For centuries, man has pondered what sustains the human spirit in times of extreme adversity. Many ancient traditions speak of the potential for transcending suffering and transforming it into a resource for internal strength and growth. Trauma can be defined as an event that profoundly changes an individual’s fundamental schemas, beliefs, and goals, as well as the ability to manage emotional d...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to examine a cohort of unaccompanied refugee minors (URMs) by means of psycholinguistic methods in order to obtain a more subtle picture of their degree of traumatization. METHODS Twenty-eight participants were included in the Stress-Inducing Speech Task (SIST) consisting of a free association (FA) and a stress (STR) condition. Narratives were examined by m...

AIM To explore the narratives created by non-injured family members in relation to themselves and their family in the first year after head injury. BACKGROUND A head injury is a potentially devastating injury. The family responds to this injury by supporting the individual and their recovery. While the perspective of individual family members has been well documented, there is growing interes...

In this essay, I look back at some of the earliest attempts by the first generation of literature-and-medicine scholars to answer the question: Why teach literature and medicine? Reviewing the development of the field in its early years, I examine statements by practitioners to see whether their answers have held up over time and to consider how the rationales they articulated have expanded or ...

The article presents a study of the phenomenon narratives about trauma in modern Ukrainian literature - based on works devoted to Russian-Ukrainian war. focus is two examples: media project "Another Day: War Diaries" and Oleksandr Mykhed's fairy tale "Cat, Rooster, Cupboard". purpose analyze attributive features story traumatic events, clarify definition "trauma novel", genre events that appear...

OBJECTIVE The fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) includes significant changes to Criterion A for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), the criterion that defines which events qualify as "traumatic." This systematic review explores the fundamental question of how to define a trauma by reviewing the difference between direct and indirect trauma expo...

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 bulk of the literature on effective treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has focused on children, adolescents, and young adults. The evidence on treatments for older adults is sparse. This case report presents the application of narrative exposure therapy (NET) for a 70-year-old Norwegian woman suffering from PTSD as a result of multiple childhood and late life traumatic even...