I hear you, you hear me. Sociotherapy in Rwanda

Ten significant change stories gathered from after care participants by sociotherapists of the Anglican Church of Rwanda and Faith Victory Association Nyamata.

Hydrothermal synthesis and characterization of 3R polytypes of Mg-Al layered double hydroxides

Layered Double Hydroxides (LDH) is a unique group of clays that have an anionic exchange capability. This research explored the hydrothermal method as an alternative method to synthesize Mg-Al LDH. It is a simple and more environmentally friendly compared to the conventional method of co-precipitation. Furthermore, depending on the synthesis condition, two different polytypes, namely 3R1 and 3R2...

How prevalent is resilience following sexual assault?: comment on steenkamp et Al. (2012)

Steenkamp, Dickstein, Salters-Pedneault, Hofmann, and Litz (2012) analyzed latent trajectories of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms on data obtained in the early months following a single-incident sexual assault. In contrast to previous studies of potentially traumatic events, they did not observe a trajectory of minimal symptoms or resilience, which they argued occurred because...

Heterogeneous Patterns of Stress over the Four Years of College: Associations with Anxious Attachment and Ego-Resiliency

OBJECTIVES: A growing body of literature suggests that college students display alarming rates of psychological distress. However, studies of responses to significant life stressors in other contexts have found that people respond in heterogeneous ways and that attachment style and ego-resiliency mitigate the effects of stressors on mental health. METHOD: Individual differences in distress among...

Heterogeneity of defensive responses after exposure to trauma: blunted autonomic reactivity in response to startling sounds

Research on threat responses, particularly among trauma-exposed individuals, has traditionally focused on increased autonomic arousal and reactivity. However, clinical features associated with trauma exposure, such as dissociation (e.g., shutting down or 'spacing out') manifest as the opposite pattern: non-reactivity and blunted arousal. These clinical features suggest that the possibility of...

Het tijdscriterium, acuut, chronisch, verlaat?

achtergrond Tijdscriteria voor de diagnose ptss (acute, chronische en verlate ptss) en de diagnose acute stressstoornis (ass) staan met de komst van de dsm-v ter discussie. Daarbij staat de klinische relevantie van deze concepten centraal. doel Een overzicht te geven van de klinische relevantie van de acute stressstoornis en van het onderscheid tussen acute, chronische en verlate ptss. methoden...

Het gedenkteken, de plek en de herinnering : de monumentalisering van de Duitse kampen in Nederland

Roel Hijink onderzocht op welke wijze de publieke herinnering aan de Duitse concentratiekampen in Nederland op hun historische locatie vorm heeft gekregen. Hij bekeek welke vormen de herinnering in de diverse periodes heeft aangenomen en wat men hiermee wilde uitdrukken en herdenken. Hijink toont aan dat de tekens van de herinnering zijn gevormd door een variatie van nationale mythes, heersende...

Het culturele interview en de toepassing daarvan bij kinderen en jeugdigen

De Cultural Formulation of Diagnosis (CFD) is een instrument om bij individuele patiënten in de geestelijke gezondheidszorg (GGZ), maar ook daarbuiten, inzicht te krijgen in de culturele en contextuele aspecten die bij de diagnostiek en indicatiestelling voor behandeling een rol spelen (Lewis-Fernandez, 1996). Het instrument, in het Nederlands vaak afgekort tot Culturele Formulering, is...

Healthcare utilisation of those affected by the shooting incident in Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands, health of affected and non-affected neighbouring residents 1 year afterwards

To examine the effects of the mass shooting in the city of Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands, on 9 April 2011 on the health and healthcare utilisation of those affected, compared with a reference group of neighbouring residents

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