Background
There is a growing need for mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) interventions that can feasibly be provided to larger groups of people, particularly in humanitarian settings. However, scaling up mental health interventions
is notoriously difficult. There are therefore growing calls for integrating mental health outside traditional health structures, both to increase reach and to address social determinants of mental health. The objective of this

COVID-19 may pose a mental health risk to funeral service workers (FSWs). In this cross-sectional survey, 278 Dutch FSWs were assessed three months after the acute phase of the pandemic ended. The FSWs reported on burnout symptoms (BAT-12), work engagement (UWES-9), wellbeing (MHC-SF) mental health indicators, and retrospectively on work stress and perceived support during the acute phase of the pandemic. Data-analyses included descriptive statistics and linear regression. Mental health scores were compared with norm scores.

Introduction: Improved effectiveness and treatment adherence is needed in smoking cessation (SC) therapies. Another important challenge is to disrupt maladaptive drug-related memories. To achieve these goals, we developed a novel treatment strategy on the basis of motion-assisted memory desensitization and reprocessing (3MDR).

Objective: Refugees flee from countries due to war, violence, or persecution and are often exposed to potentially traumatic events (PTEs). Furthermore, they might encounter situations where they are compelled to act contrary to their moral codes or witness others acting morally wrong. Consequently, they are at risk to not only develop symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), but also moral injury (MI). To date, MI in traumatized refugees has received limited research attention.

Therapietrouw is belangrijk voor het welslagen van een behandeling. Er zijn verschillende drempels voor de toeleiding van vluchtelingen naar de geestelijke gezondheidszorg (ggz). Dit geldt mogelijk ook voor de therapietrouw.

Professionals die hun beroep uitoefenen in bijvoorbeeld de veiligheid of de hulpverlening staan dag in, dag uit in de frontlinie ten behoeve van onze samenleving. Daarbij geldt dat hun werkzaamheden in bepaalde gevallen ertoe kunnen leiden dat zij (blijvende) psychische schade oplopen. Zo is de posttraumatische stressstoornis (PTSS) een bekende beroepsziekte onder militairen, boa’s, politie-, brandweer- en ambulancepersoneel (hierna: geüniformeerden), waarbij de mentale blessures vaak zijn opgelopen door het werk in de frontlinie.

Background: There is a strong causal relationship between intimate partner violence and major depressive disorder, which partly endangers women's safety across the life course and potentially affects the development of future generations. The international community has placed a high priority on addressing the intimate partner violence and the resulting burden of mental illness.

Background: Perceiving that society disregards grief after pregnancy loss (disenfranchised grief) elevates bereaved parents’ psychological burden.

Objective: In this research, we aimed to compare the disenfranchisement of pregnancy loss with four other loss types considering the bereaved’s gender.

Background: Extreme violence and psychological abuse have been extensively documented and are pervasive in prostitution. Survivors of prostitution report high levels of posttraumatic stress disorder, dissociation, depression, and self-loathing. These are the same sequelae reported by torture survivors.

Objective: Severe forms of violence have been categorized as torture by experts. The authors note that torture is commonly suffered during prostitution and should be appropriately named.

In het vierde en laatste deel van dit essay beschrijft klinisch psycholoog Jackie June ter Heide hoe belangrijk het is om getroffenen te herinneren: want er moet een plaats zijn waar al het lijden, groot en klein, gezien of ongezien, wordt vastgelegd en nooit vergeten.