This article addresses the tension in psychoanalytic thinking regarding adult-onset trauma and its potential effects on children who were not directly exposed to the same parental trauma. Psychoanalytic theory emphasizes early attachment trauma as predictive of the response to trauma later in life. This emphasis on early trauma delayed recognition of adult-onset trauma-related disorders and the development of adequate trauma-focused treatments.

Objectives

Current regional conflicts are creating a surge in forced migration, and heightened visa restrictions are increasingly being applied. The current study aimed to examine the relationship between visa insecurity and psychological outcomes within a large clinical sample of refugees and people seeking asylum in Australia.

Methods

Highlights

• Former female child soldiers in DR Congo have high levels of PTSD and aggression.

• Brief psychotherapeutic interventions reduce trauma related mental health problems.

• Interventions that reduce PTSD and aggression concurrently reduce ongoing conflict.

Objective

Objective: This study aimed to explore how exposure to danger-based and non-dangerbased stressors may influence personal changes in veterans (N = 4053) after deployment to Afghanistan.

The acknowledgement section is missing from the final published article by Marzono, et al. The complete acknowledgments section is provided below. The authors apologise for the omission. 

Background

There is a suicide on the British railways every 36 hours. However, the reasons why people choose to die by train are not well understood.

Aims

To explore factors influencing and discouraging the decision to attempt suicide on the railway networks.

Method

We conducted an online survey and qualitative interviews with individuals who had contemplated or attempted suicide by train.

Results

Objective: To determine whether Internet-delivered cognitive behavioural therapy (i-CBT) is an effective treatment for those who meet diagnostic criteria for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). 
Method: A systematic review was undertaken according to Cochrane Collaboration Guidelines. The primary outcome measures were reduction in PTSD symptoms and drop-out. Categorical outcomes were meta-analysed as risk ratios (RRs) and continuous outcomes as mean differences (MDs) or standardised mean differences (SMDs).

EMDR is in korte tijd zeer populair geworden als behandelingsmethode voor posttraumatische stressstoornissen, maar een valide theoretische verklaring over het specifieke werkzame element is tot nu toe niet voorhanden. Voorstanders benadrukken de grote voordelen, vooral de effectiviteit en de gemakkelijke uitvoerbaarheid, evenals de geringe belasting voor de cliënten. Uit wetenschappelijk onderzoek blijkt dat EMDR even effectief kan zijn als bewezen werkzaam methoden, zoals cognitieve gedragstherapie.

De voorbije decennia heeft de opvatting postgevat dat de slachtoffers van massamoorden onze erkenning verdienen. Ze zijn niet meer weg te denken uit onze herdenkingscultuur. Dit dossier geeft een stand van zaken en werpt een blik op het ruime spectrum aan maatregelen die een blijvende erkenning moeten waarborgen. Er zijn de eenvoudige herdenkingsmomenten, maar ook en vooral de doelgerichte juridische acties binnen de strafrechtspraak op internationaal niveau, die de slachtoffers van gewelddaden voor het voetlicht brengen.

Numerous scholars attempted to investigate the phenomenon of transgenerational impact of war-related trauma on the offsprings,and came with both conflicting and matching evidence. First studies emerged around Holocaust transgenerational trauma, expanding to other war-related cases as twentieth century progressed.