European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
The European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, established in 1993, is the European network for professionals in the field of psychotraumatology.
The European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies seeks to ensure continued prominence is given to all aspects of traumatic stress and its many repercussions.
The European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies promotes networking between individuals and organisations within the field of psychotraumatology.
The ESTSS thanks Stevan E. Hobfoll for permission to share articles, published in Psychiatry: Interpersonal & Biological Processes, volume: 70, Issue 4, 2007. These articles are commentaries on "Five Essential Elements of Immediate and Mid-Term Mass Trauma Intervention: Empirical Evidence" by Hobfoll, Watson et al.
All articles are available on this website. »
The International Society for Traumatic Stress (ISTSS) is conducting an essay competition for students. All undergraduate, graduate-level students, or post-doctoral fellows enrolled in a formal training program (part-time or full-time) at the time of submission are eligible. First prize $1,000, second prize $500, third prize $100. All first three finishers will also receive free registration to the ISTSS Annual Meeting in Chicago and money toward travel to and accommodations at the meeting. Details at http://www.istss.org/ »»
In 2009 Counselling and Psychotherapy Research will include a special issue devoted to the topic of trauma, resilience, and growth. This is a call for papers that address the issue of therapeutic work with people who have experienced life adversity. Closing date for submissions is 30 June 2008. »
Two more Task Forces have been added. Members now can also join the Uniformed Services Task Force, led by Liz Royle and the Trauma and Forensic Task Force, led by Vittoria Ardino and Usha Rout. Members can now register in the members only section of this website. »
Many different traumatic stress research projects are being conducted throughout Europe. At present there is no central database of these projects which makes it difficult to be aware of what is going on. In order to rectify this the ESTSS has developed a European Traumatic Stress Research Database that we hope will become an accurate source of information regarding traumatic stress research in Europe. It should also allow researchers to develop links with other people with similar interests and hopefully encourage the development of collaborative work in the future. Please visit the database and create an account to register any/all projects you are conducting.
The ESTSS Board approved the introduction of the ESTSS General Certificate in Psychotraumatology in December 2007. Full details can now be found on the new dedicated webpage. The first qualifying workshops are to be held at the London conference in June 2008. Further confirmed workshops will take place at the EWOTS in Uppsala in October 2008 and in Cardiff in December 2008. Additional qualifying workshops will be added as soon as they are approved. »
A recent news item in the International Herald tribune »
The next edition of the European Trauma Bulletin (ETB) will be dedicated to the topic Trauma, Childhood and Development. The editor of the ETB, Angela Favaro, invites you and your colleagues to submit papers, reviews, letters, comments, or descriptions of clinical cases that cover this important topic. You can send this call for papers to other colleagues who work in the field.
Deadline for submissions is April 4, 2008. Submissions can be sent to angela.favaro@unipd.it
The first edition, January 2008, of the three monthly ESTSS E-Newsletter is published in the members only section of this website and contains an update on several topics of interest for ESTSS members. »
The ESTSS is pleased to report that it will be collaborating with EMDR-Europe and the ISTSS to provide four days of meetings in London from 13-16 June next year. Initial details are available on http://www.emdr-europe.org and http://www.istss.org. The ESTSS will be running two workshops during this conference that will qualify for the ESTSS General Certificate in Psychotraumatology. »
New traumatic stress services are emerging throughout Europe and although the ESTSS is unable to comment on the nature of services provided we are keen to publicise what is available in different geographical locations. We are therefore introducing a new Service Details Database. The database allows website users to enter service details and find out about services available in Europe. Please visit the database and create an account to register any/all services you provide.