A5033341696- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Burn Injury Management and Outcomes
- Disaster Response and Management
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Traumatic Brain Injury Research
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- European Union Policy and Governance
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
- Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Health, psychology, and well-being
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Global Socioeconomic and Political Dynamics
- Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
- Environmental and Social Impact Assessments
- Pregnancy-related medical research
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
Amsterdam University Medical Centers
2019-2024
University of Amsterdam
1993-2024
OLVG
2022-2024
Kelowna General Hospital
2022
Amsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam
2017-2018
Huisarts en Wetenschap
2018
University of British Columbia
2017-2018
Okanagan University College
2018
Arq Psychotrauma Expert Group
2016
Foundation Centrum '45
2016
Background: In 2013, the Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale, golden standard to assess PTSD, was adapted DSM-5 (CAPS-5).Objective: This project aimed develop a clinically relevant Dutch translation of CAPS-5 and investigate its psychometric properties.Method: We conducted stepped including Delphi rounds with crowd 44 psychotrauma experts five senior experts. Using partial crowd-translations, two professional translations official DSM-5, each expert aggregated one independent translation....
This letter provides an update on the activities of "The Global Collaboration Traumatic Stress" (GC-TS) as first described by Schnyder et al. in 2017. It presents further detail projects theme, particular development and initial data Psychotrauma Screen (GPS), a brief instrument designed to screen for wide range potential outcomes trauma. English language ongoing studies several languages provide indication that GPS is feasible, reliable valid tool, tool may be very useful current pandemic...
Background: Psychological resilience is a distinct factor that affects mental health outcomes after adversities. This study describes the development, validity and measurement invariance (MI) of Dutch English scale on psychological resilience, called Resilience Evaluation Scale (RES). Methods: Separate online surveys with version RES hypothesized related measures were distributed in Dutch- English-speaking group, both drawn from general population. Results: Exploratory analysis, using data...
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a global public health problem. Unfortunately, many individuals with PTSD do not receive professional care due to lack of available providers, stigma about mental illness, and other concerns. Technology-based interventions, including mobile phone applications (apps) may be viable means surmounting such barriers reaching helping those in need. Given this potential, 2011 the U.S Veterans Affairs National Center for released Coach, app intended provide...
Background: Despite the fact that many people are affected by trauma and suffer from posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) there is a lack of easy-accessible interventions to self-manage these symptoms. Mobile apps may deliver low-intensity self-help reduce trauma-related empower individuals following trauma, such as high-risk professionals who regularly exposed potentially traumatic events. In this randomized controlled trial, we examined efficacy, evaluated usability user satisfaction app...
Objective This prospective longitudinal study examines the course of posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) in mothers children with burns between 1 and 11 years after burn event role severity feelings guilt on this course. Method Self-reported PTSS 48 were measured Impact Event Scale. Guilt assessed during an in-depth interview 2 event. Eleven event, marked their child's scars at present time a drawing. Results Over period 10 years, maternal decreased. Multiple regression analysis showed that...
Abstract Little is known about how age and gender are associated with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms traumatic experiences in treatment-seeking police offers. In this study, we examined 967 diagnostic files of officers seeking treatment for PTSD. Six hundred twelve (63%) the referred were diagnosed PTSD ( n = 560) or partial 52). Police reported on average 19.5 different types events (range 1–43). Those who experienced a greater variety suffered from more symptoms. Also, women...
Objective This multicenter study examines acute stress reactions in couples following a burn event to their preschool child. Methods Participants were 182 mothers and 154 fathers, including 143 couples, of 193 children (0–4 years) with burns. Parents' self-reported emotions regarding the measured within first month postburn. Results More than fathers reported clinically significant reactions. Multilevel analysis revealed that individual parent associated gender negative about event....
This study examines traumatic stress reactions in couples that were followed prospectively for 18 months after a burn event to their child.The participants included 186 mothers and 159 fathers of 198 preschool children. Parents' self-reported measured with the Impact Event Scale (IES). Predictors parental emotions perceived life-threatening character child's injury.Rates clinically significant symptoms (IES ≥ 26) decreased from 50% within first month 18% at postburn 27% 6% fathers. The...
Abstract To facilitate easily accessible screening for trauma‐related symptoms, a web‐based application called Smart Assessment on your Mobile (SAM) was developed. In this study, we examined whether SAM able to accurately identify posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression in adults. Eighty‐nine referred police officers completed SAM, containing the PTSD Checklist Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)‐5 (PCL‐5) Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS‐21), their own...
The high incidence of potentially traumatic events (PTEs) in Indonesia warrants early identification those with probable trauma-related disorders order to tailor prevention and intervention for symptoms. This study aims adapt validate a novel brief transdiagnostic screener, the Global Psychotrauma Screen (GPS), Indonesian undergraduate students. An online survey was administered among students (N = 322). Exploratory factor analysis, reliability analyses, clinical validity correlational...
Trauma is a global issue. The great majority of the burden disease arising from mental health conditions occurs in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), among populations political, economic, and/or cultural transition those struck by forced migration. These problems frequently arise as result traumatic events that adversely affect adults, children, families, including war, mass violence, natural disasters, accidents. In response to this, International Society for Traumatic Stress...
Objective To assess psychological symptoms in injured children (aged 8–17 years) and their parents after emergency department (ED) care to examine the relationship between posttraumatic stress depression symptoms, co-occurrence of within families, these parent-reported overall recovery. Methods Children (n = 263 child-parent dyads) were enrolled during ED treatment for unintentional injury. Approximately 5 months later, 178 completed standardized measures reported on child Results Follow-up...
Abstract This study aims to get more insight into experiences in the process towards mental recovery and feasibility of providing health support victims intimate partner violence (IPV) committed by organized crime offenders The Netherlands. 150 female were identified and, when reached, offered option for safe anonymous their trauma-related symptoms. We used a mixed-method design involving information from police files ( n = 150), patient 7), focus groups with therapists involved program 4)...
Abstract Emotion dysregulation has been associated with impaired interpersonal functioning and increased risk of posttraumatic psychopathology. Given that social support is a robust predictor psychiatric morbidity following trauma exposure, we examined whether emotion was psychopathology through its negative effect on support. Using self‐report data from 90 military veterans (89.9% men) enrolled in an outpatient psychotherapy program for stress disorder (PTSD), found partially mediated the...
Traumatic sexual experiences can negatively affect functioning and increase pelvic floor activity in women, especially when post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is developed. However, little known about the effect of other types interpersonal non-interpersonal, traumatic on function overactivity.The aim this study was to examine effects lifetime subsequent PTSD symptoms investigate whether differ for non-interpersonal trauma.Women (N=82) with obesity a history infertility, participating...
Abstract Background Psychological resilience is an important factor in coping with Potentially Traumatic Events (PTEs) and might mitigate the development of trauma-related disorders. Due to high risk natural disasters, criminal activity, transportation accidents among Indonesian population, it critical assess psychological as a protective factor. This study aimed validate Resilience Evaluation Scale (RES) undergraduate students. Methods We recruited 327 students (78% female, mean age 19.61 (...