With its open access character, the European Journal of Psychotraumatology aims to promote evidence-based treatments around the world, while at the same time welcoming new forms of treatment without losing its critical scientific eye. Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy (EMDR) is by now a well-established treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

European Journal of Psychotraumatology Editor-in-Chief Miranda Olff talks PTSD, her role as the newly-appointed president of the International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies and “her most compelling project to date.”
Just a few years ago, little, if anything, was known of trauma’s link to the incredibly complicated and subtle hormone oxytocin.

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A significant body of literature documents the neural mechanisms involved in the development and maintenance of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). However, there is very little empirical work considering the influence of culture on these underlying mechanisms.

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Research suggests that individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are more likely to develop medical conditions and other stress-related psychiatric disorders. Given these findings and others suggesting that PTSD victims may have altered neuroendocrine and immune systems, the hypothesis that Vietnam veterans with PTSD have abnormally high leukocyte and lymphocyte counts was tested.

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Gezondheid werd vanouds gedefinieerd als een toestand van volledig welzijn waarin ziekte afwezig is. Nu wordt gezondheid steeds meer gezien als het dynamisch vermogen van mensen om zich door moeilijkheden heen te slaan. Deze zienswijze legt sterk de nadruk op de individuele veerkracht. Hoe kunnen mensen met behulp van de experience sampling methode (ESM) zelf factoren in hun dagelijks leven in kaart brengen die hun veerkracht beïnvloeden?

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