I wish to introduce the topic of racial consciousness with some words about a Dutch author born in the former colony of the Dutch East Indies: Hella S. Haasse. When she passed away in September 2011 at the age of 93, all obituaries affirmed she wasone of the most-respected and admired modern novelists, whose vivid and lively evocations of life in the former colony of the Dutch East Indies have...

Het Handboek voor de classificatie van psychische stoornissen (DSM-5®) bevat de actuele classificatie van psychische stoornissen. Het biedt een systematische onderverdeling, van de meest voorkomende tot de zeldzaamste stoornissen, met alle bijbehorende criteria. De DSM-5 is de opvolger van de DSM-IV(-TR).

Children born of wartime rape are particularly vulnerable and their case is complex as their needs intertwine with the needs of their mothers or their cultural community. To analyse the status of children born of rape and identify both risk factors and key issues, a systematic search among medical and psychological research articles was performed. In addition, historical, sociological and human...

Abstract: Studies on group treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in asylum seekers and refugees are scarce. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of three different trauma-focused day-treatment group programs for treatment of PTSD in male asylum seekers and refugees. Three treatment groups (n = 56) and a waitlisted control group (n = 16) of help-seeking Iranian and...

Problematische Kindheitserfahrungen wie die Auflösung der Familie, elterliche Substanzabhängigkeit oder häusliche Gewalt werden seit langem als wichtige Faktoren späterer Verhaltensprobleme diskutierte. Die internationale Self-report-Studie bietet vermutlich erstmals die Möglichkeit, die Einflüsse solcher Erfahrungen auf gewalttätiges Verhalten im Jugendalter länderübergreifend-vergleichend zu...

GeroPsych – The Journal of Gerontopsychology and Geriatric Psychiatry is an international and interdisciplinary journal that is devoted to publishing new and recent research in the fields of geriatric psychiatry, geriatrics, and gerontopsychology.