Symptoms of trauma and traumatic memory retrieval in adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse

We examined posttraumatic stress symptoms and the memory retrieval process in 2 groups of adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse: 29 participants who reported having memories of their abuse prior to entering therapy (PM) and 13 who reported no memories of abuse prior to therapy (NPM). Participants were asked to indicate on checklists symptoms of constriction, hyperarousal,and intrusion experienced (a) prior to entering therapy and (b) during the surfacing of a memory while in therapy.

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Social capital and mental health in Japan: a multilevel analysis

AbstractBackgroundA national cross-sectional survey was conducted in Japan. This is because the growing recognition of the social determinants of health has stimulated research on social capital and mental health. In recent years, systematic reviews have found that social capital may be a useful factor in the prevention of mental illness.

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Sociotherapy in Rwanda

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Sous le masque de la dangerosite, le trauma = Under the mask of dangerousness, the trauma

Résumé / AbstractLes manifestations psychotraumatiques différées trouvent à côté du syndrome de répétition des modalités d'expression variées, en particulier chez l'adolescent. Le retentissement comportemental est parfois au premier plan, avec une clinique se déclinant autour du spectre de la violence et de l'agressivité impliquant une potentielle dangerosité par la menace qu'elle fait peser sur autrui. Le caractère bruyant de cette symptomatologie ne doit pas occulter, au-delà de la description phénoménologique, les déterminants sous-jacents.

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Special Issue: critical reflections on refugee integration: lessons from international perspectives

Legal status and refugee integration: a UK perspective/ Sylvie Da Lomba, When policy creates politics: the problematizing of immigration and the consequences for refugee integration in the UK/ Gareth Mulvey, State assisted integration: refugee integration policies in Scandinavian welfare states: the Swedish and Norwegian experience/ Marko Valenta and Nihad Bunar, Living in limbo: integration of forced migrants from Bosnia and Herzegovina in Slovenia/ Natalija Vrecer, 'When they don't use it they wil lose it': professionals, deprofessionalization and reprofessionalization: the case of refuge

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Sense of coherence and socio-demographic characteristics predicting posttraumatic stress symptoms and recovery in the aftermath of the second Lebanon war

This study investigated the role of sense of coherence (SOC) as a mediator between demographic attributes of individuals (gender, age, economic situation, and exposure to traumatic events during the war) and two war outcomes (postwar stress symptoms and perceived posttraumatic recovery).

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Sexualisierte gewalt im II. Weltkrieg: Resonanz auf eine studienankündigung als kaleidoskop Deutscher ansätze zur erinnerungskultur = Sexualized violence in Worldwar II - Responses to the announcement of a study as a kaleidoscope of German approaches to

Die mit einer Pressemitteilung der Universität Greifswald angekündigte Studie zur sexualisierten Gewalt am Ende des II. Weltkrieges erzielte eine so große und komplexe Resonanz bei Betroffenen, Interessierten und in den Medien, dass ein vielschichtiges Erfahrungs- und Meinungsbild zu dem bislang im öffentlichen Diskurs kaum thematisierten Traumageschehen entstand. Der vorliegende Artikel versucht, typische Diskussionsbeiträge beispielhaft zu zitieren und psychotraumatologisch zu kommentieren.

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Ressourcenorientierte psychodynamische Gruppenpsychotherapie in der Behandlung komplexer Traumfolgestörungen

While there is substantial interest in trauma-specific psychodynamic individual therapy, this is not true for group therapies. Some general considerations will be put forward regarding the specificity of group psychotherapy with patients suffering from complex posttraumatic disorders. Especially, a good balance of resilience vs. problem orientation is recommended.

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Retrouver l'humain dans les therapies des demandeurs d'asile victimes de violences extrêmes: retour en ex-Yougoslavie = Find again the human being in the therapies of asylum seekers, victims of extremes violences: back to ex-Yougoslavia

Les pathologies post-traumatiques occasionnées par les guerres contemporaines (fratricides, interethniques) révèlent des attaques des liens internes et externes et entament le pacte narcissique. Les sujets ont été expulsés de l'humaine condition. Dans de telles conditions, ce sont alors la position soignante et la fonction clinique qu'il convient de venir interroger. Deux exemples cliniques tirés de séances de psychothérapie de personnes demandeurs d'asile illustreront ce texte.

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Refugees and asylum seekers: a review from an equality and human rights perspective /Peter Aspinal, Charles Waters

This report examines the situation of asylum seekers and refugees from an equality and human rights perspective. Refugees and asylum seekers are a diverse group, with one thing in common: they are subject to forced migration, and are fleeing from persecution in their countries of origin. They have a range of intersectional identities and can experience discrimination on the grounds of any of the seven equality areas, or because of socio-economic factors.

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