Trauma, torture and dissociation : a psychoanalytic view

Understanding trauma is central in this book, from a relational psychoanalytical perspective, with the view that childhood trauma of patient is a dual narration along with the developmental processes as a factor creating resilient qualities. The theoretical material is presented in close conjunction with clinical data in the form of vignettes and case studies. Presentation of vignettes and case studies focuses on the multidimensional approach examining the contributions of psychoanalysis, emphasising the act of 'dissociation' (healthy and unhealthy).

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Trauma-related dreams of Australian veterans with PTSD: content, affect and phenomenology

Objective: Consensus on the parameters of trauma-related dreams required to meet criteria for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is critical when: 1: the diagnosis requires a single re-experiencing symptom, and 2: trauma dreams are prevalent in survivors without PTSD. Method: This study investigated the phenomenology of PTSD dreams in 40 veterans, using structured interview and self-report measures. Results: Dream content varied between replay, non-replay, and mixed, but affect was largely the same as that experienced at the time of trauma across all dream types.

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Traumasensibles Yoga: Traseyo: ein neues Konzept der Körperarbeit für traumatisierte Menschen = Traseyo: a new approach to body work for people with traumas

In folgendem Artikel wird ein neues Konzept der Körperarbeit für traumatisierte Menschen vorgestellt: Traseyo – traumasensibles Yoga. Traseyo ist klassischer Hatha-Yoga-Unterricht, der sich Jahrtausendealter Übungen bedient. Die Besonderheit dieses Konzeptes liegt darin, dass es aktiv neurophysiologische Veränderungen nach Trauma in der Unterrichtsmethodik und -gestaltung aufgreift. Ebenso passt es sich bewusst den besonderen seelischen, geistigen und körperlichen Bedürfnissen traumatisierter Menschen an.

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Torture as a Cause for Somatization in Refugees with PTSD

Conclusions: There appears to be a high amount of somatic complaints in both tortured and non-tortured refugee patients with PTSD. This calls for new treatment strategies where there is more attention for somatic complaints. Further research should prove whether a specialised treatment with attention to function loss in somatic sense combined with psychological treatment has a greater effect on improvement in symptoms than psychological treatment only.

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Transgenerationale Übertragung traumatischer Erfahrungen: Wissensstand und theoretischer Rahmen und deren Bedeuting für die Erforschung trangenerationaler Folgen des Zweiten Weltkrieges in Deutschland = Transgenerational trauma transmission: traumatic e

Die Langzeitfolgen des Zweiten Weltkrieges für die heutige ältere Bevölkerung Deutschlands sind inzwischen gut untersucht. In den letzten Jahren rückte die Frage nach möglichen Auswirkungen der Kriegstraumatisierungen auf die nachfolgende Generation im Sinne einer transgenerationalen Übertragung in den Fokus. Empirische Studien zu diesem Thema für die deutsche Kriegsgeneration sind jedoch kaum zu finden. Im Übersichtsartikel werden die Forschungsansätze und -ergebnisse anhand des integrativen Modells von Kellermann (2001) aus der Holocaustforschung dargestellt.

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Trauma and PTSD in Japan

This issue of the PTSD Research Quarterly is the third in an occasional series on the epidemiology of trauma and PTSD around the world, following previous issues on Latin America (Fall 2009) and the Middle East (Fall 2010). Whereas published reviews of epidemiologic studies focus primarily on North America, this series aims to highlight other relevant bodies of work. In this issue, I consider research conducted in a specific country, Japan, rather than in a region of the world.

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The skin immune system : the resourceful army of Langerhans cells

Contact dermatitis (CD) is a common health problem, which affects both men andwomen and accounts for 85-90% of all skin diseases. Two main types of contact dermatitiscan be distinguished, according to the pathophysiological mechanisms involved, i.e. allergicand irritant CD. Allergic CD (ACD) requires the activation of antigen specific (i.e. acquired)immunity leading to the development of effector T cells, which mediate skin inflammation[1,2].

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The small world of Psychopathology

Background: Mental disorders are highly comorbid: people having one disorder are likely to have another as well. We explain empirical comorbidity patterns based on a network model of psychiatric symptoms, derived from an analysis of symptom overlap in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-IV (DSM-IV).

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The small world of Psychopathology

Background: Mental disorders are highly comorbid: people having one disorder are likely to have another as well. We explain empirical comorbidity patterns based on a network model of psychiatric symptoms, derived from an analysis of symptom overlap in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-IV (DSM-IV).

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The past if past: the use of memories and self-healing narratives in refugees from the Former Yugoslavia

This study identifies two main narratives and subject positions adopted by refugee participants from the former Yugoslavia: 'the past is past' and 'the past is our strength.' It analyses the complexity implicit in these two narratives about the past. Although these narratives at first appear contradictory, the participants' stories illustrate the ways in which they co-operate for the development of mental health in refugees. The ongoing dialogue between the two narratives allows for the participants' endorsement of subject positions that refer to both individual and collective identities.

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