Background: Knowledge of treatment predictors and moderators is important for improving the effectiveness of treatment for PTSD due to childhood abuse. Objective: The first aim of this study was to test the potential predictive value of variables…
Childhood maltreatment is the most important preventable risk factors for a vast array of psychiatric disorders. A critical question is how does maltreatment get ‘under the skin’ to enhance risk and how can this knowledge be used to preempt emergence…
Exposure to childhood adversity markedly increases the risk of developing mood, anxiety, personality, substance abuse and psychotic disorders. Recent studies suggest that clinical sequelae may stem, at least in part, from enduring adverse effects on…
La preoccupazione relativa all’abuso sessuale perpetrato dal clero non è un fenomeno nuovo. E’ una forma di abuso sessuale che si verifica negli ambienti di tutte le religioni del mondo. Come sostiene il prete cattolico scomunicato Richard Sipe,…
A theoretical analysis of the psychodynamic dimension of cognitions in the eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) protocol can be beneficial in addressing the specific issues affecting the choice of appropriate cognitions in working…
