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The 2012 ACOTS Conference is a collaboration between the Australasian Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ASTSS) and the Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health (ACPMH). The conference will be held on September 6th – 8th in Perth, Australia at the Parmelia Hilton. The 2012 conference will be of interest to a broad range of people interested in trauma, including practitioners, researchers, consumers, service developers and policy makers.

 

  

 

 

Confirmed Speakers include:

Douglas Zatzick, MD is currently Professor and Associate Vice Chair for Health Services in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at the University of Washington School of Medicine. Over the past two decades his research has focused on clinical epidemiologic, functional outcome, and early intervention studies of PTSD

and related co-morbid conditions in adults and youth, across civilian and veteran trauma exposed patient populations. He has participated in disaster relief efforts and early intervention efforts in the Western Hemisphere after the January 2010 Haiti earthquake, post Hurricane Katrina, and in the wake of multiple United States earthquakes over the past two decades. He is Medical Director of the University of Washington’s Harborview Level I Trauma Center Psychiatric Consultation Liaison Service, and in this capacity provides front-line clinical services to diverse acutely injured trauma survivors.

Michael S. Scheeringa, M.D., M.P.H. is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, Section of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry at Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA. He has authored numerous scientific papers and book chapters on PTSD in young children based on his work on scientific studies over the last 15 years.

Pat Dudgeon is acknowledged as the first identified indigenous psychologist in Australia, and has over 20 years of experience in the area of indigenous people and psychology. Pat was instrumental in developing the Guidelines for the Provision of Psychological Services for and the conduct of Psychological Research with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People of Australia, which were adopted by the APS in 1996.

 

Pat was appointed as Head of the Centre for Aboriginal Studies at Curtin University in 1990 and for the next 17 years led the organization through significant growth and change to become a national leader and important provider of Indigenous higher education. Pat is actively involved with the Aboriginal community and has a commitment to social justice. She has participated in numerous community service activities of significance. Pat was a member of the Parole Board of WesternAustralia for several years, and was a psychologist in the defence forces. She has undertaken many projects and has publications in the areas of psychology, education and women's issues. Currently, she is a private consultant and an adjunct associate professor at the University of Western Australia.

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

The Journal of ASTSS "Australasian Stress Points" is published quarterly in electronic format. We accept papers for the ejournal submitted through the Stress Points submission portal on the following submission dates:

 

June 2012 Issue - March 11th to May 11th;

September 2012 Issue - July 11th to August 11th;

December 2012 Issue - October 11th to November 11th; and

March 2013 Issue - January 11th to February 11th.

     

 CLICK HERE for the Stress Points Submission Portal

NEW - Spring 2010 Stress Points

 

The Spring 2010 edition of Stress Points the e-journal of ASTSS is now available to ASTSS members for downloading.

Spring 2010 Stress Points is dedicated to the theme: "New Initiatives, Projects and Programs in Traumatic Stress".

Inside Spring 2010 you will find a wide selection of papers encompassing inpatient units, community sectors, schools and history. Our contributors provide a multidisciplinary palette spanning psychology, social work, nursing, law and journalism - making this Spring 2010 Stress Points the most diverse since becoming a journal. We thank all our contributors for this landmark edition: 

Katherine L Mills (The Treatment of PTSD in Individuals with Substance Use Disorders); 

Debra Siddall & Bryan Jeffrey (Critical Incidents and Post Incident Defusing Utilising Peer Support); 

Shirley Woods (Project Respect: Empowering and Supporting Women in the Sex Industry); 

Andrew Masters (Emmy Monash Choir: Bringing Harmony to Victims of Extreme Trauma); 

Anne Sarzin & Lisa Miranda Sarzin (New Trauma Research QnA: Hand in Hand: Jews and Indigenous People Working Together); 

Felicity May (ASTSS Media Award Showreel); 

ACPMH (Annual Summary of the Trauma Literature 2009); and 

Daniel Torpy (Book Review).

Click on the 'e-journal tab' above and remember to login to gain access to the page.

Not a current member? CLICK HERE to join and access this and the last 24 months of ASTSS Stress Points  

Podcasts:

There are now 21 original trauma-focused podcasts / vodcasts in the ASTSS Members’

Only area. Remember to renew your membership to access these programs and other member-restricted pages.

The Developmental Implications of Early Childhood Trauma

Keynote Address by Professor Louise Newman

The 2008 Australian Conference on Traumatic Stress (ACOTS) was partly sponsored by the Australian Child and Adolescent Trauma, Loss and Grief Network (ACATLGN).The Australasian Society for Traumatic Stress Studies in support of the ACATLGN project, has made the Keynote address on day-two of ACOTS available to non-members.

This Keynote address, "The Developmental Implications of Early Childhood Trauma" - delivered by Professor Louise Newman - appears over two podcasts. Part One (the November 2008 podcast) can be streamed to your computer byThis Keynote address, "The Developmental Implications of Early Childhood Trauma" - delivered by Professor Louise Newman - appears over two podcasts.

Part One (the November 2008 podcast) can be streamed to your computer by clicking here 

Part Two (the December 2008 podcast) can be streamed to your computer by clicking here  

Become a members of ASTSS to access past and future podcasts on trauma and posttraumatic mental health. New podcasts posted monthly.