Traumatized parents and their relationship with their children in a historical and cultural perspective Whether or not children can be affected by the traumatization of their parents has been the topic of a longstanding discussion. Clinical reports emphasized the severity of parental emotional problems and subsequent transmission of such problems across generations, but most systematic and controlled studies have not found any extreme psychopathology. However, research could have been biased as it reported on grown-up children of parents with traumatic experiences.

Als student vluchtte Aram Hasan (40) uit zijn geboorteland Syrië. In de Oekraïne werd hij opgeleid tot arts en in Nederland specialiseerde hij zich in de psychiatrie. Nu werkt hij als trauma-expert bij stichting Centrum'45 in Oegstgeest. Via zijn stichting Psychiaters zonder Grenzen biedt hij hulp aan getraumatiseerde mensen in Irak en Syrië.

BackgroundBeing an immigrant in a high-income country is a risk factor for severe mental ill health. Studies on mental ill health among immigrants have found significant differences in mental health outcome between immigrants from high income countries and low-income countries. Being an asylum seeker or a refugee is also associated with mental ill health.

Objective: To examine potential differential responses in men and women to cognitive behavior therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Method: Fifty-two men and 56 women diagnosed with PTSD participated in randomized controlled trials of cognitive behavior therapy for PTSD. Participants were randomly allocated to either (a) exposure-only therapy (Ex) or (b) exposure-based treatment combined with cognitive restructuring (ExCR). Results: There were no significant differences between men and women in treatment response immediately after treatment in either Ex or ExCR.

De bemanning van Nederlands hospitaalschip wordt na de slag in de Javazee geïnterneerd door de Japanners en komt in Japan terecht, waar ze getuigen zijn van de atoomaanval op Hiroshima.

Anxiety and fear are evolutionary beneficial emotions that help an organism to avoid danger and threat, but anxiety becomes pathological when it significantly impairs daily functioning. Anxiety disorders are among the most prevalent psychiatric disorders, and both etiology (fear learning) and involved neural circuitry are relatively well understood. In this chapter, we discuss the potential of functional MRI in understanding and detecting pathological anxiety, with a specific focus on the role of fear conditioning and extinction as a prevailing experimental and etiological model.

AIM: To highlight the harmfulness and pervasive of early and repeated exposure to family violence from the theoretical perspective of complex trauma as a developmental disorder. METHOD: A study carried out on a sample of 22 adolescents between the ages of 15 and 18, who have been entrusted to Il Faro Bologna, a Specialist Centre for child abuse and neglect. Specific areas of psychological functioning were examined. According to the NCTSN these areas are considered vulnerable to violence in primary relationships and crucial for future mental health.

This title provides guidelines for systems-based practice for a broad spectrum of civilian mental health practitioners who provide professional services to military personnel, their spouses, and their family members. The editors provide a nuts and bolts approach to military families utilizing a systems-based practice that is effective with families in the military, regardless of branch of service or the practitioner's therapeutic preference.

Beschouwing van de mogelijkheden van een sociaal-psychiatrische werkwijze bij mensen met ernstige persoonlijkheidsstoornissen: FACT (Functie Assertive Community Treatment) in combinatie met Mentalization Based Treatment (MBT). FACT blijkt goed te werken bij patiënten met ernstige persoonlijkheidsstoornissen, en een aanzienlijk deel van de patiënten blijkt onder deze omstandigheden in staat tot een psychotherapeutische behandeling en verandering (MBT).

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is an integrative psychotherapeutic approach that emphasizes the role of the brain's information processing system in ameliorating the somatic and psychological consequences of distressing events. Current emotional problems not caused by organic deficit or physical insults are conceptualized as the result of inappropriately processed memories of disturbing or traumatic experiences.