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ESTSS Young Minds Events
Have you got the conference of the European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies in your diary yet? It is a biannual meeting with a great mix of presentations and workshops. This year it takes place in...
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PTSD in the DSM-5
What is going to change in the criteria for a PTSD diagnosis in the 5th edition of the psychiatry ‘bible’, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders? The DSM-5 is to be published in May...
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New guidelines for the treatment of ASD and PTSD in children
Do not use psychological debriefing when a child has been exposed to a traumatic event such as assault or a major car crash. And when you treat a child who has developed Posttraumatic Stress Disorder...
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Traumatic events do not occur at random
Dr. Katie McLaughlin is a clinical psychologist and Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Washington. She received her doctorate in Clinical Psychology and in...
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Postdoctoral fellowship
We have a short – but great :-) – postdoctoral research position coming up. It’s for 6 months, open to Australian and international applicants (please spread the word!), with an expected start...
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We’d rather rely on others to do the hard work
It’s called the collective action problem: we’d rather rely on others to do the hard work. In a cohesive community however, it is more likely that people will volunteer to become active. The reason?...
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Resilience, or how to “take a licking and keep on ticking”
The days that we only focus on pathology after trauma are long gone. In the past two decades, the literature that adopts a ‘well being’ rather than a ‘deficit’ model has grown substantially. In 1990,...
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Ear for Recovery
We know that parents are incredibly important for children’s recovery from a traumatic event. Social support is one of the strongest predictors of trauma recovery. On the other hand, parental distress...
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Trauma research needs to be more global and accessible
Imagine a 7-year old boy living in India. One day, his father gets drunk and kills his mother. The boy is a witness to the homicide, and develops a high fever as a response. Imagine you’re the mental...
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On (or off?) sabbatical
It has been a bit silent on the blog in the past few months. And it was for a reason; I was on leave! Since some of you have asked me what I have been up to, I thought I’d write a slightly different...
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Refugees in Europe: A crisis?
Over 1 million people arrived in Europe by sea in 2015. And since the conflict in Syria continues, this influx will not halt. It is the biggest refugee crisis since World War II according to the...
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A tornado in my head
“They didn’t even have nappies at the maternity ward,” she tells me “I had to get my sister out of there: that hospital was a health risk.” With our feet on the edge of a South-African fireplace, we...
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Trauma research must be Open Access
We recently examined how global and how open the literature on Posttraumatic Stress Disorder is. Not so global, and not so open. Only 13% of the publications of 2012 regarded samples in low- or...
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Help us to make research findings widely available
Despite significant movement towards Open Science, many clinicians, policymakers, and citizens can still not access the latest research evidence on e.g. therapy effectiveness. Many research articles...
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Impressions from 2 refugee camps in Jordan: Zaatari and Azraq
What is a refugee camp like? How are children living and learning there? And is there anything that I can do to support? These questions are still floating through my mind – it would be arrogant and...
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Curbing Social Climate Change with a cup of tea
‘Entie metzawzje?’ The dreaded question – Are you married? ‘Yes,’ I lie, ‘but I don’t have children.’ Naima frowns: ‘Leesh?’ Why? That’s always hard to explain. I want to create something positive,...
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Back in the world’s most liveable city
I’m back in Melbourne! After two wonderful years in Switzerland and Europe, I have returned to Melbourne for part 2 of my NHMRC fellowship. It has been surprisingly easy to settle back in: it’s lovely...
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What children who live with domestic violence say about their dads
“My ‘relationship’ with my Dad? I don’t have one….I feel like I am a pebble at the bottom of a stream and my Dad is this angry stream bashing me against all the other pebbles.” This is one of the...
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Useful embarrassment (part 1)
Kraaaaaak. A large cut develops in my hiking pants while I step on that slightly bigger rock in Switzerland. The whole breadth of my left buttock. With people walking right behind me. . That’s how I...
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What makes me feel embarrassed and how it can have productive outcomes was the topic of an earlier post already, so let’s dive in for part 2 of useful embarrassment in 2017: PhD students in Australia...
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