The terror spread by the war disrupts lives and severs families, leaving individuals and
communities devastated. People are left to fend for themselves on multiple levels, especially …

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can become a chronic and severely disabling
condition resulting in a reduced quality of life and increased economic burden. The disorder …

Abstract In Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), fear and anxiety become dysregulated
following psychologically traumatic events. Regulation of fear and anxiety involves both high …

Current conceptualisations of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are driven by biological,
learning, and cognitive models that have shaped current treatments of the disorder. The …

Fear conditioning and avoidance tasks usually elicit adaptive aversive memories. Traumatic
memories are more intense, generalized, inflexible, and resistant to attenuation via …

Interoception—the perception of internal bodily signals—has recently emerged as an area of
significant interest due to its potential implications in emotion and the prevalence of …

Objectives The ability to identify persons at elevated risk for post-traumatic stress disorder
(PTSD) soon after exposure to trauma, could aid clinical decision-making and treatment. In …

The Russian-Ukrainian war (RUW) is responsible for extensive individual suffering and a
socio-economic impact on the world and is reshaping global affairs. Many studies have …

Introduction: There is a lack of literature exploring vicarious trauma (VT) in emergency
medical services (EMS) personnel. VT is emotional countertransference that occurs between …

Background: Adequate adaptation of the autonomic nervous system (ANS) is crucial in
potentially life-threatening situations. The defence cascade provides a descriptive model of …