Depression and Functioning during the COVID-19 Pandemic among Adults across Tunisia DOI Open Access
Jessica E. Lambert, Fatma Charfi, Uta Ouali

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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 21(10), P. 1363 - 1363

Published: Oct. 16, 2024

We aimed to understand how risk (trauma history, health problems, financial family problems) and protective (friend support, support) factors influenced daily functioning (e.g., self-care, mobility, social participation) among Tunisian adults during the COVID-19 pandemic, directly through their impact on depression, with a focus gender differences. recruited representative sample of 2014 participants (1024 males, 990 females) using random digit dialing mobile phone numbers across all 24 governorates in Tunisia. Females reported higher greater impaired functioning, likelihood having had COVID-19. Path analysis showed good fit model when paths for males females were allowed vary, providing evidence Associations between trauma exposure depression age stronger females. Social support from friends was factor only. For study variables associated indirectly association except friends. females, responsibilities problems both direct indirect effects, whereas other only linked depression. Findings provide insights into that can be targeted interventions at reducing improving

Language: Английский

The impact of trauma and how to intervene: a narrative review of psychotraumatology over the past 15 years DOI Creative Commons
Miranda Olff, Irma M. Hein, Ananda B. Amstadter

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European journal of psychotraumatology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 16(1)

Published: Feb. 6, 2025

To mark 15 years of the European Journal Psychotraumatology, editors reviewed past 15-year research on trauma exposure and its consequences, as well developments in (early) psychological, pharmacological complementary interventions. In all sections this paper, we provide perspectives sex/gender aspects, life course trends, cross-cultural/global systemic societal contexts. Globally, majority people experience stressful events that may be characterized traumatic. However, definitions what is traumatic are not necessarily straightforward or universal. Traumatic have a wide range transdiagnostic mental physical health limited to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Research genetic, molecular, neurobiological influences show promise for further understanding underlying risk resilience trauma-related consequences. Symptom presentation, prevalence, course, response experiences, differ depending individuals' age developmental phase, sex/gender, sociocultural environmental contexts, socio-political forces. Early interventions potential prevent acute reactions from escalating PTSD diagnosis whether delivered golden hours weeks after trauma. prevention still scarce compared treatment where several evidence-based complementary/ integrative exist, novel forms delivery become available. Here, focus how best address negative outcomes following trauma, serve individuals across spectrum, including very young old, include considerations ethnicity, culture diverse beyond Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democratic (WEIRD) countries. We conclude with providing directions future aimed at improving well-being impacted by around world. The EJPT webinar provides 90-minute summary paper can downloaded here [http://bit.ly/4jdtx6k].

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A meta-analysis on gender differences in prevalence estimates of mental disorders following exposure to natural hazards DOI Creative Commons

Isabella Kai Lee Nolting,

Nexhmedin Morina, Thole H. Hoppen

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European journal of psychotraumatology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 16(1)

Published: March 26, 2025

Background: Women report higher rates of trauma-related disorders compared to men. With women being disproportionately impacted by the consequences natural hazards, this gender disparity may increase in their aftermath.Objective: This meta-analysis aimed at quantifying gaps mental disorder prevalence following considering both recent and long-term aftermath developmental status affected countries, type hazard.Method: A systematic search was conducted MEDLINE, PsycINFO, Web Science February 2024. Random effects models were used calculate odds ratios (OR) based on point prevalences. OR adjusted for covariates also descriptively reported.Results: In total, 141 reports (N = 3,726,153 independent participants) included. The posttraumatic stress (PTSD), major depression (MD), generalized anxiety (GAD) within first year after hazard 24.95%, 8.11%, 14.24%, respectively. More than one-year post-natural PTSD MD 22.89% 13.51%, had significantly (OR 1.85) 1.52) hazard, as well later assessments 1.83 PTSD, 1.41 MD). Only four studies reported GAD differences resulting a non-significant 1.85. Subgroup analyses indicated no between countries showed variations upon inclusion covariates. Gender larger earthquakes.Conclusions: Significant hazards exist, although these appear similar other contexts. Gender-sensitive disaster response plans health are essential.

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Gender differences in early posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms: a network analysis DOI Creative Commons
Line Rønning, Rachel L. Zelkowitz, Marilyn L. Piccirillo

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European journal of psychotraumatology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 16(1)

Published: Jan. 23, 2025

Background: Despite known gender/sex differences in the prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), potential associations among PTSD symptoms between men and women early post-trauma period are not well-characterized.

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Experts in traumatic stress are concerned about global impact of what is happening in U.S. DOI Creative Commons
Joan M. Cook, Debra Kaysen, F. Jackie June ter Heide

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European journal of psychotraumatology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 16(1)

Published: May 8, 2025

Trauma is a global issue and public health concern. Political decisions may directly impact rates of trauma exposure, be it individual or mass disaster, guide how we deal with the consequences trauma. In this editorial, warn that current U.S. administration's are impacting exposure to worldwide as well disrupting field traumatic stress in research practice.

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Intimate partner violence and stress-related disorders: from epigenomics to resilience DOI Creative Commons
Arianna Carannante, Marco Giustini, Federica Rota

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Frontiers in Global Women s Health, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 6

Published: May 12, 2025

Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is a major public health problem to be addressed with innovative and interconnecting strategies for ensuring the psychophysical of surviving woman. According World Health Organization, 27% women worldwide have experienced physical sexual IPV in their lifetime. Most studies on gender-based violence focus short-term effects, while long-term effects are often marginally included even though they represent most serious complex consequences. The molecular mechanisms underlying stress-related disorders victims multiple include dysregulation hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, inflammatory response, epigenetic modifications, neurotransmitter imbalances, structural changes brain, oxidative stress. This review aims explore consequences intimate partner (IPV), emphasizing biological psychological resilience. By integrating findings from epigenetics, microbiome research, artificial intelligence (AI)-based data analysis, we highlight novel mitigating IPV-related trauma improving recovery pathways. Genome-wide environment interaction studies, enhanced by AI-assisted offer promising approach identifying factors that contribute those promote resilience, thus guiding more effective prevention intervention strategies.

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Prevalence of war-related posttraumatic stress disorder in adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis DOI Creative Commons
Larysa Zasiekina, Alex Griffin, Sarah‐Jayne Blakemore

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European journal of psychotraumatology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 16(1)

Published: May 16, 2025

Background: Posttraumatic stress disorder is common in civilians who are currently experiencing, or have experienced, war. Most previous studies focused on adult populations and, despite the recognised detrimental effect of war trauma adolescent mental health, there remains a paucity evidence prevalence war-related PTSD adolescents.Objective: This pre-registered (https://osf.io/dqg2z) systematic review and meta-analysis aims to understand PTSD, as well both risk protective factors for developing adolescents aged 10-24 years from across world traumatic events, described papers published 10 year period (2013-2023). We also examine how choice diagnostic assessment tool influences rates.Method: Medline (PubMed), PsycINFO (EBSCOhost), PTSDpubs (ProQuest) were searched, which resulted 21 eligible inclusion. Data was extracted synthesised using software Covidence.Results: The age range included 11-19 years. average 29.4% (95% CI [18.7%, 43.0%]), although rates highly inconsistent (I2 = 99.4%). Prevalence significantly higher conducted longer after exposure, used influenced prevalence.Conclusions: There high during increases with time post-war period, highlighting need access psychological services following study underscores importance defining ranges validated culturally sensitive tools when interpreting adolescents.

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Sex and gender considerations in cross-cultural traumatic stress studies DOI Creative Commons
Rachel Langevin,

Scott Beaudette,

Dany Laure Wadji

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European journal of psychotraumatology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 15(1)

Published: Oct. 15, 2024

Following the 1st Conference of Global Collaboration on Traumatic Stress, consortium committed to systematically integrating sex and gender considerations in their endeavours, which aligns with

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Accumbal Dopamine Responses Are Distinct between Female Rats with Active and Passive Coping Strategies DOI Creative Commons
Vsevolod V. Nemets, Е. П. Виноградова, Vladislav Zavialov

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Biomolecules, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 14(10), P. 1280 - 1280

Published: Oct. 10, 2024

There is a gap in existing knowledge of stress-triggered neurochemical and behavioral adaptations females. This study was designed to explore the short-term consequences single social defeat (SD) on accumbal dopamine (DA) dynamics related behaviors female Wistar rats. During SD procedure, rats demonstrated different stress-handling strategies, which were defined as active passive coping. The "active" subjects expressed significantly higher level activity directed toward handling stress experience, while "passive" ones showed an escalated freezing pattern. Remarkably, these opposite manifestations negatively correlated. Twenty-four hours following exposure, decreased immobility latency Porsolt test cognitive augmentation new object recognition evaluation evident, along with increase electrically evoked mesolimbic DA release coping Rats exhibiting pattern responses insignificant changes performance well response. Furthermore, decline recovery efflux under depletion protocol altered but not Taken together, data suggest that strategy are more susceptible developing alterations within 24 h after exposure. observation may represent both maladaptive protective organism short timescale.

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Towards accurate screening and prevention for PTSD (2-ASAP): protocol of a longitudinal prospective cohort study DOI Creative Commons
Jeanet F. Karchoud, Chris M. Hoeboer,

Greta Piwanski

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BMC Psychiatry, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 24(1)

Published: Oct. 15, 2024

Effective preventive interventions for PTSD rely on early identification of individuals at risk developing PTSD. To establish post-trauma who are risk, there is a need accurate prognostic screening instruments that can be widely implemented in recently trauma-exposed adults. Achieving such accuracy and generalizability requires external validation machine learning classification models. The current 2-ASAP cohort study will perform both full minimal feature sets supervised models assessing individual to follow an adverse symptom trajectory over the course 1 year. We derive these from TraumaTIPS cohort, separately men women.

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Celebrating 15 years of Psychotraumatology – a future with generative AI? DOI Creative Commons
Miranda Olff

European journal of psychotraumatology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 15(1)

Published: Dec. 5, 2024

The

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