Two research studies (2015, 2019) have found that the quality of abnormal psychology and graduate psychopathology textbook chapters on childhood maltreatment and dissociative disorders is oftentimes poor. This state of affairs is most worrisome, since many students of psychology and psychiatry who are introduced to these topics will get to study the involved chapters.
Read MoreSimone Reinders, Onno van der Hart, Eline Vissia, and I wrote a letter to the Editor of the European Journal of Psychotraumatology in response to a recent article by Huntjens and colleagues that was published in this journal.
Read MoreWe investigated whether patients with complex interpersonal trauma engage neural networks that are commonly activated during cognitive reappraisal and responding naturally to affect-laden images. In this naturalistic study, we examined whether trauma treatment not only reduces symptoms but also changes neural networks involved in emotional control.
Read MoreThe objective of the research was to examine the two constitutes of cortical volume (CV), that is, cortical thickness (CT) and surface area (SA), in individuals with dissociative identity disorder (DID) with the view of gaining important novel insights into the underlying neurobiological mechanisms mediating DID.
Read MoreEnactive trauma therapy is influenced by the philosophy of enactivism, among other sources of inspiration.
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