BACKGROUND/AIM Injury-induced anergy is one of the key factors contributing to trauma victims' high susceptibility to sepsis. This group of patients is mostly of young age and it is therefore essential to be able to predict as accurately as possible the development of septic complications, so appropriate treatment could be provided. The aim of this study was to assess kinetics of interleukin (I...

Abstract Background Exposure to traumatic experiences is a fundamental part of evidence-based trauma-focused cognitive behavioral treatment (CBT) but in group settings it discussed controversially among researchers and practitioners. This study aims examine the individual participants’ stress level during sessions with exposure disclosure events. Method N = 47 traumatized youth ( M age 17.00, 9...

The ability of cultured tumor cell lines to invade across epithelia was studied by placing 10(4) to 10(6) dispersed cells on the chorionic epithelium (CE) of the chorioallantoic membrane of the 10-day chick embryo. Tumor lines included Walker carcinosarcoma, F87 cl 6T2 and B16-BL6 melanomas, and KiSV-NIH, 3B77SC4, and HT 1080 sarcomas. The CE is a bilayer of cells with a superficial periderm ov...

AIM To present the complexity of therapist's feelings and emotions in the work with war-traumatized persons and the importance of psychological mechanisms taking place in such circumstances. METHODS The method of psychoanalytical psychotherapy was used, adapted to the work with war-traumatized persons. The therapy sessions were held once a week and lasted for 50 minutes. The patients were giv...

BACKGROUND A lack of social support and recognition by the environment is one of the most consistent risk factors for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and PTSD patients will recover faster with proper social support. The oxytocin system has been proposed to underlie beneficial effects of social support as it is implicated in both social bonding behavior and reducing stress responsivity, no...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW To review the current research on trauma-informed child-serving systems. Research on this topic, although sparse, is critically important because most children who come into contact with systems, including the child welfare and juvenile justice systems, have experienced at least one traumatic event. RECENT FINDINGS Very little research has actually been done on this topic ar...

The fundamental hemodynamic disturbances which characterize traumatic shock may be initiated by at least 3 different factors: gross hemorrhage or loss of plasma into a traumatized region, neurogenic and psychogenic elements, and the absorption of toxic materials from traumatized regions. Of these etiologic factors, the local loss of vascular fluid is generally conceded to be of greatest importa...