Treatment of Complex Trauma in Young Children: Developmental and Cultural Considerations in Application of the ARC Intervention Model

The Attachment, Self Regulation, and Competency (ARC) Framework is a theoretically grounded, evidence-informed, promising practice used to treat complex trauma in children and adolescents. This article introduces the ARC model and describes its application with young children of diverse ethnocultural backgrounds involved in the child protection system due to maltreatment. Examination of the clinical application of the ARC model with this population underscores the importance of grounding child complex trauma treatment in the caregiving system.

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Tsunami-affected Scandinavian tourists: Disaster exposure and post-traumatic stress symptoms

BACKGROUND: Studies of short- and long-term mental effects of natural disasters have reported a high prevalence of post-traumatic stress. Less is known about disaster-exposed tourists repatriated to stable societies. AIMS: To examine the association between exposure to the 2004 Southeast Asian tsunami and symptoms of post-traumatic stress in three Scandinavian tourist populations. METHODS: Postal survey of Norwegian, Danish and Swedish Southeast Asia tourists registered by the police when arriving at national airports.

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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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Trauma und Versöhnung: Versöhnungsbereitschaft bei traumatisierten Flüchtlingskindern = Trauma and reconciliation: child refugees in Hamburg

Ziel der vorliegenden Untersuchung war es, Häufigkeiten und Zusammenhänge zwischen traumatisierenden Erlebnissen, psychopathologischen Auffälligkeiten und Versöhnungsbereitschaft bei Flüchtlingskindern zu ermitteln. Die Stichprobe bestand aus 215 Flüchtlingskindern aus Afghanistan, Bosnien und dem Kosovo, die zwischen 9 und 20 Jahre alt waren (Mädchen= 41.4 %) und in Hamburg lebten.

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Trauma und Versöhnung: Versöhnungsbereitschaft bei traumatisierten Flüchtlingskindern = Trauma and reconciliation: child refugees in Hamburg/

Zusammenfassung:Ziel der vorliegenden Untersuchung war es, Häufigkeiten und Zusammenhänge zwischen traumatisierenden Erlebnissen, psychopathologischen Auffälligkeiten und Versöhnungsbereitschaft bei Flüchtlingskindern zu ermitteln. Die Stichprobe bestand aus 215 Flüchtlingskindern aus Afghanistan, Bosnien und dem Kosovo, die zwischen 9 und 20 Jahre alt waren (Mädchen= 41.4 %) und in Hamburg lebten.

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Trauma, exile and mental health in young refugees

Objective: To review evidence of trauma and exile-related mental health in young refugees from the Middle East. Method: A review of four empirical studies: i) a qualitative study of 11 children from torture surviving families, ii) a cohort study of 311 315-year-old asylum-seeking children, iii) a qualitative study of 14 members of torture surviving families and iv) a follow-up study of 131 1123-year-old refugees. Results: The reactions of the children were not necessarily post-traumatic stress disorder specific.

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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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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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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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