Pharmacotherapy and aggressive behaviour in psychiatric patients = Farmacotherapie en agressie bij psychiatrische patiënten

Aggressive behaviour is an important problem in mental health care. Aggressive behaviour does not only affect staff and other patients, but also has a negative impact on the patient self. Studies have shown that aggressive patients have a longer stay on psychiatric wards compared to non-aggressive patients. In psychiatric wards, several interventions are used to manage aggressive behaviour. In the Netherlands, seclusion has for decades been a highly common intervention to manage (imminent) aggression. During recent years, however, the use of seclusion has been heavily criticized.

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Neurobilogische grundlagen der herausbildung psychotraumabedingter symptomatiken = essential neurobiological factors in the emergence of psychotrauma-related symptomatologies

Die Herausbildung psychotraumabedingter Symptomatiken stellt für Diagnostiker und Behandler eine enorme Herausforderung dar: Während unser gegenwärtiges Medizinsystem auf klar voneinander abgrenzbare und mit spezifischen Therapien behandelbare Erkrankungen ausgerichtet ist, zeigen sich Traumafolgestörungen sehr vielgestaltig und in individuell sehr unterschiedlichen Ausprägungen.

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Neurogenes Zittern: eine körperorientierte Behandlungsmethode für Traumata in grossen Bevölkerungsgruppen = Neurogenetic tremors: the use of a body-based intervention for mass trauma recovery

Massentrauma wird immer mehr zu einem Thema globaler Besorgnis, da die Gruppe der Trauma-Überlebenden weltweit ständig wächst. Das Bewusstsein für Trauma und seine schädlichen Folgen dominiert diese Ära menschlicher Geschichte, somit wird Trauma von einem Thema peripheren Interesses zu einem zentralen Gegenstand der Forschung. Es braucht ein neues Paradigma der Traumaheilung, um große Bevölkerungsteile an Trauma-Überlebenden zu behandeln. Dieser Artikel stellt eine grundlegende körperorientierte Theorie und Interventionstechnik für die Heilung von Massentraumata vor.

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Mon parcours traumatique chez hadès: survivre une deflagration massive en dix chocs progressifs = My traumatic journey with Hades: the progressive trauma of surviving a massive explosion

Cet article donne le retour d'expériences d'un survivant de la catastrophe de Ghislenghien, au moyen de son témoignage concernant le traumatisme progressif de sa survie. La chronologie des premiers moments est qualifiée comme un parcours traumatique chez Hadès et expliquée selon les modèles empiriques et les théories d'auteurs français psychodynamiques. Surtout les moments de dissociation péri-traumatique ? c.-à-d. de déréalisation, de pilotage automatique et de déni de la réalité ? semblent avoir eu un impact indélébile.

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Managing trauma in the workplace

This book looks at the impact of trauma not only from the perspective of employees but also from that of their organisations. In addition to describing the negative outcomes from traumatic exposure it offers solutions which will not only build a more resilient workforce but also lead to individual and organisational growth and development.

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Measuring Posttraumatic Stress Reactions in Children: A Preliminary Validation of the Children's Responses to Trauma Inventory

The Children's Responses to Trauma Inventory (CRTI) is a self-report measure for posttraumatic stress reactions in children. We validated the original CRTI through secondary data analysis of four clinical and nonclinical samples (N = 96) and expert consultation. After revision, the CRTI was further validated in 8- to 12-year-old traumatized children in the general population (N = 243). The original CRTI showed moderate to excellent reliability and both convergent and discriminant validity, but it also had limitations in formulation and scope of the items.

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Mental health first aid training by e-learning: a randomized controlled trial

OBJECTIVE: Mental Health First Aid training is a course for the public that teaches how to give initial help to a person developing a mental health problem or in a mental health crisis. The present study evaluated the effects of Mental Health First Aid training delivered by e-learning on knowledge about mental disorders, stigmatizing attitudes and helping behaviour. METHOD: A randomized controlled trial was carried out with 262 members of the Australian public.

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Knowledge and quality of life in female torture survivors. Building health-related knowledge and quality of life through health promotion and empowerment strategies among female expatriate torture survivors

Immigrant women represent disadvantaged and vulnerable members of the torture survivor population. They tend to be isolated and have negative coping strategies resulting in poor health and wellbeing. The purpose of this pilot study is to develop and evaluate an educational and interactive women&rsquo,s health-based programme using health promotion and empowerment strategies, with the intent of using the knowledge gained to contribute to an ongoing women&rsquo,s health programme.

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Late effects of trauma: PTSD in holocaust survivors

Participants in this study were Jewish Holocaust survivors (N = 89) divided into groups depending on the type of trauma they had experienced. As compared to the control group, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms were clearly more persistent in the trauma group. The most salient PTSD symptoms (primarily avoidance and increased arousal) were noted in those who survived hiding on the Aryan side. Men were more at risk for reexperiencing trauma than women, who were more prone to avoidance or numbing of general responsiveness.

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Inpatient treatment to online aftercare: E-Mailing themes as a function of therapeutic outcomes

The authors applied the meaning extraction method (MEM) to 4,241 e-mails written by 297 participants of an email-based aftercare program following inpatient psychotherapy. Principal-components analysis of the most frequently used nouns in the e-mails yielded nine components: life decisions and coping, relationship conflict, psychological and physical symptoms, family of origin, social and leisure activities, present family and household, treatment, exercise and diet, and work. Relative to men, women focused more on symptoms, exercise and diet, and family of origin, but less on work.

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