At the invitation of the Victims, Offenders, and Justice System Laboratory, and with a presentation by Dr. Mariana Gonçalves, Dr. Miranda Olff will deliver the lecture "Sex and Gender Differences in Trauma and PTSD, How Can we Intervene?" on October 24th, Tuesday, at 2:00 PM, in the EPsi Amphitheater.
Bio
Miranda Olff, PhD, is professor in the field of psychotrauma. Her research focuses on psychological and biological responses to traumatic stress. Professor Miranda Olff is leading the Centre for Psychological Trauma at the department of Psychiatry at the Amsterdam UMC (AMC) of the University of Amsterdam and is Director of Research at the ARQ National Psychotrauma Centre (ARQ). She has been trained in Corporate Governance and has several Committee/advisory board positions (e.g., MH17 disaster foundation). Miranda Olff is founding Editor-in-Chief of the European Journal of Psychotraumatology (EJPT), an Open Access journal owned by the European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ESTSS), launched when she was president of ESTSS. She also is a past president of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS). Miranda Olff is chair of the Global Collaboration on Traumatic Stress, a collaborative of traumatic stress societies who joined forces to tackle traumatic stress topics of global importance.
Resumo
The prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is about two to three times higher in women than in men. In this presentation sex and gender differences in trauma and trauma responses will be systematically addressed. Men and women experience different types of trauma and show a different emotional response pattern. Women handle stressful situations differently and have evolved differentially to support these different behaviours. Both psychosocial and neurobiological differences exist. Finally, effective psychological and biological interventions will be presented and data on how sex/gender impact treatment for PTSD will be discussed.