The classical concept of PTSD has been criticized for many reasons, including its cultural limitations and negligence of long-lasting changes to personality, which has been documented in cases of chronic interpersonal trauma. The concept of complex PTSD has addressed these shortcomings and specifies ‘‘alterations in selfperception’’ as one of the characteristic changes in functioning following ...

OBJECTIVE To examine the effect of abuse history, other major trauma, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) on medical symptoms and health-related daily functioning in women with chronic pelvic pain. METHODS We administered a questionnaire to 713 consecutive women seen in a referral-based pelvic pain clinic. RESULTS We found that 46.8% reported having either a sexual or physical abuse hi...

the term riga-fede disease has been used to describe chronic traumatic ulceration that occurs on the ventral surface of the tongue by natal and neonatal teeth in infants. it is important to diagnose the lesion and treat it by eliminating the source of trauma. in this case report, the neonatal tooth was extracted and after 2 weeks the lesion was resolved and the baby was feeding well.in addition...

Avascular necrosis of the capitate is a rare entity. The most common reported etiology is trauma. We report a case of avascular necrosis of the capitate in a patient with chronic wrist pain that began after a single episode of remote trauma.

It is well evidenced that exposure to early psychological trauma in childhood or adolescence represents a substantial risk factor for an adult psychopathological development. In particular, so called type II trauma events, i.e. repeated or chronic interpersonal traumatic experiences like emotional, physical, sexual abuse, and physical, emotional neglect are associated with the development of a ...

We report a case of intra-osseous meningioma of the skull in a 45 year old lady secondary to trauma, preoperatively suspecting it to be chronic osteomylitis. According to literature search only one case intra-osseous meningioma has been reported. Intra-osseous meningioma secondary to trauma has not been reported before.

Isolated fractures of the first rib are extremely rare and are more commonly associated with either multiple rib fractures or life threatening injuries. First rib fractures are commonly caused by direct trauma, violent muscular contraction or by chronic stress. We present a case of isolated first rib fracture in a young healthy patient, where the mechanism of injury appears to be indirect trauma.

Emotion dysregulation is a core feature of chronic complex dissociative disorders (DD), as it is for borderline personality disorder (BPD). Chronic complex DD include dissociative identity disorder (DID) and the most common form of dissociative disorder not otherwise specified (DDNOS, type 1), now known as Other Specified Dissociative Disorders (OSDD, type 1). BPD is a common comorbid disorder ...

Osteomyelitis is an inflammatory condition in the medullary spaces or cortical surface of bones. It can be acute chronic and extend beyond original site. Also, it caused by several factors, among them as a result untreated dental trauma. Correct diagnosis individualized treatment are essential for success. The aim to report case osteomyelitis due history trauma anterior region maxilla 21-years-...

Dynamic trajectories of psychopathology, such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) provide a key to understanding human adjustment processes after trauma exposure. Recent studies have suggested more heterogeneous mental health outcomes than the initially identified four trajectories. To explore this heterogeneity, we investigated after-trauma patterns psychopathology based on retrospective ...