About ESTSS

Mission statement

• ESTSS seeks to ensure that clinical research and policy practices in the field of psychotraumatology are informed by evidence systematically gathered and publicly scrutinised.
• ESTSS seeks to ensure continued prominence is given to all aspects of traumatic stress and its many repercussions.
• ESTSS seeks to promote networking between individuals and organisations within the field of psychotraumatology.

Objectives of ESTSS

The main objectives of ESTSS, contained within the ESTSS mission statement, are:

• To increase and disseminate knowledge of traumatic stress based on good science.
• To identify cross European issues, such as differences in training and certification.
• To stimulate cross European training for different levels of certification.
• To stimulate and help to set up local societies in different European countries.
• To help establish European wide research on traumatic stress.
• To focus on European issues relating to traumatic stress, e.g. disaster response, uniform services, child abuse etc.
• To liaise with pan-European and international organisations/bodies.