Inflammation and post‐traumatic stress disorder
Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 2019 While post‐traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is currently diagnosed based solely on classic psychological and behavioral symptoms, a growing body of evidence has highlighted a link between this disorder and alterations in the immune and inflammatory ...
H. Hori, Yoshiharu Kim
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BMC Psychology, 2022 The threat of COVID-19 outbreak in South Korea and around the globe challenged not only physical health but also mental health, increasing the chances of disorders such as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Such pandemic situation can be referred to a
Hwa Jung Lee, Ye Jin Kim, Dong Hun Lee
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Onset, timing, and exposure therapy of stress disorders: mechanistic insight from a mathematical model of oscillating neuroendocrine dynamics [PDF]
, 2016 The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis is a neuroendocrine system that regulates numerous physiological processes. Disruptions in the activity of the HPA axis are correlated with many stress-related diseases such as post-traumatic stress disorder (
Chou, Tom +2 more
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REM sleep in acutely traumatized individuals and interventions for the secondary prevention of post-traumatic stress disorder [PDF]
, 2020 Increasing evidence supports a close link between REM sleep and the consolidation of emotionally toned memories such as traumatic experiences. In order to investigate the role of sleep for the development of symptoms related to traumatic experiences ...
Bublitz, Jan Christoph +6 more
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The role of social connection on the experience of COVID-19 related post-traumatic growth and stress
PLoS ONE, 2021 Background Historically social connection has been an important way through which humans have coped with large-scale threatening events. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, lockdowns have deprived people of major sources of social support and coping,
M. Matos +43 more
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Complicated Grief in Palestinian Children and Adolescents [PDF]
, 2015 This study aims to identify the traumatic losses and resultant complicated grief of adolescents in occupied Palestine. A secondary analysis was conducted on a data set from 133, 11-14 year olds who had completed the Exposure to War Stressors ...
Abdallah, Ghassan +3 more
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Association between attachment and mental health symptoms among school-going adolescents in Northern Uganda: the moderating role of war-related trauma [PDF]
, 2014 Background: The association between attachment and mental health symptoms in adolescents in a post-conflict low resource setting has not been documented.
Broekaert, Eric +4 more
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European Journal of PsychotraumatologyBackground: Maladaptive appraisals, such as thoughts about experiencing a permanent and disturbing change and about being a fragile person in a scary world, are associated with posttraumatic stress reactions (PTSR) for trauma-exposed children and ...
Andrea Undset +6 more
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BMC Health Services Research, 2022 Background Poor professional wellbeing and job turnover is challenging for child mental health clinics and despite an increasing interest in implementing evidence-based practices (EBPs) in mental health services, little is known about if and how using ...
Samira Aminihajibashi +2 more
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A randomised controlled pilot study: the effectiveness of narrative exposure therapy with adult survivors of the Sichuan earthquake [PDF]
, 2013 Background: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a common psychological reaction after large-scale natural disasters. Given the number of people involved and shortage of resources in any major disaster, brief, pragmatic and easily trainable ...
Cox, Tom, Hunt, N., Zang, Y.
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