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...

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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...

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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

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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,...

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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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JRSM open

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Pieces of a clinical puzzle: analyzing the alliance in psychodynamic psychotherapy for depression : therapeutic technique, alliance, personality and therapist characteristics

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The intergenerational transmission of violent offending

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Mass conflict and care in war affected areas : in search of assessment and psychosocial intervention

Research in this thesis is focused on the relevance of psychosocial programs in areas of mass violence. Central questions are: how to assess needs in terms of psychosocial health, how to best address those needs, and what is the effectiveness of these mental health interventions?

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