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Associations
and Professional Societies
American
Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC)
APSAC
is a membership society dedicated to serving professionals
who work in child abuse and neglect.
American
Psychological Association (PsychNET)
Home
page of the American Psychological Association
which has among other things on-line PsychNet and
PsychInfo, a searchable data base on psychological
topics including trauma and dissociation.
Argentine
Society for Psychotrauma
Affiliated Organization
of the International Society for Traumatic Stress
Studies - ISTSS
Australasian
Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ASTSS)
The
Australasian Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
is a forum for extending the understanding of prevention
and treatment of major stress and trauma within
the Australasian region. Trauma information links
for Australia and world-wide from the Psychology
Department of the University of Queensland.
Canadian
Traumatic Stress Network
The
home page of a new Canada-wide network of resources
for the advancement of traumatic stress services,
education, training and research.
Child
Trauma Academy
Dissociation
in the UK
This is
a new site (still being developed) that hopes to bring
together Professionals and Organisations working
in the dissociation and DID field in the United
Kingdom who may want information and help on the
subject. It will give links to other sites as well
as information about how to set about finding a therapist.
EMDR
International Association (EMDRIA)
EMDR International Association (EMDRIA) is a membership
organization of mental health professionals dedicated
to the highest standards of excellence and integrity
in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR).
New
England Society for the Treatment of Trauma and
Dissociation
The
NESTTD is an affiliate society of the International
Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD).
It was founded in 1984 and has been incorporated
as a non-profit organization. The society meets the
needs of professional members from the Connecticut,
Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island,
and Vermont region with headquarters in Malden,
Massachusetts. The society's quarterly meetings
provide members with a range of professional presentations,
discussion groups, and consultation clinics as
well as opportunities to network with colleagues.
Continuing education credits are available at most
NESTTD functions. The society also sponsors intensive
educational workshops on the treatment of dissociative
disorders and related issues. This website for
the NESTTD includes newsletter articles and a bulletin
board for regional services and announcements.
New
York Society for the Study of Multiple Personality
and Dissociation
A
study group that brings together both professionals
and laypersons in a safe environment and offers
support, dialogue and the latest treatment techniques.
Southeast
Michigan Dissociation Study Group (SEM ISSTD)
This
is the home page of the Trauma and Dissociation
Study Group of Southeast Michigan (SEM ISSTD).
It provides information on trauma and dissociation,
lists events in the area, offers a "Professional
Forum," and has a password-protected discussion
area for persons of different professional backgrounds.
This is a new site and looks very promising.
Foundations
and Centers of Study
National
Center for PTSD
The
web pages of the National Center for PTSD which
is a seven-part consortium of multidisciplinary
teams that includes research, education and training
in the area of PTSD. It is part of the U.S. Department
of Veterans Affairs. There are several
new programs including an online training they call PTSD
101. You can go directly to links for professionals at: http://www.ncptsd.va.gov/ncmain/providers/
Leadership
Council
The
Leadership Council is a non-profit independent scientific
organization composed of respected scientists, clinicians,
educators, legal scholars, and public policy analysts.
We are committed to providing professionals and laypersons
with the latest scientific information on issues that
may affect the public health and the safety. We also
seek to correct the misuse of psychological science
to serve vested interests or justify victimizing vulnerable
populations -- especially abused and neglected children.” From
the Leadership Council web site.
Australian Centre
for Posttraumatic Mental Health
This is another comprehensive site for
information about PTSD that gives you access to an enormous
amount of material relevant to the treatment of PTSD
and other related resources. You can download many resources
for both clinicians and clients.
National Center for Trauma-Informed Care
CMHS’s National Center for Trauma-Informed Care
(NCTIC) assists publicly-funded agencies, programs,
and services in making the important cultural shift
to a more trauma-informed environment that benefits
both systems and consumers—an environment that
is more supportive, comprehensively integrated, and
empowering for trauma survivors.
NCTIC
Brochure
NCTIC
Flyer
National Center for Trauma-Informed Care
4550 Montgomery Avenue
Suite 800 North
Bethesda, MD 20814
p: 301-634-1785
f: 301-634-1801
PILOTS
database
The
PILOTS database, of the National Center for PTSD
is an electronic index to the worldwide literature
on PTSD and other mental-health sequelae of exposure
to traumatic events. An excellent resource for
research.
Sidran
Traumatic Stress Foundation
Non-profit
organization which provides resources and publications
on trauma and dissociation, including pamphlets
on DID, traumatic memories, and a DID glossary.
On-line
Journals and Listserves
InterPsych
A
non-profit mental health cyberorganization which
operates many forums (Listservs) on a wide variety
of psychological and psychiatric topics including
dissociation and traumatic-stress. As well, it
has a "dictionary of human thought" which
provides many links for each topic, a library and
a browser.
Traumatology
An
electronic journal published twice a year on innovations
in trauma research and treatment.
Recovered
Memory
Abuse,
Memory, Science and Malpractice
This
site, from Ken Pope, PhD includes the full-text
of the award address "Memory, Abuse, and Science:
Questioning Claims about the False Memory Syndrome
Epidemic," and the follow-up article "Science As
CarefulQuestioning: Are Claims of a False Memory
Syndrome Epidemic Based on Empirical Evidence?" in
which commentaries on the original article are
answered and new legal cases and research are reviewed.
These are two excellently researched and presented
articles.
