Narrative exposure therapy (NET) is a recently developed, short-term treatment for patients with a posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a result of multiple trauma. NET can be applied very successfully in patients with complex trauma complaints (Jongedijk, 2014, Schauer, Neuner, & Elbert, 2011). An important feature of NET is that trauma processing is never an isolated event but is always...

In case studies that examine wrenching historical and contemporary crises across five continents, cultural sociologists analyze the contingencies of trauma construction and their fateful social impact. How do some events get coded as traumatic and others which seem equally painful and dramatic not? Why do culpable groups often escape being categorized as perpetrators? Why are some horrendously...

In March, the first Dutch handbook on NET, Life Stories and Psychotrauma, will be published. On this occasion, Foundation Centrum '45 is organizing a symposium on NET. At the symposium, national and international experts will highlight the theme of life stories and psychological trauma from various angles in lectures and workshops. Speakers include Dr. Maggie Schauer and Professor Thomas Elbert (...

Recente studies tonen steeds sterkere evidentie voor de relatie tussen ouderlijk trauma, de ouder-kindinteractie en de ontwikkeling van het kind. In dit artikel wordt de behandelmethodiek Multifamily Therapy (mft) voor multi-probleemgezinnen gepresenteerd en de toepassing in de populatie ernstig getraumatiseerde asielzoeker- en vluchtelingengezinnen met jonge kinderen beschreven. Bij deze...

Multi-Family Therapy (MFT) involves the bringing together of different families in a therapeutic context in order to work jointly to overcome each of their specific and very individual problems. This innovative book combines the theory and concepts of MFT with detailed practical examples of techniques and exercises that have been proven to help with problematic children, teenagers and adults. In...

Ik heb het gevoel alsof ik op mijn werk betaald mag roeien tegen de stroom in. Geen dag is hetzelfde en vanuit alle hoeken komen er nieuwe ontwikkelingen die de voortgang van de traumagerichte psychotherapie van mijn patiënt bedreigen. Al doet hij nog zo zijn best om met angst, schaamte en schuld omgeven herinneringen te delen, succes is allerminst verzekerd.

Alterations in the number and functional status of mineralocorticoid (MR) and glucocorticoid receptors (GR) may contribute to vulnerability to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Corticosteroid receptors are chaperoned by heat shock proteins Hsp90 and Hsp70. We examined relations between corticosteroid receptor and heat shock protein expression levels, and related them with war trauma exposure...

The 13th International Military Mental Health Conference brought together a variety of military and civilian professionals, who travelled to Amsterdam from different countries, like Estonia, Norway, Ireland, United Kingdom, Belgium France, Italy, Austria, Canada, the United States of America, and the Netherlands, to share relevant experiences and topics related to mental health care in the armed...