Background: The proposal for ICD-11 postulates major changes for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) diagnosis, which needs investigation in different samples.
Aims: To investigate differences of PTSD prevalence and diagnostic agreement between ICD-10 and ICD-11, factor structure of proposed ICD-11 PTSD, and diagnostic value of PTSD symptom severity classes.
Method: Confirmatory factor analysis and latent profile analysis were used on data of elderly survivors of childhood trauma (>60 years, N=399).

Background: As many as 70% of veterans with chronic pain treated within the US Veterans Administration (VA) system may have posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and conversely, up to 80% of those with PTSD may have pain. We describe pain experienced by US service members and veterans with symptoms of PTSD, and report on the effect of Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART), a new, brief exposure-based therapy, on acute pain reduction secondary to treatment of symptoms of PTSD.

Following the death of a loved one, a small group of grievers develop an abnormal grieving style, termed complicated or prolonged grief. In the effort to establish complicated grief as a disorder in DSM and ICD, several attempts have been made over the past two decades to establish symptom criteria for this form of grieving. Complicated grief is different from depression and PTSD yet often comorbid with other psychological disorders. Meta-analyses of grief interventions show small to medium effect sizes, with only few studies yielding large effect sizes.

Background: There has been debate regarding whether Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (Complex PTSD) is distinct from Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) when the latter is comorbid with PTSD.
Objective: To determine whether the patterns of symptoms endorsed by women seeking treatment for childhood abuse form classes that are consistent with diagnostic criteria for PTSD, Complex PTSD, and BPD.
Method: A latent class analysis (LCA) was conducted on an archival dataset of 280 women with histories of childhood abuse assessed for enrollment in a clinical trial for PTSD.

Van actrice Romy Schneider wordt gezegd dat ze is gestorven van verdriet, kort nadat ze haar zoon verloor na een ongelukkige val. Ook Maria Callas zou zijn overleden aan een gebroken hart, en wel negen jaar nadat haar partner Onassis haar inruilde voor Jacky Kennedy, de weduwe van John. F. Kennedy. Kan dat? Doodgaan van verdriet?

Immigratiedienst hanteert criteria voor volwassenen.
De criteria op basis waarvan de IND beoordeelt of een asielzoeker op medische gronden in Nederland mag blijven, zijn niet geschikt voor kinderen. Om ernstige beschadiging bij asielzoekerskinderen te voorkomen zijn nieuwe parameters nodig voor het beoordelen van een medisch-psychiatrische noodsituatie.

Parents and children together: Multifamily therapy for refugees with complex trauma symptoms

Een lege kist gaapte ons aan (Adriaan van Dis, 2014, p.283)

This article analyses the integrative trauma focused systemic treatment, developed for refugee families with regard to current views on cultural competence. The contextualized and multifaceted conceptual framework and flexible settings that facilitate treatment of culturally diverse populations are described and illustrated with a case example. The potential pitfalls of cultural competence as a strategy in addressing cultural diversity are discussed.