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| International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation | |
|---|---|
| Name | International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation |
| Type | Professional association |
| Founded | 1984 |
| Headquarters | United States |
| Region served | International |
International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation The International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation is a professional organization focused on trauma-related conditions and dissociative disorders, connecting clinicians, researchers, and institutions such as American Psychiatric Association, World Health Organization, National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and American Psychological Association. It engages with allied entities like Royal College of Psychiatrists, Canadian Psychological Association, European Federation of Psychologists' Associations, Australian Psychological Society, and National Academy of Medicine to influence practice standards, policy debates, and interdisciplinary collaborations. The society's membership and outputs intersect with figures and organizations including Judith Herman, Bessel van der Kolk, Pierre Janet, Jean-Martin Charcot, and Sigmund Freud as well as universities such as Harvard University, Yale University, Columbia University, University of California, Los Angeles, and Oxford University.
Founded in 1984 amid debates involving clinicians and scholars from institutions like Massachusetts General Hospital, Johns Hopkins University, Stanford University, University of Pennsylvania, and McGill University, the organization emerged during contemporaneous controversies linked to practitioners and cases noted by Eliot Slater, Richard Frey, Elizabeth Loftus, Thomas Szasz, Ken Pope, and Marsha Linehan. Early conferences featured contributors associated with Colin Ross, Frank Putnam, Ruth Lanius, Kathleen Kendall-Tackett, Ronald Siegel, and Gabor Maté, interacting with legal and media events such as McMartin preschool trial, Repressed memory controversy, Satanic Ritual Abuse allegations, and discussions in outlets like The New York Times, The Guardian, BBC News, NPR, and The Washington Post.
The society states missions consistent with objectives pursued by American Psychiatric Association, World Health Organization, National Institutes of Health, United Nations, and European Commission to promote clinical care and research, endorse treatment frameworks linked to authors like Janet Paris, John Briere, Marylene Cloitre, Pat Ogden, and Peter Levine, and collaborate with institutions such as Massachusetts General Hospital, Veterans Affairs, National Health Service (England), Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and Australian Research Council. Activities include conferences modeled on symposia at Royal Society of Medicine, workshops akin to programs at Menninger Clinic, and task forces resembling those convened by Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, and Cochrane Collaboration.
Membership comprises clinicians and researchers affiliated with organizations such as American Psychological Association, American Psychiatric Association, International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Society for Neuroscience, and academic centers including Harvard Medical School, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and University of Toronto. Governance follows structures comparable to boards in American Medical Association, British Medical Association, Royal College of Psychiatrists, and Canadian Medical Association with elected officers, committees, and bylaws influenced by legal frameworks like United States Internal Revenue Code, Charities Act 2011 (UK), and corporate statutes in Delaware.
The society supports publications and events in venues such as journals comparable to Journal of Traumatic Stress, Journal of the American Medical Association, The Lancet Psychiatry, American Journal of Psychiatry, and Psychological Bulletin, and hosts annual meetings with keynote speakers from Bessel van der Kolk, Judith Herman, Rachel Yehuda, Ruth Lanius, and Ellen Bass. Proceedings and educational content mirror formats used by Society for Neuroscience, American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, World Congress of Psychiatry, European Psychiatric Association, and International Neuropsychological Society.
The society has issued position statements on matters debated alongside participants from Elizabeth Loftus, Richard McNally, Colin Ross, Frank Putnam, and Ian Hacking, engaging controversies linked to the Recovered memory debate, Satanic Panic, McMartin preschool trial, and litigation involving experts before courts in jurisdictions like United States Supreme Court, House of Representatives (United States), European Court of Human Rights, and Supreme Court of Canada. Critiques have been voiced by commentators in outlets such as The New York Times, Science, Nature, The Lancet, and BMJ and by scholars affiliated with Harvard University, Yale University, University of Cambridge, and University of Oxford.
Training initiatives include continuing education modeled on programs at American Psychological Association, American Psychiatric Association, Royal College of Psychiatrists, European Federation of Psychologists' Associations, and Canadian Psychological Association, with workshops taught by clinicians from McLean Hospital, Bellevue Hospital, Menninger Clinic, Sheppard Pratt, and Mayo Clinic. Certification pathways and curricula reference competencies similar to those advanced by American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, American Board of Professional Psychology, and accreditation standards used by Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.
Research fostered by the society intersects with work from laboratories and centers at Massachusetts General Hospital, Veterans Affairs National Center for PTSD, Yale University School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, and McGill University and engages topics investigated by researchers such as Rachel Yehuda, Bessel van der Kolk, Judith Herman, Ruth Lanius, and Frank Putnam. Clinical contributions address assessment and treatment approaches comparable to those in literature from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, and interventions developed at Menninger Clinic and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, informing practice guidelines produced by entities like National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, American Psychiatric Association, and World Health Organization.