dos Santos Oliveira, Nayara Cristina Katrinli, Seyma de Assis, Simone Gonçalves Smith, Alicia K. Serpeloni, Fernanda
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European Journal of Psychotraumatology
Background: Cumulative exposure to violence can change the regulation of epigenetic and physiological markers. Although violence has been associated with accelerated cellular aging, little is known about associations with cardiac autonomic activity. Objective: The current study aimed to investigate the relationship of exposure to community and dome...
Bruin, J. van Rood, Y. R. Peeters, K.C.M.J. de Roos, C. Tanious, R. Portielje, J.E.A. Gelderblom, H. Hinnen, S.C.H.
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European Journal of Psychotraumatology
Patients who experience high fear of cancer recurrence (FCR) often have intrusive memories and images about (future) cancer-related events. Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy can focus on these intrusions. EMDR therapy is found to be a promising therapy for patients experiencing high FCR.
Wang, ZhiFeng Jiang, Bing Wang, Xingtong Li, Zhixiang Wang, Dongxu Xue, HaiHong Wang, Dongmei
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European Journal of Psychotraumatology
Physical activity can be used as one of the important measures to improve mental health of those experiencing traumatic events. Regular physical activity can reduce the impact of traumatic events on mental health, both before and after the events.
Schmidt, Telja Lucia Catani, Claudia Dumke, Lars Groß, Melissa Neldner, Sina Scharpf, Florian Weitkämper, Angelina Wilker, Sarah Wittmann, Jasmin Stammnitz, Anke
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European Journal of Psychotraumatology
A systematic complementary screening procedure during the initial immigration phase was found to be useful for the identification of refugees in need of mental health care. The procedure could be implemented both safely and efficiently in conjunction with the initial medical check-up for recently arrived refugees. Responding to the needs of the ref...
Zhou, Adrian McDaniel, Mitchell Hong, Xie Mattin, Michael Wang, Xin Shih, Chia-Hao
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European Journal of Psychotraumatology
Early post-trauma sleep disturbance and emotion dysregulation associated with subsequent posttraumatic stress symptoms. Emotion dysregulation mediates associations between acute sleep disturbance and later posttraumatic stress symptoms. Limited access to effective regulatory strategies was the single, significant contributor to this mediation link....
Schenker, Maya T. Theoswin, Pricilia M. Qian, Hang Jordan, Amy S. Nicholas, Christian L. Felmingham, Kim L.
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Elevated day-time PTSD symptom severity (PTSS) and more frequent intrusive memories were generally associated with subjectively reported disruptions in sleep and vice versa, but not with objective measures of sleep. While longer subjective sleep duration predicted reductions in PTSS and shorter sleep onset latency predicted reduced numbers of intru...
Ter Heide, F Jackie June Olff, Miranda
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Moral injury is increasingly studied outside military populations, such as in healthcare workers and refugees.Among the most impactful potentially morally injurious experiences (PMIEs) are those involving children, but betrayal trauma may be the most prevalent type of PMIE.There is a need for tailored, evidence-based interventions to alleviate mora...
Van Dijk, I Boelen, P A de Keijser, J Lenferink, L I M
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Children with symptoms of Prolonged Grief Disorder (PGD) experience a debilitating longing for and/or preoccupation with a deceased loved one.Assessment of PGD in youth is hindered by the lack of an instrument.With the involvement of grief experts and bereaved youth, the current study developed an instrument that can be used in bereaved children an...
Kehyayan, Aram Wright, Pia Marks, Jessica Matura, Jan-Martin Axmacher, Nikolai Herpertz, Stephan Kessler, Henrik
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European Journal of Psychotraumatology
Main research question: What factors predict the development of posttraumatic symptoms after exposure to a traumatic event? The candidate investigated here is the Behavioral Inhibition System (BIS), a neural system controlling motivation and behavior. Our study provides evidence that the BIS is a potential risk factor, prediciting the development o...
Busser, Paul Guérin, Violaine Coutance, Véronique Blouet, Camille Bui, Eric
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