{"title":"For an embodied epistemology of psychotrauma: for the creation of a \"Clinical Case Studies\" section","authors":"Cyril Tarquinio","doi":"10.1016/j.ejtd.2025.100561","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ejtd.2025.100561","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29932,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Trauma & Dissociation","volume":"9 3","pages":"Article 100561"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144271462","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Pour une épistémologie incarnée du psychotraumatisme : pour la création d’une rubrique « Études de cas cliniques »","authors":"Cyril Tarquinio","doi":"10.1016/j.ejtd.2025.100559","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ejtd.2025.100559","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29932,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Trauma & Dissociation","volume":"9 3","pages":"Article 100559"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144271465","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Pour une mémoire vivante de la psychotraumatologie : création d'une rubrique \" Passerelles : traductions et patrimoine de la psychotraumatologie\"","authors":"Cyril Tarquinio","doi":"10.1016/j.ejtd.2025.100560","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ejtd.2025.100560","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29932,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Trauma & Dissociation","volume":"9 3","pages":"Article 100560"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144271464","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cory Julien , Léa Binaut , Marion Dubois , Vincent Bréjard
{"title":"Traumatic events and sense-making: mobilization of meta-emotional processes","authors":"Cory Julien , Léa Binaut , Marion Dubois , Vincent Bréjard","doi":"10.1016/j.ejtd.2025.100557","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ejtd.2025.100557","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><div>Analysis of the post-immediate phase of a traumatic event (between 3- and 30-days post-event) is crucial to understanding the mechanisms of chronic development of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). It has been established that emotional processes are involved from the peritraumatic phase onwards. However, we still have little information about the emotional experience in the post-immediate phase.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>The aim of this study is to explore the experiences of people who have been victims, witnesses or indirect witnesses of a traumatic event, in order to shed light on the traumatic experience, the impact on their emotions and meta-emotions engaged during this temporary period and the identification of new therapeutic interventions.</div></div><div><h3>Method</h3><div>Eight participants, patients of the CUMP-13, agreed to be recorded during the initial recounting of the event of which they were victims. The discourse was analyzed according to the guidelines of grounded theory and using QDA Miner version 6 software.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>A total of 4 themes and 11 sub-themes were identified, including cognitive impact, emotional repercussions, coping strategies and per traumatic contexts.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>The results were interpreted and discussed in terms of clinical impact, and new therapeutic approaches were proposed: identification and analysis of the meta-emotion, deconstruction of dysfunctional beliefs and peritraumatic dissociation at the origin of the cognitive conflict.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":29932,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Trauma & Dissociation","volume":"9 3","pages":"Article 100557"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144223620","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Stéphanie Nguyen , Belaid Bouhemad , Marie-Aude Vangi , Virginie Souppart , Sébastien Pili Floury , Jean Pierre Quenot , Jean-Louis Dubost , Gilles Capellier , Alexandra Laurent
{"title":"The psychological experience of children visiting an adult intensive care unit","authors":"Stéphanie Nguyen , Belaid Bouhemad , Marie-Aude Vangi , Virginie Souppart , Sébastien Pili Floury , Jean Pierre Quenot , Jean-Louis Dubost , Gilles Capellier , Alexandra Laurent","doi":"10.1016/j.ejtd.2025.100558","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ejtd.2025.100558","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Purpose</h3><div>Allowing children to visit their parents in the adult intensive care unit (ICU) remains controversial, particularly in light of the risk of trauma associated with the ICU environment. This study aims to provide new insights into the experience and impact of child visits to adult ICUs.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Qualitative study involving six ICUs in France. Seven days after the visit, children completed an acute stress scale (CRIES-8) and participated in a semi-structured interview. The interviews were transcribed using Phenomenological Interpretative Analysis. All the results were discussed with a psychodynamic perspective.</div></div><div><h3>Participants</h3><div>A total of 15 children between the ages of seven and 13 participated in the study.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Of the 15 children, nine experienced acute stress one week after the visit. Qualitative results show that, at the time of the visit, the child arrives in intensive care emotionally scarred by the primary event that led to his or her parent's admission to intensive care. Our findings suggest that children have mixed feelings during the visit, experiencing both desire and relief, as well as anxiety and fear. In addition, children express a need to be accompanied and supported throughout the visit by a parent, healthcare professional or psychologist.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Our study shows the importance of respecting children’s desire to visit adults in intensive care, but only under specific conditions, where their reception and support are adapted and tailored to children and are the result of careful consideration and specific training within ICU teams. In order to understand the children's experience, the support must take into account the impact of the primary event, the children's emotional complexity (both positive and negative emotions) and the need for resource people (healthcare professionals, psychologists, accompanying parents) to be attentive, available and to translate the intensive care environment before, during and after the visit.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":29932,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Trauma & Dissociation","volume":"9 3","pages":"Article 100558"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144230516","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Giuseppe Scimeca , Marianna Ardito , Monica Fiammetta , Jennifer A. Madere , D. Michael Coy , Giuseppe Giacalone
{"title":"Development of the Italian Multidimensional Inventory of Dissociation (I-MID): A Pilot Study","authors":"Giuseppe Scimeca , Marianna Ardito , Monica Fiammetta , Jennifer A. Madere , D. Michael Coy , Giuseppe Giacalone","doi":"10.1016/j.ejtd.2025.100556","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ejtd.2025.100556","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The aim of the present pilot study was to verify the applicability of the Multidimensional Inventory of Dissociation (MID) to the Italian culture. An Italian translation of the MID (I-MID) was developed and evaluated for reliability and validity when administered to an Italian sample consisting of clinical and nonclinical individuals. The I-MID showed strong internal consistency, structural, convergent, and construct validity. The MID's subjective/phenomenological model of dissociation appears to be applicable in the Italian context. The study's limitations are addressed.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":29932,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Trauma & Dissociation","volume":"9 3","pages":"Article 100556"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144223619","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Psychological methods and techniques for overcoming the emotional state of refugees (mothers, children, and adolescents) fleeing war","authors":"Svitlana Khadzhyradieva , Marianna Todorova , Mariana Palchynska","doi":"10.1016/j.ejtd.2025.100555","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ejtd.2025.100555","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has led to an unprecedented need for effective psychosocial support methods for refugees, most of whom are women and children.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>The aim of this study was to systematise the experience of psychosocial support professionals to create a comprehensive support system for Ukrainian refugees.</div></div><div><h3>Method</h3><div>Based on in-depth interviews with 30 experts working with refugees in Poland, Germany and Norway, the study examined the specifics of providing psychological assistance at different stages of adaptation.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The study showed the dynamics of refugees’ psychological states during displacement: from the acute phase in the war zone, through the period of evacuation and arrival at a new place, to the stage of adaptation six months after resettlement. Experts identified methods of work at each stage and outlined nine main categories of psychological assistance. A comprehensive mentoring programme was developed, taking into account the specifics of working with different age groups and the socio-cultural characteristics of the host countries. Based on the analysis of expert experience, a structured system of psychological support for refugees was created, with specific recommendations on the use of various methods.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>The practical significance of the study lies in the development of a training programme for specialists in the field of psychosocial assistance and the implementation of a differentiated approach to working with refugees at different stages of adaptation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":29932,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Trauma & Dissociation","volume":"9 3","pages":"Article 100555"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144223621","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Emma Maloney , Clodagh Dowling , Tara Deehan , Niamh Willis , Gary O’Reilly
{"title":"“It's impacted on everything. It's impacted on my work, it's impacted on relationships, it's impacted on everything I have done” said a significant other: A qualitative exploration of the experience of significant others who provide support to individuals attending intervention for complex trauma","authors":"Emma Maloney , Clodagh Dowling , Tara Deehan , Niamh Willis , Gary O’Reilly","doi":"10.1016/j.ejtd.2025.100554","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ejtd.2025.100554","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>The support of family and friends is known to be an influential factor in managing the impact of trauma. However, research examining the experience of providing this support and the potential impact this role may have on the relationship between supporters and the supported is limited.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>This study aimed to qualitatively explore the experience of adult significant others as they support their adult loved ones before and during intervention for complex trauma.</div></div><div><h3>Method</h3><div>Eleven attendees of an established triphasic complex trauma intervention and nine nominated significant others completed semi-structured interviews post-intervention (<em>N</em> = 20). The 3 phases of the intervention were: (1) safety, stabilisation, and connection; (2) remembering and telling your story; and (3) looking forward, reclaiming your life, and reconnecting in relationships. CFT informed the group sessions across all 3 phases, with individual sessions of EMDR or Prolonged Exposure offered during phase 2. Significant others were not included in the intervention. Reflexive thematic analysis was used to analyse data and develop themes summarising key experiences preceding, during and on the conclusion of treatment. Individual interviews were conducted and analysed separately. Four key themes were developed and mapped, capturing independent and overlapping experiences from the perspective of intervention attendees and their significant others: (1) support as multifaceted and integral, (2) the emotional impact and systemic strain of supporting, (3) intervention-associated shifts, and (4) the need for systemic support from services.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The data indicated that significant others experience distress and exert considerable effort to support those managing trauma symptoms. The intervention was suggested to facilitate behavioural, emotional, and relational changes. Participants reported that a lack of available information for supporters unintentionally placed those attending intervention in an educator role. The inclusion of significant others in the intervention was proposed as a means of alleviating strain on both the individual and the support system.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>Significant others who provide support to adults experiencing symptoms associated with complex trauma hold an important but challenging role that lacks support from services and is often underacknowledged. Greater but case-specific inclusion of supporters in intervention for complex trauma should be considered.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":29932,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Trauma & Dissociation","volume":"9 3","pages":"Article 100554"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144242664","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pedro V. Mateo-Fernández , Iria Osa-Subtil , Isabella E. Senno , Nelson Andrade-González , Lydia Brea-Montilla , María Cruz-Fortún
{"title":"Assessment of imputability in a case of murder with dissociation","authors":"Pedro V. Mateo-Fernández , Iria Osa-Subtil , Isabella E. Senno , Nelson Andrade-González , Lydia Brea-Montilla , María Cruz-Fortún","doi":"10.1016/j.ejtd.2025.100553","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ejtd.2025.100553","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><div>Imputability in criminal cases is a main element with regard to possible variations in sentencing with the application of mitigating or exonerating factors, due to the impairment of the cognitive and/or volitional capacities of the accused during the commission of the crime. A psychopathological disorder that affects the cognition and volition of the individual is dissociation. This paper presents the evaluation process of a murder case with dissociative components at the time of the crime.</div></div><div><h3>Method</h3><div>The documentation provided by the legal representative of the accused was analyzed, in addition to the performance of a psychological evaluation process through interviews in an exclusively forensic context and complementary evaluation tests.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The results of each of the tests applied are described, as well as a functional analysis and a forensic formulation model.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>A lack of social skills and coping strategies, perceived threats within the conflict-filled relationship with the victim, and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), provoked fear and anger in the examinee. These states annulled his cognitive and volitional capacities due to the dissociative symptomatology associated with derealization, depersonalization, and dissociative amnesia. This symptomatology partially overrode the cognitive and volitional capacities of the examinee and triggered the fatal outcome. However, future research is needed to further investigate the causal relationship between these disorders and the commission of violent crimes such as homicide.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":29932,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Trauma & Dissociation","volume":"9 3","pages":"Article 100553"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144279846","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pablo D. Valencia , Tomás Caycho-Rodríguez , Andy Sánchez-Villena , Jonatan Baños-Chaparro , Julio Torales , Iván Barrios , Luis Hualparuca-Olivera
{"title":"Post-traumatic growth, anxiety, and depression after the death of a loved one in Latin America: A latent class analysis","authors":"Pablo D. Valencia , Tomás Caycho-Rodríguez , Andy Sánchez-Villena , Jonatan Baños-Chaparro , Julio Torales , Iván Barrios , Luis Hualparuca-Olivera","doi":"10.1016/j.ejtd.2025.100548","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ejtd.2025.100548","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background and Objectives</h3><div>Depression and anxiety are common symptoms among individuals who have experienced the death of a loved one; however, their relationship with post-traumatic growth in this population has rarely been examined. This study aimed to identify distinct profiles of post-traumatic growth, depression, and anxiety symptoms in a sample of individuals from Latin America who had experienced the loss of a loved one.</div></div><div><h3>Method</h3><div>A total of 2,572 participants from various Latin American countries took part in this study. The Patient Health Questionnaire-4 and the 8-item Posttraumatic Growth Inventory–Short Form were administered. Latent Class Analysis (LCA) was conducted to identify symptom profiles among individuals who had experienced bereavement.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Five distinct profiles were identified: Growth, Average, Combined, Resilient, and Distress. Additionally, factors such as age, gender, time since the loss, and relationship to the deceased were found to differentially influence the patterns of post-traumatic growth, depression, and anxiety.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>These findings contribute to the limited body of evidence on the coexistence of anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic growth, illustrating that post-traumatic growth may emerge regardless of the presence or absence of other psychological symptoms in a Latin American context.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":29932,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Trauma & Dissociation","volume":"9 3","pages":"Article 100548"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144107704","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}