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ACOTS2016

19th Australasian Conference on Traumatic Stress

 

The 2016 ACOTS Conference is a collaboration between ASTSS (the Australasian Society for Traumatic Stress Studies) and Phoenix Australia (formerly the Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health).

 

The conference will be held on September 9th & 10th on the Gold Coast (Queensland, Australia) at the Crowne Plaza Surfers Paradise, with a choice of pre-conference workshops on the 8th September presented by our keynote speakers. The 2016 conference will be of interest to a broad range of people interested in trauma, including practitioners, researchers, consumers, service developers and policy makers.

Conference Theme

 

PUBLIC ISSUES  PRIVATE TRAUMA

The conference theme – Public Issues, Private Trauma – reflects the increasing public recognition of issues such as childhood sexual abuse, domestic violence, refugee and asylum seeker trauma, and the moral conflicts facing military personnel on deployment in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Scientific Committee has brought together a range of perspectives on trauma from researchers to clinicians, advocates, lawyers, journalists and people with lived experience, to provide a stimulating exchange of ideas for all. Plenary sessions, panel discussions, clinical tutorials and papers will represent a range of interests and current issues in trauma research and practice.

Keynote Speakers

 

The Scientific Committee has brought together a range of perspectives on trauma from four diverse keynote speakers, experts in family violence, the intergenerational effects of trauma, and treatment of moral injury.

 

Professor Rachel Yehuda

Icahn School of Medicine, New York, renowned for her ground breaking work in genetic and epigenetic studies of PTSD and the intergenerational transmission of trauma.

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Professor Brett Litz

Boston University, an international leader in recognising and treating moral injury arising from war-related trauma.

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Professor Kelsey Hegarty

University of Melbourne, renowned for her research into effective interventions in primary care to prevent intimate partner violence.

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Professor S. Caroline Taylor AM

Edith Cowan University and Plymouth University, an expert on violence against children and women.

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Pre-conference workshops

 

Conference attendees who register for the Full Conference are entitled to attend one morning and one afternoon workshop. There is no need to register for your preferred workshop, you will be free to make your selection on the day.

 

Morning workshops

Moral injury: Assessment, conceptualization and treatment strategies

Professor Brett Litz

 

An enduring wound: Reconstituting wounded identity for survivors post-disclosure of sexual abuse

Professor S. Caroline Taylor AM

 

Afternoon workshops

Using biomarkers to inform of treatments in PTSD
Professor Rachel Yehuda

 

How to identify and respond to intimate partner violence in mental health settings

Professor Kelsey Hegarty

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