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View article: Assessing autonomic nervous system via heart rate variability to measure responses during trauma-focused Narrative Exposure Therapy sessions: Protocol of a pretest-posttest quasi-experimental feasibility study
Assessing autonomic nervous system via heart rate variability to measure responses during trauma-focused Narrative Exposure Therapy sessions: Protocol of a pretest-posttest quasi-experimental feasibility study Open
Background The Russian invasion of Ukraine has led to repercussions, including the displacement of people, challenges to physical and mental health, and strains on health systems across Europe. Narrative Exposure Therapy as an evidence-bas…
View article: Addressing the burden of violence on global mental health: contributions of Narrative Exposure Therapy across different health systems
Addressing the burden of violence on global mental health: contributions of Narrative Exposure Therapy across different health systems Open
Post-traumatic stress disorder represents a substantial global mental health burden, particularly in the face of cumulative violence, forced migration, and structural inequities. Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET) configures a brief trauma-f…
View article: Psychotherapeutic Intervention in the Demobilization Process: Addressing Combat‐related Mental Injuries with Narrative Exposure in a First and Second Dissemination Stage
Psychotherapeutic Intervention in the Demobilization Process: Addressing Combat‐related Mental Injuries with Narrative Exposure in a First and Second Dissemination Stage Open
Background Depending on the exposure to traumatic stressors and combat, 20% to 50% of ex‐combatants present with trauma‐related disorders, and more than half of the members of armed groups have a proclivity to violence. Therefore, psychoth…
View article: Violent Offending Promotes Appetitive Aggression Rather than Posttraumatic Stress—A Replication Study with Burundian Ex-Combatants
Violent Offending Promotes Appetitive Aggression Rather than Posttraumatic Stress—A Replication Study with Burundian Ex-Combatants Open
Research has identified appetitive aggression, i.e., the perception of committed, violent acts as appealing, exciting and fascinating, as a common phenomenon within populations living in precarious and violent circumstances. Investigating …
View article: Sensitive Periods for Developing a Robust Trait of Appetitive Aggression
Sensitive Periods for Developing a Robust Trait of Appetitive Aggression Open
Violent behavior can be intrinsically rewarding; especially combatants fighting in current civil wars present with elevated traits of appetitive aggression. The majority of these fighters were recruited as children or adolescents. In the p…