Risk factors for posttraumatic stress reactions among Chinese students following exposure to a snowstorm disaster

BACKGROUND: It is important to understand which factors increase the risk of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in adolescents. Previous studies have shown that the most important risk factors for PTSD include the type, severity, and duration of exposure to the traumatic events.METHODS: A cross-sectional survey was used to investigate the psychological symptoms associated with the aftermath of a snowstorm disaster in the Hunan province of China in January 2008. Students living in Hunan were surveyed at a three-month follow-up after the disaster.

Sacrifice as Coping: A Case Study of the Cultural-Political Framing of Traumatic Esperiences among Eelam Tamils in Norway

Although traumatic events may be pathogenic to some, they may also be moderated by social and cultural factors such as community support and positively framed cultural reconceptualizations of the traumatic events. This article analyses how cultural-political narratives may frame individual traumatic experiences and channel them into collective causes among Tamil refugees in Norway. Data derives from participant observation within Tamil NGOs in Norway between September 2006 and February 2010.

Resilience Monitor, Development of a measuring tool for psychosocial resilience

ObjectiveThe objective of the project Resilience Monitor is to develop a measuring tool, which can be repeatedly implemented to discover the degree to which Dutch people are able to overcome a disaster or a shocking experience. The measuring tool is administered individually.

Resilience to loss and potential trauma

Initial research on loss and potentially traumatic events (PTEs) has been dominated by either a psychopathological approach emphasizing individual dysfunction or an event approach emphasizing average differences between exposed and nonexposed groups. We consider the limitations of these approaches and review more recent research that has focused on the heterogeneity of outcomes following aversive events. Using both traditional analytic tools and sophisticated latent trajectory modeling, this research has identified a set of prototypical outcome patterns.

Reasons for not receiving treatment in people with posttraumatic stress disorder following war

The aim of the study was to explore why people suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following war do not receive treatment. A total of 212 participants who have PTSD following war in the Balkans and have never received psychiatric treatment were interviewed (86 in Western Europe and 126 in Balkan countries). Answers were subjected to thematic content analysis.

PTSD and the Law: an update

Thirteen years ago, this journal published “PTSD and the Law” (Pitman & Sparr, 1998), a review that examined developments and state of the art in law, forensic evaluation, and expert testimony, providing specific forensic guidance that continues to be critically relevant in today’s courtroom. At the time, PTSD was characterized as a growth stock in the world of mental illnesses.

Psychosocial assistance and decentralized mental health care in post conflict Burundi (2000-2008)

AbstractIn 2000 the nongovernmental organisation (NGO) HealthNet TPO started mental health and psychosocial support services in Burundi, a country that has been severely affectedby civil war. Within a time frame of eight years, a wide range of mental health and psychosocial services were established, covering large parts of the country. During the programme period the NGO activities shifted from the delivery of direct services to capacity building activities aimed at embedding psychiatric services and psychosocial assistance withinexisting local health services and social systems.

Psychology of popular media culture

Psychology of Popular Media Culture (PPMC) is a scholarly journal dedicated to publishing empirical research and papers on how popular culture and general media influence individual, group, and system behavior. The journal will solicit rigorous research studies, as well as data-driven theoretical papers on constructs, consequences, program evaluations, and trends related to popular culture and various media sources. Although the journal welcomes and encourages submissions from a wide variety of disciplines, topics should be linked to psychological theory and research.

Psychopharmakologische Therapie der Posttraumatischen Belastungsstörung: Akutbehandlung und Strategien bei Therapieresistenz = Psychopharmacological treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and treatment strategies in therapy resistance

Die Posttraumatische Belastungsstörung (PTBS) ist in den vergangenen Jahren durch verschiedene Großschadensereignisse und aufsehenerregende Berichterstattungen vermehrt ins Bewusstsein von Bevölkerung, Ärzten und Psychotherapeuten getreten. Vor diesem Hintergrund nimmt die Diskussion über Behandlungsmöglichkeiten einen immer größeren Stellenwert ein. Obwohl dabei die psychotherapeutische Behandlung Mittel der ersten Wahl ist, stehen auch gute, evidenzbasierte psychopharmakologische Behandlungsmöglichkeiten zur Verfügung.

Psychiatrische Begutachtung im Asylverfahren = Psychiatric expert opinions on asylum seekers in Germany

OBJECTIVE To investigate the frequency of traumatisation, suicidality and given diagnoses in expert opinions on asylum seekers and to describe the sociodemographic characteristics of this population. METHODS The psychiatric expert opinions on asylum seekers, furnished in an 8-year-period at Hannover Medical School, were analysed retrospectively for qualitative and quantitative characteristics. RESULTS 62 psychiatric expert opinions on asylum seekers were included in this study. The asylum seekers originated from 18 different countries, mainly from Turkey and former Yugoslavia.

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