World, affectivity, trauma : Heidegger and post-cartesian psychoanalysis

Stolorow and his collaborators' post-Cartesian psychoanalytic perspective – intersubjective-systems theory – is a phenomenological contextualism that illuminates worlds of emotional experience as they take form within relational contexts. After outlining the evolution and basic ideas of this framework, Stolorow shows both how post-Cartesian psychoanalysis finds enrichment and philosophical support in Heidegger's analysis of human existence, and how Heidegger's existential philosophy, in turn, can be enriched and expanded by an encounter with post-Cartesian psychoanalysis.

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War stress and late-life mortality in World War II male civilian resistance veterans

The mental and physical health of 146 Dutch males exposed to severe war stress during their young adulthood were examined in 1986-1987 when they were at ages 61 to 66 years. The veterans' data were compared with a randomly selected population-based sample of same-aged males. In 2005, 70% of the war stress veterans had died, and only 35% of the comparison group. The baseline quality of life was significantly poorer in the war stress veterans than in the comparison group. Baseline variables explained 42% of the increased risk of mortality among war stress veterans.

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Will reconsolidation blockade offer a novel treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder?

Many articles about memory reconsolidation conclude with its therapeutic implications for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). A core feature of PTSD is the memory of a traumatic event that is characterized by excessive strength, immalleability, and persistence. We found that Korean and World War II veterans with PTSD showed elevated physiological responses during mental imagery of their personal combat events as long as 40 years later.

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Women at war: implications for mental health

This studie investigates the impact of deployment stressors on the mental health outcomes of women deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. This pilot study examined exposure to combat experiences and military sexual harassment in a sample of 54 active duty women and assessed the impact of these stressors on post-deployment posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and depressive symptoms.

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Virtual reality goes to war: a brief review of the future of military behavioral healthcare

Numerous reports indicate that the incidence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in returning OEF/OIF military personnel is creating a significant healthcare challenge. These findings have served to motivate research on how to better develop and disseminate evidence-based treatments for PTSD. Virtual Reality delivered exposure therapy for PTSD has been previously used with reports of positive outcomes.

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Vécu intergénératonnel du traumatisme dans les familles en exile = Intergenerational trauma life experience in families in exile

Exile has long been known as a human phenomenon. No matter how young the children are when they leave their native country, it seems that this trauma is something that passes from a generation to another. Exile seems to be the primary trigger of the trauma. The travel across the borders, the distress when leaving their homeland, the daily anguish felt in the host country, with the post traumatic disorder, contribute to the trauma of the exile family. From the study of 52 paintings realized in creative expression workshops have been studied by four families living in exile.

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Traumatisme psychique et mémoire traumatique: à propos de trois cas clinques = Psychic trauma and traumatic memory: about three clinical cases

S'il est aisé de poser le diagnostic de la névrose traumatique en présence du syndrome de répétition, l'absence de ce dernier incite le thérapeute à occulter l'événement traumatique et l'effraction induite par la rencontre avec le réel de la mort, et donc à ne pas poser le bon diagnostic et à prescrire la prise en charge la mieux appropriée.

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Travail de crise et clinique du trauma: accueil, besoin de sécurité et rencontre clinique = Crisis management and trauma therapy: how to welcome a patient and meet his need for security

Les personnes que nous rencontrons dans le cadre du projet thérapeutique pour les patients traumatisés et dissociés de notre unité de crise, présentent des troubles de la personnalité et des pathologies associées multiples qui ont souvent fait écran à la dimension traumatique sous jacente. Comment se positionner face à cette mosaïque de troubles ? Comment travailler le traumatisme sans risquer de faire violence au patient qui se défend en déployant tant d'énergie et de symptômes ?

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Treatment for PTSD Related to Childhood Abuse: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) related to childhood abuse is associated with features of affect regulation and interpersonal disturbances that substantially contribute to impairment. Existing treatments do not address these problems or the difficulties they may pose in the exploration of trauma memories, an efficacious and frequently recommended approach to resolving PTSD.

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Treatment of complex PTSD: Results of the ISTSS expert clinician survey on best practices

This study provides a summary of the results of an expert opinion survey initiated by the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies Complex Trauma Task Force regarding best practices for the treatment of complex posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Ratings from a mail-in survey from 25 complex PTSD experts and 25 classic PTSD experts regarding the most appropriate treatment approaches and interventions for complex PTSD were examined for areas of consensus and disagreement.

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