Exposure to traumatic events often results in severe distress which may elicit self-medication behaviors. Yet, some individuals exposed to trauma do not develop post-traumatic stress symptoms and comorbid addictive impulses. In the wake of traumatic events, psychological processes like thought suppression and mindfulness may modulate post-traumatic stress and craving for substances. We examined...

The authors review five arguments supporting the hypothesis that memories for traumatic and nontraumatic emotional events should be considered as qualitatively different recollections. The first argument considers the objective features of traumatic and emotional events and their possible influence on the formation of memories for these events. The second argument assumes that traumatic memorie...

Aims and method This study aimed to identify predictors of symptom severity for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression in asylum seekers and refugees referred to a specialised mental health centre. Trauma exposure (number and domain of event), refugee status and severity of PTSD and depression were assessed in 688 refugees. Results Symptom severity of PTSD and depression was signi...

BACKGROUND The aging prison population in the United States presents a significant public health challenge with high rates of trauma and mental health issues that the correctional system alone is ill-prepared to address. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship of age, objective, and subjective measures of trauma and stressful life events and post-traumatic stress symptoms amon...

School Crisis is defined as crisis occurred in and out ofschools. For examples, natural disaster (earthquake, volcanic eruption), crime, violence, terrorism, war, fire at school, traffic accident, diseases, suicide, other accidental events/diseases, bullying. Macy [2] classified school crisis into two types; that is, high-impact-low-・incidence traumatic events and low-impact-high-incidence trau...

Emergency nurses are exposed daily to numerous stressful situations that can lead the development of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. This study examined relationship between traumatic events, routine stressors linked trauma, and symptoms in emergency nurses. For this purpose, a sample 147 completed Traumatic Routine Stressors Scale on Nurses (TRSS-EN) Posttraumatic Diagnostic (P...

conclusions according to the results of this study, the stress level induced due to needle-stick exposure and its complications is high and interventions for reduction are essential. results the mean and standard deviation of stress experienced by nurses before and after the intervention were 64.94 ± 15.67 and 43.91 ± 10.73, respectively. findings indicated that education decrease needle stick ...

BACKGROUND Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a common psychiatric disorder, which is linked to early stressors in many cases; however, the impact of traumatic events in the etiology of BPD is still unclear. This pilot study was conducted to measure the neural correlates of recall of traumatic memories in women with and without BPD. METHODS Twenty women with a history of childhood physi...