OVERVIEW

International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS) 37th Annual Meeting is organized by International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS) and will be held from Nov 02 - 05, 2021.

Description:
The ISTSS 37th Annual Meeting will showcase recent innovations in how we conceptualize and address traumatic stress. The meeting will feature cutting-edge work that considers the many contextual factors surrounding who is most at risk for trauma exposure, how people respond to traumatic events and what methods are most effective to bring about resilience, recovery and growth in trauma survivors. To answer these questions, presentations will be sought that examine intra- and interpersonal factors across all levels of the social ecology including relational (e.g., family, peer), institutional, community and global sociocultural contexts. We are especially interested in featuring work that focuses on the intersection of trauma and systems of oppression. The goals of the meeting are to highlight recent innovations that speak to a multifaceted and contextualized understanding of trauma and its effects, engage a discussion about the state of the field with regard to its attention to the role of context, feature contextually focused interventions, and identify key avenues for future research related to social-ecological and systemic factors that impact psychological adjustment to trauma. Through these goals, the 2021 Annual Meeting will offer a space for thoughtful discourse on how we can incorporate broader contexts into our understanding and treatment of trauma.

Learning Objectives:
• Identify contextual factors related to trauma and traumatic stress within and across each level of the social ecology including relationships, communities, institutions and cultures.
• Describe how contextual factors related to trauma and traumatic stress can be harnessed to optimize treatment approaches.
• Discuss innovations in research and practice that incorporate social-ecological and systemic factors into a more holistic understanding of trauma and its effects.

Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.