This article presents our experiences in the field of forensic post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Objective. The study examined parameters of 30 patients with PTSD who were the subject of forensic expertise (PTSDF) and in 30 patients with PTSD who were not (PTSDN). Methods. Clinical research and the battery of tests (Impact of Event Scale - IES, Mississippi Scale, and list of symptoms of PCL-...

Het bestuur van de Veiligheidsregio Amsterdam-Amstelland (VRAA) gaf eind 2008 de opdracht aan de Brandweer Amsterdam-Amstelland (BAA) om een visie en een actieplan te ontwikkelen. Met als doel de benutting en versterking van (zelf)redzaamheid. Dit rapport is de afsluiting van het proefproject Benutting en versterking van (zelf)redzaamheid en dient tevens om de resultaten te delen met andere...

The process that resulted in the diagnostic criteria for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th ed., DSM-5, American Psychiatric Association, 2013) was empirically based and rigorous. There was a high threshold for any changes in any DSM-IV diagnostic criterion. The process is described in this article. The rationale is presented...

The critical nursing shortage is particularly apparent in specialty areas such as intensive care units (ICUs). Some nurses develop resilient coping strategies and adapt to stressful work experiences, mitigating the development of common maladaptive psychological symptoms

ABSTRACT The toll of multiple and prolonged deployments on families has become clearer in recent years as military families have seen an increase in childhood anxiety, parental psychological distress, and marital discord. Families overcoming under stress (FOCUS), a family-centered evidence-informed resiliency training program developed at University of California, Los Angeles and Harvard Medical...

Vorgestellt wird ein Schlüsselsetting einer gestalttherapeutischen Handlungsinszenierung bei einer Seniorenpatientin mit starkem Ekelerleben. Die komplextraumatisierte Patientin hat dabei zunächst erziehungsbedingt große Mühe, die psychosomatische Selbsthypothese anzunehmen. In der Interaktionsarbeit mit beseelbaren Therapieobjekten kann sie dann jedoch sehr schnell und beeindruckend...

This study examines pretraining attitudes toward prolonged exposure (PE) therapy in a sample of 1,275 mental health clinicians enrolled in a national PE training program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Attitudes assessed via survey included values placed on outcomes targeted by PE, outcome expectancies (positive expectancies for patient improvement and negative expectancies...

Recent evidence suggests that the inability to respond in a context appropriate manner earlier in bereavement is predictive of a protracted grief course with poorer adjustment following the loss (Coifman & Bonanno, 2010). However, little is known about the emotional behavior of adults later in bereavement and whether emotional responding becomes dsyregulated across other channels. An...

Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences (EBS) publishes manuscripts that advance the study of human behavior from an evolutionary perspective, with an emphasis on work that integrates evolutionary theory with other approaches and perspectives from across the behavioral sciences, including the range of subdisciplines within psychology as well as the social sciences (e.g., sociology, political science,...