Psychotraumanet : information portal about critical incidents

Psychotraumanet provides access to information about the psychosocial impact of critical incidents. You can find (scientific) articles, interviews, film and audio fragments and news from the media. On Psychotraumanet, the information is divided into ten themes: World War II, resilience & organization, disasters & crises, aggression management, screening & diagnostics, evidence based treatment, complex trauma, child& family, trauma & diversity and humanitarian emergencies.

 

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Intergenerational Trauma in Phenomenological Research : A Systematic Review

This systematic review aimed to synthesize phenomenological qualitative research regarding the lived experience of intergenerational trauma. Twenty-two studies were included in the review and were analyzed using thematic synthesis. Five analytical themes were identified: ‘the adaptive or maladaptive indelible scar of intergenerational trauma’; ‘between integration and fragmentation, and closeness and disconnection’; ‘the interaction of silence and communication’; ‘trying to survive and overcome’; and ‘attitudes toward therapeutic support’.

 

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Impact of intergenerational trauma on second-generation descendants : a systematic review

Collective traumas, such as war, genocide, natural disasters, and systemic oppression, have profound and lasting effects, not only on survivors but also on their descendants. Understanding how these traumas are transmitted across generations is essential to inform effective interventions and policy responses. This systematic review aimed to synthesize quantitative evidence on the physiological and psychological outcomes observed in secondgeneration descendants of individuals exposed to collective trauma.

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Volumetric Differences of Thalamic Nuclei are Associated with Post-Trauma Psychopathology

Previous investigations of whole thalamus and thalamic nuclei volumes in post-trauma psychopathology have been sparse, limited in scope, and yielded inconsistent results. To address this, volumetric estimates of whole thalamus and thalamic nuclei were obtained from structural brain MRI scans from 2,058 participants across 20 worldwide sites in the ENIGMA PTSD working group.

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Exploring the role of resilience in selective prevention intervention for adolescents at risk of depression and anxiety in Nepal : findings from a pilot cluster randomized controlled trial

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Mental health needs and implementation barriers for psychosocial support among forcibly displaced Ukrainians in Poland, Romania, and Slovakia : a qualitative analysis

Background: Since the beginning of Russia’s offensive war against Ukraine, over 6.3 million forcibly displaced persons (FDPs) have settled in the European Union. This study aimed to identify key mental health and psychosocial challenges among Ukrainian forcibly displaced persons (FDPs), including symptoms of depression, anxiety and PTSD, as well as barriers to implementing mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) in Poland, Romania, and Slovakia.

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Case Report : Multi-modal motion-assisted memory desensitization and reconsolidation for traumatic grief (3MDR-TG)

Background: The loss of a loved one under traumatic circumstances puts bereaved individuals at risk of developing prolonged grief disorder (PGD), (symptoms of) posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and major depressive disorder (MDD), also referred to as traumatic grief. Traumatic grief is often associated with high symptom levels and strong avoidance. Not all patients benefit from standard treatments. Multi-modal Motion-assisted Memory Desensitization and Reconsolidation (3MDR) has shown to be effective in the treatment of treatment-resistant PTSD.

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Are specific PTSD criteria associated with treatment outcome in traumatized veterans and police officers?

Background: A significant proportion of patients with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) do not respond sufficiently to trauma treatment. To date, it has not been clearly demonstrated which patients respond well and which do not.

 

Objective: This study examined whether lifetime direct and interpersonal trauma exposure as well as the four distinct symptom clusters of PTSD were associated with treatment outcome.

 

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Do young people get the mental healthcare they need? : Trajectories of depressive symptoms, correlates and care pathways in a clinical sample of young people reaching the upper age limit of their CAMHS.

Identifying young service users whose depressive symptoms persist into adulthood is crucial to avert potential difficulties they may face when transitioning from Child and Adolescent Mental Healthcare Services (CAMHS) to Adult Mental Healthcare Services (AMHS). As depressive symptoms are diverse in severity and stability, it is important to objectively identify those who require continued support.

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Image-Based Meta- and Mega-Analysis (IBMMA) : A Unified Framework for Large-Scale, Multi-Site, Neuroimaging Data Analysis.

The increasing scale and complexity of neuroimaging datasets aggregated from multiple study sites present substantial analytic challenges, as existing statistical analysis tools struggle to handle missing voxel-data, suffer from limited computational speed and inefficient memory allocation, and are restricted in the types of statistical designs they are able to model.

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