When there are no words : EMDR for Early Trauma and Neglect Held in Implicit Memory

The challenges of using EMDR for early trauma and neglect are that a) EMDR readily targets explicit memories, but early trauma is held in implicit memory in the right hemisphere (Siegel, Schore) and is not typically subject to direct recall, and b) Accessing the felt sense of early experience can be overwhelming if it includes the paucity of internal resources of a neglected baby. This workshop addresses both problems by careful preparation and systematic trauma reprocessing.

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Moral injury and moral repair in war veterans : A preliminary model and intervention strategy

Throughout history,warriors have been confronted with moral and ethical challenges and modern unconventional and guerilla wars amplify these challenges. Potentially morally injurious events, such as perpetrating, failing to prevent, or bearing witness to acts that transgress deeply held moral beliefs and expectationsmay be deleterious in the long-term, emotionally, psychologically, behaviorally, spiritually, and socially (what we label as moral injury).

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Asylum-seeking women , violence & health: results from a pilot study in Scotland and Belgium

Violence against women is a global phenomenon. Studies repeatedly show that women around the world suffer various gender-based forms of physical and sexual abuse, coercion and threats of harm. Women's intimate partners are among the most common perpetrators of violence, but women and girls are also assaulted and intimidated by close and extended family members, acquaintances, neighbours, and other males in positions of power, such as soldiers or police.

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Long-term legacies of war: An outline of a study among a Post World War II generation of clients receiving psychotherapeutic treatment in Foundation Centrum '45, the Netherlands

Introduction

“Camp is not so much a place as a condition. “I’ve had camp,” he says. That makes him different from us. We’ve had chicken pox and German measles. And after Simon fell out of a tree, he got concussion and he had to stay in bed for weeks. But we never had camp.“

- Nightfather, Carl Friedman; novel about a man’s experiences in the Nazi concentration camps as seen through the eyes of his children -

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Psychological mindedness assessment procedure – validation study of a Dutch version

Objective. The Psychological Mindedness Assessment Procedure [PMAP; McCallum, M. & Piper, W E. (1990)] operationalizes psychological mindedness as a participant’s understanding of the problem presented by two videotaped enacted patients. To possibly enhance predictive power for psychotherapy outcome, we added two video scenarios with emotionally high-impact. This article describes psychometric properties of the Dutch translation of the PMAP and the extended version, the PMAP-plus.

Design. A therapy-analogue study with non-clinical participants (N = 100).

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Differences and similarities in posttraumatic stress between economic migrants and forced migrants: Acculturation and mental health within a Turkish and a Kurdish sample

ABSTRACT. This paper describes an empirical study that aimed to expand the limited literature about the association of acculturation with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder among immigrant ethnic minorities. The second contribution of the study is its understanding that migrants from the same country are not one separate group and for interventions to succeed, better understanding of the situation in each sub-group is required.

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Delayed Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis, and Meta–Regression Analysis of Prospective Studies

Objective: Prevalence estimates of delayed posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have varied widely in the literature. This study is the first to establish the prevalence of delayed PTSD in prospective studies and to evaluate associated factors through meta-analytic techniques.

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Agricultural cycle and the prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder: A longitudinal community study in postwar Mozambique

The influence of physical activity on the prevalence and remission of war-related mental disturbances has never been systematically evaluated. This study examined the influence ofparticipation in the agricultural cycle on the posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) prevalence and correlated symptoms longitudinally in postcivil war Mozambique. Prevalence rates were examined in the end and the outset of the agricultural cycle in a community population (N = 240).

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Association of torture and other potentially traumatic events with mental health outcomes among populations exposed to mass conflict and displacement: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Context Uncertainties continue about the roles that methodological factors and key risk factors, particularly torture and other potentially traumatic events (PTEs), play in the variation of reported prevalence rates of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression across epidemiologic surveys among postconflict populations worldwide.
Objective To undertake a systematic review and meta-regression of the prevalence rates of PTSD and depression in the refugee and postconflict mental health field.

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Severe mental disorders in complex emergencies

People with severe mental disorders are a neglected and vulnerable group in complex emergencies. Here, we describe field experiences in establishing mental health services in five humanitarian settings. We show data to quantify the issue, and suggest reasons for this neglect. We then outline the actions needed to establish services in these settings, including the provision of practical training, medication, psychosocial supports, and, when appropriate, work with traditional healers.

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