Research published in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attack reported elevated rates of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the US population (4.3%-17.0%), attributable to indirect exposure through the media. We use data from a national survey conducted in 2004 to 2005 (National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions Wave 2) (n = 34,653). The list of traumatic events covered in the survey included indirect exposure to 9/11 through media coverage. Respondents who endorsed more than 1 traumatic event were asked to single out the worst event they had ever experienced.

Veteranen van Dutchbat 2 en 3, hebben als onderdeel van een terugreis naar de voormalige enclave Srebrenica deelgenomen aan Marsa Mira, een jaarlijks terugkerende vredesmars.

Rolf Kleber is hoogleraar psychotraumatologie aan de Universiteit Utrecht en hoofd onderzoek bij stichting Arq. In dit artikel gaat hij in op de vraag wat er in de afgelopen dertig jaar veranderd is in de visie op de gevolgen van trauma.

Terugkeer naar het slagveld waar men ooit gevochten heeft kan voor veteranen een therapeutische werking hebben.

Purpose - Acts of violent extremism have become more regular in the past decade. Little research has managed to analyse the interplay between the individuals who have carried out these acts and those who have experienced them. By bringing two such groups together in direct contact with each other, The Summit Against Violent Extremism (SAVE) offered a unique opportunity to explore the experiences of former violent extremists and victims of terrorist acts. This article aims to focus on this initiative.

A study of the origins and motivations behind terrorism. Roger Griffin explores the nature of fear in post-modern society, alongside the metapolitical universe of the terrorist. This work highlights the impulsive and passionate drivers of violence.

Armed conflict and related violence, including terrorism and one-sided violence, has profound effects on people's health and lives. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between deaths due to terrorism, civil war and one-sided violence from 1994-2000 and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) occurring in 2002 attributable to all causes and specific communicable and noncommunicable diseases.

How best to plan and provide psychosocial care following disasters remains keenly debated

The paper presents the results of a longitudinal study of two groups of participants of motor vehicle accidents (MVA). They were investigated twice: The first time after 1–6 months (N = 362) or 12–24 months (N = 337) after a MVA, and then 1 year after the initial assessment. We assumed that, among the environmental variables (severity of experienced trauma, trauma-related prolonged stressors, other traumatic event and social support), two temperamental traits, emotional reactivity and briskness, would be factors influencing the severity of posttraumatic stress disorder.

Talking to Terrorists is an account, spanning over a decade, of traveling through the West Bank and Gaza, into the prisons in Iraq, down the alleyways of the Casa Blanca slums, inside Chechnya, into the radicalized neighborhoods of Belgium, the UK, France and the Netherlands, sitting with the hostages of Beslan and Nord Ost, and talking to terrorists... In it's pages, Dr. Speckhard gives us an account of what puts vulnerable individuals on the terrorist trajectory and what might also take them back off it.