Vittoria Ardino is a Psychotraumatologist and holds a Master in Healthcare Management, Economics and Policy. She is the President of the Italian Society of Traumatic Stress Studies.She has an established track record in psychotraumatology. Specifically, her research investigated interlink between early trauma and later adverse outcomes, in both victims and perpetrators.Recently her research interests shifted to policy research. She is interested in integrating her expertise on trauma with mental health policy and health economics to challenge service delivery for traumatised children. She evaluated trauma-informed care in youth mental health services across Italy and developed trauma-related economic models of child maltreatment and child migration.Her publications focus on the causes of PTSD development, trauma-informed services and on the impact of PTSD on re-offending risk. She edited two books on childhood trauma and PTSD. Vittoria presented at many conferences on child maltreatment and trauma as an invited speaker.
