Fragestellung: Alpträume können bei Kindern, wie auch bei Erwachsenen, als Symptom für eine Traumatisierung gelten. Daher ist zu vermuten, dass bei traumatisierten Kindern und Jugendlichen die Alptraumbelastung höher ist als bei nicht traumatisierten ...
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder After Traffic Accidents - Acute Symptomatology, Estimation of Loss, Variables Concerning Recovery and Sex as PredictorsAbstract: This paper investigates the incidence rate of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) three to ...
Examination of quality criteria of the Freiburger Screening Fragebogen to identify patients at risk for the development of a post-traumatic stress disorder in the group of severely injured accident patientsAbstract. Examination of the psychometric ...
Trauma Treatment for Children and AdolescentsAbstract. In the past 30 years, significant advances were made in the research of trauma outcomes and treatment in childhood and adolescence. This article introduces ...
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in preschool children – Review on diagnostics, prevalence and health-care service delivery in GermanyAbstract. Preschool-aged children between the ages of three and six have a ...
Interventions for preschool children with traumatic exposure: A systematical literature reviewAbstract. Traumatic exposure can lead to symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder or further psychosocial consequences ...
Low-threshold trauma-focused group intervention for traumatised adolescents with a migration background: The influence of non-suicidal self-injurious behaviour and suicidalityAbstract. In order to meet the high ...
Abstract. This study had three goals: (1) to address daily links between subjective age and the three psychological distress facets (depression/anxiety/somatization); (2) to examine whether such links would be stronger under higher posttraumatic stress ...
Abstract. Studies in patient or community samples suggest that many older adults who experience clinically significant psychopathology do not fit easily into our existing disorder classification systems. This affects older people with traumatic ...
Modification of the IES-R for assessment of posttraumatic stress after traumatization through the diagnosis of cancerAbstract. According to DSM-IV, life-threatening diseases like cancer can trigger a posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Usual diagnostic ...
Posttraumatic stress disorder in children and adolescentsAbstract.Background: Compared to research on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in adults, so far there have only been a small number of studies on the epidemiology and treatment of the disorder ...
Symptoms in refugees who survived torture or war, with and without psychotherapyAbstract. Most patients of the Berlin Center for the Treatment of Torture Victims are refugees. Objective: We compared patients who received psychotherapy and medical reports ...
Trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (Tf-CBT) for children and adolescents after abuse and maltreatment: Results of a pilot studyPosttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a common consequence of abuse and maltreatment during childhood and ...
Breaking the Cycle of Violence: How to Help Aggressive Adolescents Who Experienced Violence and AbuseAbstract. Aggressive and antisocial behavior in adolescents who experienced violence and abuse can develop in isolation from or comorbid to posttraumatic ...
The Clinical–Psychological Diagnostic Process in an Outpatient Health-Care Center for Refugee Children and Adolescents: First Results of Mental Health Problems, Traumatic Events, and Treatment GoalsAbstract. In the past years, ...
International and German Guidelines for the Treatment of PTSD in Children and AdolescentsAbstract. More than half of all children and adolescents experience a potentially traumatizing event before their 18th birthday. If they ...
Posttraumatic Cognitions as a Mediator Between Traumatic Experiences and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms in Children and AdolescentsAbstract.Theoretical background: Dysfunctional posttraumatic cognitions refer to negative appraisals of traumatic events and ...
The Perceived Competence of Psychotherapists in Dealing with Children and Adolescents with Experiences of Violence and Related Mental DisordersAbstract.Theoretical background: The mental healthcare of children and adolescents with mental disorders ...
Zusammenfassung. Es werden die Zusammenhänge zwischen Posttraumatischen Belastungsstörungen, Copingstrategien sowie intrusiven Erinnerungen bei Kriminalbeamten nach dem Gletscherbahnunglück von Kaprun, Österreich (2000) untersucht. In einer prospektiven ...
Prevalence of traumatic stress and mental health problems in children of asylum-seekers in GermanyAbstract.Background: Studies in post-conflict regions have repeatedly demonstrated that displaced children are at high risk for mental disorders. In ...
Validation of a German Translation of the Centrality of Event Scale (CES-G)Abstract.Background: A growing body of research points to the importance of the perceived centrality of a traumatic event in one′s life story for understanding ...
Trauma Therapy. Care Situation, Barriers, and Facilitating Factors of Trauma-Specific Treatment UtilizationAbstract:Background: Many traumatized patients do not receive specific psychotherapy. Objective: We aimed to investigate the ...
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Resulting From a Suicide Attempt. A Pilot StudyAbstract:Background: First studies suggest that self-performed suicide attempts may cause PTSD symptomatology with surprising frequency. However, the reported ...
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is characterized by vivid intrusive memories of the trauma. Among these, visual sensations of the trauma are most commonly reported. However, intrusions may involve other senses as well (e.g., acoustic, olfactory, or ...
People suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) often have reduced episodic memory performance as well as intrusions and flashbacks of traumatic events. Hippocampal and prefrontal dysfunctions are assumed to be responsible. Using a modified ...
Conditioning studies in Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) revealed intact acquisition and within-session extinction for patients with low acute dissociation and impaired acquisition for patients with high acute dissociation. In Posttraumatic Stress ...
We postulate that the cascade “Freeze-Flight-Fight-Fright-Flag-Faint” is a coherent sequence of six fear responses that escalate as a function of defense possibilities and proximity to danger during life-threat. The actual sequence of trauma-related ...
Despite its hypothesized role in the etiology of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), little research has investigated neural correlates of episodic memory impairment in trauma survivors. This pilot study utilized a correlational design to investigate ...
Abstract.Background: Family members grieving the traumatic death of a loved one, as in cases of homicide, suicide, and fatal accidents, are at risk for a number of trauma and bereavement-related mental health ...
Abstract.Background: Suicide is a leading cause of death among US veterans. Associations between depression, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and suicidal behaviors have been found in this population, yet ...
Abstract. Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and chronic musculoskeletal pain (CMP) are highly prevalent (Breslau, 2002) and comorbid disorders (Otis, Keane, & Kerns, 2003). The shared vulnerability model explains this overlap in part through a common ...
Abstract. Event centrality is defined as the extent to which the memory of a traumatic event forms a reference point for personal identity and the attribution of meaning to other experiences in a person’s life. The current study ...
Abstract: Event centrality is defined as the extent to which a memory of a traumatic event forms a reference point for people’s identity and attribution of meaning to other experiences in their life. Event centrality is typically measured ...
The objective of our study was to systematically review research evidence for relationships between self-efficacy beliefs and psychological as well as somatic outcomes of collective traumatic events. Twenty-seven studies enrolling adult and adolescent ...
In response to increasing concern about the effects of crises, disaster, trauma and, more recently, terrorism, EFPA established first a working party and then a Standing Committee to advise on the part psychology can play in preparing for emergencies and ...
Exposure to political violence can lead to various political and psychological outcomes. Using the protracted Israeli-Palestinian conflict as a natural laboratory, we explore the way in which exposure to conflict violence leads to changes in citizens’ ...
Abstract. Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is characterized by intrusive re-experiencing of emotional memories of a traumatic event. Such memories are formed after exposure to trauma in the context of a cascading stress response ...
Abstract. Exposure to traumatic events and the associated risk of developing Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms is a significant and overlooked concern in the college population. It is important for current research to identify ...
Abstract. Intolerance of uncertainty is a far-reaching – yet not widely examined – construct with clinical and nonclinical associations. The current study implemented a brief reflection on uncertainty hypothesized to increase ...
Twenty-one potentially traumatizing and distressing events, and the impact of these events were described in a representative sample of 183 9th grade Lithuanian adolescents (M = 15.1 years). The participants had been directly exposed to a mean of 1.9 ...
Abstract. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) database was searched to identify fatal accidents in aviation related to trauma and stressor-related disorders in the United States and the medical requirements of aviation ...
A comprehensive group intervention with 124 children who experienced disaster-related trauma during a massive flood in Santa Fe, Argentina, in 2003 is illustrated, utilizing a one-session group eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) ...
Community violence has reached concerning proportions in El Salvador, possibly affecting all sectors of society. To date, little attention has focused on the effects of violence exposure on educators in Central ...
Thousands of orphaned survivors of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide against the Tutsi were not only exposed to extraordinarily severe forms of violence, but many of these children took on the responsibility of caring and ...
In the aftermath of the war in northern Uganda, former soldiers from the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) face many challenges reintegrating into their communities. Former LRA soldiers often return home with ...