Effectiveness of an intensive treatment programme combining prolonged exposure and EMDR therapy for adolescents suffering from severe post-traumatic stress disorder

Background: Following promising effects of an intensive trauma treatment for adults, the question arises whether adolescents who suffer from severe post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can also profit from a similar treatment programme.

 

Objective: To assess the effectiveness of an intensive trauma-focused treatment programme combining two evidence-based trauma-focused therapies and physical activities for adolescents suffering from severe PTSD.

 

Own soul's warning: Moral injury, suicidal ideation, and meaning in life.

Objective: Moral injury (an inner conflict [or cognitive dissonance] used to describe psychological, ethical, and/or spiritual conflict experienced when an individual’s basic sense of humanity is violated) has been associated with suicidal ideation among military populations. However, mechanisms linking moral injury to suicidal ideation, particularly variables that may protect against suicidal ideation, have received limited attention.

‘I Don’t Know If They Realized I Was A Person‘ : Rape and Other Sexual Violence in the Conflict in Tigray, Ethiopia

During the conflict that began on 4 November 2020 in Tigray – Ethiopia’s northernmost region – troops fighting in support of the federal government have committed widespread rape against ethnic Tigrayan women and girls. The perpetrators include members of the Eritrean Defense Forces (EDF), the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF), the Amhara Regional Police Special Forces (ASF), and Fano, an informal Amhara militia group.

Repareren aan en tussen generaties : intergenerationeel trauma

We dragen in families eigenschappen en kwaliteiten over, positief en negatief. Denk aan het generatie overstijgende schildertalent van de Toorops en de muzikaliteit van de familie Bach. Maar helaas worden er ook (gedrags)problemen van generatie op generatie overgedragen zoals alcoholisme, psychiatrische problemen, trauma en geweld. Dat betekent niet dat iedereen in de volgende generatie dit in zich draagt, integendeel.

 

Narratieve Exposure Therapie bij vluchtelingen

Manan kijkt naar de grond en geeft korte antwoorden op vragen die de behandelaar stelt. Ze oogt vermoeid. Ze is verwezen voor behandeling, omdat ze nauwelijks eet of slaapt en soms schreeuwend wakker wordt. Ze woont met haar moeder en oudste broer in een azc in Nederland. Ze zijn in afwachting van een uitspraak in hun procedure. 

 

Van Indonesische Urn tot Indisch monument : vijftig jaar herinnering aan de Tweede Wereldoorlog in Azië

Inleiding Op 5 mei 1946 droeg een elfjarig meisje een klein schortje gemaakt van oude lapjes, een kindervariant van de 'Nationale feestrok'.
Het idee van zo'n nationaal kledingstuk voor vrouwen was afkomstig van de Amsterdamse Mies Boissevain-van Lennep, overlevende van het concentratiekamp Ravensbrück.
Gemaakt van restanten van de oude kleren van dierbaren en versierd met geborduurde herinneringen zou dat een vrouwelijke manier zijn om de Tweede Wereldoorlog te gedenken en de herinneringen te integreren.

Psychological factors for the onset of depression : a meta-analysis of prospective studies

Objectives A comprehensive overview of the evidence for factors derived from leading psychological theories of the onset of major depressive disorder (MDD) that underpin psychological interventions is scarce . We aimed to systematically investigate the prospective evidence for factors derived from the behavioural, cognitive, diathesis–stress, psychodynamic and personality-based theories for the first onset of MDD.

 

Design Systematic review and meta-analysis. 

 

After the surge, the psychological impact of Covid-19 is hitting home

Having dealt with the months-long terror of crammed ICUs, unavailable PPE and the fear of getting infected, the coronavirus crisis is taking its toll on healthcare workers' mental health. 

 

 

After 15 years as an emergency doctor, Anand Swaminathan was familiar with the traumatic experiences that came along with his job – treating victims of shootings, stabbings and terrible incidents of domestic violence. But it was the relentless, months-long influx of patients during the Covid-19 pandemic that made him seek therapy for the first time.

 

 

Exploring the Maladaptive Cognitions of Moral Injury

Moral injury and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) are two prominent mental health problems that affect military personnel. Moral injury results when the individual is exposed to a situation or event that violates their moral code; however, PTSD results when there is a substantial threat of harm. Moral injury is a relatively new construct within the literature with research starting in the late 2000s. Although distorted cognitions are core components of PTSD symptomatology, there has been no research of cognitions in moral injury.

 

Morally Injurious Experiences of Combat Exposed Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan : Moderating Effects of Self-Forgiveness on Feelings of Shame and Guilt

Moral injury is a construct developed to explain a unique symptom profile of individuals who may have perpetrated, witnessed, or learned about events that transgress their held moral beliefs. Among combat exposed Veterans, particular attention has been focused on the ambiguous nature of recent military conflicts and the increased moral conflicts associated with more recent, unconventional combat tactics and strategies.

 

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