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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press Contact: Caroline Sutton Co-Action Publishing caroline.sut...@co-action.net +47 90 69 05 06 European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies to launch official journal with Co-Action Publishing 12 July 2010, Stockholm: The European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ESTSS) has partnered with Co-Action Publishing to launch the society’s new open access journal, European Journal of Psychotraumatology. As the official organ of the society, the publication will aim to engage scholars, clinicians and researchers in the crucial discourse about traumatic stress and its consequences, publishing peer-reviewed original research as well as papers documenting evidence-based clinical practice. The Journal is in line with ESTSS's mission to advance and disseminate scientific knowledge about traumatic stress within Europe and internationally, and the decision to publish open access attests to the society’s stand on free accessibility of research publications to a wider scientific community via the web. The new journal is expected to go live with content during the fall of 2010, and will be led by Associate Professor Miranda Olff, Head of the Center for Psychological Trauma at the Department of Psychiatry at the Academic Medical Center of the University of Amsterdam, and current President of ESTSS. Six associate editors and two statistical advisors will support her along with an Editorial Board comprised of leading researchers from some twenty different countries. ******** The European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ESTSS), established in 1993, is the European network for professionals in the field of psychotraumatology. The Society seeks to ensure that continued prominence is given to all aspects of traumatic stress and its many repercussions. The European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies promotes networking between individuals and organisations within the field of psychotraumatology ( www.estss.org) Co-Action Publishing is an international open access scholarly publisher, with a growing portfolio of peer-reviewed scholarly journals spanning different scientific disciplines. The company is registered as a limited liability company in Sweden, and is wholly-owned by the three founding partners (www.co-action.net).
