Treatment for PTSD Related to Childhood Abuse: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) related to childhood abuse is associated with features of affect regulation and interpersonal disturbances that substantially contribute to impairment. Existing treatments do not address these problems or the difficulties they may pose in the exploration of trauma memories, an efficacious and frequently recommended approach to resolving PTSD.

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Treatment of complex PTSD: Results of the ISTSS expert clinician survey on best practices

This study provides a summary of the results of an expert opinion survey initiated by the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies Complex Trauma Task Force regarding best practices for the treatment of complex posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Ratings from a mail-in survey from 25 complex PTSD experts and 25 classic PTSD experts regarding the most appropriate treatment approaches and interventions for complex PTSD were examined for areas of consensus and disagreement.

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Treatment of Complex Trauma in Young Children: Developmental and Cultural Considerations in Application of the ARC Intervention Model

The Attachment, Self Regulation, and Competency (ARC) Framework is a theoretically grounded, evidence-informed, promising practice used to treat complex trauma in children and adolescents. This article introduces the ARC model and describes its application with young children of diverse ethnocultural backgrounds involved in the child protection system due to maltreatment. Examination of the clinical application of the ARC model with this population underscores the importance of grounding child complex trauma treatment in the caregiving system.

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Tsunami-affected Scandinavian tourists: Disaster exposure and post-traumatic stress symptoms

BACKGROUND: Studies of short- and long-term mental effects of natural disasters have reported a high prevalence of post-traumatic stress. Less is known about disaster-exposed tourists repatriated to stable societies. AIMS: To examine the association between exposure to the 2004 Southeast Asian tsunami and symptoms of post-traumatic stress in three Scandinavian tourist populations. METHODS: Postal survey of Norwegian, Danish and Swedish Southeast Asia tourists registered by the police when arriving at national airports.

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Traumatisme psychique et mémoire traumatique: à propos de trois cas clinques = Psychic trauma and traumatic memory: about three clinical cases

S'il est aisé de poser le diagnostic de la névrose traumatique en présence du syndrome de répétition, l'absence de ce dernier incite le thérapeute à occulter l'événement traumatique et l'effraction induite par la rencontre avec le réel de la mort, et donc à ne pas poser le bon diagnostic et à prescrire la prise en charge la mieux appropriée.

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Travail de crise et clinique du trauma: accueil, besoin de sécurité et rencontre clinique = Crisis management and trauma therapy: how to welcome a patient and meet his need for security

Les personnes que nous rencontrons dans le cadre du projet thérapeutique pour les patients traumatisés et dissociés de notre unité de crise, présentent des troubles de la personnalité et des pathologies associées multiples qui ont souvent fait écran à la dimension traumatique sous jacente. Comment se positionner face à cette mosaïque de troubles ? Comment travailler le traumatisme sans risquer de faire violence au patient qui se défend en déployant tant d'énergie et de symptômes ?

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Trauma und Versöhnung: Versöhnungsbereitschaft bei traumatisierten Flüchtlingskindern = Trauma and reconciliation: child refugees in Hamburg

Ziel der vorliegenden Untersuchung war es, Häufigkeiten und Zusammenhänge zwischen traumatisierenden Erlebnissen, psychopathologischen Auffälligkeiten und Versöhnungsbereitschaft bei Flüchtlingskindern zu ermitteln. Die Stichprobe bestand aus 215 Flüchtlingskindern aus Afghanistan, Bosnien und dem Kosovo, die zwischen 9 und 20 Jahre alt waren (Mädchen= 41.4 %) und in Hamburg lebten.

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Trauma und Versöhnung: Versöhnungsbereitschaft bei traumatisierten Flüchtlingskindern = Trauma and reconciliation: child refugees in Hamburg/

Zusammenfassung:Ziel der vorliegenden Untersuchung war es, Häufigkeiten und Zusammenhänge zwischen traumatisierenden Erlebnissen, psychopathologischen Auffälligkeiten und Versöhnungsbereitschaft bei Flüchtlingskindern zu ermitteln. Die Stichprobe bestand aus 215 Flüchtlingskindern aus Afghanistan, Bosnien und dem Kosovo, die zwischen 9 und 20 Jahre alt waren (Mädchen= 41.4 %) und in Hamburg lebten.

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Trauma, exile and mental health in young refugees

Objective: To review evidence of trauma and exile-related mental health in young refugees from the Middle East. Method: A review of four empirical studies: i) a qualitative study of 11 children from torture surviving families, ii) a cohort study of 311 315-year-old asylum-seeking children, iii) a qualitative study of 14 members of torture surviving families and iv) a follow-up study of 131 1123-year-old refugees. Results: The reactions of the children were not necessarily post-traumatic stress disorder specific.

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Trauma, torture and dissociation : a psychoanalytic view

Understanding trauma is central in this book, from a relational psychoanalytical perspective, with the view that childhood trauma of patient is a dual narration along with the developmental processes as a factor creating resilient qualities. The theoretical material is presented in close conjunction with clinical data in the form of vignettes and case studies. Presentation of vignettes and case studies focuses on the multidimensional approach examining the contributions of psychoanalysis, emphasising the act of 'dissociation' (healthy and unhealthy).

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