Een bijsluiter bij angst, waan en woede in het Westen

'Psychiatersbijbel' DSM is in het Westen opgesteld. Prima, vindt Aram Hasan. Maar hij vindt ook dat het handboek moet worden uitgebreid met een bijsluiter, een bijlage waarin komt te staan hoe om te gaan met getraumatiseerde vluchtelingen. .

Lone-Actor Terrorism: Analysis Paper.

Lone -actor terrorists are perceived as presenting acute challenges for lawenforcement practitioners in detection and disruption. By definition, they act without direct command and control from a wider network, and it is assumed that without such communications they may evade the ‘tripwires’ that would usually bring them to the attention of the authorities. The Countering Lone-Actor Terrorism (CLAT) project aims to investigate this assumption.

The Children of Islamic State

Quilliam’s latest report “Children of the Islamic State” is the result of a six-month study that argues the education of children is a central component of the extremist movement’s strategy as it seeks to create a new generation of fighters.

Medical Approach to the Management of Traumatized Refugees

Refugees are a highly traumatized and culturally diverse group of patients who present many clinical challenges. Refugees have a high prevalence of traumas from torture, ethnic cleansing, and the effects of long civil wars. The most common diagnoses associated with the effects of such traumas are posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or PTSD with comorbid depression; however, psychosis and neurocognitive disorders are also common.

The shared experience of catastrophe: an expanded classification of the disaster community.

Abstract

Based on observational and interview data following a major air crash, a classification of individuals affected by catastrophe is proposed in which degree of involvement is used to characterize the dynamic nature of the disaster community. The model encompasses individual and group activities, roles and relationships, and the shared meaning of the traumatic event. Implications for the identification of neglected participants and for preventive community intervention are offered.

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