Underrepresentation of men in gender based humanitarian and refugee trauma research : a scoping review

Sex and gender are important considerations within refugee studies. Risks to health and wellbeing may manifest differently for refugee women and men, as may the use of health and social services and responses to interventions. Since the 1980s, increased attention has been paid to the experience of girls and women in refugee and humanitarian research, however, much less attention has been paid to boys and men. The purpose of this systematic scoping review was to investigate whether there is a gender bias in refugee and humanitarian research on refugee trauma.

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Marital conflict in the aftermath of genocide in Rwanda : an explorative study within the context of community based sociotherapy

This article explores the ongoing impact of the genocide in Rwanda on marital relationships. Its specific focus are genocide related factors that generate relational trauma and the consequences of this trauma for the everyday lives of spouses affected by it. The qualitative study that informs this article was conducted within the context of a community based sociotherapy programme.

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Closing the gap between disaster mental health research and practice : evidence for socio-ecological mental health interventions through multilevel research

Socio-ecological interventions assume that there are ‘links’ between the individual process that determines disaster mental health and the social context one lives in. However, there is insufficient empirical basis for this claim. This paper summarises the main findings from a research programme, in which two advanced statistical techniques on data from two floods were applied, respectively Uttar Pradesh, India 2008 and Morpeth, England, 2008.

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Mothers’ and fathers’ mind‐mindedness influences physiological emotion regulation of infants across the first year of life

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The effect of a service dog on salivary cortisol awakening response in a military population with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

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Psychodiagnostic assessment with refugees : Studies on the Cultural Formulation Interview and somatization / Psychodiagnostiek bij vluchtelingen : Studies over het culturele-formulering-interview en over somatisatie

"In the present study, we have assessed the content, the development, and the experience of a cultural interview in the first meeting of a refugee. This cultural interview is an operationalization of the Outline for a Cultural Formulation (OCF), which was published in the DSM-IV. For DSM-5, we constructed a new interview, the so-called Cultural Formulation Interview (CFI), and collaborated in an international field trial.

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Intergenerational Associations of Parent Adverse Childhood Experiences and Child Health Outcomes

BACKGROUND: Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) robustly predict future morbidity and mortality. Researchers are just beginning to investigate intergenerational effects. We hypothesize there are intergenerational associations between parent ACE exposure and worse child health, health behaviors, and health care access and use.

 

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Associations between age and the course of major depressive disorder : a 2-year longitudinal cohort study

 

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Vulnerability to heatwaves and implications for public health interventions : A scoping review

 

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Background

Heatwaves form a serious public health threat, especially for vulnerable groups. Interventions such as active outreach programs, exposure reduction measures and monitoring and mapping of at-risk groups are increasingly implemented across the world but little is known about their effect.

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3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)-assisted psychotherapy for post-traumatic stress disorder in military veterans, firefighters, and police officers : a randomised, double-blind, dose-response, phase 2 clinical trial

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Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is prevalent in military personnel and first responders, many of whom do not respond to currently available treatments. This study aimed to assess the efficacy and safety of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)-assisted psychotherapy for treating chronic PTSD in this population.

 

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