Frontier mental health research: psychedelics & drug studies

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2 papers

Is romantic partner betrayal a form of traumatic experience? A qualitative study

Michelle Lonergan, Alain Brunet, Marjolaine Rivest‐Beauregard, Danielle Groleau
Stress and Health Summary & key facts 2020 20 citations

Earlier studies report that 30–60% of people who are betrayed by a romantic partner have PTSD, depression, or anxiety at clinically meaningful levels. This study interviewed 13 people who had completed a clinical trial for an adjustment problem after betrayal. Participants described betrayal as shocking and destabilizing and often used…

Attachment and Relationship Dynamics Child Abuse and Trauma Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research

PROTOCOL: Group‐based interventions for posttraumatic stress disorder: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of the role of trauma type

Siobhán M. Griffin, Alžběta Lebedová, Elayne Ahern, Grace McMahon, Daragh Bradshaw, Orla T. Muldoon
Campbell Systematic Reviews Summary & key facts 2023 4 citations

This paper is a protocol for a planned systematic review and meta-analysis. The authors will collect and combine studies that test group-based treatments for people with PTSD or people referred to PTSD group treatment. They plan to look not only at whether group treatments reduce PTSD symptoms, but also at…

Child Abuse and Trauma Migration, Health and Trauma Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
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