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Krüger H. Everyday discrimination, co-ethnic social support and mood changes in young adult immigrants in Germany-Evidence from an ecological momentary assessment study. J Migr Health 2024; 9:100212. [PMID: 38282918 PMCID: PMC10820660 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmh.2024.100212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2023] [Revised: 12/04/2023] [Accepted: 01/03/2024] [Indexed: 01/30/2024] Open
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Objective In the context of international migration flows, Germany is the second largest receiving country of migrants in the world. The aim of this study is to investigate the momentary mood effects of discrimination experiences for young adult immigrants and which social resources can buffer negative effects. A distinction is made between the importance of inter and intra-ethnic interaction partners in processing stressors. Method Using an ecological momentary assessment design, first-generation migrants in Germany who had recently migrated from Poland, Turkey or Syria were interviewed three times a day over seven days in June 2021 (N individuals = 976; N observations = 11,470). The timing of the short surveys was chosen at random using a signal contingent sampling method. Participants reported their momentary mood and instances of discrimination, along with information on social support perception and interaction partners during the preceding hour in the context of their everyday lives. Hybrid mixed-effects regression models were estimated and the research questions were tested with three-way interactions. Results The results indicate that perceived social support only moderately buffers the negative effect of everyday discrimination experiences on mood. A positive main effect on mood is observed for situational variations in perceived social support as well as for support from interaction partners. Conclusion The findings illustrate that being embedded in supportive relationships is important in everyday life, regardless of the occurrence of stressors. Furthermore, the study suggests that the level of perceived support is more important for first-generation migrants than the ethnic origin of the support provider.
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- Heike Krüger
- Institute of Sociology and Social Psychology, University of Cologne, Albertus-Magnus-Platz, Köln 50923, Germany
- Institute of Sociology, RWTH Aachen University, Eilfschornsteinstraße 7, Aachen 52056, Germany
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Schellong J, Epple F, Weidner K. [Aspects of psychosomatics and psychotraumatology in refugees : Challenges for internal medicine]. INNERE MEDIZIN (HEIDELBERG, GERMANY) 2023; 64:435-441. [PMID: 37084100 DOI: 10.1007/s00108-023-01515-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/05/2023] [Indexed: 04/22/2023]
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Many people seek protection from war and violence in Germany. Flight and displacement often have an impact on mental health. The situation in the country of arrival, separation, grief and loss, and worries about the future can be additional burdens. The barriers to adequate healthcare are high, a visit to the doctor for somatoform complaints is sometimes less alien than talking about fears and hopelessness. The medical internistic encounter thus plays an important key role in recognizing and adequately assessing psychological symptoms without pathologizing. A brief overview of innovations in the International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems 11th edition (ICD-11) on stress-related disorders aims to facilitate the assignment. Information on screening, trauma-informed interviewing and interpreter-assisted communication complement the recommendations of the current guidelines.
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- Julia Schellong
- Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychotherapie und Psychosomatik, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus an der TU Dresden, Fetscherstraße 74, 01307, Dresden, Deutschland.
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- Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychotherapie und Psychosomatik, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus an der TU Dresden, Fetscherstraße 74, 01307, Dresden, Deutschland
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- Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychotherapie und Psychosomatik, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus an der TU Dresden, Fetscherstraße 74, 01307, Dresden, Deutschland
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Causes and Risk Factor of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Adult Asylum Seekers and Refugees. PSYCHIATRY INTERNATIONAL 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/psychiatryint2040032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Objectives: To assess the causes and risk factors of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in adult asylum seekers and refugees. To explore whether the causes and risk factors of PTSD between male and female adult refugees/asylum seekers are different. Study design: Systematic review of current literature. Data Sources: PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus and Google Scholar up until February 2019. Method: A structured, systematic search was conducted of the relevant databases. Papers were excluded if they failed to meet the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Afterwards, a qualitative assessment was performed on the selected papers. Results: 12 Studies were included for the final analysis. All papers were either case studies/reports or cross-sectional studies. Traumatic events experienced by refugees/asylum seekers are the most frequently reported pre-migration causes of PTSD development, while acculturative stress is the most common post-migration stressor. There were mixed reports regarding the causes of PTSD between both genders of refugees/asylum seekers. Conclusions: This review’s findings have potential clinical application in terms of helping clinicians to risk stratify refugees/asylum seekers for PTSD development and thus aid in embarking on earlier intervention measures. However, more rigorous research similar to this study is needed for it to be implemented into clinical practice.
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Vallières F, Hyland P, Murphy J. Navigating the who, where, what, when, how and why of trauma exposure and response. Eur J Psychotraumatol 2021; 12:1855903. [PMID: 34025911 PMCID: PMC8128124 DOI: 10.1080/20008198.2020.1855903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Individual differences in the response to trauma are influenced by numerous contextual factors such as one's cultural background, the environment in which trauma occurs, the meanings attached to traumatic experiences, and various other social and cultural determinants both before and after traumatic exposure. This special issue of the European Journal of Psychotraumatology presents a series of papers conducted as part of the Collaborative Network for Training and Excellence in Psychotraumatology (CONTEXT); a programme of research which seeks to advance our understanding of the impact of trauma within diverse populations who are highly trauma exposed. Applying a context-specific focus, CONTEXT prioritised working closely with service users and those organisations delivering critical support in the wake of trauma exposure. The seven papers presented in this special issue are divided into those who are exposed to trauma either: (i) directly (survivors of childhood adversity in the USA; LGB youth in Northern Ireland; refugees and asylum seekers in the EU; and members of the general population exposed to conflict in Israel) or (ii) vicariously (fire fighters in the UK, humanitarian aid volunteers in Sudan, and child protection workers in Denmark). Together, findings from these studies demonstrate that social support, in its many different forms, is a universally important factor in the response to trauma. We discuss how traumatic stress can be compounded when, and can thrive within, contexts where necessary social support is absent or inadequate. We also emphasize the importance of recognizing the context specificity of trauma exposure and trauma response, as well as the need for collaboration between psychotrauma researchers and organisations who deliver support to traumatized populations to ensure rapid and effective translation of research findings into practice.
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- Department of Psychology, Maynooth University, Kildare, Ireland.,Trinity Centre for Global Health, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- School of Psychology, Ulster University, Coleraine, Northern Ireland
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The European Journal of Psychotraumatology, owned by the European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ESTSS), launched as one of the first full Open Access 'specialist' journals in its field. Has this Open Access model worked in how the Journal has performed? With the European Journal of Psychotraumatology celebrating its ten-year anniversary we look back at the past decade of sharing our research with the world and with how the journal sits with the broader movement beyond Open Access to Open Research and we present new policies we have adopted to move the field of psychotraumatology to the next level of Open Research. While we as researchers now make our publications more often freely available to all, how often do we share our protocols, our statistical analysis plans, or our data? We all gain from more transparency and reproducibility, and big steps are being made in this direction. The journal's decennial performance as well as the exciting new Open Research developments are presented in this editorial. The journal is no longer in its infancy and eager to step into the next decade of Open Research.
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- Miranda Olff
- Amsterdam UMC, Department of Psychiatry, Amsterdam Neuroscience & Public Health, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- ARQ National Psychotrauma Centre, Diemen, The Netherlands
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E-health offers great potential in the field of traumatic stress to deliver training, assessment, prevention, and treatment of adverse outcomes after trauma worldwide. In order to encourage research on E-health applications in the field of traumatic stress, this current special issue of the European Journal of Psychotraumatology presents a series of papers divided into three emergent topics: I) development of digital interventions, II) the use of digital interventions to foster self-management and deliver therapy, and III) digital methods to improve prediction, assessment, and monitoring of post-trauma outcomes. These studies show acceptance of the tools by various end-user groups and improvements of current research and clinical practices, but also areas for improvement regarding the development process and making even better use of technological capabilities of E-Health. We propose three general themes to accelerate the quality of e-Health interventions and studies in this area in the coming years: optimizing user engagement and adherence, conducting more (innovative) research, and increasing implementation and dissemination activities. This issue appears in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. It is exactly at times like these that we need effective online interventions and we see an enormous increase in the use of e-Health. We hope this issue will contribute to help those affected and to serve the community worldwide.
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- Anne Bakker
- Department of Psychiatry, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Clinical, Neuro and Developmental Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU), Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry, Amsterdam Neuroscience Research Institute & Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.,ARQ National Psychotrauma Centre, Diemen, the Netherlands
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Nesterko Y, Jäckle D, Friedrich M, Holzapfel L, Glaesmer H. Factors predicting symptoms of somatization, depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, self-rated mental and physical health among recently arrived refugees in Germany. Confl Health 2020; 14:44. [PMID: 32670398 PMCID: PMC7346670 DOI: 10.1186/s13031-020-00291-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2020] [Accepted: 06/30/2020] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND There is a large body of research indicating increased prevalence rates of mental disorders among refugees. However, the vast majority of the evidence available on risk factors for mental disorders among refugees focuses on post-migration stressors and was collected in surveys that were conducted months and sometimes years after the participants had resettled. OBJECTIVE In the present study, we analyze socio-demographic and flight-related characteristics as predictors for symptoms of somatization, depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder as well as self-rated mental and physical health in recently arrived refugees (up to 4 weeks after arrival) in Germany. METHODS The study was conducted in a reception facility for asylum-seekers in Leipzig, Germany. A total of 1316 adult individuals arrived at the facility during the survey period; 502 took part in the study. The questionnaire (self-administrated) included socio-demographic and flight-related questions as well as standardized instruments for assessing PTSD (PCL-5), depression (PHQ-9), anxiety (HSCL-10) and somatization (SSS-8). Linear regression models were conducted to predict symptoms of different mental disorders as well as self-rated mental and physical health. RESULTS Lack of information about family members and subjective need for health care were found to be significantly associated with symptoms of depression, somatization, anxiety, and PTSD. Better self-rated mental health was significantly associated with partnership, childlessness, lower number of traumatic events, and having information about family left behind. No associations were found between flight-related factors and symptom burden. CONCLUSIONS The results provide initial methodologically robust insights for research and health care services, which should aid in better identifying newly arrived refugees in need of psychosocial care. Furthermore, the results might help answering the question of how to provide health care for highly vulnerable groups within refugee populations regardless their residential status.
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- Yuriy Nesterko
- Department of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, University of Leipzig, Philipp-Rosenthal-Str. 55, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, University of Leipzig, Philipp-Rosenthal-Str. 55, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, University of Leipzig, Philipp-Rosenthal-Str. 55, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, University of Leipzig, Philipp-Rosenthal-Str. 55, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, University of Leipzig, Philipp-Rosenthal-Str. 55, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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Olff M, Amstadter A, Armour C, Birkeland MS, Bui E, Cloitre M, Ehlers A, Ford JD, Greene T, Hansen M, Lanius R, Roberts N, Rosner R, Thoresen S. A decennial review of psychotraumatology: what did we learn and where are we going? Eur J Psychotraumatol 2019; 10:1672948. [PMID: 31897268 PMCID: PMC6924542 DOI: 10.1080/20008198.2019.1672948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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On 6 December 2019 we start the 10th year of the European Journal of Psychotraumatogy (EJPT), a full Open Access journal on psychotrauma. This editorial is part of a special issue/collection celebrating the 10 years anniversary of the journal where we will acknowledge some of our most impactful articles of the past decade (also discussed below and marked with * in the reference list). In this editorial the editors present a decennial review of the field addressing a range of topics that are core to both the journal and to psychotraumatology as a discipline. These include neurobiological developments (genomics, neuroimaging and neuroendocrine research), forms of trauma exposure and impact across the lifespan, mass trauma and early interventions, work-related trauma, trauma in refugee populations, and the potential consequences of trauma such as PTSD or Complex PTSD, but also resilience. We address innovations in psychological, medication (enhanced) and technology-assisted treatments, mediators and moderators like social support and finally how new research methods help us to gain insights in symptom structures or to better predict symptom development or treatment success. We aimed to answer three questions 1. Where did we stand in 2010? 2. What did we learn in the past 10 years? 3. What are our knowledge gaps? We conclude with a number of recommendations concerning top priorities for the future direction of the field of psychotraumatology and correspondingly the journal.
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Affiliation(s)
- Miranda Olff
- Department of Psychiatry, Amsterdam
University Medical Centers (location AMC), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam
Neuroscience, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- ARQ National Psychotrauma
Centre, Diemen, The Netherlands
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- Departemnts of Psychiatry, Psychology, &
Human and Molecular Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond,
USA
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- School of Psychology, Queens University
Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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- Section for implementation and treatment
research, Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies, Oslo
Norway
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- Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts
General Hospital & Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA,
USA
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- National Center for PTSD Dissemination and
Training Division, Palo Alto, CA, USA
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral
Sciences, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA
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- Department of Experimental Psychology,
University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of
Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, USA
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- Department of Community Mental Health,
University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
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- Department of Psychology,
Odense, Denmark
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- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Research
Unit, Western University of Canada, London, ON,
Canada
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- Psychology and Psychological Therapies
Directorate, Cardiff & Vale University Health Board, Cardiff,
UK
- Division of Psychological Medicine &
Clinical Neurosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff,
UK
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- Department of Clinical and Biological
Psychology, KU Eichstaett-Ingolstadt, Eichstaett,
Germany
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- Section for trauma, catastrophes and forced
migration – children and youth, Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress
Studies, Oslo, Norway
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Basheti IA, Ayasrah SM, Basheti MM, Mahfuz J, Chaar B. The Syrian refugee crisis in Jordan: a cross sectional pharmacist-led study assessing post-traumatic stress disorder. Pharm Pract (Granada) 2019; 17:1475. [PMID: 31592018 PMCID: PMC6763294 DOI: 10.18549/pharmpract.2019.3.1475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2019] [Accepted: 07/28/2019] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Background: The United Nations has declared the Syrian crisis as the worst humanitarian
crisis of the twenty-first century. Pharmacists play a vital role in
humanitarian aid and in delivering health advices for refugees. Many Syrian
refugees are in need of psychosocial assessments. Objective: Objective of this study was to investigate the prevalence of post-traumatic
stress disorder (PTSD), assessed by pharmacists among Syrian civilian
refugees residing in Amman, Jordan. Methods: A cross-sectional study involving Syrian civilian refugees living in Amman,
Jordan, was conducted using the published and validated Arabic version of
the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire (HTQ). Pharmacists recruited civilian
Syrian refugees and completed the HTQ. The questionnaire included 45
questions, with the first 16 questions (HTQ-16) intended to assess the
trauma symptoms felt by refugees. Assessments were done by the pharmacists
and refugees were categorized to suffer PTSD if their mean item score for
the HTQ-16 scale was > 2.5. Results: Study participants (n=186; mean age 31.5 years; 51.3% males) had a
HTQ-16 mean score of 2.35 (SD=0.53), with a range of 1.19 - 3.63. Over a
third of participants (38.7%) were categorized as having PTSD. Males
reported significantly worse PTSD symptoms (mean=2.42, SD=0.50) compared to
females (mean=2.26, SD=0.57). Correlation between the mean item score for
the HTQ-16 and characteristics of the study participants showed higher mean
item score correlated with being a male, older in age, a smoker, and if
trauma was experienced. Conclusions: Many Syrian civilian refugees living in Jordan suffer from PTSD. Male
participants were found to be more affected by the severity of the disorder.
Pharmacists are suitably situated to identify civilian Syrian refugees
suffering from PTSD in dire need of help, paving the way for much needed
healthcare resources to be delivered to this particular group of
refugees.
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- Iman A Basheti
- Professor in Clinical Pharmacy. Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Applied Science Private University. Amman (Jordan).
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- Department of Applied Science/Nursing, Al-Balqa Applied University a. Al-Salt (Jordan).
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Jordan University of Science and Technology. Irbid (Jordan).
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- Professor in human resource management. Applied Science Private University. Amman (Jordan).
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- Associate Professor in pharmacy practice. School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney. Sydney, NSW a (Australia).
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Schäfer I, Hopchet M, Vandamme N, Ajdukovic D, El-Hage W, Egreteau L, Javakhishvili JD, Makhashvili N, Lampe A, Ardino V, Kazlauskas E, Mouthaan J, Sijbrandij M, Dragan M, Lis-Turlejska M, Figueiredo-Braga M, Sales L, Arnberg F, Nazarenko T, Nalyvaiko N, Armour C, Murphy D. Trauma and trauma care in Europe. Eur J Psychotraumatol 2018; 9:1556553. [PMID: 30637092 PMCID: PMC6319458 DOI: 10.1080/20008198.2018.1556553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2018] [Revised: 11/05/2018] [Accepted: 11/09/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The European countries have a long history of exposure to large-scale trauma. In the early 1990s the increasing awareness of the consequences of trauma within the mental health community led to the foundation of local societies for psychotraumatology across Europe and the European Society of Traumatic Stress Studies (ESTSS), which celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2018. The focus of this article is to describe the current state of care for survivors of trauma in the 15 European countries where ESTSS member societies have been established. Brief descriptions on the historical burden of trauma in each country are followed by an overview of the care system for trauma survivors in the countries, the state-of-the-art of interventions, current challenges in caring for survivors and the topics that need to be most urgently addressed in the future. The reports from the different countries demonstrate how important steps towards a better provision of care for survivors of trauma have been made in Europe. Given the cultural and economic diversity of the continent, there are also differences between the European countries, for instance with regard to the use of evidence-based treatments. Strategies to overcome these differences, like the new ESTSS training curricula for care-providers across Europe, are briefly discussed.
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- Ingo Schäfer
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Belgian Institute for Psychotraumatology, Trauma Center Limburg, Hasselt, Belgium
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- UMR 1253, iBrain, Université de Tours, CHRU de Tours, Inserm, Tours, France
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- Laurine Egreteau, CHRU de Tours, Clinique Psychiatrique Universitaire, Tours, France
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- Department of Medical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University Medical Hospital Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Uomo, Urbino University, Urbino, Italy
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- Center for Psychotraumatology, Institute of Psychology, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Department Clinical Psychology, Institute of Psychology, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Faculty of Psychology, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Warsaw, Poland
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Centre for Social Studies (CES) of the University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Department of Psychiatry of the Military Hospital of Coimbra, Centre of Trauma (CES) of the University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- National Centre for Disaster Psychiatry, Department of Neuroscience, Psychiatry, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Non-Governmental organization ‘Ukrainian Society of Overcoming the Consequences of Traumatic Events’ (USOCTE), Kyiv, Ukraine
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- International Institute of Depth Psychology, Non-Governmental organization ‘Ukrainian Society of Overcoming the Consequences of Traumatic Events’ (USOCTE), Kyiv, Ukraine
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- School of Psychology, Institute of Mental Health Sciences, Faculty of Life & Health Sciences, Ulster University, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, UK
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- Research Department, Combat Stress, Leatherhead, UK & King’s Centre for Military Health Research, Department of Psychological Medicine, King’s College London, London, UK
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Akiki TJ, Averill LA, Abdallah CG. Neurobiological studies of trauma-related psychopathology: a public health perspective. Eur J Psychotraumatol 2018; 9:1556554. [PMID: 30637093 PMCID: PMC6319465 DOI: 10.1080/20008198.2018.1556554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2018] [Revised: 11/23/2018] [Accepted: 11/28/2018] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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The societal burden of psychiatric disorders that result after exposure to psychological trauma is enormous. The study of trauma-related disorders using neurobiological and public health approaches is often disjointed. It is critical to emphasize the translational potential of neurobiological work and its relevance to the public health burden of psychological trauma. Applying a public health model to traumatology that includes primary, secondary, and tertiary levels, we highlight ways in which advancing the field of neurobiology can pave the way for scalable interventions that can improve outcomes and help to address the public health problem.
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- Teddy J. Akiki
- Clinical Neurosciences Division National Center for PTSD, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, West Haven, CT, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Clinical Neurosciences Division National Center for PTSD, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, West Haven, CT, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Clinical Neurosciences Division National Center for PTSD, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, West Haven, CT, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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The number of children affected by natural disasters each year is alarmingly high and can be expected to rise as climate change continues. The mental consequences have been documented not only in the rates of post-traumatic stress symptoms and post-traumatic stress disorder, but also for depression and other mental health problems. To contribute towards the knowledge in this area, this special issue of the European Journal of Psychotraumatology focuses on how children can be prepared for natural disasters and the mental health aspects of such events. It includes articles on communicating risks to children, involving children in disaster risk reduction, and the mental health consequences for children from an earthquake, a volcanic eruption, a flood and a hurricane. In this special issue specifically focusing on children and natural disasters, we hope to enhance our understanding of some of the complex pathways and pave the way for improving our interventions.
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- Atle Dyregrov
- Center for Crisis Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neurosciences, King’s College, London, UK
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- Department of Psychiatry, Academic Medical Center at the University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Arq Psychotrauma Expert Group, Diemen, The Netherlands
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Munz D, Melcop N. The psychotherapeutic care of refugees in Europe: treatment needs, delivery reality and recommendations for action. Eur J Psychotraumatol 2018; 9:1476436. [PMID: 29963296 PMCID: PMC6022238 DOI: 10.1080/20008198.2018.1476436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2018] [Accepted: 04/25/2018] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The special issue of the European Journal of Psychotraumatology released on 7 November 2017 focused on traumatized refugees and on the mental health burden, screening instruments and interventions in different groups of refugees. This contribution takes up this discussion on the needs and challenges for mental healthcare of traumatized refugees from the point of view of the practitioners. It reports on the findings of a survey on the treatment situation and the delivery reality of healthcare for refugees in 14 European countries, identifies treatment gaps, and sets recommendations for action at the political and therapeutic levels. The survey was conducted by the Federal Chamber of Psychotherapists with the assistance of the Network for Psychotherapeutic Care in Europe. The findings underline the need for appropriate mental healthcare for this population.
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- Dietrich Munz
- Bundes Psychotherapeuten Kammer (BPtK), Berlin, Germany
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Abstract
Psychotraumatology is on the move. Worldwide, there is an increasing awareness of the negative impact of psychotrauma, which is reflected in the number of publications on the topic. These publications become more and more available to the public (Open Access), even more so than in other fields, and thus lead to quicker implementation of research findings. In this editorial, the editor of the European Journal of Psychotraumatology (EJPT) provides a brief review of how the journal has been doing, including recent accomplishments, some metrics and the ESTSS EJPT award for best paper of 2017, and identifies a number of priorities for the next year.
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Affiliation(s)
- Miranda Olff
- Editor-in-Chief European Journal of Psychotraumatology, Department of Psychiatry, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, & Arq Psychotrauma Expert Group, Diemen, The Netherlands
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