Background Veterans returning from military missions face an elevated risk of developing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Although some treatments are effective, many veterans experience limited benefit. Interoceptive awareness may play a particularly important role in PTSD, yet there is little understanding of whether—and how—measurable increases in interoceptive awareness are reflected...
Perceived post-traumatic growth (PTG) refers to self-reported positive change resulting from the struggle with a traumatic experience. There is evidence that mindfulness- and acceptance- based interventions (MABIs) can increase perceived PTG, but this has yet to be reviewed or assessed using meta-analysis. This study investigated the effectiveness of MABIs at increasing perceived PTG across the...
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) presents severe symptomology and often co-occurs with depression, warranting novel treatment approaches to address both conditions simultaneously. Ketamine has emerged as a rapid antidepressant and potential treatment for PTSD, with some real-world evidence for effectiveness regardless of comorbidities. The purpose of this secondary analysis was to explore...
The renewed interest in entactogens and classical psychedelics, particularly in the context of psychotraumatology, has led to the positioning of psychedelic-augmented psychotherapy (PAP) as a highly promising therapeutic approach for traumatic dissociation. In this comprehensive review, findings from empirical studies are combined with observations of patients' phenomenological experience...
Nightmares are a re-experiencing symptom of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Complex PTSD (CPTSD). They are intrusive, involuntary and have a significant impact on wellbeing, suggesting they have substantial clinical relevance. However, little is known about the phenomenological features of post-traumatic nightmares and how they impact the severity of PTSD and CPTSD symptoms....
There is a gap in research exploring the experiences and explanatory models of people labelled in local communities as possessed. While previous accounts often focused on the links between possession and dissociative disorders or psychosis, the current study elaborates on problems attributed to possession in women with features of personality disorders. Participants were eight Polish Roman...