‘Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented’ (Elie Wiesel)

Het hebben van geheimen is zo oud als de mensheid. ‘Zodra twee mensen bij elkaar komen kan het al zinvol zijn om iets geheim te houden, dus het is bij uitstek een sociaal proces’, vertelt psycholoog Andreas Wismeijer, die het boek Het Geheimen Protocol. Over de psychologische mechanismen van geheimhouding schreef. ‘Er zal continu frictie zijn in de informatie die door mensen uitgewisseld wordt.’ Wanneer werken geheimen belemmerend en wanneer zijn ze functioneel of zelfs sociaal gewenst? En wat vergt het hebben van een geheim van je?

‘Wie kan er straks lezen hoe fout mijn opa was?’ – een vraag die steeds weer terugkomt in de recente discussie over de digitale ontsluiting van het centraal archief van de bijzondere rechtspleging (CABR). Je identificeren met opa en verder voorgeslacht is kennelijk risicovol. ‘Fout’, dat is de allerkortste versie van de dominante norm die in 1945 gold bij de afrekening met de interne vijanden onder de Duitse bezetting. Ook nu nog blijkt de sterke wil tot weten samen te gaan met een zekere angst voor kennis over het oorlogsverleden.

Following the death of a loved one, both approach behaviors related to the deceased (i.e., engagement with feelings, memories, and/or reminders of the deceased) and the avoidance of reminders of the death are theorized to precipitate severe and persistent grief reactions, termed prolonged grief. The “approach-avoidance processing hypothesis” holds that these behavioral tendencies occur simultaneously in prolonged grief disorder (PGD). We tested this hypothesis using a novel free-viewing attention task.

Objective
To evaluate the psychometric properties of the Brazilian version of the Global Psychotrauma Screen (GPS).

Methods
The scale was tested on two Internet-based samples: GPS-CCC (n = 657) and GPS-Brazil (n = 431). Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was conducted on GPS-CCC. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), correlational analysis and sensitivity and specificity analysis were performed on the GPS-Brazil sample.

This pilot study aimed to understand the moderating role of context processing (i.e. encoding and memorizing) when mothers are confronted with threatening stimuli and undergo physiologic monitoring in order to understand a possible mechanism favoring intergenerational transmission of posttraumatic stress. Thirty-one mothers (M age = 33.87 years, SD = 4.14) and their toddlers (M age = 22.66 months, SD = 7.01) participated in the study. Mothers reported adverse life events (ALE), their current posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS), as well as regulatory problems of their toddler.

Background
In clinical practice, creative arts therapy is frequently utilized for the treatment of traumatized adults, with reports of favorable outcomes. However, the effectiveness of this intervention in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) treatment has not yet been definitively established through meta-analysis. In this meta-analysis, we aim to assess the effectiveness of creative arts therapy in the management of PTSD.

This study aims to explore the current state of research and the applicability of artificial intelligence (AI) at various stages of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), including prevention, diagnosis, treatment, patient self-management, and drug development. We conducted a bibliometric analysis using software tools such as Bibliometrix (version 4.1), VOSviewer (version 1.6.19), and CiteSpace (version 6.3.R1) on the relevant literature from the Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC). The analysis reveals a significant increase in publications since 2017. Kerry J.

Antisemitism is an ancient form of discrimination that is increasing and intensifying today. Jews have experienced collective trauma as a result of the persecution that they have experienced. This is exemplified by the events of the Holocaust, which caused almost the total annihilation of the Jewish people. Trauma experienced by Holocaust survivors can impact their children and grandchildren. The events of October 7, 2023, act as trauma reminders for many of these survivors, their descendants, and all Jews around the world.

Moral injury (MI) not only impacts individuals but also damages relations between individuals and their communities. While conventional interventions focus on individual healing, veterans organize return trips to former deployment areas to mend these damaged relations.