Summary: With regard to the trauma, the fixation on the fact, the phenomenon, placed in prominent position, should not minimize its particularity or the logic of trauma. Indeed, all is not traumatic, even though many situations are, in many ways 'traumatizing'. The issue of 'traumatic encounter' thus relates the following feature: it is the encounter of something, for someone, that makes trauma...

BackgroundInjured trauma victims are at risk of developing Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and other post-trauma psychopathology. So far, interventions using cognitive behavioral techniques (CBT) have proven most efficacious in treating early PTSD in highly symptomatic individuals. No early intervention for the prevention of PTSD for all victims has yet proven effective. In the acute...

Complex humanitarian emergencies, whether arising from armed con£ict or natural disaster, challenge the mental health system of a country in many ways. Not least because they increase the risk ofmental disorder in the population, and undermine the pre-existing structures of care.They may, however, also bring new opportunities to create change. In this way, new structures and paradigms may emerge...

Problematische Kindheitserfahrungen wie die Auflösung der Familie, elterliche Substanzabhängigkeit oder häusliche Gewalt werden seit langem als wichtige Faktoren späterer Verhaltensprobleme diskutierte. Die internationale Self-report-Studie bietet vermutlich erstmals die Möglichkeit, die Einflüsse solcher Erfahrungen auf gewalttätiges Verhalten im Jugendalter länderübergreifend-vergleichend zu...