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Disturbed sleep in post-traumatic stress disorder: Secondary symptom or core feature?

Sleep disturbances are often viewed as a secondary symptom of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), thought to resolve once PTSD has been treated. Specific screening, diagnosis and treatment of sleep disturbances is therefore not commonly conducted…

Tags: Etiology, Insomnia, Nightmares, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, REM Sleep, Sleep, Sleep Apnea, Sleep Disorders, Treatment

Kaygi duyarligini azaltmada göz hareketieriyle duyarsizlastirma ve yeniden isleme (EMDR) tedavisi Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) approach in the treatment of anxiety sensitivity

Göz Hareketleriyle Duyarsızlaştırma ve Yeniden İşleme (EMDR) ve kontrollü araştırma destek olmak amacıyla Travma Sonrası Stres Bozukluğu (TSSB) ilk tedavilerden biridir artık giderek diğer psikolojik bozukluklar kadar uzatıldı. Bu çalışmada anksiyete…

Tags: Anxiety Sensitivity, Applied Muscle Relaxation, Empirical Study, Etiology, Follow-up Study, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Psychological Disorders, PTSD, Quantitative Study, Treatment

The role of the traumatic component in the etiology of sexual dysfunctions and its treatment with eye movement desensitization procedure

This is the first field report of the application of the Eye Movement Desensitization (EMD) procedure to the treatment of sexual dysfunctions. EMD and its application are described using case illustrations.When a careful examination of clients is…

Tags: Adult, EMD, Etiology, Eye Movement Desensitization, Israelis, Male, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Sexual Dysfunction, Treatment Effectiveness

Pathological gambling: Etiologic considerations and treatment efficacy of eye movement desensitization/reprocessing

This study of 22 subjects who meet DSM-IV criteria for Pathological Gambling (PG) tests a theory that the development of PG lies in the existence of unresolved trauma-related anxiety, similar to PTSD, and predicts that reduction of that anxiety will…

Tags: Adult, Americans, Cognitive Therapy, Empirical Study, Etiology, Impulse Control Disorder, Stressor, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

Post-traumatic stress disorders: Concepts and therapy

This book, written by contributors from the Institute of Psychiatry in London, represents the fruits of ten years of working with survivors of accidents and disasters. It contains a coherent approach to the psychology underpinning their stress…

Tags: Adult, Behavior Therapy, Children and Adolescents, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Therapy, Coping Behaviors, Epidemiology, Etiology, Intrusive Thoughts, Personality Traits, Psychobiology, PTSD, Research Needs, Social Support Network, Survivors, Treatment

Posttraumatic stress disorder and the nature of trauma

The role of psychological trauma (e.g., rape, physical assaults, torture, motor vehicle accidents) as an etiological factor in mental disorders, anticipated as early as the 19th century by Janet, Freud, and Breuer, and more specifically during World…

Tags: Etiology, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD

Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing: An update

Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR) is a relatively recent therapeutic approach to the treatment of traumatic memories in the wake of psychological trauma such as those found in PTSD. It is based on the theory that bilateral…

Tags: Etiology, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Treatment Effectiveness

Bihejvioralno-kognitivna terapija posttraumatskog stresnog poremećaja Behavioural-cognitive therapy of posttraumatic stress disorder

Osnovne teorijske postavke o posttraumatskom stresnom poremećaju (PTSP) date su u prvom delu rada. Naznačene su pretpostavke o PTSP kao vrsti uslovljene emocionalne reakcije na traumu i eventualno, bolesti koja za osnovu ima poremećen REM mehanizam…

Tags: Behavior Therapy, Cognitive Therapy, Epidemiology, Etiology, Nosology, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Psychophysiology, PTSD, Relaxation Therapy

Welch's comments on Shapiro's walk in the woods and the origin of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing

Welch's (Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 27, 175-179, 1996) response to Rosen's (Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 26, 121-122, 1995) limited study on the origin of eye movement desensitization and…

Tags: Cognitive Processes, Comment, Effects, Etiology, Professional Criticism, Reply, Stressor, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

The psychobiology of traumatic memory: Clinical implications of neuro imaging studies

Whereas most patients with PTSD construct a narrative of their trauma over time, it is a characteristic of PTSD that sensory elements of the trauma itself continue to intrude as flashbacks and nightmares, altered states of consciousness in which the…

Tags: Brain Imaging, Dissociative Amnesia, Etiology, Literature Review, Neuroanatomy, Neuroendocrinology, Psychobiology, PTSD, Stressor, Survivor, Treatment Effectiveness

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