‘Wat me niet doodt, maakt me sterker’, schreef Nietzsche ooit. Kun je dan ook sterker worden door een burn-out of trauma? Ja, zegt de wetenschap van posttraumatische groei, soms kan dat.

Een kamptrauma blijft niet beperkt tot de mensen die het opliepen, maar werkt ook door in de generaties na hen. Waarom is dat zo, en hoe werkt dat? 
 

Psychological first aid (PFA) is a world-wide implemented approach to helping people affected by an emergency, disaster, or other adverse event. Controlled evaluations of PFA’s training effects are lacking. We evaluated the effectiveness of a one-day PFA training on the acquisition and retention of knowledge of appropriate responses and skills in the acute aftermath of adversity in Peripheral Health Units (PHUs) in post-Ebola Sierra Leone. Secondary outcomes were professional quality of life, confidence in supporting a distressed person, and professional attitude.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is an effective treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder. However, literature on possible adverse memory effects of EMDR is scarce. Using the Deese/Roediger-McDermott (DRM) false memory paradigm, we examined the susceptibility to spontaneous false memories after performing eye movements, as used in EMDR. In Experiment 1, 72 undergraduates received word lists containing negative and neutral associated words and immediately after this they were given a free recall and recognition test.

Background: The empirical literature of network analysis studies of posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) has grown rapidly over the last years.

Objective: We aimed to assess the characteristics of these studies, and if possible, the most and least central symptoms and the strongest edges in the networks of PTSS.

Method: The present systematic review, conducted in PsycInfo, Medline, and Web of Science, synthesizes findings from 20 cross-sectional PTSS network studies that were accepted for publication between January 2010 and November 2018 (PROSPERO ID: CRD42018112825).

Eddy de Wind overleeft als jonge arts het kamp in Auschwitz door „slim en op de juiste momenten moedig” te zijn. Hij beschreef zijn ervaringen in het boek 'Eindstation Auschwitz' (Meulenhoff 2020), dat nu opnieuw verschijnt.

In dit artikel reist zoon Melcher de Wind naar Polen in het voetspoor van zijn vader.

Studies suggest that sleep supports persistent changes in the neuronal representation of emotional experiences such that they are remembered better and less distressful when recalled than when they were first experienced. It is conceivable that sleep fragmentation by arousals, a key characteristic of insomnia disorder, could hamper the downregulation of distress. In this study, we sought further support for the idea that insomnia disorder may involve a lasting deficiency to downregulate emotional distress.

This training material has been written for the many individuals who provide assistance and support to women who survive gender-based violence (GBV) and sexual trauma during disasters, wars and conflicts. We hope it may be helpful as well to those who work with gender-based violence in other settings. 

In Zuid-Soedan woedt sinds 2013 een bloedige burgeroorlog. De Nederlandse Albert Schoneveld probeert de strijdende milities oorlogsregels bij te brengen. Hoe verhoudt die universele ethiek zich tot een conflict dat bol staat van de etnische spanningen?

Ze zijn de tachtig gepasseerd en merken dat de wonden van de Tweede Wereldoorlog 75 jaar na de bevrijding nog niet zijn geheeld. Kunnen nieuwe technieken hen helpen? Hoe Nederland omging met het psychische leed van de oorlog - toen en nu.