Torture and its sequelae among prostituted women in the United States

Background: Extreme violence and psychological abuse have been extensively documented and are pervasive in prostitution. Survivors of prostitution report high levels of posttraumatic stress disorder, dissociation, depression, and self-loathing. These are the same sequelae reported by torture survivors.

 

Objective: Severe forms of violence have been categorized as torture by experts. The authors note that torture is commonly suffered during prostitution and should be appropriately named.

 

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My grief app for prolonged grief in bereaved parents : a randomised waitlist-controlled trial

A minority of bereaved adults experiences prolonged grief disorder, depression, and/or posttraumatic stress disorder, with heightened risks observed among bereaved parents. Cognitive-behavioural therapies, both face-to-face and online, have demonstrated efficacy in treating post-loss mental health problems. Mobile phone applications potentially offer an efficient and cost-effective way to deliver self-help to bereaved adults, yet controlled effectiveness studies are lacking.

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Celebrating 15 years of Psychotraumatology – a future with generative AI?

The European Journal of Psychotraumatology (EJPT) was launched in 2010. In this editorial, wereview the journal’s developments over the past 15 years, and discuss some of the currentethical challenges in scientific publishing, including the impact of generative AI. How canwe responsibly use these new technologies?

 

Additionally, we present 15 years of journalmetrics, highlight past and upcoming special issues on ‘hot topics,’ and are pleased toannounce awards for the best paper and best reviewer of 2023, recognizing twooutstanding recipients.

 

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Resilience and vulnerability of Ukrainians : The role of family during the war

The full-scale russian invasion of Ukraine led to numerous physical and moral challenges. The paper aims to estimate the role of family as a social resilience driver in managing wartime challenges on a regional level. It used the online survey method based on Google Forms and online focus-group interviews in September-November 2022. Household members (1,089 respondents) of Kyiv, Lviv, Zakarpattia, Mykolaiv, Sumy, Chernihiv, and Dnipropetrovsk territorial communities were surveyed.

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Conflict exposure and expected victimization in Nigeria

Although the Northern Nigerian state of Kaduna has the second highest incidence of violent conflicts among Nigeria’s 36 states, the population generally reports a low level of expected victimization. A large-N survey conducted in the state in 2021 showed that 65% of the population believe they are unlikely to be directly affected by violent conflict in the future.

 

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Longitudinal relationship between posttraumatic cognitions and internalising symptoms in children and adolescents

Background: Little is known about the naturalistic course of posttraumatic cognitions (PTCs) after exposure to a potentially traumatic event (PTE) in children and adolescents. Moreover, previous studies on the longitudinal associations of PTCs with internalising symptoms yielded mixed results.

 

Objective: To explore the naturalistic courses and longitudinal associations of dysfunctional PTCs and functional PTCs with posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS), depression, and anxiety.

 

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Hidden scars : the persistent multifaceted health and psychosocial consequences for Syrian torture survivors

Background: The impact on the physical and mental health of those who survived torture and their close circles in the Syrian regime’s detention facilities remains under-studied.

 

Objective: This qualitative study explored Syrian refugees’ narrations of captivity and torture, and the consequences of such extreme traumatic events on their physical and psychosocial health.

 

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Adult refugees’ perspectives on the impact of trauma and post-migration hardships on learning

Background: Research shows that adult refugees’ well-being and future in the reception country heavily depend on successfully learning the host language. However, we know little about how adult learners from refugee backgrounds experience the impact of trauma and adversity on their learning.

 

Objective: The current study aims to investigate the perspectives of adult refugee learners on whether and how trauma and other adversity affect their learning.

 

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Dissociative Subtype of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and its Correlates Among Treatment-Seeking Refugees

The dissociative subtype of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD-DS) denotes a severe type of PTSD associated with complex trauma exposure and psychiatric comorbidity. Refugees may be at heightened risk of developing PTSD-DS, but research is lacking. This cross-sectional study aimed to examine PTSD-DS and its demographic, trauma-related, and clinical correlates among a convenience sample of refugee patients over 18 years old who were diagnosed with PTSD according to DSM-5.

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Psychometric Evaluation of the Traumatic Grief Inventory-Self Report Plus (TGI-SR+) in Chinese Bereaved People.

Objective

The Traumatic Grief Inventory-Self Report Plus (TGI-SR+) measures the most recent prolonged grief disorder (PGD) symptom sets defined in the 11th edition of the International Statistical of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-11) and the text revision of the fifth edition of the Diagnostical and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5-TR). However, the TGI-SR+ has not yet been translated and validated in Chinese. This study aims to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Chinese translation of the TGI-SR+.

 

 

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