EMDR wordt gebruikt bij de behandeling van  een posttraumatische stressstoornis (ptss).  Zo’n dertig jaar geleden beschouwde Marcel van den Hout de methode als onzin. Maar hij is van mening veranderd: ‘Ik weet nog goed hoe op een vrijdagmiddag student-assistent Elske Salemink me de uitdraai van de statistische berekeningen liet zien. Ik was verbijsterd.'

Theta burst transcranial magnetic stimulation (TBS) is a potential new treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). We previously reported active intermittent TBS (iTBS) was associated with superior clinical outcomes for up to 1-month, in a sample of fifty veterans with PTSD, using a crossover design. In that study, participants randomized to the active group received a total of 4-weeks of active iTBS, or 2-weeks if randomized to sham. Results were superior with greater exposure to active iTBS, which raised the question of whether observed effects persisted over the longer-term.

Aim. The paper discusses the effectiveness of group psychotherapy addressed to Holocaust survivors.
 

Methods. The paper is based on many years of its authors’ experience in running such psychotherapy groups. Common psychological problems of the group members and the group dynamics are being discussed and illustrated with the example of work in the group.
 

Background
Ethnic minority groups in Western countries face an increased risk of psychotic disorders. Causes of this long-standing public health inequality remain poorly understood. We investigated whether social disadvantage, linguistic distance and discrimination contributed to these patterns.

Methods

Hoe komen wetenschappers tot dat ene inzicht dat het verloop van hun carrière bepaalt? Daarover vertellen ze in de rubriek Eureka, elk weekend in het AD, verzorgd door de redactie van New Scientist. Deze week: Geert Smid, bijzonder hoogleraar psychotrauma aan de Universiteit voor Humanistiek en psychiater bij ARQ Nationaal Psychotrauma Centrum.

‘Rouw is eigenlijk een heel romantisch en mooi onderwerp, omdat het gaat over onze gehechtheid en de verwantschap die we voelen met onze dierbaren.

Met ruim 1500 cliënten per jaar vertolkt ARQ Centrum'45 een toonaangevende rol bij de behandeling van patiënten met traumatische (oorlogs-) ervaringen. De landelijke aandacht voor '75 jaar Verijheid' leidt tot een toename van patiënten, verwacht geneesheer-directeur en psychiater Ruud Jongedijk. "Herdenken is belangrijk voor de verwerking", weet hij. 

Background: Moral Injury (MI) is one of the adverse consequences of combat. Following exposure to potentially morally injurious events (PMIEs)––events perceived as violations of deep moral beliefs by oneself or trusted individuals––a significant minority of veterans could develop posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression.

Background: There is a dearth of therapeutic solutions for traumatized young patients. Trauma reactivation conducted under the influence of the reconsolidation blocker propranolol (Reconsolidation Therapy) is a simple, cost-effective treatment option that has some promising initial results in adults suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Background: Findings on structural brain alterations following trauma are inconsistent due probably to heterogeneity in imaging studies and population, clinical presentations, genetic vulnerability, and selection of controls. This study examines whether trauma and re-experiencing symptoms are associated with specific alterations in grey matter volumes and if this varies according to 5-HTTLPR genotype.

Comparative thinking is ubiquitous in human cognition. Empirical evidence is accumulating that PTSD symptomatology is linked to various changes in social, temporal and counterfactual comparative thinking. However, no systematic review and meta-analysis in this line of research have been conducted to this date. We searched titles, abstracts and subject terms of electronic records in PsycInfo and Medline from inception to January 2019 with various search terms for social, temporal and counterfactual comparative thinking as well as PTSD.