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The study examines an understudied population in epigenome-wide association studies.Burundian refugees’ war-trauma, PTSD, and DNA methylation were studied.Epigenome-wide DNA methylation was not significantly associated with war-trauma or PTSD in the conflict-affected sample.
Published in European journal of psychotraumatology
The mental health burden is high among victims attending Belgian Sexual Assault Care Centres.Half of the victims use the support of an in-house psychologist. Victims with a history of mental health problems, those accompanied by a support person during acute care, and those assaulted by an acquaintance in comparison to those assaulted by a stranger...
Published in European journal of psychotraumatology
In the recent article 'Post-traumatic stress disorder and depression following the 2018 Strasbourg Christmas Market terrorist attack: a comparison of exposed and non-exposed police personnel,' important insights are provided about the association between terrorism exposure and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). However, in our opinion, there ar...
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Dissociative symptoms have been linked to considerable healthcare costs.The persistence and consequences of dissociation in the community had not been previously reported.This study showed that dissociative symptoms persisted to a certain degree and predicted subsequent impairments after approximately 9 months.Dissociation should be given greater p...
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The Italian validation of the MIES adapted to the healthcare setting yielded a three-factor structure: (a) ‘perceived transgressions by self’; (b) ‘perceived transgressions by others’; (c) ‘perceived betrayals by others’.Findings suggest that the MIES may be useful in capturing unique experiences of moral injury amongst healthcare workers engaged i...
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Trauma-focused therapy for youngsters is often complicated, with a high percentage of dropouts.Elements of 3MDR such as walking, self-selected pictures, and personalized music are a good fit, contributing to enhanced engagement in and adherence to 3MDR therapy.3MDR has potential as a trauma treatment for adolescents with treatment-resistant PTSD.
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Self-esteem mediates the relationship between childhood trauma and CPTSD.Short-term self-esteem decrease may contribute to CPTSD symptoms.Self-esteem has greater effects on disordered self-organization than PTSD symptoms.
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The religious growth item in the PTGI and the PTGI-SF show serious psychometric validity issues in Spain. The PTGI Expanded version (PTGI-X) should be used instead of the PTGI in Spain. For the PTGI-SF, the religious item needs to be substituted.
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This project aimed to develop expert recommendations for the assessment and psychological treatment of PTSD and comorbid substance use disorder.Trauma-focused psychological intervention combined with treatment for SUD is the most effective treatment for PTSD symptoms and for alcohol use disorder treatment benefits appear to be strongest when combin...
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背景：道德伤害被定义为在与某人道德准则、价值观或期望发生冲突的事件后产生的强烈情绪和认知反应。在 COVID-19 疫情期间，潜在道德伤害事件 (PMIE) 暴露的增加使医护人员 (HCW) 面临道德伤害的风险。然而，人们对累积 PMIE 暴露的现身经历以及 NHS 工作人员如何应对这一点知之甚少。目的：我们试图通过定性探索应对 COVID-19 的临床一线 NHS 工作人员的现身经历和看法来弥补这一知识缺口。方法：我们从 NHS CHECK 研究队列中招募了 30 名临床一线 HCW 的多元样本，进行单时间点定性访谈。所有参与者都填写了六个月随访中9 条目道德伤害事件量表 (MIES) (Nash et al., 2013) 中的至少一条。访谈遵循半结构化指南，并使用反思性主题分析进行分析...
