Impaired right inferior frontal gyrus response to contextual cues in male veterans with PTSD during response inhibition

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is often associated with impaired fear inhibition and decreased safety cue processing, however, studies capturing the cognitive aspect of inhibition and contextual cue processing are limited. In this fMRI study, the role of contextual cues in response inhibition was investigated

Injured body, injured soul? Predicting and preventing posttraumatic stress disorder after injury

Traumatic injury is common and may have a major impact on the survivor’s life. In the Netherlands alone, over 7 million injuries are registered yearly, caused by accidents in traffic, at home, at work, or by interpersonal violence. Besides physical recovery, survivors often deal with the psychological impact. Although most are resilient and show a natural psychological recovery within the first...

Harmless Identities: Representations of Racial Consciousness among Three Generations Indo-Europeans

I wish to introduce the topic of racial consciousness with some words about a Dutch author born in the former colony of the Dutch East Indies: Hella S. Haasse. When she passed away in September 2011 at the age of 93, all obituaries affirmed she wasone of the most-respected and admired modern novelists, whose vivid and lively evocations of life in the former colony of the Dutch East Indies have...

Faces, feelings, words: Divergence across channels of emotional responding in complicated grief

Recent evidence suggests that the inability to respond in a context appropriate manner earlier in bereavement is predictive of a protracted grief course with poorer adjustment following the loss (Coifman & Bonanno, 2010). However, little is known about the emotional behavior of adults later in bereavement and whether emotional responding becomes dsyregulated across other channels. An...

Factors Related to Clinician Attitudes Toward Prolonged Exposure Therapy for PTSD

This study examines pretraining attitudes toward prolonged exposure (PE) therapy in a sample of 1,275 mental health clinicians enrolled in a national PE training program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Attitudes assessed via survey included values placed on outcomes targeted by PE, outcome expectancies (positive expectancies for patient improvement and negative expectancies...

Feasibility and Acceptability of a Resilience Training Program for Intensive Care Unit Nurses

The critical nursing shortage is particularly apparent in specialty areas such as intensive care units (ICUs). Some nurses develop resilient coping strategies and adapt to stressful work experiences, mitigating the development of common maladaptive psychological symptoms

Dem Leben Gestalt geben: Die Lifeline in der Traumatherapie von Kindern und Jugendlichen

ABSTRACT So kurz das Leben eines Kindes ist, so wenig haben Kinder Gelegenheit, es zu reflektieren. Die Fähigkeit der „exzentrischen Positionalität', nämlich Vorgänge explizit zu verarbeiten, bedarf der einfühlsamen Unterstützung und Verbalisierung durch erwachsene Bezugspersonen. Für autobiografische Erinnerungen muss das Kind in der Lage sein, sich selbst als erlebendes Individuum zu erkennen,...

Bereavement After Traumatic Death: Helping the Survivors

Many intercultural encounters between caregivers and patients occur against a background of loss of loved ones. For example, most help-seeking refugees have suffered losses of family members or friends in traumatic circumstances. Both somatic and psychological problems are more likely to occur in persons who lost a loved one. Therefore, it is essential that caregivers are familiar with the...

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