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Assessing Treatment-Resistant Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: The Emory Treatment Resistance Interview for PTSD (E-TRIP)

Patients with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) who fail to respond to established treatments are at risk for chronic disability and distress. Although treatment-resistant PTSD (TR-PTSD) is a common clinical problem, there is currently no standard method for evaluating previous treatment outcomes. Development of a tool that could quantify the degree of resistance to previously provided treatments would inform research in patients with PTSD. We conducted a systematic review of PTSD treatment trials to identify medication and psychotherapy interventions proven to be efficacious for PTSD.

Assessment of Complex Trauma Exposure, Responses, and Service Needs Among Children and Adolescents in Child Welfare

Exposure to multiple, chronic interpersonal traumas, often referred to as complex trauma exposure, can impact several areas of mental health need and functioning. A comprehensive assessment of needs and strengths is essential to making appropriate service recommendations. This study assessed 4,272 youth within the Illinois child welfare system using the Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS). A significant proportion of this sample had multiple/chronic caregiver-related trauma.

Accuracy of assessment instruments for patients' competence to consent to medical treatment or research

This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows:To assess the reliability and validity of the index tests for competence assessment versus the reference standard in people of any age.

Accuracy of the MacArthur Competence Assessment Tool for Clinical Research (MacCAT-CR) for Measuring Children's Competence to Consent to Clinical Research

gastroenterology, oncology, ophthalmology, and pulmonology from January 1, 2012, through January 1, 2014. Participants were eligible for clinical research studies, including observational studies and randomized clinical trials. Exposures Competence judgments by experts aware of the 4 relevant criteria—understanding, appreciation, reasoning, and choice—were used to establish the reference standard.

A Parental Tool to Screen for Posttraumatic Stress in Children: First Psychometric Results

The Children's Revised Impact of Event Scale (CRIES-13) is a brief self-report measure designed to screen children for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This study investigates the psychometric properties of a Dutch version of the CRIES-13–parent version and evaluates its correlation with the child version. A sample of 59 trauma-exposed children (8 years–18 years) and their parents completed an assessment including the CRIES-13 (child/parent version) along with the Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule for DSM-IV: Parent version. Results demonstrated good internal consistency (?

A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial of a Patient Decision Aid for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

OBJECTIVE: Patient decision aids have been used in many clinical situations to improve the patient centeredness of care. A patient decision aid for patients with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has not been developed or tested. The authors evaluated the effects of a patient decision aid on the patient centeredness of PTSD treatment.METHODS: The study was a randomized trial of a patient decision aid for PTSD versus treatment as usual (control group). The participants were 132 male and female veterans who presented to a single U.S.

A safe and healthy future? : epidemiological studies on the health of asylum seekers and refugees in the Netherlands

Asielzoekers en vluchtelingen met een verblijfsvergunning hebben een hoger risico op ongunstige zwangerschapsuitkomsten, bepaalde chronische ziekten en psychische problemen dan andere inwoners van Nederland. De verhoogde risico’s hebben te maken met hun achtergrond en de omstandigheden in het gastland. In dit proefschrift staan aanbevelingen om de gezondheid van asielzoekers en vluchtelingen te verbeteren.

A Brief Retrospective Method for Identifying Longitudinal Trajectories of Adjustment Following Acute Stress

Research increasingly indicates that prototypical trajectories of resilience, recovery, delayed, and chronic distress characterize reactions to acute adversity. However, trajectory research has been limited by the practical and methodological difficulties of obtaining pre-event and longitudinal data. In two studies, we employed a novel method in which trained interviewers provided a graphical depiction of prototypical stress trajectories to participants and asked them to select the one that best described their experience.

A Longitudinal Investigation of Changes to Social Resources Associated With Psychological Distress Among Kurdish Torture Survivors Living in Northern Iraq

Social resources can buffer against psychological distress following potentially traumatic events. Psychological distress can also lead to social resource deterioration. This longitudinal study evaluated whether baseline psychological distress symptoms and changes in these symptoms were associated with changes in social resources 5 months later among 96 adult male (52.6%) and female treatment-seeking torture survivors residing in Kurdistan, Iraq. Adapted versions of the Hopkins Symptom Checklist-25, Harvard Trauma Questionnaire, and a traumatic grief measure were used.

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