Background Young  people  are  disproportionately  affected  by  sexual  assault,  yet  longitudinal  data  are  sparse.  This  paper examines the characteristics of adolescents presenting to sexual assault services and mental and sexual health outcomes after an assault.

Spain and the United Kingdom have experienced similar types of political violence. Since the 1960s, both countries have suffered casualties as a result of long-standing ethno-nationalist conflicts as well as terrorist attacks by Al Qaeda–inspired groups.

Bijna een kwart van de Nederlandse bevolking heeft een migratieachtergrond. Uit diverse onderzoeken blijkt dat de generieke zorg nog niet altijd voldoende aansluit op de behoeften van bepaalde groepen mensen met een migratieachtergrond, hen niet altijd effectief bereikt en te weinig maatwerk biedt. Als antwoord op het tekort aan passend aanbod zijn er nieuwe organisaties gestart voor cultuurspecifieke zorg. Hiermee doelen wij op formele zorgorganisaties die zich voornamelijk op cliënten met een migratieachtergrond richten.

Background: Efficient prevention of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) needs to target individuals with an increased risk for adverse outcome after trauma. Prognostic or prescriptive biological markers assessed early posttrauma may inform personalized treatment recommendations.

Objective: To test prognostic and prescriptive effects of early (posttraumatic) autonomic and endocrine markers on PTSD symptom development.

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War Trauma Foundation is al jaren verbonden aan ARQ Nationaal Psychotrauma Centrum. Sinds 2020 is dat ook terug te zien in de naam: ARQ International. In dit jaarverslag hebben wij het daarom over de projecten van ARQ International, voorheen War Trauma Foundation. 

Homicidal bereavement puts survivors at risk of developing a broad range of lasting and severe mental health problems. Previous research has often relied on relatively small and homogenous samples. Still, little is known about what factors influence the expression of symptoms following homicidal bereavement. Preventive and curative treatments often do not consider the complex coherence between the emotional, judicial, financial, and
societal challenges that likely arise following a homicide.

Moral injury (MI) may occur in the context of committing transgressions (i.e., self‐directed MI reactions), witnessing transgressions, or being the victims of others’ transgressions (i.e., other‐directed MI reactions) that violate an individual's moral principles. Veterans with MI may experience impaired social well‐being (SWB).

Objective: Previous research has shown that first responders exhibit elevated rates of psychopathology. Factors predicting the development of this psychopathology, however, remain understudied. This study longitudinally examined predictors of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, and anxiety symptoms in first responders.

Background: Suicidal behavior is the result of complex interactions between many different factors that change over time. A network perspective may improve our understanding of these complex dynamics. Within the network perspective, psychopathology is considered to be a consequence of symptoms that directly interact with one another in a network structure. To view suicidal behavior as the result of such a complex system is a good starting point to facilitate moving away from traditional linear thinking.