The dynamics of cumulative trauma and trauma types in adults patients with psychiatric disorders: Two cross-cultural studies

IA Kira, MH Fawzi, MM Fawzi - Traumatology, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
There is an intricate divide between three major valid paradigms in studying traumatic
processes: The psychiatric paradigm that focused mostly on the survival types of traumas …

Characterizing typologies of polytraumatization: A replication and extension study examining internalizing and externalizing psychopathology in an urban population

Y Mekawi, E Kuzyk, HD Dixon… - Clinical …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
A person-centered approach to examining trauma has uncovered typologies of
polytraumatization that are differentially associated with psychopathology. However …

Measuring cumulative trauma dose, types, and profiles using a development-based taxonomy of traumas

IA Kira, L Lewandowski, T Templin… - …, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
This study presents a new short scale for measuring cumulative trauma dose, types, and
profiles that is based on the APA (American Psychological Association) trauma Group …

Heterogeneity of posttraumatic stress symptoms in a highly traumatized low income, urban, African American sample

NR Nugent, KC Koenen, B Bradley - Journal of Psychiatric Research, 2012 - Elsevier
Trauma is associated with a range of outcomes; identification of homogeneous profiles of
posttrauma symptoms may inform theory, diagnostic refinement, and intervention. The …

Cumulative trauma, appraisal, and coping in Palestinian and American Indian adults: Two cross-cultural studies.

IA Kira, AZ Omidy, JS Ashby - Traumatology: An International …, 2014 - psycnet.apa.org
The current research utilized a new integrative traumatology framework to measure and
study chronic stress and trauma profiles, cumulative trauma (CT) appraisal, and coping in 2 …

The Harvard trauma questionnaire: adapting a cross-cultural instrument for measuring torture, trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder in Iraqi refugees

M Shoeb, H Weinstein… - International Journal of …, 2007 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Mental health assessments in post-conflict zones have relied heavily on
Western psychiatric scales. Yet, a strict dependence on the paradigms of Western psychiatry …

Psychopathology, risk, and resilience under exposure to continuous traumatic stress: A systematic review of studies among adults living in southern Israel.

T Greene, L Itzhaky, I Bronstein, Z Solomon - Traumatology, 2018 - psycnet.apa.org
Countless people around the world live with exposure to continuous traumatic stress (CTS)
as a result of violent political conflict. Over the past 15 years, residents of southern Israel …

Differences in posttraumatic stress characteristics by duration of exposure to trauma

A Goral, M Lahad, L Aharonson-Daniel - Psychiatry research, 2017 - Elsevier
Ongoing exposure of civilian populations to war and terror is associated with adverse
responses beyond those specified in DSM-5 for PTSD. Current PTSD assessment practices …

Living in danger: The impact of chronic traumatization and the traumatic context on posttraumatic stress disorder

D Kaysen, PA Resick, D Wise - Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 2003 - journals.sagepub.com
In this article on the effects of chronic traumatization, research is reviewed regarding the
association between chronicity of traumatization and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) …

The psychosocial effects of torture, mass human rights violations, and refugee trauma: Toward an integrated conceptual framework

D Silove - The Journal of nervous and mental disease, 1999 - journals.lww.com
Torture is a complex trauma that often occurs within the context of widespread persecution
and human rights violations. In addition, the nature of modern warfare is such that whole …