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May 8, 2012

Combat trauma and help-seeking behaviour

U.S. Army researcher Maj. Gary H. Wynn, M.D., shared new analysis on why some Soldiers […]
May 8, 2012

PTSD and politics

In Canada, a political storm is brewing over cuts to military mental health services “Skirting […]
May 8, 2012

PTSD and medication

The Pentagon is set to make a move to limit the off-label use of anti-psychotic medication for […]
April 30, 2012

Article: PTSD – Fear conditioning, synaptic plasticity and the amygdala

This article reviews how the neural circuitry implicated in Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in humans […]
April 30, 2012

Article: Reduced intrusion development after post-trauma imagery rescripting

Theories predict PTSD development after trauma if trauma information is not adequately processed or negatively […]
April 30, 2012

Article: RCT of cognitive processing therapy for military-related PTSD

RCT of cognitive processing therapy for military-related PTSD : This study tests the effectiveness of […]
April 30, 2012

Article: Need for a concept of PTSD-related posttraumatic anger?

This paper seeks to build an argument for investigating anger in PTSD as a discrete […]
April 30, 2012

Article: Trauma, PTSD and posttraumatic growth: The role of trait resilience.

Research divides and reports negative associations between negative (pathogenic; e.g., posttraumatic stress disorder; PTSD) and […]
April 30, 2012

Article: Cognitive control and posttraumatic stress symptoms

Recently researchers have theorized that individual differences in cognitive control may elucidate processes involved in […]
April 30, 2012

Article: Individual differences in trauma disclosure

This study investigates disclosure following traumatic or most severe life events. Specifically, disclosure across psychopathology, […]
April 6, 2012

PTSD in the media

According to several news items, UCLA researchers have discovered two genes that appear to be […]
March 23, 2012

The effects of traumatic brain injury

The New York Times on Sunday has published a report on the effects of TBI […]
March 20, 2012

Afghan rampage prompts PTSD in military town

BBC news report on the US soldier who is being held for the massacre of […]
March 12, 2012

PTSD diagnosis rates rise among female troops

The Navy Times reported that PTSD diagnosis rates have risen among female troops http://www.navytimes.com/news/2012/03/military-times-2012-poll-ptsd-diagnosis-rates-rise-female-troops-031212w/
March 9, 2012

Article: Treating trauma in psychosis with EMDR

 Treating trauma in psychosis with EMDR: A pilot study. Van den Berg and van der […]
March 9, 2012

Article: Preventing dropout with systems therapy approach

Innovations in Practice: Preliminary evidence for effective family engagement in treatment for child traumatic stress-trauma […]
March 9, 2012

Article: Behind the dissemination: TFCBT for use with children and youth

The data behind the dissemination: A systematic review of trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy for use […]
March 9, 2012

Article: Exposure therapy for older adults

A self-administered, mild form of exposure therapy for older adults. Individuals coping with stressful events […]
March 9, 2012

Article: Latent classes of posttraumatic psychopathology

Personality-based latent classes of posttraumatic psychopathology: Personality disorders and the internalizing/externalizing model. Prior research using […]
March 9, 2012

Article: Executive functioning in posttraumatic stress disorder

The role of executive functioning in posttraumatic stress disorder: A systematic review. Adequate executive functioning […]
March 9, 2012

Article: Posttraumatic growth and posttraumatic distress.

Posttraumatic growth and posttraumatic distress: A longitudinal study. In their longitudinal study, Dekel et al. […]
March 8, 2012

Article: Neuronal correlates in PTSD

Neuronal correlates in PTSD: Study of the hippocampus and the anterior cingulate gyrus by proton […]
March 7, 2012

Veterans with PTSD vulnerable to opioid problems

A Veterans Affairs study has found that veterans with PTSD were vulnerable to opiod problems. "Veterans of […]
February 29, 2012

Most Israeli firefighters battle PTSD

A new study suggests approximately 90 percent of Israeli fire-fighters have some form of Post […]
October 11, 2010

Assisting Victims of Terrorism: Towards a European Standard of Justice

The large-scale terrorist attacks on 9/11 resulted in more attention being devoted to victims of […]
November 12, 2010

The new ESTSS journal, the European Journal on Psychotraumatology, has launched!

The new ESTSS journal, the European Journal on Psychotraumatology, is ready for launch! EJPT, an […]
November 15, 2010

Associations between parental PTSD and both offsping internailzing problems and parental aggression

Data from the National Comorbidity Survey-Replication were used to evaluate links between parental posttraumatic stress […]
November 19, 2010

Child Abuse & Neglect

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of child sexual abuse (CSA) […]