Dagboeken die gevangenen bijhielden in concentratiekampen of de herinneringen die ze nadien op papier stelden, zijn meer dan louter een historische bron die inzicht geeft in wat zich in deze kampen heeft afgespeeld. Ze bieden ook aanknopingspunten om met jongeren te praten over actuele identiteitsvragen. In dit artikel doet Sanne Bolt verslag van dit inzicht na lezing van Bettina Siertsema's proefschrift over egodocumenten van concentratiekampgevangenen.

BackgroundCompulsivity is the repetitive, irresistible urge to perform a behavior, the experience of loss of voluntary control over this intense urge and the tendency to perform repetitive acts in a habitual or stereotyped manner. Compulsivity is part of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), but may occasionally occur as stand-alone symptom following brain damage induced by cardiac arrest. In this case report, we describe a patient who developed compulsivity following cardiac arrest. We review diagnostic options, underlying mechanisms and possible treatments.

There is growing evidence that deficits in emotion regulation may be at the heart of maladaptive reactions after bereavement. Expressive flexibility, or the ability to flexibly enhance or suppress emotional expression, appears to be especially important for adjustment in the aftermath of highly aversive events (Bonanno, Papa, Lalande, Westphal, & Coifman, 2004). In this study, we compared expressive flexibility in a sample of bereaved adults who lost their spouse 1.5-3 years earlier and a comparable sample of married adults.

Steeds weer blijkt het voor ggz-professionals lastig om evidence-based behandelingen modelgetrouw uit te voeren. Dit geldt zeker bij meer complexe interventies voor patiënten met meervoudige problematiek, vooral wanneer deze worden uitgevoerd onder 'gewone', niet-academische, omstandigheden. Dit artikel beschrijft ervaringen met supervisie bij de implementatie van Interpersoonlijke Sociaal Psychiatrische Begeleiding (ISPB), een begeleidingsmethode voor patiënten met langdurige niet-psychotische problematiek in sociaal-psychiatrische settings.

Children exposed to repeated interpersonal trauma often develop symptoms that exceed those documented in criteria for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and are better described with the emerging concept of developmental trauma disorder (DTD). This study examines complex trauma symptoms in a sample of 330 former Ugandan child soldiers (age 11-17 years, 49% female). Prevalence rates were 33.0% for PTSD, 36.4% for depression, and 78.2% for DTD.

Recently, a new diagnostic construct, developmental trauma disorder (DTD), was proposed to describe the effects of chronic exposure to violence in combination with disruptions in caregiving systems. This study uses archival data to field test the consensus proposed diagnostic criteria for DTD in a sample of urban children (N-á= 214). Children with complex trauma histories as defined in the proposed DTD Criterion A were much more likely to meet the proposed DTD symptom criteria than children who did not meet the exposure criterion.

Dit boek richt zich op de behandeling van ernstig getraumatiseerde mensen, zoals oorlogsgetroffenen, vluchtelingen en asielzoekers, veteranen, mensen met ernstige beroepsgerelateerde traumatisering (zoals brandweerpersoneel, politiepersoneel, treinpersoneel) en personen met problematiek ten gevolge van vroegkinderlijke traumatisering. Voor het eerst wordt de toepassing van concrete behandelmethoden voor complex trauma beschreven. De auteurs passen daarbij CGT-methodieken toe. Het driefasenmodel (stabilisatie, verwerking, integratie) dient als aanknopingspunt.

Disorders of Extreme Stress Not Otherwise Specified (DESNOS), also known as Complex posttraumatic stress disorder, was assessed in a sample (N = 472) of adult psychiatric patients with confirmed diagnoses of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), Somatoform Disorders (SoD), comorbid BPD + SoD, or Affective or Anxiety Disorders (Psychiatric Controls, PC).

This paper proposes a reconceptualization of serious mental illness (SMI) utilizing the concept of Complex-Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD). While the effects of trauma in men have recently received increased attention, the impact of chronic exposure to interpersonal trauma during childhood remains under assessed and under recognized. This holds true particularly for men diagnosed with SMI.

It is consistently recognized that children and adolescents who have repeatedly experienced or witnessed violence are at significant risk for a multitude of lasting difficulties across many domains of functioning. Adolescents in residential settings often have extensive trauma histories and experience profound behavioral, emotional, and interpersonal difficulties. Unfortunately, there are few structured trauma-informed treatments that have been implemented in residential settings, and even fewer that have been evaluated.