Kirsten Barnicot summarises three recent systematic reviews exploring the most helpful interventions for people with complex PTSD.
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Mental health apps for people in crisis: helpful or harmful?
Wouter van Ballegooijen summarises a review of the ‘best apps’ for mental health, which finds very little support for people experiencing a mental health crisis.
[read the full story...]Vicarious trauma: how does working with trauma survivors affect therapists?
Sahra Tekin and Jo Billings summarise a meta-ethnographic review of qualitative studies looking at vicarious trauma in therapists working with survivors of trauma.
[read the full story...]Supporting the mental health of refugees: further evidence highlights the need for cultural awareness and competence
Zuva Dengu reviews a German cross-sectional representative study exploring the psychological distress of refugees from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Eritrea and other countries, which focuses on the individual and contextual risk factors and potential consequences for integration of refugees into German society.
[read the full story...]Complex trauma and complex problems: evidence from a cohort study
Oluwaseun Oluwaranti reviews a cohort study which finds that participants exposed to complex trauma had more severe mental health problems and poorer cognitive function at 18 years of age.
[read the full story...]New review suggests that PTSD may be a modifiable risk factor for dementia
Anjuli Kaul blogs about a new systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal cohort studies, which explores the relationship between PTSD and all-cause dementia.
[read the full story...]PTSD, anxiety and depression in UK frontline health care workers during COVID-19
In his debut blog, Will Kapurura summarises a paper that explores the impact of COVID-19 on the mental health of healthcare workers in the UK during the early part of the 2020 pandemic.
[read the full story...]Mental health interventions for healthcare staff in infectious disease outbreaks
In her debut blog, Bryony Porter summarises a systematic review exploring interventions to address mental health issues in healthcare workers during infectious disease outbreaks.
[read the full story...]“Tell Me Your Story”: using Narrative Exposure Therapy to help youth with PTSD
Will Koehler explores a case study which provides very early evidence that adapted narrative exposure therapy may be helpful in treating PTSD in adolescents.
[read the full story...]Life after injury: physical, psychological and social impact
Dafni Katsampa explores a qualitative study carried out by researchers in the Netherlands, which finds that experiencing an injury from a traumatic event like a serious road traffic accident, can impact on physical, psychological and social wellbeing.
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