Marylene Cloitre  

Marylene Cloitre

Dr. Marylene Cloitre is the Associate Director of Research of the National Center for PTSD Dissemination and Training Division at the Palo Alto VA Health Care Services, California, USA. She is also Clinical Professor (affiliate) of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. Her research and clinical work for the past 20 years has focused on the long-term effects of chronic trauma on social and emotional functioning. Her current research is dedicated to the development of effective, patient-tailored, flexibly-delivered mental health programs. She is past-president of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies and was a member of the World Health Organization (WHO) ICD-11 working group on trauma-spectrum disorders.

Trauma Recovery: The Art and Science of Treating the Whole Person
This keynote will describe advances that have been made in the treatment of trauma within the context of the recent history of scientific ideas, tracking the evolution of interests first in human behavior, then cognition, and more recently emotions. There is an inherent dynamic tension between scientific paradigms and patient needs. The presentation will highlight the importance of appreciating this tension and will present patient-centered models of treatment and that may bring the dynamic between patient needs and scientific investigation into better synergy towards successfully meeting a final common goal: better outcomes for patients.