Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an often chronic condition for which currently available medications have limited efficacy. Medical cannabis is increasingly used to treat patients with PTSD; however, evidence for the efficacy and safety of cannabinoids is scarce. To learn more about patients' opinions on and experiences with medical cannabis, we organized a focus group discussion among military veterans (N = 7) with chronic PTSD who were treated with medical cannabis.

Brief eclectic psychotherapy for PTSD (BEPP) has been recognized as one evidence-based treatment for individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Clinicians interested in reducing symptoms and helping patients understand their traumatic experiences often resonate with BEPP as a treatment option. BEPP is a 16-session, manualized treatment specially designed for the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder. When first developed, BEPP was used and evaluated for treating police officers with PTSD in the Netherlands.

The death of a loved one may precipitate symptoms of prolonged grief disorder (PGD), post‐traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression. Brooding about the causes and consequences of one's negative affect (NA), also termed depressive rumination, has been linked to distress after loss. The role of dysregulation of positive affect (PA) has received less attention. We examined (1) the factor structure of depressive rumination and PA dysregulation and (2) to what extent these factors were related to PGD, PTSD and depression symptom levels.

Ben je ooit klaar met herdenken?
Vandaag wordt in Vijfhuizen voor het eerst de MH17-ramp eenvoudiger herdacht dan de vijf voorgaande jaren.
Vanwege corona, maar ook omdat dit zo is afgesproken. "Maar we blijven komen. Altijd."
 

'Soms werkt het averechts'

Waarom werd in verschillende dekolonisatie-oorlogen, waaronder die in Nederlands-Indië, extreem geweld gebruikt?
Het gevoel dat dit straffeloos kon gebeuren, werkte overal escalaties in de hand, blijkt uit nieuw onderzoek.

Literature suggests that the occurrence of psychological trauma (PT) from various negative life experiences beyond events mentioned in the DSM-criterion A, receives little to no attention when comorbid with psychosis. In fact, despite research indicating the intricate interplay between PT and psychosis, and the need for trauma-focused interventions (TFI), there continue to be mixed views on whether treating PT would worsen psychosis, with many practitioners hesitating to initiate treatment for this reason.

Background: PTSD in pregnant women is associated with adverse outcomes for mothers and their children. It is unknown whether pregnant women with PTSD, or symptoms of PTSD, can receive targeted treatment that is safe and effective.

Objective: The purpose of the present paper was to assess the effectiveness and safety of treatment for (symptoms of) PTSD in pregnant women.

Background: Sleep disturbance has been described as a ‘hallmark’ symptom of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Although there are robust findings of self-reported sleep disturbance in PTSD, evidence of sleep disturbance measured using actigraphy is less certain.

Objective: To conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis to determine whether there are any significant differences between individuals with and without PTSD in actigraphderived sleep measures.

Onderzoek doen naar persoonlijke geschiedenissen van getuigen van de Tweede Wereldoorlog is met de komst van Oorlogslevens.nl een stuk gemakkelijker geworden. Waar het voorheen een onderzoek op zich was om te achterhalen via welke organisaties en websites bronnen te vinden waren over een bepaalde persoon, is die informatie voortaan op één digitale locatie verzameld. Dit keer een reconstructie van het leven in oorlogstijd van Neeltje Blok.

Verschrijnen in rubriek : Oorlogsbron uitgelicht

Kunstuitingen kunnen oorlogsverschrikkingen zeer effectief in beelden vatten, én ons beeld van de geschiedenis danig doen kantelen. In deze nieuw rubriek lichten we daarom steeds een theaterstuk, tentoonstelling of andere kunstuiting uit waarin de oorlog een belangrijke rol speelt. Belle van Heerikhuizen, regisseur bij KONVOOI, bijt het spits af.