... of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, dissociative experiences, adult attachment insecurity, and mentalizing. Results: Structural equation modelling results revealed that attachment insecurity together with lower mentalizing mediated the link between childhood trauma and PTSD symptoms, and lower...

...Isabella Schneider; Katja Bertsch; Natalie A. Izurieta Hidalgo; Laura E. Müller; Nadine Defiebre; Sabine C. Herpertz Introduction: Facial expressions and vocal intonation are key signals in the communication of emotions. Individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are known to show...

...Sadie E. Larsen; Howard Berenbaum Objective: A recent meta-analysis found that DSM-III- and DSM-IV-defined traumas were associated with only slightly higher posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms than nontraumatic stressors. The current study is the first to examine whether DSM-5-defined...

... factors mediate the relationship between primary and secondary traumatization. Methods: Participating interpreters ( n = 64) were assessed for past exposure to potentially traumatic events as well as symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), secondary traumatization, depressive symptoms, anxiety...

.... Front Behav Neurosci 2011;5:12. 20. Pitman RK: Will reconsolidation blockade offer a novel treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder? Front Behav Neurosci 2011;5:11. 21. Hartley CA, Phelps EA: Changing fear: the neurocircuitry of emotion regulation. Neuropsychopharmacology 2010;35:136-146...

...: The cognitive-affective and behavioral components of the body image of 84 female participants with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after childhood sexual abuse (31 with a co-occurring eating disorder) and 53 healthy participants were assessed via the Dresden Body Image Inventory (Dresdner...

...Carlos I. Pérez Benítez; Caron Zlotnick; Robert I. Stout; Fengjuan Lou; Ingrid Dyck; Risa Weisberg; Martin Keller Little is known about the clinical course of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and the clinical predictors of its recovery in primary care patients. We examined 5 years of follow-up...

.... Posttraumatic stress disorder Holocaust posttraumatic syndrome Persecution-induced reduction in earning capacity Primary and subsequent damage Persecution-induced mental complaints The complexity of long-term sequelae experienced by Holocaust victims has been described in numerous articles worldwide...

...Bernd Kraemer; Lutz Wittmann; Josef Jenewein; Thomas Maier; Ulrich Schnyder Background: The stressor criterion (criterion A) in the DSM-IV diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is frequently questioned. To explore the clinical and diagnostic usefulness of criterion A, we examined its...

...Aziz Yaşan; Aslan Güzel; Yusuf Tamam; Mustafa Ozkan Background: Since traffic accidents are more common in developing countries than in developed countries, we aimed to investigate the association of several factors with the development and persistence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after...

... results indicate that symptoms of hyperarousal may be more closely linked to acute exposure to a natural disaster such as a tsunami than other symptoms of psychological distress. 5 02 2008 23 07 2008 11 3 2009 Natural disasters Psychological stress Posttraumatic stress disorder...

.... Freyberger Background: Previous studies suggested an association between exposure to trauma or stressful life events and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). This study investigates the hypothesis that traumatic events and posttraumatic stress disorders (PTSD) precede the onset of OCD. Sampling and Methods...

.... Adjustment disorders Posttraumatic stress disorder Stress response syndrome Original Paper Psychopathology 2007;40:135 146 DOI: 10.1159/000099290 Received: May 12, 2005 Accepted after revision: February 2, 2006 Published online: February 5, 2007 Adjustment Disorders as Stress Response Syndromes: A New...

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... after the accident, 11% of the children met the diagnostic criteria for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) according to ICD-10 and a further 13% met the criteria for ‘subsyndromal PTSD’. Complex syndromes consisting of subsyndromal posttraumatic stress, (separation) anxiety and depression were common...

...Thomas J. Huber; Bert T. te Wildt In posttraumatic stress disorder, a traumatic event is persistently reexperienced in the form of intrusive recollections, dreams or dissociative flashback episodes; cues to the event lead to distress and are avoided, and there are persistent symptoms of increased...

... and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Torture Posttraumatic stress disorder Depression Dysthymia Torture victimology Original Paper Psychopathology...