Mutual learning globally

Abstract

This article is about the development of the trauma field over the last 20 years from an organizational perspective, and about trauma from a global, culture-sensitive perspective. My professional career is very closely linked to the development of the European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ESTSS) in the 1990s. Later on, I was fortunate enough to witness, and contribute to, the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies’ (ISTSS) increasing focus on trauma as a global issue. I am trying to demonstrate how important the ESTSS and the ISTSS have been for me, how serving these societies has shaped my thinking, both as a clinician and a researcher, and how much I learned from these experiences.

• trauma
• ESTSS
• ISTSS
• Global Collaboration
• cultural sensitivity
• mutual learning

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This paper is part of the thematic cluster The Past Presidents’ Reviews - 20 years of European Psychotraumatology - more papers from this cluster can be found at http://www.eurojnlofpsychotraumatol.net

For the abstract or full text in other languages, please see Supplementary files under Article Tools online

This paper is part of the thematic cluster The Past Presidents’ Reviews - 20 years of European Psychotraumatology - more papers from this cluster can be found at http://www.eurojnlofpsychotraumatol.net

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For the abstract or full text in other languages, please see Supplementary files under Article Tools online

This paper is part of the thematic cluster The Past Presidents’ Reviews - 20 years of European Psychotraumatology - more papers from this cluster can be found at http://www.eurojnlofpsychotraumatol.net