This study was conducted in the United Kingdom at two major conferences to examine how therapists (N = 83) integrated eye movement desensitization reprocessing (EMDR) into their clinical practice. Data from a mixed methodology suggests that up to 40% of the sample experienced difficulties post-EMDR training. Results indicated that analytically trained and humanistic therapists experienced signi...

background: headache and depression are prevalent among general population. the aim of this study was to determine the associated factors of headache in elderly subjects with emphasis to depression. methods: all cohort of elderly individuals of the amirkola health study project were included. data regarding several clinical and demographic characteristics were provided via fill in quesstionnair...

background natural disasters, both expected and unexpected, usually cause widespread injuries and destruction with a large number of survivors, including children. several studies have shown that children may develop posttraumatic stress disorder after exposure to disasters such as an earthquake. objectives this study aimed to evaluate the screening abilities of the university of california at ...

purpose : the goal of this study was evaluation of the incidence rate of posttraumatic endophthalmitis, its clinical features and probable risk factors in repaired open globe injuries. methods : in this retrospective case series, surgical and medical records of 600 patients with open globe injury were reviewed. patients who underwent primary repair (as soon as possible) in khatam-al-anbia eye h...

Background: Parents of preterm neonates are exposed to great stress that can lead to posttraumatic stress disorder. The current study aimed to assess the incidence of posttraumatic stress disorders (PTSD) in both mothers and fathers of preterm infants.Methods: A prospective cohort study was done at two Iranian hospitals in 2016. One hundred and sixty parents of preterm neonates entered th...

BACKGROUND Self-efficacy may be an important factor in individuals' recovery from posttraumatic stress reactions after a natural disaster. However, few longitudinal studies have investigated whether self-efficacy predicts the course of posttraumatic recovery beyond lower initial levels of distress. The purpose of the present study was to investigate whether general self-efficacy is related to r...

Self-efficacy is assumed to promote posttraumatic adaption, and several cross-sectional studies support this notion. However, there is a lack of prospective longitudinal studies to further illuminate the temporal relationship between self-efficacy and posttraumatic stress symptoms. Thus, an important unresolved research question is whether posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms affect th...

Posttraumatic growth denotes positive psychological change after a traumatic experience that is an improvement over the state before the trauma. Inasmuch as it involves existential reevaluation, posttraumatic growth overlaps with spiritual change, although it also encompasses other domains of positive outcome. This study investigated posttraumatic growth and presence and depth of near-death exp...