Naslagwerk voor huisartsen, psychiaters, psychologen, psychotherapeuten en verpleegkundigen. (bibliotheek.nl)

Traumatized parents and their relationship with their children in a historical and cultural perspective Whether or not children can be affected by the traumatization of their parents has been the topic of a longstanding discussion. Clinical reports emphasized the severity of parental emotional problems and subsequent transmission of such problems across generations, but most systematic and controlled studies have not found any extreme psychopathology. However, research could have been biased as it reported on grown-up children of parents with traumatic experiences.

The problems of asylum seekers are multiple and complex. Next to having experienced a lot of adversities in their country of origin, when they arrive in a host country they face a (usually long) asylum procedure and a multitude of post-migration living problems. Literature shows high prevalence rates of mental disorders and low quality of life. The length of the asylum procedure is an even more important risk factor for psychopathology than the adverse life events in the country of origin.

Professor Marylene Cloitre was keynote speaker op het congres dat de Nederlandstalige Vereniging voor psychotrauma (NtVp) voor haar leden organiseerde op 16 november 2010. Marylene cloitre is een expert op het gebied van wetenschappelijk onderzoek naar complexe trauma’s en zij heeft een nieuwe methodiek ontwikkeld, STAIR, een combinatie van training in sociale vaardigheden, emotieregulatie en traumaverwerking met narratieve middelen.¹ Trudy Mooren sprak met haar.