publications of Interest, we are bringing you a selection of articles which explore the concept of moral injury, including within health professionals. As usual we have tried to find some articles that are Open Access, or are available to members through our Journal of Trauma & Dissociation. We hope […]

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Publications of Interest

This month in our quarterly column, Publications of Interest, we are bringing you a selection of recently published articles that are all Open Access. We hope you enjoy catching up on some professional reading! Dorahy, M.J., Kumar Yogeeswaran, K. & Middleton, W. (2023). Dissociation-Induced Shame in Those with a Dissociative Disorder: Assessing the Impact of […]

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Birth Trauma and Obstetric Violence

In recent years there has been growing recognition of the impact of birth trauma on women, their partners and their children. While older research focused on many aspects of birth trauma, such as complications, injury or loss of a baby, the most recent literature has had a particular focus on obstetric violence – the mistreatment […]

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“Bigger than ‘War and Peace’”

Dissociation and the Dissociative Disorders: Past, Present, Future – An interview with the Editors Something exciting for our field has been quietly brewing over the last four years. The book-lovers and nerds among us will be delighted to hear that one of the most important books for our field, and one of the largest, is […]

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Publications of Interest – Recent Open Access Articles on Trauma and Dissociation

ALL ARTICLES ARE OPEN ACCESS  The topic of ISSTD’s June 2022 publications of interests includes recent (2021 or later) and compelling open access articles that relate to the study of trauma and dissociation. Our aim this month is to provide articles that all our members can access and utilize to inform their practice and educate clients. Oprel, D. A. […]

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ISSTD Publications of Interest – Trauma and Dissociation in Seniors

Trauma and Dissociation in Seniors The topic of March 2022’s publications of interest is trauma and dissociation in seniors. “Seniors” are generally understood to be age 65 and above, but ranges have been broken down in some studies as follows: 65 and 74 years as youngest-old, ages between 75 and 84 years as middle-old, and […]

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MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy for the Treatment of PTSD

The topic of December 2021’s publications of interests is MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for the treatment of PTSD. A common initial response to the testing of MDMA use in psychotherapy was one of skepticism – understandable in the historical context of LSD misuse and abuse by researchers in the 1960’s. However, recent phase III clinical trials with […]

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Effectiveness of Physical Exercise in Symptom Management of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder

The topic of September’s publications of interests is the role of physical exercise in symptom management of post-traumatic stress disorder. Rosenbaum, S., Vancampfort, D., Steel, Z., Newby, J., Ward, P. B., & Stubbs, B. (2015). Physical activity in the treatment of Post-traumatic stress disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Psychiatry Research, 230(2), 130–136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2015.10.017 Background […]

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