Trauma and Disaster:Complexity, Diversity,& Recovery

ACOTS:  September 6 - 8 2012      Perth - W.A.

The 2012 ACOTS Conference is a collaboration between the Australasian Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ASTSS) and the Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health (ACPMH).  The conference will be held on September 6th - 8th in Perth, Australia at the Parmelia Hilton.  The 2012 conference will be of inerest to a broad range of people interested in trauma, including practitioners, researches, consumers, service developmers and policy makers.

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS INCLUDE:

Professor Doug Zatzick - Public health approaches to the develpment and implementation of trauma focused interventions in post-disaster contexts.

Professor Michael Scheeringa - Post-traumatic stress in very young children: Recognition, treatment and post-disaster challenges.

Professor Pat Dudgeon - Indigenous people and trauma

Open Calls for Papers (Scheduled for September 7th & 8th 2012)

Symposium: This should include 3 to 4 papers plus questions and/or discussion on a particular theme and should last 90min in total

Paper: This should be of 15 - 20 min duration which will include time for questions; the Scientific Committee will group accepted papers into appropriate symposia

Poster: These will be displayed throughout the conference, with presenters expected to stand next to their poster to answer questions during the specific poster session.

Submissions: will be accepted online only at www.acots.org 

Closing date for sumbissions: 31st March 2012.