BACKGROUND A substantial proportion of parents of children on cancer treatment report psychological distress such as symptoms of post-traumatic stress (PTSS), depression, and anxiety. During their child's treatment many parents also experience an economic burden. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate the long-term efficacy of Internet-based guided self-help for parents of children o...

The use of prophylactic anticonvulsants to prevent early post-traumatic seizures (PTSs) is recommended but inconsistently employed in patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI). The authors evaluated outcomes associated with prophylaxis administration in patients with TBI at a Level 1 trauma center. All patients admitted with TBI from October 2007 through May 2012 were included. Our primary out...

BACKGROUND Medical events including acute illness and injury are among the most common potentially traumatic experiences for children. Despite the scope of the problem, only limited resources are available for prevention of posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) after pediatric medical events. Web-based programs provide a low-cost, accessible means to reach a wide range of families and show promi...

This study aimed to identify predictors, especially cognitive of posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) and disorder (PTSD) in children 6 months after Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) admission. Participants were 55 aged 6–16, admitted PICU for at least 8 h. Medical data collected from patient charts. Cognitive variables (peri-trauma affect, processing trauma memory) assessed by interview se...

The present study was designed to determine the response to noise of the auditory system of a genetically well-defined laboratory mouse in preparation for examining the effect of noise on mice with specific genetic mutations. The mice were C57BL/CBA F1 hybrids. Eight mice served as non-noise-exposed controls and 39 mice were exposed for 1-24 h to an octave band of noise with a center frequency ...

Three decades after the unobtrusive debut of the peroxisome as a distinct subcellular organelle, biologists are paying attention to the special bag of tricks eukaryotic cells use to entice peroxisomal proteins from their site of synthesis in the cytosol to the peroxisome. In this minireview, we highlight some of the recent findings that have emerged, emphasize their significance, and contrast t...

BACKGROUND The aim of the study was to explore resilience among refugee children whose parents had been traumatized and were suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). METHODS The study comprised 80 refugee children (40 boys and 40 girls, age range 6-17 yrs), divided into two groups. The test group consisted of 40 refugee children whose parents had been tortured in Iraq before comi...

BACKGROUND Adult posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been characterized by altered fear-network connectivity. Childhood trauma is a major risk factor for adult PTSD, yet its contribution to fear-network connectivity in PTSD remains unexplored. We examined, within a single model, the contribution of childhood maltreatment, combat exposure, and combat-related posttraumatic stress symptoms (P...

Most of the recent studies indicated prevalence Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms (PTSS) are increasing after COVID pandemic around world. Bo et al. reported PTSS 96.2% among COVID-19-infected people. The sociocultural and individual vulnerability protective factors may influence onset maintenance symptoms. However, there is significant lack in understanding risk preventive that symptoms defines D...