Schnyder, Ulrich
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European journal of psychotraumatology
This article is about the development of the trauma field over the last 20 years from an organizational perspective, and about trauma from a global, culture-sensitive perspective. My professional career is very closely linked to the development of the European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ESTSS) in the 1990s. Later on, I was fortunate enou...
Bisson, Jonathan I
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European journal of psychotraumatology
The inconsistent implementation of evidence-based practice has become a significant concern in the traumatic stress field. The European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ESTSS) has played a major role in highlighting this issue and has contributed to a number of European initiatives to improve dissemination and implementation. Key initiatives i...
Ajduković, Dean
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European journal of psychotraumatology
Living amidst war and mass suffering while grasping the opportunity for professional growth, intertwined into my life perspective. Along the years, ESTSS provided a backdrop for my contacts with mental health colleagues from whom I learned, and among whom many became my friends. These rich experiences guided me towards promoting awareness within ES...
Robertson, Mary E A Blumberg, Jocelyn M Gratton, Jacqui L Walsh, Eileen G Kayal, Hamodi
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European journal of psychotraumatology
Traumatised asylum seekers and refugees may present with significant and complex mental health problems as a result of prolonged, extreme, and multiple traumatic events. This is further complicated by ongoing complex social circumstances. In our work at the Traumatic Stress Clinic (TSC), the understanding afforded by the concept of complex posttrau...
Morina, Naser
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European journal of psychotraumatology
Turner, Stuart
Published in
European journal of psychotraumatology
This paper outlines a personal account of the growth of the field of traumatic stress in Europe, especially with the history of major disasters in the 1980s, the first European Conference in Lincoln in 1988, the formation of European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies and its subsequent development, for example, with a federal structure and its o...
Marsac, Meghan L Kohser, Kristen L Winston, Flaura K Kenardy, Justin March, Sonja Kassam-Adams, Nancy
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European journal of psychotraumatology
Medical events including acute illness and injury are among the most common potentially traumatic experiences for children. Despite the scope of the problem, only limited resources are available for prevention of posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) after pediatric medical events. Web-based programs provide a low-cost, accessible means to reach a w...
Gersons, Berthold P R
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European journal of psychotraumatology
The development of traumatic stress studies during the past decades has much profited from professionals from the United States and from Europe. However, these professional societies, the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies and the European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ESTSS) still struggle to find an equal common pathway. T...
Dierkhising, Carly B Ko, Susan J Woods-Jaeger, Briana Briggs, Ernestine C Lee, Robert Pynoos, Robert S
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European journal of psychotraumatology
Up to 90% of justice-involved youth report exposure to some type of traumatic event. On average, 70% of youth meet criteria for a mental health disorder with approximately 30% of youth meeting criteria for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Justice-involved youth are also at risk for substance use and academic problems, and child welfare involv...
Van der Schrieck-De Loos, Erica M
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European journal of psychotraumatology
This article addresses Wolter De Loos' pathway into ESTSS that ended on 6th January 2004. His footsteps are still printed in the field of psychotraumatology as he showed the field how a physician was trying to integrate his working field with that of psychiatry, with a great passion for his patients. Erica M. Van der Schrieck-De Loos outlines the p...
