Gevluchte ouders praten met hun kinderen liever niet over hun ervaringen en angsten. In Alphen helpen ouders elkaar, in therapie. Daar profiteren ook de kinderen weer van.

Kruipen over doden en recht voor je neus mensen neergeschoten zien worden. Volgens psychotherapeut Sjef Berendsen hebben de overlevenden van Parijs iets meegemaakt wat met geen enkele andere gebeurtenis te vergelijken is.
Met bijdrage van Sjef Berendsen.

Precies vijf jaar geleden stond Björn Ihler oog in oog met Anders Breivik, de massamoordenaar op het Noorse Utoya. 'Als je de draad weer kan oppakken, ben je een overlever.'

The diary of the young Jewish girl, who came of age hiding from the Nazis in Amsterdam, has long been the dominant narrative of the Netherlands’ experience during World War II. Hers is a story of inspiration and resistance that in many ways the Dutch have promoted and chosen to remember.

But the rest of the story of the Holocaust in the Netherlands has gone largely untold, and survivors and others fear that it is in danger of being forever forgotten.

Met een nieuwe, veelbelovende therapie komen militairen en politieagenten hun trauma onder ogen. Op een speciale loopband stappen ze het gevaar tegemoet. 'Wat zie je?' 'Een landmijn.' 'Wat voel je?' 'Paniek.' De foto komt van Google, maar hij kent hem. Ze hebben hem samen uitgezocht. Toch kan hij er niet naartoe lopen. Steeds als de loopband zijn gespierde lijf naar het beeld van de landmijn sleept weigeren zijn voeten even dienst. Elke keer breekt hij, maar loopt hij ondanks zijn emotie toch door.

Abstract

Abstract

PURPOSE:

Concerns have been raised about whether veterans of the Gulf War have a medical illness of uncertain etiology. We surveyed veterans to look for evidence of an illness that was unique to those deployed to the Persian Gulf and was not seen in comparable military controls.

SUBJECTS AND METHODS:

Abstract

CONTEXT:

The rising number of deaths among United Nations (UN) peacekeeping forces after the Cold War has made some troop-contributing countries hesitant to participate in peacekeeping operations. While the number and scale of missions have increased, no data have demonstrated a parallel increase in risks to peacekeepers.

OBJECTIVE:

To determine the association of characteristics of UN peacekeeping operations with risks and mortality rates among UN peacekeeping forces in both the Cold War and post-Cold War periods.

Abstract

OBJECTIVE:

This paper will describe the impact on the human lung of haze from forest fires in Indonesia based on data collected from different provinces.

METHODOLOGY:

Data were collected from personal reports from pulmonologists working in the area as well as from province/district health offices and hospitals.

RESULTS:

These data show that there was a significant impact of haze to the human lung. There was a significant increase in respiratory conditions, lung function complaints and other related impacts.

CONCLUSION:

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OBJECTIVE:

To study the relationship of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to severity of the disaster experience.

METHOD:

A sample of 1785 adult participants of an epidemiological study initiated in the immediate aftermath of the 1988 earthquake in Armenia were interviewed about 2 years following the disaster based on the NIMH DIS-Disaster Supplement. All 154 cases of pure PTSD were compared with 583 controls without symptoms satisfying psychiatric diagnoses of interest.

RESULTS: