This study identifies two main narratives and subject positions adopted by refugee participants from the former Yugoslavia: 'the past is past' and 'the past is our strength.' It analyses the complexity implicit in these two narratives about the past. Although these narratives at first appear contradictory, the participants' stories illustrate the ways in which they co-operate for the development of mental health in refugees. The ongoing dialogue between the two narratives allows for the participants' endorsement of subject positions that refer to both individual and collective identities.

This handbook adresses the current landscape of research and clinical knowledge surrounding traumatic stress disorders. It is divided into six sections, together summarizing the current state of knowledge about 1) classification and phenomenology, 2) epidemiology and special populations, 3) contrubutions from theory, 4) assessment, 5) prevention and early intervention efforts, and 6) treatment of individuals with posttrauma mental health symptoms.

AbstractThe Oxford Handbook of Clinical Psychology synthesizes writing on clinical psychology since the late 1960s in one volume. Comprising articles from the foremost scholars in clinical psychology, the book provides even and authoritative coverage of the research, practice, and policy factors that combine to form today's clinical psychology landscape.

AbstractBackgroundAn important biological factor suggested in the pathophysiology of (recurrent) Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) concerns a polymorphism in a gene encoding for the MTHFR-enzyme of the one-carbon (1-C)-metabolism.

In Europe and North America, networks tracing their origins back to the Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamist movements have rapidly evolved into multifunctional and richly funded organizations competing to become the major representatives of Western Muslim communities and government interlocutors. Conducting in-depth interviews on four continents and sourcing documents in ten languages, Vidino shares the history, methods, attitudes, and goals of the Western Brothers, as well as their phenomenal growth.

Methodological concerns are explored and questions raised about the validity of conclusions reached in a recent article by Renner, B+ñnninger-Huber and Peltzer (2011). These authors reported treatment outcomes of Chechen asylum seekers and refugees with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), anxiety and depression following treatment with Group Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), a Culture- Sensitive and Resource Oriented Peer Group (CROP), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), and a wait-list condition.

The result of over twenty years of meticulous research, this two volume work casts new light on the nightime battles in the west. It has previously been assumed that no detailed history of the night battles could ever be compiled because so much information had been lost at the end of the war. However, by analysing and cross referencing hundreds of sources, mostly unpublished, and some from private collections never seen by researchers before, Dr Boiten has for the first time been able to clearly analyse each night’s operations from both sides.

Introduction:Previous literature has shown that multifaceted, interactive interventions may be the most effective way to train health and social care professionals. A Train-the-Trainer (TTT) model could incorporate all these components. We conducted a systematic review to determine the overall effectiveness and optimal delivery of TTT programs.Methods:We searched 15 databases. Reference lists and online resources were also screened. Studies with an objective follow-up measure collected over 1 week after the intervention were included.

The present study describes the development of the Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention Adherence and Competence Scale (MBRP-AC), a measure of treatment integrity for mindfulness-based relapse prevention (MBRP). MBRP is a newly developed treatment integrating core aspects of relapse prevention with mindfulness practices.

Many scholars have advocated that the time has come to provide empirical evidence of the mechanisms that associate community social capital with individual disaster mental health. For this purpose we conducted a study (n = 232) one year after a flood (2008) in Morpeth, a rural town in northern England. We selected posttraumatic stress as an indicator of disaster mental health. Our multilevel model shows that high community social capital is indirectly salutary for individual posttraumatic stress.