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Open AccessPsychological scars of genocide: a systematic review of post-traumatic outcomes in Kurdish Anfal survivors
The Anfal genocide, including the infamous Halabja chemical attack, has imprinted deep scars on the Kurdish community in Iraq that lasted for decades. Despite significant historical documentation, the enduring...
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Open AccessContinuous chains: childhood maltreatment and intimate partner violence victimization among displaced women in a war context
Childhood victimization has been associated with long-term psychological effects and an increased risk of being victimized in later life. Previous research has primarily focused on sexual abuse during childhoo...
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Open AccessGrowing relevance of reports of adolescent cyberbullying victimization among adult outpatients
In the general population, prevalence rates of cyberbullying victimization have continuously increased over the past decades. However, the extent to which these increasing numbers affect clinical populations s...
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Open AccessPutative juvenile terrorists: the relationship between multiple traumatization, mental health, and expectations for reintegration among Islamic State recruited adolescent and young adult fighters
In several conflicts worldwide children are recruited as fighters in irregular forces. These children need to be reintegrated into the society after the conflict. However, concurrent to various reservations in...
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Open AccessPredictors of mental health symptomatology among Kurdish patients who recovered from COVID-19 in Iraq
While a growing body of research has documented severe psychosocial consequences of the new Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) for the affected people, research mainly focused either on health care workers or the ...
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Open AccessThe efficacy of Narrative Exposure Therapy for Children (KIDNET) as a treatment for traumatized young refugees versus treatment as usual: update to the study protocol for the multi-center randomized controlled trial YOURTREAT
The trial YOURTREAT aims to compare the pragmatic, short-term psychotherapy Narrative Exposure Therapy for Children (KIDNET) with treatment as usual (TAU) for the treatment of young refugees in Germany. This u...
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Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET): Reorganizing Memories of Traumatic Stress, Fear, and Violence
From episodic threats to social exclusion to the continuous wear and tear associated with living in adverse situations, stressors not only repeatedly activate the body’s defensive systems but also leave lastin...
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Open AccessTreating alcohol use disorder in the absence of specialized services – evaluation of the moving inpatient Treatment Camp approach in Uganda
The gap between service need and service provision for alcohol-related disorders is highest in resource-poor countries. However, in some of these contexts, local initiatives have developed pragmatic interventi...
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Open Access“She finds you abhorrent” - The impact of emotional context information on the cortical processing of neutral faces in depression
Depression is associated with abnormalities in patterns of information processing, particularly in the context of processing of interpersonal information. The present study was designed to investigate the diff...
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Traumatische Ereignisse
Traumatische Erlebnisse, wie lebensbedrohliche Unfälle, Gewalt und Missbrauch, können zu einer posttraumatischen Belastungsstörung führen. Insbesondere bei Kindern und Jugendlichen aus Risikogruppen, die verme...
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Open AccessCollaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (CAMS) compared to enhanced treatment as usual (E-TAU) for suicidal patients in an inpatient setting: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
The Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (CAMS) is a therapeutic framework that has been shown to reduce suicidal ideation and overall symptom distress. CAMS has not been previously evaluated...
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Open AccessThe efficacy of Narrative Exposure Therapy for Children (KIDNET) as a treatment for traumatized young refugees versus treatment as usual: study protocol for a multi-center randomized controlled trial (YOURTREAT)
Germany hosts a large number of refugees from war-affected countries. The integration of refugees, in particular young refugees from the Middle East, is one of the major current social challenges in Germany. M...
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Kein Weg ins Jetzt. Die Posttraumatische Belastungsstörung und die Literatur der Gegenwart
In W. G. Sebalds letztem, zu Lebzeiten erschienenem Roman Austerlitz (2001) erzählt die Titelfigur, der Londoner Kunsthistoriker Jacques Austerlitz, im Gespräch mit dem Ich-Erzähler von jenem entscheidenden Momen...
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Open AccessChild maltreatment, peer victimization, and social anxiety in adulthood: a cross-sectional study in a treatment-seeking sample
Childhood adversities, especially emotional abuse, emotional neglect, and peer victimization are considered to be crucial risk factors for social anxiety disorder (SAD). We investigated whether particular form...
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Open AccessEffectiveness of inpatient versus outpatient complex treatment programs in depressive disorders: a quasi-experimental study under naturalistic conditions
Due to long waiting periods for outpatient psychotherapy and the high resource requirements of inpatient treatment, there is a need for alternative treatment programs for patients with depressive disorders. Th...
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Open AccessPost-traumatic stress disorder and depression among Syrian refugees residing in the Kurdistan region of Iraq
Since the Syrian civil war began in March 2011, more than half of the Syrian population was forced to escape from their homes, and more than 5 million of them fled their country. The aim of the present study i...
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Open AccessAttentional avoidance in peer victimized individuals with and without psychiatric disorders
Attentional biases are a relatively robust phenomenon among clinical populations but less pronounced in healthy participants. However, regarding the components of attentional biases and the directions of atten...
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Mental Health Enables Integration: Re-thinking Treatment Approaches for Refugees
The majority of refugees has been affected by traumatic stressors. The accumulation of these stressors increases the risk for stress- and trauma-related mental health problems, as the risk for trauma-related d...
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Behandlung der PTBS bei Erwachsenen
Die zentralen Bausteine der Diagnostik einer Posttraumatischen Belastungsstörung (PTBS) sind die Erfassung der traumatischen Ereignisse sowie die assoziierten Folgen auf symptomatischer und funktionaler Ebene....
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Open AccessTrauma and perceived social rejection among Yazidi women and girls who survived enslavement and genocide
In August 2014, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), a terrorist organization, attacked the Yazidi’s ancestral homeland in northwestern Iraq. Among other atrocities, they abducted thousands of women and...
