Event-related brain potentials (ERPs) during an emotional Stroop task were measured in two groups of participants: 14 participants who had experienced the great Sichuan earthquake (earthquake group) and 14 participants who did not experience the earthquake (control group). ERP data showed that negative words elicited a more negative P2 than positive words in the earthquake group. Moreover, nega...

The aim of the study was to examine whether mentalization serves as a protective factor against aggressive behavior in adolescence in the context of early traumatization. We present data from a non-clinical sample of adolescents from Germany (n=97) and calculate a mediation model to test the link between early traumatic experiences and aggressive behavior with mentalizing skills as a mediator. ...

BACKGROUND Cardiovascular diseases constitute the leading cause of sickness and death in Western countries. They are therefore embraced with much attention in medical research, treatment and preventive programmes for which quantifiable biological risk factors comprise the common conceptual basis. We want to demonstrate that the current narrow biological focus may prohibit a deeper understanding...

INTRODUCTION Shared traumatic reality occurs when therapists are doubly exposed to a traumatic event, both through their clients' experience, along with their own direct exposure. Studies have shown that a shared traumatic reality can lead to both positive and negative outcomes for therapists. Most studies have examined these reactions sometime after the end of the traumatic event, and less is ...

The goal of the present study is to investigate the relationship between emotional intelligence (EI) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) on the sample of Georgian internally displaced persons (IDPs) (as a group who has experienced potentially traumatic events). A total of 200 internally displaced persons (100 men and 100 women) were administered with (1) Trait Emotional Intelligence Quest...

UNLABELLED Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder arising from exposure to a traumatic event. Although primarily defined in terms of behavioral symptoms, the global neurophysiological effects of traumatic stress are increasingly recognized as a critical facet of the human PTSD phenotype. Here we use magnetoencephalographic recordings to investigate two aspects of informati...

this research has been conducted to compare purpose psychological symptoms post-traumatic stress in male and female patients. the sample of this study selected from two group ptsd male and female patients (each group 40 people) they were randomly chosen and matched groups by age and iq, when they completed wais-r. also examined by watson ptsd diagnostic interview (repetitious experience, avoida...

objective :post traumatic stress disorder (ptsd) may be the first reaction after disasters. many studies have shown the efficacy of cognitive- behavioral therapy in treatment of post traumatic stress disorder. the main objective of this study is to evaluate the effect of group cbt in adolescent survivors of a large scale disaster (bam earthquake). methods: in a controlled trial, we evaluated th...

Revisions in the theoretical basis and practical applications of the Counting Method are described based on clinical and research experience with this technique, which aims to reduce intrusive traumatic memories. The importance of the role of imaginal exposure, rather than the therapeutic alliance, is emphasized, and the advantages of a more parsimonious, streamlined approach to exposure therap...