Resources for the Public

Public Education Videos
The ISTSS Publication Education Committee has produced three short, informative videos presenting three different trauma survivors telling their stories. "One Person's Trauma Story," "The After Effects of Trauma," and "How the Treatment of Trauma Can Help" are available for viewing now.

As a service to its members and to others interested in traumatic stress, ISTSS maintains links to the Web sites of organizations with similar interests and goals.

ISTSS does not endorse nor is it responsible for content on these Web sites.

Consumer Information and Support

• Gift From Within - An international organization for survivors of trauma and victimization and their supporters
• National Center for PTSD Information on the effects of war for the public and professionals.
• PILOTS database title search

Training

• ISTSS Treatment Guidelines: Psychological Debriefing
• Guidelines for International Trauma Training

Mailing Lists

• TRAUMA-TOLOGY mailing list. To subscribe send e-mail to listproc@mailer.fsu.edu and include SUBSCRIBE TRAUMA-TOLOGY in the body of the message

Government Resources

• National Center for PTSD
  Link to the PILOTS database at Dartmouth College Library Online System, a searchable database to the world's literature on post-traumatic stress disorder, produced by the National Center for PTSD. This link also has connections to the PTSD Research Quarterly, the NCP Clinical Quarterly, divisions and personnel of the National Center and more. View a National Center Fact Sheet. To send e-mail to the National Center, use e-mail address: ptsd@Dartmouth.edu.
• PTSD guidelines from the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE)
• Information about the effects of war for the public and professionals from the National Center for PTSD
  
• The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
  Visit the NIMH site for breaking news about men and depression, and new information about coping with traumatic events, including resources and links to publications and materials about trauma and violence. NIMH has published an evidence-based early psychological intervention for victims/survivors of trauma titled The Mental Health and Mass Violence Report. Call NIMH at 301-443-4513 to obtain a copy.
  
• Department of Veterans Affairs Home Page
  
• National Criminal Justice Reference Service
  The National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) is one of the most extensive sources of information on criminal and juvenile justice worldwide. NCJRS provides services to an international community of policymakers and professionals and serves as a collection of clearinghouses supporting all bureaus of the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs.
  
• Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program
  The Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program (MAP) is an initiative of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), one of the world's premier mental health research organizations, focused on mood and anxiety disorders. The program is divided into research groups specializing in depression, bipolar disorder (manic-depression), anxiety disorders, posttraumatic stress disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder.

Nonprofit Trauma Organizations and Foundations

• American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children
• American Psychiatric Association and Guidelines
• American Psychological Association
• American Society of Criminology
• Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy
• Anxiety Disorders Association of America
• Association of Traumatic Stress Specialists
• Austrailian Center for Posttraumatic Health Guidelines
• Australasian Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS Affiliate)
• Canadian Traumatic Stress Network/Reseau Canadien du Stress Traumatique (ISTSS Affiliate)
• Center for the Advancement of Health
• EMDR International Association
• European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS Affiliate)
• Family Violence & Sexual Assault Institute (FVSAI)
• Families for Depression Awareness
• Gift From Within - An international organization for survivors of trauma and victimization and their supporters
• Innovations and Networking in Trauma Treatment: within framework of integrated approach
• International Society for the Study of Dissociation
• International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims
• Israel Center for Treatment of Psychotrauma
• National Child Traumatic Stress Network
• The Dart Center
• The Sidran Foundation
• The United Nations

University Resources

• International Trauma Studies Program
• Wellesley Centers for Women Violence Prevention Programs
• University of Central Oklahoma Victims' Guide to the Media

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