1. business and industrial
2. business operations
3. business plans

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Welcome Address
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General Information
7
Social Events
17
Overview of the Program
22
Pre-Conference Workshops
24
Keynote Speakers
28
Panel Discussions
31
Oral Sessions
36
Poster Sessions
63
Author Index
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Welcome Address
Dear Colleagues,
We are proud and happy to welcome you in Vilnius, the Capital of Lithuania.
This is going to be the first ESTSS Conference in Eastern Europe. Complicated
history of this region will be an inspiring background for professional meetings,
establishing new contacts, and an outstanding venue for meeting old friends.
ESTSS conference will reflect and represent research and practice diversity
of European psychotraumatology. ESTSS conference organizers invite
participants of the Conference to discuss the social context of trauma,
including acknowledgement of trauma, social support, and linking traumatic
stress field among different professionals and educating society about trauma
and recovery.
The Conference will also focus on clinical practice. Although we know about
remarkable resilience of majority of survivors, the burden of PTSD in Europe
and around the globe is growing. With natural disasters, military conflicts,
interpersonal violence, accidents and other traumatic events happening
around the world there is a huge responsibility for professionals to provide the
best care for trauma survivors suffering from stress-related disorders.
Dr. Evaldas Kazlauskas
Chair of ESTSS Vilnius 2015 Conference
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Dear Colleagues,
On behalf of the ESTSS’ Board, I would like to welcome all of you in our biannual
conference wholeheartedly. Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania has hosted two of
our Board meetings as well as the 2013 ESTSS Strategic Planning Meeting
which gave shape to the vision of my presidential term. Throuhout this period,
we have been busy fine-tuning the transformation in the governance structure
of ESTSS. This process of transition – from a society built around voluntary
individual membership to one of an umbrella organization for regional (mostly
national) trauma societies – will hopefully facilitate professional collaboration
all over the continent. After advisory exchanges with member society
leaderships, the ESTSS Board has come up with a concrete proposal for a
constitutional amendmend, which will be presented to approval in the General
Membership Meeting during this conference.
Since its foundation, ESTSS has embodied an effort aimed at nurturing the
common ground in European psychotraumatology. Syncronization of knowledge
and experience between all participants is key to achieve these ends, also as
an inspiration for the future through scientific and clinical creativity. The ESTSS
biannual conferences have and will continue to be one of the main carriers of
this historical process. The European Journal of Psychotraumatology (EJPT),
the official scientific organ of the Society, is celebrating its 5th anniversary.
We thank to Evaldas Kazlauskas (Chair of the Conference), the local organization
committee, and the Lithuanian Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (LSTSS)
for the immense work to make this meeting a success.
On behalf of the Board of ESTSS, I wish you a pleasant stay in Vilnius and a
productive meeting. Thank you for coming and sharing the spirit of collaboration
with us.
Prof. Dr. Vedat Şar
President of ESTSS (2013-2015)
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Dear Colleagues,
Vilnius University is proud to host the XIV Conference of European
Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. The meeting of the leading experts
of psychotraumatology will contribute to the dissemination of the latest
developments in research and practice in the field of traumatic stress studies.
Vilnius University is one of the leading institutions of higher education in
Eastern and Central Europe.
With a more than four centuries history, the University is a unique witness to
the history of the country, closely related with the periods of growth and decline
and traumatic history of Lithuania. Despite all challenges and oppression we
can also witness a remarkable resilience of the University and its community,
which managed to provide leadership and innovations for the society.
Nowadays the University is in the midst of development of new structures
for stimulating research and ensuring high position of the University in the
European and global education and research area.
I wish you a successful and inspiring conference.
Prof. habil. dr. Artūras Žukauskas
Rector of Vilnius University
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GENERAL INFORMATION
Organizers
The European Society of Traumatic Stress Studies
www.estss.org
Vilnius University
www.vu.lt/en
Lithuanian Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
www.traumupsichologija.lt
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CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION
Local Organizing Committee
Evaldas Kazlauskas (Lithuania) - Chair
Paulina Zelviene (Lithuania) - Secretary General
Egle Mazulyte (Lithuania)
Neringa Grigutyte (Lithuania)
Jonas Eimontas (Lithuania)
International Scientific Committee
Elena Acquarini (Italy)
Dolores Britvic (Croatia)
Chris Freeman (United Kingdom)
Danute Gailiene (Lithuania)
Jana Javakhishvili (Georgia)
Maya Lis-Turlejska (Poland)
Trudy Mooren (Netherlands)
Rui Mota Cardoso (Portugal)
Ansgar Rougemont-Buecking (Switzerland)
Ingo Schäfer (Germany)
Marit Sijbrandij (Netherlands)
International Advisory Board
Dean Ajdukovic (Croatia)
Berthold Gersons (Netherlands)
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster (Austria)
Andreas Maercker (Switzerland)
ESTSS 2015 Conference Secretariat
Meeting, Destination and Association
Management Company (MMC, DMC, AMC)
Kestucio str. 47, Vilnius, Lithuania
Phone: +370 685 24375
Fax: +370 5 2000 782
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.viaconventus.com
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REVIEWERS
Dr. Luisa Sales
Dr. Miriam Lommen
Joris Haagen, Msc
Dr.Christiane Eichenberg
Dr. Arnold van Emmerik
Dr. Joanne Mouthaan
Dr. Danute Gailiene
Ansgar Rougemont-Buecking, MD
Dr. Ingo Schäfer
Dr. Birgit Kleim
Dr. Jochen Binder
Dr. Jana Javakhishvili
Dr. Chris Freeman
Dr. Maya Lis-Turlejska
Dr. Małgorzata Dragan
Dr. Lutz Wittmann
Dr. Trudy Mooren
Dr. Rafaela Huntjens
Dr. Jeroen Knipscheer
Dr. Rolf Kleber
Dr. Irma Hein
Dr. Jackie June ter Heide
Dr. Hans te Brake
Dr. Anne Douglas
Dr. Laura Toplis
Dr. Neil Roberts
Dr. Maya Lis-Turlejska
Dr. Evaldas Kazlauskas
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GENERAL CONFERENCE INFORMATION
Main Conference Venue
Conference Venue For
Preconference Workshops &
Estss Board Meeting
Conveniently located near the city’s
historic and business districts, this
Vilnius hotel overlooks Old Town and
the river. The 291 comfortable rooms
include Free high-speed, wireless
Internet, and the on-site Riverside
Restaurant
serves
international
specialities while the hotel bars
provide creative cocktails and light
snacks. Guests can also enjoy the
fitness centre, sauna and beauty
salon, or host events in 17 wellequipped meeting rooms.
Vilnius University (VU) – the oldest and
largest Lithuanian higher educational
institution. It was founded at a time
when the reformation movement
was active in Lithuania and Jesuit
monks were invited to help fight the
mood of reformation. Jesuit monks
were quick to take over education. In
1569, they established a college and
in 1579 the University of Vilnius was
born.
Address:
Konstitucijos pr. 20, Vilnius
Lithuania
Address:
Universiteto str. 3, Vilnius
Lithuania
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At the Conference venue no smoking is allowed. Delegates are kindly requested
to keep their mobile phones turned off while attending the scientific sessions
in the meeting rooms. Your cooperation will be appreciated. Unauthorized
recording and photography are not allowed.
Free Internet Access
Wireless internet access is available throughout the Conference venue and
Vilnius University.
At Vilnius University:
Network: estss2015
Password: estss2015
At Radisson Blu Hotel:
Password: 1234
Baggage Storage
For your convenience baggage storage will be arranged on 13th of June. If you
wish to leave your luggage before entering scientific sessions go to registration counter and our staff will take care of your belongings.
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Registration
RADISSON BLU HOTEL
(MAIN VENUE)
VILNIUS UNIVERSITY
The registration and hospitality desk
is located at the main entrance of
Venue entrance.
Registration for the preconference
workshop participants only is located
next to workshop rooms.*
Working hours:
Preconference registration working
hours:
17:00–20:00
June 10
08:00–18:00
June 11
08:00–18:00
June 12
08:00–14:00
June 13
08:00–15:00
June 10
* Delegates attending preconference
workshops and main ESTSS program do
not need to register at Radisson Blu Hotel.
All Conference materials and documentation will be available at the Conference
registration counter. The Conference staff will be pleased to help you with all
the enquiries regarding registration, Conference material and program. Please
do not hesitate to contact the staff members if there is anything they can do
to make your stay more enjoyable.
During the opening hours ESTSS 2015 Secretariat can be reached at:
Ms. Monika Rankelyte (project manager)
+370 6 1216 586
Ms. Justina Zmitruleviciute (delegate manager)
+370 6 1162 270
Official Language
The official Conference language is English. No translation will be provided.
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Name Badges
All registrants have been issued name tags, which must be worn to gain
admission to the Conference facilities and social program. Please note that
admission to scientific sessions is strictly restricted to participants wearing
their badges. All participants are kindly requested to wear your name badge
during Welcome reception. Name tags are colour-coded as follows:
Delegate
Delegates attending preconference
workshop and main ESTSS program
Young mind
Accompanying person
Organizer
Blue
Green
YELLOW
Red
Orange
Certificate of Participation and Invoices
All delegates may ask for certificate of participation and invoice original at the
registration counter. All requested documents will be prepared for you in few
hours after your notice.
Onsite Registration Fee
Category
Price, Eur
ESTSS member
500
ESTSS non member
550
ESTSS students and low rate countries
220
Accomponying person
40
Social Program Fee
Category
GALA dinner
Young minds party
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Price, Eur
40
14,99
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Currency
The official currency in Lithuania is Euro. You can exchange your foreign
currency at Lithuanian banks, exchange bureaux. Credit cards are accepted
in most shops, hotels and restaurants. You will find a cash dispenser on
nearly every corner and they are accessible 24 hours. Credit cards like Visa,
MasterCard are fitly accepted.
All official prices such as Conference fees, social events, etc. set by ESTSS are
quoted in Euro. Payments in other currencies will not be accepted.
Insurance
The Conference fee does not include insurance. All participants are advised to
arrange their own insurance. Health and accident insurance is recommended
and has to be purchased in your country of origin.
Lunch
June 11, 2015 | 13:45 – 15:00
June 12, 2015 | 13:45 – 15:00
Conference lunch will be served for all our guests at the restaurant Riverside
(see Venue map) and in Beta hall (see Venue map). Our staff shall direct you to
both catering places.
Pre-Conference Workshop Lunch
(for full day pre-conference program attendees)
June 10, 2015 | 13:00-14:00
Lunch will be served at the buffet in Vilnius University. Look for indicative signs
to find buffet.
Coffee Breaks
June 11, 2015 | 11:45 – 12:15
June 12, 2015 | 11:45 – 12:15
June 13, 2015 | 11:00 – 11:30
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Coffee, tea and other refreshments will be served in the main lobby. Two coffee
stations will be located in the area for your convenience, in case of queues at
the certain station, please look for less crowded ones.
Book of Abstracts (PDF File on Estss Website)
All abstracts are published in the Book of Abstracts and stored as PDF file in
ESTSS website. Conference participants may copy materials for their personal
use only, but further copying for sale or for any other commercial purpose is
allowed with a prior written permission of the editor only.
Program Changes
The organisers cannot assume liability for any changes in the Conference
program due to external or unforeseen circumstances. All chairpersons are
kindly asked to be in contact with Organizing Committee for any changes in
the program.
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TECHNICAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR PRESENTERS
Oral Presentations
All meeting halls will be equipped with PC, LCD projector and microphones.
The date/hour/room of your presentation(s) is available in the Program. If you
are using a slide presentation (Power Point or Prezi) make sure to double check
your presentation before your session starts.
The duration of each oral presentation is 15 minutes. Presenters are kindly
asked to arrive to their auditorium at least 30 minutes prior to the beginning
of the session.
Delegates who wish to use their own computer have to inform ESTSS
secretariat before their session starts because some technical changes have
to be made.
If any assistance is needed during your presentation look for ESTSS volunteer
for instant help. At least one volunteer is in the room at any given time.
Poster Presentation
June 12, 2015 | 15:00 – 16:00
Printed posters should not exceed: 90 cm x 120 cm (35,5 in x 47,24 in),
recommended poster size is A0. All posters must be printed in vertical layout.
Posters will be displayed at the Hotel Lobby area and must be affixed no
later than 10:00 in the morning. Each poster board will be marked with the
number assigned to each abstract. Authors are requested to affix their
posters themselves. Material for mounting a poster to the poster board will
be supplied by the Conference Secretariat. Please, ask the Conference staff
for any assistance.
At least one author of each poster should be present for discussion and
questions during the posters session starting from 15:00 on June 12.
All posters must be removed no later than 18:00 on June 12. Posters not
removed by this time will be removed by the Conference staff. The ESTSS
secretariat assumes no responsibilities for the condition of posters not
removed by the presenter.
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Social events
Opening of the Conference
June 10 | 19:00–21:00
Location | Alfa hall, Radisson Blu Hotel
Welcome remarks
ESTSS Awards
•• Young Mind Award - dr. Mirjam Nijdam
•• The Wolter de Loos Award for Distinguished Contribution to
Psychotraumatology in Europe - dr. Stuart Turner
Keynote address
Welcome Reception
June 10 | 21:00
Location | Lobby of Radisson Blu Hotel
Opening reception is included into the Conference fee for Conference
participants and accompanying guests.
Young Minds Party
June 11 | 20:00
Location | Bar and Restaurant Floor
Address | Vilniaus str 33
Young minds party is 14,99 Euro per delegate.
Young minds party fee includes:
•• Delightful concert by Lithuanian singer and psychologist Egle Sirvydyte!
•• 2 drinks per person (wine, beer, coffee or soft drink)
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Gala Dinner
June 12 | 19:00
Location | Courtyard of Vilnius University
Address | Universiteto str. 3
ESTSS organizing Committee requests the honour of your presence at the
Gala dinner in the Grand Courtyard of the Vilnius University. Vilnius University
is a complex formed over several centuries. As a result, Gothic, Baroque and
Classical styles can be identified while visiting VU. Total of thirteen internal
courtyards, arcades and galleries inject even more colour into the building! The
courtyards are named after famous graduates and professors of the university;
commemorative plaques in their honour can be seen in the Grand Courtyard.
Conference dinner is 40 Euros per delegate. All delegates and accompanying
guests may buy dinner tickets online or at the hospitality desk located next to
the registration counter.
Gala dinner fee includes:
•• Vilnius University Chamber orchestra
performance before dinner
•• Special Gala dinner with traditional
Lithuanian food
•• All dinner guests will be able to see
and participate in making traditional
Lithuanian cake – Šakotis
•• Jazz band performance during dinner
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EXCURSIONS
We will run a Hospitality Desk throughout the Conference. ESTSS 2015
Conference Secretariat team is more than happy to assist you with all the
questions and precise information with regard to all options of possible
excursions.
Below you will find short descripnions of the tours to be held during the
Conference.
Tour to Kaunas
June 11 | 09:00
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Visit to Pažaislis Monastery* - the masterpiece of Baroque architecture
Walk in the Old Town of Kaunas
Stop at the panoramic view point of Kaunas platform
Visit čiurlionis Art Museum (or Devil’s Museum) **
Stop for lunch and Lithuanian home
Duration: 8-9 hours
Visit to the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania
June 11 | 10:15
•• Learn about the history of Lithuania, its rulers and their family relations with
the other European monarchies as well as their secret love affairs.
•• See the historical and architectural development of the palace by highlighting
the ancient ruins still in place and the excavated artifacts
•• Visit the ceremonial halls, which have been reconstructed to show the
evoliution of architectural styles – from the late Gothic to the Renaissance
to the early Baroque
•• Discover the special Treasury Hall
Duration: 1,5-2 hours
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Jewish History in Vilnius
June 12 | 10:15
•• Learn about the Jewish history in Lithuania and Vilnius
•• Walk in the former Bigger and Smaller Ghettos of Vilnius
•• Find many monuments and memorial plaques reminding us about the
Jewish heritage in Lithuania
•• Visit the synagogue*
•• Drive to the Jewish cemetery* where the Gaon of Vilnius was buried
Duration: 2,5 - 3 hours
Soviet History in Vilnius
June 12 | 14:30
•• Visit the Museum of Genocide Victims - the former KGB prison* (premises
where death sentences were implemented, modern exhibitions telling about
the loss of independence in the middle of the 20th century, repressions
by Soviet authorities, and the self-sacrificing and persistent fight for
independence).
•• Parliament barricade memorial
•• The TV Tower (memorial in front of the TV Tower where the bloody Soviet
military attack on the freedom defenders took place on January 13, 1991;
the monument for Freedom; the museum on the ground floor of the tower)
Duration: 2,5 - 3 hours
Tour to Trakai
June 13 | 11:00
•• Drive to the medieval capital of Lithuania – Trakai which lies in the National
and Historical park of Lithuania, famous for its unique landscape enriched
with 32 lakes and visit will visit the 15th century Castle Museum offering
insights into Lithuania’s grand past and exhibiting archaeological finds, old
maps, paintings, guns, armours and treasures.
•• Admire an amazing combination of landscape and medieval architecture
during a pleasant boat sail on Galve Lake.
•• Lunch at the traditional Karaite ethnic minority restaurant.
Duration: 5 hours
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Overview of the Program
10 June, Wednesday
Venue: Vilnius University (Universiteto str. 9)
08:00–15:00
Preconference workshop registration
10:00–13:00
Preconference workshops
13:00–14:00
Lunch
14:00–17:00
Preconference workshops
09:00–17:00
ESTSS Board meeting
Venue: Hotel Radisson Blu Lietuva (Konstitucijos av. 20)
17:00–20:00
Registration
19:00–21:00
Opening of the Conference. Awards. Keynote lecture.
21:00–23:00
Welcome Reception
11 June, Thursday
Venue: Hotel Radisson Blu Lietuva (Konstitucijos av. 20)
08:00–18:00
Registration
09:00–10:00
Keynote lecture
10:15–11:45
Oral presentation sessions
11:45–12:15
Coffee break
12:15–13:45
Oral presentation sessions
13:45–15:00
Lunch
15:00–16:00
Invited ISTSS Panel. Prevention and public health approaches
to trauma and traumatic stress
15:00–16:00
Oral presentation sessions
16:15–17:45
Oral presentation sessions
20:00
Social event. Young Minds Party
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12 June, Friday
Venue: Hotel Radisson Blu Lietuva (Konstitucijos av. 20)
08:00–18:00
Registration
09:00–10:00
Keynote lecture
10:15–11:45
Oral presentation sessions
10:15–11:45
Invited ESTSS Panel. Conflict and social reconstruction
11:45–12:15
Coffee break
12:15–13:45
Oral presentation session
13:45–15:00
Lunch
14:00–15:00
ESTSS General Membership Meeting
15:00–16:00
Poster presentation sessions
16:15–17:45
Invited ESTSS Panel. Trauma treatment across Europe: where
do we stand now?
16:15–17:45
Oral presentation sessions
19:00
Social event. GALA Dinner
13 June, Saturday
Venue: Hotel Radisson Blu Lietuva (Konstitucijos av. 20)
08:00–14:00
Registration
09:30–11:00
ESTSS Initiative. Young Mind Panel
09:30–11:00
Oral presentation sessions
11:00–11:30
Coffee break
11:30–13:00
Oral presentation sessions
13:15–14:00
Closing of the conference
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PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS
10 June 2015, Wednesday
Venue | Vilnius University (Universiteto str. 9)
Registration: 08:00–15:00
Lunch: 13:00–14:00
PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP
Integration Makes Sense: Getting to Know Brief Eclectic Psychotherapy for PTSD (BEPP)
A full-day workshop by dr. Mirjam Nijdam, prof. dr. Berthold Gersons, and
dr. Miglė Dovydaitienė
June 10 | 10:00–17:00
Location | Room 403, Vilnius University
BEPP is a comprehensive treatment for PTSD that integrates effective
interventions from various psychotherapy schools in a logical sequence. Several
randomized controlled trials have proven its efficacy. The difference between
BEPP and other evidence-based PTSD treatments is that BEPP focuses on
healthy expression of avoided emotions like sorrow and anger and that its aim
is to learn from the trauma. The losses of trauma bring forth a lasting change,
and the message in BEPP is that one becomes ‘sadder and wiser’ and finds a
new equilibrium with the world.
BEPP consists of 16 weekly sessions. Psychoeducation helps patients
understand the relationship between the traumatic event(s) and their PTSD
symptoms. The following five sessions are aimed at expressing emotions
to process the trauma using imaginal exposure, mementos of the trauma
and letter writing. Traumatic events also challenge trust in oneself, others,
institutions, or society. Therefore, the following sessions are meant to give
meaning to the traumatic experiences by looking at the consequences and
by integrating a changed view of oneself and the world. BEPP ends with a
farewell ritual.
This workshop presents an overview of BEPP alternated with Lithuanian and
Dutch case examples and includes practicing elements of the protocol.
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PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP
Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET): An Evidence Based Treatment for
Multiple and Complex Trauma
A full-day workshop by dr. Ruud Jongedijk, dr. Gerdie Eiting, and dr. Tobias Hecker
June 10 | 10:00–17:00
Location | Room 209, Vilnius University
Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET) is an evidence-based approach for the
treatment of trauma-related mental disorders. Given its focus on the
autobiographical elaboration of traumatic experiences, NET is particularly
suited for populations affected by multiple traumatic experiences like sexual,
familial or organized violence. To date, there is good evidence that NET is an
effective treatment approach with support from 18 RCT’s (N=950) with proven
efficacy both, in resource poor contexts and in Western clinical settings. NET is
well-tolerated and straightforward. It can be taught to non-expert practitioners,
which makes NET an asset in low-income countries.
Working through the person’s biography in NET facilitates the recognition of
interrelated emotional networks of events in cases of multiple and complex
trauma. This helps to build episodic memory, fosters a sense of identity and
gives deep personal understanding of schemas and social emotions that
have evolved across the lifespan. Narrative Exposure allows meaning making,
testifying to human rights violations and regaining dignity.
NET is a very well tolerated trauma focussed therapy and is a very welcome
alterative for eg. Imaginary Exposure or EMDR. In this workshop the principles
of NET and its practical application will be explained and demonstrated by four
scholarly NET expert trainers. There will be special attention to dissociation
and to the recently developed NET for Forensic Offerders, FORNET, which
addresses both fearful traumatic experiences and perpetrated violence and
aggression. The theory and treatment of the lust for hatred, agression and
destruction („agressive appitite“) will be explained.
The workshop is suited for clinicians, who want to extend there treatment
options for traumatized patients. There will be some theory, but above all a lot
of demonstration, explanation and excersise.
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PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy with Trauma Victims: Theory,
Technique, Evidence
A full-day workshop by dr. Lutz Wittmann, dr. Robert Bering, and dr. Roderick J. Ørner
June 10 | 10:00–17:00
Location | Room 407, Vilnius University
Trauma has been a central concept for psychodynamic theory and practice
for more than 100 years resulting in strong mutual influences between
psychotraumatology and psychodynamic therapy. In this workshop,
psychodynamic concepts and techniques will be illustrated avoiding schoolspecific terminology and evaluated for their evidence base. Prominent
examples are the interaction of trauma and the personality of the trauma
survivor and his relationship with the therapist. Using information from patienttherapist interaction for individually tailoring interventions and the role of
therapists’ emotional reactions will be further topics. Large room will be given
for participants to discuss cases of their own clinical work with experienced
psychodynamic trauma therapists. Possibilities of integrating psychodynamic
approaches into non-psychodynamic trauma therapy will be illustrated.
PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP
Multifamily Therapy (MFT) with Families after Traumatic Events
A full-day workshop by dr. Trudy Mooren and dr. Julia Bala
June 10 | 10:00–17:00
Location | Room 308, Vilnius University
Psychotrauma results in consequences that go beyond the individual.
Long lasting cumulative (traumatic) stress and chronic PTSD of (a) family
member(s) can seriously undermine the family routines, relations, patterns
of communication and limit the parental functioning, leading to psychosocial
difficulties of the children. The posttraumatic family reorganization can
facilitate or hinder the functional adaptation. Intimate family members are part
of the adaptation process that violence-stricken people go through. Similarly,
social support is one of the crucial factors in ameliorating the harm caused by
violence.
Multifamily therapy (MFT) is a system-oriented intervention that aims to
facilitate adequate functioning in couples, parent-child dyads or families. It is
both a setting as well as a method. MFT is characterized by bringing together
6-8 families (or systems) in open or closed group-settings. The families share
common difficulties e.g., coping with the relational consequences of PTSD by
ex-military or having a child with internalizing or externalizing problems. One
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of the core principles is that families benefit from other families best; the task
of the MFT-facilitator is to enhance interaction and guide experimentation with
behavioralternatives whenever possible. Activities employed are playful as
children are involved. There are numerous possibilities to work with subsystems, e.g., families, father-son or mother-daughter dyads etc.
MFT is implemented in Foundation Centrum ’45, the Netherlands for treatment
of family consequences of trauma. Since its introduction within the work of
the presenters, it has been employed in their clinical practice with refugees
and asylumseekers, war-veterans, in prevention program in collective centers
for asylumseekers and in conflict area.
The MFT as applied in Centrum ’45 is mentalization based focused on
improving the sensitive parentingrelationships between parents and children
and strength based: empowering families to cope with traumatic experiences
and their consequences. In this pre-conference workshop MFT for traumatized
families will be introduced, illustrated and explained with regard to its core
principles. Examples from practice will be shared during this workshop.
Participants will learn the basic elements of MFT, and have a clear idea of how
to implement the intervention.
PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP
Screening and Prevention for Children and Youth after Trauma and
Violence
ISTSS-sponsored half-day workshop by dr. Nancy Kassam-Adams, and dr. Grete Dyb
June 10 | 14:00–17:00
Location | Room 214, Vilnius University
Exposure to acute, potentially traumatic events is an unfortunately common
experience for children and youth in many countries. Children may be affected
by community-level events, such as disasters, violence, or terrorism, and by
events that impact one child or family at a time, such as injury, serious medical
events, residential fires, or exposure to violence. Mental health providers are
often asked to respond, either to assist individual children or to help an entire
community respond to a larger event. Yet the research and evidence base
to support such efforts has not always been clear. This ISTSS-sponsored
workshop will present a practitioner-oriented overview of child responses to
acute trauma with implications for child health and development, and of the
current state of research and practice in this area. We will focus on models
for screening, outreach, and prevention efforts after community-level and
individual events, and on practical considerations in implementing such efforts.
Workshop participants will get hands-on practice designing screening and
prevention efforts in challenging case scenarios.
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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
KEYNOTE LECTURE
Refugee blues: social and legal pitfalls for asylum seekers in Europe
Stuart Turner, MA, MD, FRCP, FRCPsych
June 10 | 19:00–21:00
Location | Hall Alpha, Radisson Blu
About the speaker.
Stuart Turner MA, MD, FRCP, FRCPsych is a consultant
psychiatrist, who has specialized in helping people
deal with adversity throughout his professional career
(disasters, torture and other trauma). He was Chair of
European Trauma Foundation (precursor to ESTSS) and
is Past­President of both ESTSS and ISTSS. He has been
Community Campus Dean (UCL Medical School); Trustee
of Medical Foundation for Care of Victims of Torture,
Redress, Refugee Therapy Centre, & Centre for the Study
of Emotion and Law (which he co­founded); and is associate
editor of European Journal of Psychotraumatology (EJPT).
Lecture Overview
The news headlines are currently full of stories about migrants travelling
across the Mediterranean Sea looking for refuge in Europe, with many
dying in the course of their journey. Europe takes relatively few refugees (in
comparison with the large receiving countries such as Pakistan and Iran) but
this has become a highly politicized issue. Attempts to prohibit travel with
increasing visa and other restrictions have probably had the perverse effect of
encouraging the market in illegal pathways, thereby making the process much
harder to manage. People seeking asylum in Europe often have to go through
labyrinthine legal processes. Delays and displacement, while they wait, stand
to worsen their mental health and are sometimes part of a deliberate policy
of deterrence. Some face positive discrimination and harassment. When their
cases finally come to adjudication, there are specific pitfalls, many of which
stand to discriminate against those with trauma histories. Asylum seekers
seldom possess objective evidence of persecution. Decisions about status
are therefore often made solely on the basis of what is effectively a trauma
narrative, with judgments on credibility made by psychologically naive decision
makers, using criteria often not supported by scientific evidence. In this
presentation, some of these social and legal pitfalls will be reviewed, along
with research findings that might help achieve a more just decision making
process.
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KEYNOTE LECTURE
You are not alone! ­The power and pitfalls of social contexts in PTSD
Andreas Maercker, PhD, MD
June 11 | 09:00–10:00
Location | Hall Alpha, Radisson Blu
About the speaker.
Andreas Maercker, PhD, MD, completed his medical and
psychological education in Halle/Saale and Berlin. He
received his MD at Humboldt University and his PhD at
Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin.
In 1999, he became Professor of Clinical Psychology and
Psychotherapy at the University of Technology in Dresden,
where he directed the Post­
traumatic stress disorder
(PTSD) research and treatment center. In 2005 he was
appointed as chair and full professor of Psychopathology
and Clinical Intervention at the University of Zurich. He is
co-director of the Institute’s outpatient clinic services. Professor Maercker is
or has been principaland co­investigator in numerous national and international
studies in traumatic stress research, clinical gerontopsychology, and internet­
assisted mental health and has published more than 200 peer review articles.
He authored or edited 14 scientific or therapeutic books. Since 2011 Dr.
Maercker is chair of the working group “Disorders specifically associated with
stress” at WHO’s ICD­11 development. Keywords characterizing the expertise:
PTSD, stress­
response syndroms, lifespan developmental psychopathology,
treatment, e­mental health, cross­cultural clinical psychology.
Lecture Overview
Traumatic experiences hurt individuals as well as families, groups or
communities. Usually, the individual is in the focus of psychotraumatology –
not at least because therapists, counsellors and mental health professionals
usually work with individual clients. This keynote lecture provides a broader
picture of trauma sequelae. Based on a socio-interpersonal perspective on
PTSD, various facets of social affects, close interpersonal relationships and
distant social context, e.g. culture and society, are illustrated by examples
of recent European and international research. The lecture emphasizes how
social contexts may facilitate but also how they impede recovery. Why is this
relevant? Treatment may not be entirely successful and meaningful, if we
neglect our clients’ life story and their historical and social backgrounds in
service delivery. We know that still up to 40% of our traumatized individuals
do not or only partly benefit from our individualized PTSD therapies. Current
research findings suggest that the inclusion of the different social and cultural
contexts in PTSD research and treatment should be further promoted.
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KEYNOTE LECTURE
Trauma and Society: Why Social Forces are Important for Trauma
Response
Richard Bryant, BA (Hons), MPsych, PhD, FAPS
12 June | 09:00–10:00
Location | Hall Alpha, Radisson Blu
About the speaker.
Richard Bryant, BA (Hons), MPsych, PhD, FAPS. He is
a Scientia Professor in the School of Psychology at the
University of New South Wales, Sydney. He is Director
of the UNSW Traumatic Stress Clinic. He has won
numerous research awards, including the International
Society of Traumatic Stress Studies Robert Laufer Award,
the Australian Society of Psychiatric Research Founders
Medal, and the Australian Psychological Association’s
Lifetime Achievement Award. His research has focused
on understanding and treating acute stress disorder, and
has conducted many experimental, longitudinal, and intervention studies of
acute traumatic stress. He has served on both the DSM­5 and ICD­11 work
groups that have written the traumatic stress diagnostic guidelines. He has
published over 410 peer­reviewed journal articles, and 60 book chapters.
Lecture Overview
People typically experience trauma and its aftermath in social contexts.
We are beginning to be more aware of how social factors impact on how
we experience trauma, how trauma influences our social behavior, and how
we manage its effects. This overview will present recent data on social
attachments are affected by trauma, and also how activating our attachments
can have overcome trauma. This will be addressed at both the individual level
of attachments as well as using social network analysis to understand how
entire communities interact after trauma. Understanding the impact of society
across cultures is also pivotal in trauma response because of fundamental
differences that can exist between western and non­
western societies.
Although we often generalize from our knowledge from western research to
all societies, recent evidence indicates this may not be justified. The distinction
between individualistic and collectivist societies impact on how people process
and manage trauma, and we need to consider this variable in how we develop
models of trauma response and treatment programs.
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Panel discussions
INVITED ISTSS PANEL
Prevention and public health approaches to trauma and traumatic
stress
June 11 | 15:00–16:00
Location | Hall Alpha, Radisson Blu
Panel members: Miranda Olff (Chair), Grete Dyb, Kathy Magruder, Nancy
Kassam-Adams
Overview
This panel, organized by ISTSS, will address prevention and public health
approaches to trauma and traumatic stress. The panel will summarize key
findings in the recently completed report of the ISTSS Task Force on Trauma
and Public Health, and discuss implications for research, practice, and policy.
Based in the prevention model presented in this report, panelists will also
highlight current progress and challenges in designing and implementing
trauma-informed services, secondary prevention, and early intervention for
individuals and communities exposed to a range of types of trauma. The panel
will invite audience discussion of the implications of a public health approach,
and a prevention perspective, for responses to trauma in Europe and the rest
of the world, and for collaborative efforts among traumatic stress societies.
INVITED ESTSS PANEL
Trauma treatment across Europe: where do we stand now?
June 12 | 16:15 – 17:45
Location | Hall Alpha, Radisson Blu
Panel members: Berthold Gersons (Chair), Vittoria Ardino (Italy), Jana
Javakhishvili (Georgia), Evaldas Kazlauskas (Lithuania), Mariel Meewisse (The
Netherlands), Dorota Merecz-Kot (Poland), Rita Rosner (Germany), Ulrich
Schnyder (Switzerland)
Overview
The positive increase of Societies for Traumatic Stress under the leadership
of ESTSS must hopefully reflect an increase and good availability of trauma
treatment in Europe. The panel will focus and the spread and availability of the
many developed trauma-treatments. Also attention will be paid to the wide
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variety of treatment modalities which make choices difficult and can stimulate
competition. In Europe we are also confronted with many different groups
with posttraumatic problems; from childhood sexual abuse to survivors of
war, from police officers to refugees, from disaster victims to traumatic grief
after terrorist attacks, etc. Key figures of the trauma community in Europe will
discuss these and other questions.
INVITED ESTSS PANEL
Conflict and social reconstruction
June 12 | 10:15 – 11:45
Location | Hall Alpha, Radisson Blu
Panel members: Dean Ajdukovic (Chair), Danutė Gailienė (Lithuania), Maja
Lis-Turlejska (Poland), Jana Javakhishvili (Georgia)
Overview
The panel will look into the mental health and social legacies of trauma caused
by wars and other violent conflicts in several European countries since the
World War II. The long-term aftermath of such events cuts across different
aspects of individual, family and society life. The panelist from Lithuania,
Georgia, Poland, Croatia and Norway will discuss how have the traumatized
victims of different conflicts in their respective societies been treated in
the view of changing socio-political context. How has the understanding
of conflict-related traumatization changed over time? Has the legitimacy of
trauma of victims changed with transitions of the political context? What are
the implications for access to trauma care? Are the internal societal tensions
reflected in inclusive trauma services to the people in need of care?
PANEL DISCUSSION
Perspectives on Post-traumatic Growth: Refugees, Combat Veterans
and Cancer Patients
June 12 | 12:15 – 13:45
Location | Hall Alpha, Radisson Blu
Panel members: Daniel Brom (Chair), Rolf Kleber, Ruth Pat-Horenczyk
Overview
The phenomenology of PTG was explored in 3 studies of combat veterans,
refugees, and cancer patients. The first speaker (Brom) will present an
innovative program for Israeli combat veterans aimed at processing the
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traumatic experiences and enhancing the PTG process. Data on 350 veterans
(before and after the group intervention) will be presented and the relationship
between measures of emotional distress PTSD protective factors and PTG
will be discussed. The second study (Kleber) compared 100 young refugee
adolescents with 100 Dutch adolescents in a variety of social factors, traumatic
events, posttraumatic reactions, emotional and behavioral problems and PTG.
The Third study (Pat-Horenczyk) examined 198 women who cope with breast
cancer patients over a two year period. Four post cancer treatment adaptation
profiles were found: (1) Distressed; (2) Resistant; (3) Constructive Growth
and (4) Struggling Growth. The majority of transitions between different
adaptation profiles occurred between six and 12 months after treatment. The
three panelists will discuss PTG and its relationship to variables, such as PostTraumatic Symptoms, Coping Flexibility and Social Support.
ESTSS INITIATIVE: YOUNG MIND PANEL
Meet the Expert
June 13 | 09:30 – 11:00
Location | Hall Theta, Radisson Blu
Panel member: Paulina Zelviene (Chair), TBA
Panel for Young Minds (YM) in Psychotraumatology field is organized for the
upcoming generation of professionals and researchers. Are you interested
how to pursue your career? How to publish your articles? Where to publish?
What are the main trends of clinical practice or research in traumatic stress?
How to find a postdoc position? How these famous professors started their
career? All these and much more can be discussed during this meeting with
the most distinguished professors of psychotraumatology.
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10 JUNE, 2015
PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS
10 June, 2015
Venue: Vilnius University (Universiteto str. 9)
Registration: 08:00–15:00
Lunch: 13:00–14:00
10:00–17:00 PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP: Integration Makes Sense:
Getting to Know Brief Eclectic Psychotherapy for PTSD (BEPP)
Room 403
A full-day workshop by dr. Mirjam Nijdam, prof. dr. Berthold
Gersons, and dr. Miglė Dovydaitienė
10:00–17:00 PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP: Narrative Exposure Therapy
(NET): An Evidence Based Treatment for Multiple and
Complex Trauma
Room 209
A full-day workshop by dr. Ruud Jongedijk, dr. Gerdie Eiting, and
dr. Tobias Hecker
10:00–17:00 PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP: Psychodynamic
Psychotherapy with Trauma Victims: Theory, Technique,
Evidence
Room 407
A full-day workshop by dr. Lutz Wittmann, dr. Robert Bering, and
dr. Roderick J. Ørner
10:00–17:00 PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP: Multifamily Therapy (MFT)
with Families after Traumatic Events
Room 308
A full-day workshop by dr. Trudy Mooren and dr. Julia Bala
14:00–17:00 PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP: Screening and Prevention for
Children and Youth after Trauma and Violence
Room 214
ISTSS-sponsored half-day workshop by dr. Nancy Kassam-Adams,
and dr. Grete Dyb
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OPENNING
10 JUNE, 2015
10 June, 2015
Venue: Hotel Radisson Blu Lietuva (Konstitucijos av. 20)
Registration: 17:00–20:00
19:00–21:00 OPENNING OF THE CONFERENCE
Hall Alpha Welcome remarks
ESTSS Awards
KEYNOTE LECTURE
Stuart Turner. Refugee blues: social and legal pitfalls for
asylum seekers in Europe
21:00–23:00 Welcome Reception
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ORAL SESSIONS
11 JUNE, 2015
08:00–18:00 REGISTRATION AT RADISSON BLU LIETUVA
09:00–10:00 | KEYNOTE SESSION
11 JUNE, 2015
09:00–10:00 KEYNOTE LECTURE
Andreas Maercker. You are not alone!
Hall Alpha The power and pitfalls of social context in PTSD
10:15–11:45 | ORAL PRESENTATION SESSION
10:15–11:45 SYMPOSIUM: Operationalizing psychosocial support in crises
(OPSIC): Developing an online operational guidance system
for different target groups. Chair prof dr Miranda Olff
Systematic review and meta-analysis of long-term psychosocial
Hall Alpha effects of disasters. Dean Ajdukovic, Helena Bakic, Dinka Corkalo
Biruski, Ajana Löw Stanic
Development of a comprehensive guideline for psychosocial
support in the context of disasters. Barbara Juen, Ruth Warger,
Sandra Nindl
Synthesizing and translating research findings and end-user input
into an operational guidance system for post-disaster psychosocial
support. Michel Dückers, Marjolaine Oosterbeek, Joris Janssen,
Victor Kallen, Annelieke Drogendijk
10:15–11:45 SYMPOSIUM: Institutional abuse – psychopathology, range of
symptoms, impact on motivational abilities, and help seeking
behavior. Chair dr Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
Hall
Lambda
(1+2)
History of violence, psychological distress, and correlates of
mental health in adult survivors of institutional abuse. Matthias
Knefel, Tobias M. Glück, Viktoria Kantor, Dina Weindl, Brigitte
Lueger-Schuster
Anger and aggression in a sample of adult survivors of institutional
abuse. Tobias Glück, Matthias Knefel, Dina Weindl, Viktoria Kantor,
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
The possible correlates of motivational abilities and institutional
abuse in a sample of adult survivors in Austria. Dina Weindl, Viktoria
Kantor, Matthias Knefel, Tobias Glück, Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
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Attitudes towards seeking mental health services and mental
health service use in a sample of survivors of institutional abuse in
Austria. Viktoria Kantor, Dina Weindl, Tobias Glück, Matthias Knefel,
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
10:15–11:45 SYMPOSIUM: PTSD’s latent structure and associated factors
in the DSM5. Chair dr Cherie Armour
Hall Zeta
A systematic literature review of PTSD’s latent structure in
the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders. Jana
Mullerova, Cherie Armour, Jon Elhai.
Differential associations between DSM-5 PTSD symptom clusters
and anger and impulsivity. Cherie Armour, Ateka Contractor, Jon
Elhai, & Robert Pietrzak
Structural relations between DSM-5 PTSD and major depression
symptoms in military soldiers. Jon Elhai, Ateka Contractor, Marijo
Tamburrino, Israel Liberzon, Joseph Calabrese, Sandro Galea
10:15–11:45 SYMPOSIUM: Child maltreatment in institutional care –
Consequences for mental health and prevention approaches
from four continents. Chair dr Tobias Hecker Hall Eta
Factors related to longer-term behavioral problems of early
institutionalized children. Robert McCall, Christina Groark
Exposure to violence and its impact on psychopathology of
institutionalized children in Sri Lanka. Vathsalan Sriskandarajah,
Frank Neuner, Claudia Catani
Minimizing chronic neglect by improving caregiving for infants
and toddlers in institutions on three continents. Christina Groark,
Robert McCall
Preventing maltreatment in institutional care – A feasibility study of
training for caregivers in Tanzania. Tobias Hecker, Elisa Kaltenbach,
Getrude Mkinga, Katharin Hermenau, Thomas Elbert
Research based education of orphan caregivers online on a global
scale. Niels Rygaard
10:15–11:45 SYMPOSIUM: Traumatic stress in former combatants and
active soldiers of African crisis regions: risk factors, prevention
and treatment in offender populations. Chair dr Anselm
Crombach
Hall
Gamma
Predictors of domestic and community violence in Burundian
soldiers returning from the African Union Mission in Somalia.
Corina Nandi, Anselm Crombach, Manassé Bambonyé, Thomas
Elbert, Roland Weierstall
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Testing measurement invariance of DSM-5 PTSD between
different types of trauma-exposed samples. Sheila Frankfurt, Ateka
Contractor, Cherie Armour, Jon Elhai
Women affected by war: How exposure to adverse experiences
shapes women’s violent behavior in post-conflict regions. Mareike
Augsburger, Corina Nandi, Manassé Bambonyé, Danie MeyerParlapanis, Thomas Elbert, Anselm Crombach
Effectiveness and dissemination of forensic offender rehabilitation
narrative exposure therapy. Anke Köbach, Susanne Schaal, Tobias
Hecker, Thomas Elbert
Preventing posttraumatic stress disorder in Burundian soldiers
deployed in the African Union Mission in Somalia. Anselm
Crombach, Corina Nandi, Manassé Bambonyé, Thomas Elbert,
Roland Weierstall
11 JUNE, 2015
10:15–11:45 SYMPOSIUM: From fear to PTSD. Chair prof Wissam El-Hage
Hall Theta
Neuronal circuits of fear generalization and discrimination. Cyril
Herry
Neurobiological pathways for resilience. Frederic Canini, Stéphanie
Khalfa, Emmanuelle Reynaud, Marion Trousselard
How psychological activity can rely to the neurobiology of
resilience. The Mindfulness example. Marion Trousselard,
Stéphanie Khalfa, Frederic Canini
Neuronal circuits of fear generalisation and discrimination. Robert
Rozeske
10:15–11:45 SYMPOSIUM: Minors struggling from adversities, flight,
trauma, and beyond: facing assessment, epidemiology,
and treatment in undersupplied samples. Chair dr Johanna
Unterhitzenberger
Hall
Lambda 3
Screening minors for childhood adversities: the pediatric MACE.
Dorothea Isele, Tobias Hecker, Katharin Hermenau, Thomas Elbert,
Martina Ruf-Leuschner, Martin H. Teicher, Maggie Schauer
Lack of spontaneous remission of psychiatric symptoms in
unaccompanied refugee minors over a two-year period in the host
country. Julia Müller, Martina Ruf-Leuschner, Katalin Dohrmann,
Dorothea Isele, Thomas Elbert, Maggie Schauer
Treatments of PTSD in child and adolescent refugees: a systematic
review. Rima Eberle-Sejari, Rita Rosner
Feasibility of trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy for
unaccompanied refugee minors. Johanna Unterhitzenberger, Rima
Eberle-Sejari, Miriam Rassenhofer, Thorsten Sukale, Rita Rosner,
Lutz Goldbeck
10:15–11:45 SYMPOSIUM: Novel approaches in research and treatment of
trauma-related disorders. Chair dr Eric Vermetten
Hall
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Identification of PTSD susceptibility loci in blood through longitudinal
methylome-wide analyses of a prospective Dutch military cohort.
Bart Rutten, Eric Vermetten, Christiaan Vinkers, etc.
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An fMRI investigation of the acute effects of MDMA
administration in chronic, treatment resistant Post Traumatic Stress
Disorder. Mathew Hoskins, Ben Sessa, Jonathan Bisson, Richard
Wise
Virtual Reality based Multi-Modular Motion-assisted Memory
Desensitization and Reconsolidation (3MDR): An Innovative
Treatment for Chronic Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Marieke van
Gelderen, Mirjam Nijdam, Eric Vermetten
11 JUNE, 2015
Down-regulation of amygdala activation with real-time fMRI
neurofeedback. Christian Schmahl, Christian Paret, Rosemarie
Kluetsch, Matthias Ruf, Traute Demirakca, Steffen Hoesterey,
Gabriele Ende
11:45–12:15 | COFFEE BREAK
12:15–13:45 | ORAL PRESENTATION SESSION
12:15–13:45 SYMPOSIUM: A crisis of traumatic loss: The case study of the
MH17 plane crash. Chair prof Eric Vermetten
General casus of MH17, crisis management and organization
Hall Alpha of mental healthcare programs. Annelieke Drogendijk, Michel
Dückers, Hans te Brake, Eric Vermetten
Loss of loved ones or home due to a disaster: effects over time on
stress sensitivity. Geert E. Smid, Annelieke N. Drogendijk, Rolf J.
Kleber
Online Information and Consultation Centre as a means of social
support following disaster: practice and perspectives. Jorien
Holsappel, Eric Vermetten, Annelieke Drogendijk, Michel Dückers,
Hans te Brake, Josée Netten, Rob Sardemann
Aftercare Contact Point for bereaved and health care professionals
to support referral to specialised mental health care after the
MH17 plane crash. Juul Gouweloos, Annelieke Drogendijk
12:15–13:45 ESTSS INITIATIVE. MEETING: European Journal of
Psychotraumatology: 5th Year Anniversary, Chair EJPT
Hall
Editor-in-Chief Miranda Olff
Lambda
(1+2)
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12:15–13:45 SYMPOSIUM: European Network for Psychosocial Crisis
Management – Assisting Disabled in Case of Disaster
(EUNAD). Chair prof Robert Bering
Hall Zeta
Survey to experiences with sensory impaired people in
psychosocial emergency care. Claudia Schedlich, Gisela Zurek
Deaf and hard of hearing individuals in times of disaster and crisis.
Lotte Skøt, Tina Jeppesen, Ask Elklit
11 JUNE, 2015
Visually impaired individuals and potential traumatic events: a
qualitative study of hazards, reactions and coping. Randy Sauer,
Marianne Hansen, Trond Heir
EUNAD – Recommendations assisting disabled in case of disaster.
Florentine Gerwinn, Simona Horáková Hoskovcová, Stepan
Vymetal, Robert Bering, Lena Richter, Simone Ludwig
12:15–13:45 SYMPOSIUM: Bringing resilience and early psychosocial
response into practice; a selection of practical approaches.
Chair dr Hans te Brake
Hall Eta
Mobile applications for timely and adequate detection and
guidance to psychosocial support or professional care after
shocking events. Manon Boeschoten, Marjolaine Oosterbeek,
Hans te Brake, Sjef Berendsen, Rob Sardemann, Eric Vermetten
Effectively dealing with workplace aggression: an integral
approach. De Groot, Jurrian Jacobs, Hans Te Brake, Annelieke
Drogendijk
Building an online self-screening tool for police officers dealing
with child exploitation and sexual assault. Juul Gouweloos,
Désirée Lesger, Hans te Brake
Objectives and setting of a Train The Trainer program (TTT) in
Tunesia. Stefan Van Herpen et al.
12:15–13:45 SYMPOSIUM: War and refugee trauma at different life
points - perspectives from clinical and intervention point of
view. Chair Sanna Isosävi
Hall
Gamma
Risk and resilience in transition to parenthood in the context of
war conditions. Sanna Isosävi, Samir Qouta, Safwat Diab, Saija
Kuittinen, Raija-Leena Punamäki
The effectiveness of narrative exposure therapy among refugee
children: The study protocol of randomized control trial. Kirsi
Peltonen, Samuli Kangaslampi, Ferdinand Garoff
Refugee and war problems from an European
psychotraumatological perspective. Francisko Orengo
Rehabilitation for child survivors of torture and war trauma in
Jordan. Ferdinand Garoff, Patrick Tschida
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12:15–13:45 SYMPOSIUM: Biomolecular consequences of childhood
adversities. Chair dr Ulrike Schmidt
Hall Theta
Early life stress and its consequences – psychological implications
and epigenetic modifications in HPA axis genes. Tobias Hecker,
Karl M. Radtke, Martina Ruf-Leuschner, Katharin Hermenau, Helen
M. Gunter, Johanna Sill, Axel Meyer, Thomas Elbert
The influence of a history of child maltreatment on the HPA axis
and the aging of the immune system. Alexandra König, Christina
Böck, Katharina Schury, Alexander Karabatsiakis, Joerg M. Fegert,
Iris-Tatjana Kolassa
Epigenetic alterations in PTSD - evidences from mice and humans.
Ulrike Schmidt, Monika Zaba, Bozidar Novak, Thomas Windstetter,
Dominik Buell
12:15–13:45 SYMPOSIUM: Trauma, family and community:
Intergenerational dynamics. Chair Trudy Moorena
Hall
Lambda 3
Intergenerational effects of parental trauma: Clinical implications of
research findings. Julia Bala
Silencing in the treatment of traumatized families. Harry Van
Tienhoven
Children born of rape. Trauma and innocence. Irma Hein, Adriana
Jasperse, Jacolien Den Boer
Challenges for therapists in an increasingly violent world. Jelly Van
Essen
12:15–13:45 SYMPOSIUM: New advances in predicting and treating
posttraumatic stress disorder: From biomarkers to
psychotherapy change mechanisms. Chair dr Birgit Kleim
Hall
Epsilon
Endogenous progesterone during encoding trauma predicts
intrusiveness and distress of emotional memories. Birgit Kleim,
Alexandra Fritschi, Beate Ditzen, Ulrike Ehlert
A first metabolomic investigation of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.
Sarah Wilker, Alexander Karabatsiakis, Gilava Hamuni, Stephan
Kolassa, Durairaj Renu, Suzanne Kadereit, Maggie Schauer,
Thomas Hennessy, Iris-Tatjana Kolassa
Dissociative symptoms as trait or state? Assessing change during
trauma-focused psychotherapy in patients with dissociative
subtype of posttraumatic stress disorder. Julia Schellong, Ilona
Croy, Peggy Roever, Antje Bittner, Kerstin Weidner
Can pharmacological and psychological treatment change brain
structure and function in PTSD? A systematic review. Kathleen
Thomaes, Ethy Dorrepaal, Nel Draijer, Elise P. Jansma, Dick J.
Veltman, Anton J. van Balkom
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Stress related events during childhood and DNA methylation - an
epigenome-wide association study. Fernanda Serpeloni, Karl M.
Radtke, Frederico Henning, Tobias Hecker, Thomas Elbert
12:15–13:30 SYMPOSIUM: Posttraumatic growth in Turkey; clinical, social
and neurocognitive aspects. Chair prof dr Cengiz Kılıç
Hall Tau
Relationship of posttraumatic growth to symptoms of PTSD and
depression among turkmen youth living in Ankara. Kathryn M
Magruder
Posttraumatic growth after earthquake trauma is predicted by
executive functions. Emine Eren Kocak
Posttraumatic growth among emergency medical staff. Figen İnci
11 JUNE, 2015
Posttraumatic growth in Turkey: an overview. Cengiz Kılıç
13:45–15:00 MEETING: International BEPP Steering Group (IBSG) meeting.
Chair prof Berthold Gersons
Hall Tau
13:45–15:00 | LUNCH
15:00–16:00 | ORAL PRESENTATION SESSION
15:00–16:00 INVITED ISTSS PANEL: Prevention and public health
approaches to trauma and traumatic stress. Panel members:
Hall Alpha Dr Miranda Olff (Chair), dr Grete Dyb, dr Kathryn Magruder,
dr Nancy Kassam-Adams
15:00–16:00 SYMPOSIUM: War trauma lingers on: an integrative
perspective on trauma and parent-child relationships.
Chair dr Elisa van Ee
Hall
Lambda
(1+2)
Early parenting in context of military conflict: effects on mothers’
representations of the infant. Sanna Isosävi, Michelle Sleed, Saija
Kuittinen, Samir Qouta, Safwat Diab, Raija-Leena Punamäki
A new generation: The impact of refugee trauma and attachment
representations on parent-child interaction and child development.
Elisa Van Ee
Mind the babies: An early intervention method. Irma Hein, Adriana
Jasperse, Jacolien Den Boer
15:00–16:00 ORAL PRESENTATION SESSION: Trauma and violence.
Chair dr Dorota Merecz-Kot
Hall Zeta
Psychological outcomes following violent and accidental injury: a
prospective study. Emmylou Rahtz, Ania Korszun, Iain Hutchison,
Kam Bhui
Psychological consequences of perpetration of the motor-vehicle
accident. Dorota Merecz-Kot
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Mental health in adults is associated with lifetime exposure to
domestic violence. Jutta Lindert
Posttraumatic anger and PTSD in physical assault victims of
violence: An 8-year follow-up study. Venke A. Johansen, Lars
Weisaeth
15:00–16:00 ORAL PRESENTATION SESSION: Disaster.
Chair prof Basia Spalek
Hall Eta
Vicarious secondary trauma: The impact of violent visual social
media. Pam Ramsden
An empirical investigation of the moral injury construct. Sheila
Frankfurt, Patricia Frazier, Brian Engdahl
11 JUNE, 2015
‘Radicalisation’, ‘De-Radicalisation’ and trauma: an exploratory
study. Basia Spalek
15:00–16:00 SYMPOSIUM: The implementation of disaster experience of
Turkey for the Syrian refugee crisis. Chair prof dr Tamer Aker
Hall
GAMMA
Disaster experiences of Turkey. Tamer Aker
The principles of community based models for the refugees in
Turkey. Feyza Celik
Disaster mental health training program for Syrian mental health
workers. Esra Isik
15:00–16:00 SYMPOSIUM: The role of screening and surveillance in
supporting emergency service personnel.
Chair dr Noreen Tehrani
Hall Theta
The Role of Screening and Surveillance in Emergency Services.
Noreen Tehrani
Development and Introduction of an On-line Screening tool. Romin
Tehrani
Child protection and secondary trauma: The role of screening.
Noreen Tehrani
15:00–16:00 WORKSHOP: Attachment Focused Phase Oriented Treatment
of Complex Trauma in Children and Adolescents. Niki
Hall
Gomez-Perales
Lambda 3
15:00–16:00 ORAL PRESENTATION SESSION: Case reports.
Chair Gillian Colville
Hall
Epsilon
Case Report: Use of therapeutic drawings in the clinical
management of dissociation. Gillian Colville
Treatment of patient with PTSD with TMS: A Case report. Gocke
Comert, Alper Evrensel, Mehmet Emin Ceylan
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16:15–17:45 SYMPOSIUM: Emotion Regulation and Mental Health in
Traumatized Refugees. Chair Naser Morina
A comparison of DSM-5 and DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for
Hall Alpha posttraumatic stress disorder in traumatized refugees. Ulrich
Schnyder, Julia Müller, Naser Morina, Matthis Schick, Richard A.
Bryant, Angela Nickerson
11 JUNE, 2015
Emotion Dysregulation and Psychological Outcomes in Tortured
Refugees. Richard A. Bryant, Angela Nickerson, Ulrich Schnyder,
Matthis Schick, Julia Mueller, Naser Morina
Challenging future, challenging past: The relationship of social
integration and psychological impairment in traumatized refugees
in Switzerland. Matthis Schick, André Zumwald, Richard Bryant,
Ulrich Schnyder, Angela Nickerson, Naser Morina
The Relationship of Somatization and PTSD Symptom Cluster
and Depression amongst Tortured Refugees. Naser Morina, Alexa
Kuenburg, Richard Bryant, Ulrich Schnyder, Angela Nickerson,
Matthis Schick
16:15–17:45 ORAL PRESENTATION SESSION: Developmental trauma.
Chair prof Anette Kersting
Hall
Lambda
(1+2)
Relationships between childhood trauma, cognitive emotion
regulation strategies, and medically unexplained symptoms. Nadia
Garnefski, Vivian Kraaij
The risk of pregnancy overweight and obesity among women
with a self-reported history of child maltreatment. Anette Kersting,
Michaela Nagl, Jana Steinig, Holger Stepan
Prevalence and predictors of PTSD after childbirth in a Bavarian
sample. Julia König
PTSD symptoms during pregnancy impact parenting and maternal
stress levels at post-partum. Andria Spyridou, Maggie Schauer,
Thomas Elbert, Martina Ruf-Leuschner
16:15–17:45 ORAL PRESENTATION SESSION: Assesment.
Chair dr Sharon Gil
Hall Zeta
Developing the Dutch version of the CAPS-5: A stepped crowd
translation process. Anne Bakker, Manon Boeschoten, Ruud
Jongedijk, A. van Minnen, B.M. Elzinga, Jackie June ter Heide,
A.R. Rademaker, Miranda Olf
Spanish version of the Peritraumatic Dissociative Experiences
Questionnaire (PDEQ): Psychometric properties. Mar GómezGutiérrez, Violeta Fernández-Lansac, María Crespo
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Risk factors for DSM 5 PTSD symptoms in Israeli civilians during
and after the Gaza war: A Longitudinal Study. Sharon Gil, Michael
Weinberg, Michal Shamai, Pnina Ron, Hila Harel, Keren Or-Chen
16:15–17:45 SYMPOSIUM: Adjustment Disorder as proposed for ICD-11:
validity of construct and possibilities for interventions.
Chair prof Andreas Maercker
Hall ETa
Adjustment Disorder as proposed for ICD-11: Dimensionality and
symptom differentiation. Andreas Maercker, Heide Glaesmer
Evaluation of self-help intervention for Adjustment Disorders.
Rahel Bachem, Andreas Maercker
16:15–17:45 SYMPOSIUM: Addictive disorders in conflict and post-conflict
societies: consequences and treatment. Chair dr Verena Ertl
Hall
GAMMA
Additional substance use among Somali refugees in Kenya who
chew khat: Comparison of ASSIST results between groups with
and without PTSD. Bernice Apondi, Marina Widmann, Abednego
Musau, Abdulkadir Hussein Warsame, Maimuna Mohamud Isse,
David Ndetei, Clemens Veltrup, Christine Musyimi, Victoria Mutiso,
Michael Odenwald
War trauma, alcohol abuse and intimate partner violence in
Tamil couples in Northern Sri Lanka. Claudia Catani, Vathsalan
Sriskandarajah, Frank Neuner
Treating alcohol-related disorders in post-conflict Uganda:
Evaluation of the status quo. Verena Ertl, Melissa Preuße, Regina
Saile, Frank Neuner, Claudia Catani
Brief intervention to reduce khat consumption: Do clients with
PTSD show smaller effects? Marina Widmann, Clemens Veltrup,
Bernice Apondi, Abdulkadir Hussein Warsame, Abednego Musau,
David Ndetei, Maimuna Mohamud Isse, Christine Musyimi,
Victoria Mutiso, Michael Odenwald
Developing an integrated treatment for PTSD and khat
dependence: results from a case series among Somali refugees.
Abednego Musau, Clemens Veltrup, Abdulkadir Hussein Warsame,
Maimuna Mohamud Isse, Marina Widmann, David Ndetei,
Christine Musyimi, Victoria Mutiso, Michael Odenwald, Bernice
Apondi
16:15–17:45 SYMPOSIUM: Risk and protective factors influencing physical
health following trauma. Chair dr Erika Felix
Hall Theta
Parent-child relationship quality as a moderator of the influence of
hurricane exposure on physical health among children and youth.
Erika Felix, Krzysztof Kaniasty, Skkyung You, Glorisa Canino
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Epidemiological study of a new Adjustment Disorder diagnostic
concept for ICD-11 in general population. Paulina Zelviene, Evaldas
Kazlauskas, Jonas Eimontas, Andreas Maercker
Somatic health complaints in victims of childhood physical, sexual,
and psychological abuse: A follow-up study. Siri Thoresen, Mia
Myhre
Migraine and tension-type headaches in survivors of terror
compared to a population-based cohort of adolescents: The
Utøya and the HUNT study. Synne Stensland, Siri Thoresen, ToRe
Wentzel-Larsen, John-Anker Zwart, Grete Dyb
16:15–17:45 SYMPOSIUM Innovations in treating PTSD and co-morbidity
in refugee populations. Chair dr Jeroen Knipscheer
Hall
Lambda 3
Trauma exposure and refugee status as predictors of mental
health outcomes. Jeroen Knipscheer, Marieke Sleijpen, Trudy
Mooren, Jackie June ter Heide, Niels van der Aa
11 JUNE, 2015
Resilience in young refugees. Marieke Sleijpen, Trudy Mooren,
Hennie R. Boeije, Rolf J. Kleber
Protocolized Art Therapy: A Trauma-focused treatment for
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): a Pilot study. Karin Alice
Schouten, Jeroen W. Knipscheer, Rolf R. Kleber, Giel M. J.
Hutschemaekers
Narrative Exposure Therapy with older refugee adults. Jeannette
Lely, Jeroen Knipscheer, Rolf J. Kleber
Day patient treatment for traumatic grief following multiple loss:
feasibility of individual grief-focused cognitive behavioral therapy
embedded in a group-based treatment program. Sophie Hengst,
Paul Boelen, Geert Smid
16:15–17:45 SYMPOSIUM: Trauma Informed Care and Practice: An
emerging treatment for families and youth at risk.
Chair dr Gwynyth Overland
Hall
Epsilon
The Healing power of emphatic care. Ane Albaek
Trauma informed residential care for children and adolescents with
complex trauma: the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics and
its effect on organizational culture. Heine Steinkopf
Trustworthy adults: a pilot project in a small town in Norway. Karen
Ringereide
Accessing resources in transcultural mental health work. Gwynyth
Overland
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16:15–17:45 SYMPOSIUM: Company model. Chair prof Lars Weisaeth
Hall
Omega
The development of a company model for interventions after major
accidents and disasters. Lars Weisæth, Ole Jørgen Hommeren
The application of the company model for mental health
interventions after a major terror attack. Ole Jørgen Hommeren,
Lars Weisæth
The prevalence and trajectory of post-traumatic stress disorder
(PTSD) among governmental employees after the 2011 Oslo
bombing attack. Trond Heir, Marianne Hansen
16:15–17:45 MEETING: Neurobiology Task Force meeting.
Chair dr Thomaes Kathleen
Hall Tau
20:00 | YOUNG MINDS PARTY
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08:00–18:00 REGISTRATION AT RADISSON BLU LIETUVA
09:00–10:00 | KEYNOTE SESSION
09:00–10:00 KEYNOTE LECTURE
Richard Bryant. Trauma and society: Why social forces are
Hall Alpha important for trauma response
10:15–11:45 | ORAL PRESENTATION SESSION
10:15–11:45 INVITED ESTSS PANEL: Conflict and social reconstruction.
Hall Alpha Chair prof dr Dean Ajdukovic
12 JUNE, 2015
10:15–11:45 SYMPOSIUM: Child and youth trauma: From diagnosis to
impact. Chair dr Nancy Kassam-Adams. Discussant dr. Anne
Kazak
Hall
Lambda
(1+2)
Identifying posttraumatic stress in children following natural
disasters: Comparing the fit of the DSM-5 and ICD-11 definitions
of PTSD. Annette LaGreca, BreAnne Danzi, Sherilynn Chan
Screening parents for risk of PTSD after a child’s admission to
PICU. Gillian Colville, Victoria Samuel
Physical injury and posttraumatic stress among the survivors of
the Utøya Island massacre, Norway. Ingrid Bugge, Grete Dyb,
Synne Øien Stensland, Øivind Ekeberg, Tore Wentzel-Larsen, Trond
H. Diseth
Parent-child interactional processes in the early aftermath of
trauma: Implications for child traumatic stress. Nancy KassamAdams, Meghan Marsac
10:15–11:45 SYMPOSIUM: Identification and treatment of patients
suffering from complex forms of PTSD. Chair prof dr Eric
Vermetten
Hall Zeta
PTSD, Complex PTSD, and comorbid psychiatric disorders in
adults with a history of prolonged interpersonal violence. Brigitte
Lueger-Schuster, Matthias Knefel
Prevalence of complex PTSD in trauma-exposed populations:
Systematic review and meta-analysis. Jackie June Ter Heide, Geert
Smid, Trudy Mooren, Rolf Kleber
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Psychological interventions for PTSD and comorbid substance use
disorder: A Cochrane Review. Neil Roberts, Pamela Roberts, Neil
Jones, Jonathan Bisson
High and low psychopathology subtypes and treatment outcome
in veterans with combat-related PTSD. Ruud Jongedijk, Joris
Haagen, Marianna Douma, Rolf Kleber, Niels Van der Aa
10:15–11:45 ORAL PRESENTATION SESSION: Posttraumatic Growth.
Chair dr Marianne Bourdon
Hall Eta
Post-traumatic growth and quality of life over time: Do early stages
melanoma and breast cancer patients show the same patterns?
Marianne Bourdon, Myriam Blanchin, Philippe Tessier, Véronique
Sébille, Mario Campone, Gaëlle Quéreux, François Dravet,
Angélique Bonnaud-Antignac
Posttraumatic growth in women with endometriosis – preliminary
results. Anna Najder, Aleksandra Andysz
The impact of somatic awareness on posttraumatic stress and
posttraumatic growth in cancer patients. Kate Szymanski, Carolyn
Springer, Ljiljana Zecevic, Avi Sanders
Trauma of women with breast cancer: social and psychological
context. Victoria Dunaeva
10:15–11:45 ORAL PRESENTATION SESSION: Military/Veterans.
Chair dr Dominic Murphy
Hall
Gamma
Predictors of long-term treatment outcome in veterans with
military-related PTSD. J. Don Richardson, Ateka Contractor, Cherie
Armour, K. StCyre, Jon Elhai, J. Sareen
Mental health and functional impairment outcomes following a
six week intensive treatment programme for UK military veterans
with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD): a naturalistic study.
Dominic Murphy The role of searching existencial meaning on PTSD among combat
injured veterans. Berna Guloglu, Ozlem Krairmak
Soldiers sense making and the effects of killing in combat: An
interpretative phenomenological analysis. Elio Martino, Lin Bailey,
Brian Wink
Mean-making of traumatic combat experience using cultural
values among injured Turkish veterans. Berna Guloglu, Ozlem
Karairmak
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PTG in women after breast cancer surgery - results from the study
of Polish patients. Anna Najder, Aleksandra Andysz, Aleksandra
Wójcik
10:15–11:45 SYMPOSIUM: The clinical practice of assessing HPA axis
function in trauma-related disorders. Chair dr Kathleen
Thomaes
Hall Theta
Assessment of HPA-axis functioning in patients with traumarelated disorders using salivary cortisol. Ellen R. Klaassens
Assessing PTSD-related changes in cortisol in hair; an overview of
methodology and current findings. Mirjam van Zuiden
Assessment of HPA-axis reactivity using pharmacological and nonpharmacological challenge tests. Carien de Kloet
10:15–11:45 ORAL PRESENTATION SESSION: Cross-cultural.
Chair dr Serena Thomas
Hall
Lambda 3
Characteristics of mental health distress among bereaved and
non-bereaved internally displaced persons in Colombia. Carina
Heeke, Nadine Stammel, Christine Knaevelsrud
The Secrets to Survive in Salloum Refugee Camp Project. Serena
Thomas
12 JUNE, 2015
Investigative Interviews of Young People exposed to Trauma Factors that can lead to positive experiences or additional mental
stress. Åse Langballe
Challenges of Non-inferiority Designs for Intervene on
Psychological Intimate Partner Violence. Rita Começanha, Ângela
Maia
10:15–11:45 SYMPOSIUM: Learning from traumatic experiences with Brief
Eclectic Psychotherapy for PTSD: New insights.
Chair dr Mirjam Nijdam
Hall
Epsilon
What do patients tell about their interpersonal relationships after
trauma-focused psychotherapy? A Qualitative study. Evaldas
Kazlauskas, Paulina Zelviene, Jonas Eimontas, Miglė Dovydaitienė,
Paulius Skruibis, Eglė Mažulytė
Changes in meaning making aspects during Brief Eclectic
Psychotherapy for PTSD and EMDR. Mirjam Nijdam, Berthold
Gersons, Miranda Olff
Brief Eclectic Psychotherapy for traumatic grief (BEP-TG). Geert
Smid, Berthold Gersons, Paul Boelen
10:15–11:30 SYMPOSIUM: Home is where the (wounded) heart is: PTSD
and interpersonal relations in traumatized families.
Chair Gadi Zerach
Hall TAU
Suicidal Ideation among former prisoners of war’s wives- A
longitudinal dyadic study. Gadi Zerach
Relationship satisfaction and PTSD: which is the chicken and
which is the egg? Sara Freedman, Arieh Shalev
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The contributing role of both partners’ empathy to post-traumatic
distress following participation in war. Dekel, Spiegel, Fridkin,
Svetlicky
Addressing military families’ challenges through a collaborative
filmmaking. Tuval-Mashiach, Patton
11:45–12:15 | COFFEE BREAK
12:15–13:45 | ORAL PRESENTATION SESSION
12:15–13:45 PANEL DISCUSSION: Perspectives on Post-traumatic Growth:
Refugees, Combat Veterans and Cancer Patients.
Hall Alpha Panel members: dr Daniel Brom, dr Rolf Kleber, dr Ruth
Pat-Horenczyk
12:15–13:45 SYMPOSIUM: Resiliency in post-conflict generations: Is there
a need to intervene? Chair Trudy Mooren
Long-term legacies: Efficacy of and satisfaction with therapy in an
adult post-war generation. Trudy Mooren, Marieke Sleijpen, Niels
van der Aa
12 JUNE, 2015
Hall
Lambda
(1+2)
(Day) clinical intervention for traumatized refugee families:
Assessment and outcomes. Marloes de Kok, Trudy Mooren
The effects of history of political violence on psychosocial factors
in Lithuanian adult population: intergenerational perspective.
Paulina Zelviene, Evaldas Kazlauskas
12:15–13:45 ORAL PRESENTATION SESSION: Disaster: Challenges for
psychosocial support. Chair dr Michel Dückers
Hall Zeta
PTSD and depression among local government workers after the
Great East Japan Earthquake. Ikki Ueda, Atsushi Sakuma, Yoko
Takahashi, Mikika Abe, Ayami Nagao, Hiro Matsuoka, Kazunori
Matsumoto
The association between disaster vulnerability and post-disaster
psychosocial service delivery across Europe. Michel Dückers, Anke
Witteveen, Jonathan Bisson, Miranda Olff
Health service utilization after terrorism: A longitudinal study of
survivors of the 2011 Utøya attack in Norway. Lise Eilin Stene,
Grete Dyb
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12:15–13:45 ORAL PRESENTATION SESSION: Resilience and prevention.
Chair dr Christian Schopper
Hall eta
Developing a theory driven, evidence based targeted resilience
intervention for the primary prevention of PTSD. Petra Skeffington,
Clare Rees, Trevor Mazzucchelli
Resilience of refugees: whether theory meets practice – case of
the Polish asylum system. Katarzyna Oyrzanowska
Collaborative resiliency training: towards a culturally-versatile,
evidence-based approach to post-traumatic resilience in
individuals, groups and communities. Jonathan Nattel, Carl
Auerbach
Emergency education and resilience work after traumatic events
in Gaza 2014. Christian Schopper, Hans Menning, Bernd Ruf,
Kristina Wojtanowski
12:15–13:45 ORAL PRESENTATION SESSION: Complex trauma and
dissociation. Chair dr Dolores Mosquera
12 JUNE, 2015
Hall
GAMMa
Treating dissociative disorders and complex trauma with EMDR.
Dolores Mosquera
Unique research among clients with dissociative identity disorders
in the Netherlands results into practical criteria for therapists.
Vanese Platteel, Cecilia Kalsbeek
Dissociative symptoms - trait oder state in the dissociative
subtype of posttraumatic stress disorder. Julia Schellong, Ilona
Croy, Peggy Roever, Kerstin Weidner
12:15–13:45 SYMPOSIUM: Neurobiological working mechanisms of
psychotherapy and innovative treatment targets for PTSD.
Chair dr Kathleen Thomaes Hall THETa
Effects of dialectical behavior therapy on affect regulation in
borderline personality disorder and PTSD. Dorina Winter
Neurobiological mechanisms linking PTSD and substance use
disorders: potential treatment targets. Willemien Langeland
Degrading traumatic memories: unraveling neurobiological working
mechanisms of EMDR. Kathleen Thomaes
Intranasal oxytocin administration affects amygdala reactivity
and functional connectivity in PTSD patients. Mirjam van Zuiden,
Saskia Koch, Laura Nawijn, Jessie Frijling, Dick Veltman, Miranda
Olff
12:15–13:45 ORAL PRESENTATION SESSION: Cross-cultural.
Chair dr Henrik Nilsson Hall
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Trauma of Female Genital Mutilation/cutting; a cultural aspect
affecting health conduct. Chiku Ali, Bjørn Blomberg, Agnete Strøm ESTSS 2015 / Final Program
FGM and PTSD: screening and intervention at a traumatic stress
clinic. Eileen Walsh, Jacqui Gratton
Assessment of war and torture related psychological suffering in
a refugee population at a Red Cross Center for Victims of Torture
and War in Sweden. Henrik Nilsson, Andreas Malm
12:15–13:45 SYMPOSIUM: Innovative e-mental health tools targeting PTSD
screening, intervention and data collection. Chair Christianne
van der Meer
Hall
Epsilon
Screening after Trauma with SAM: Smart Assessment on your
Mobile. Anne Bakker, Christianne A.I. van der Meer, Annemarijn
E. Holmersma, Janneke Broeksteeg, Bart Schrieken, Miranda Olff
A Domain-Specific Framework for Collecting Data in Trials with
Smart Mobile Devices. Johannes Schobel, Marc Schickler, Rüdiger
Pryss, Manfred Reichert, Thomas Elbert
Pilot RCT of an online intervention to prevent traumatic stress
after acute child trauma. Nancy Kassam-Adams, Meghan Marsac,
Flaura Winston
Effectiveness and user satisfaction of a mobile app to reduce
posttraumatic stress symptoms in adults: SUPPORT Coach.
Christianne A. I. van der Meer, Anne Bakker, Annemarijn E.
Holmersma, Susanne van Buschbach, Miranda Olff
12 JUNE, 2015
Mobile Crowd Sensing – A New Way of Collecting Data from
Trauma Samples. Marc Schickler, Johannes Schobel, Rüdiger
Pryss, Manfred Reichert
12:15–13:45 ESTSS INITIATIVE. MEETING: Research initiative developing
instruments on new ICD-11 diagnoses.
Chair prof Lutz Wittman, prof Andreas Maercker
Hall Tau
14:00–15:00 MEETING: ESTSS General Membership Meeting
Hall
LAMBDA
(1+2)
13:45–15:00 | LUNCH
15:00–16:00 | POSTER PRESENTATION SESSION: Meet the author
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16:15–17:45 | ORAL PRESENTATION SESSION
16:15–17:45 INVITED ESTSS PANEL: Trauma treatment across Europe:
where do we stand now? Chair prof Berthold Gersons
Hall Alpha
16:15–17:45 ORAL PRESENTATION SESSION: Childhood trauma.
Chair dr John-Håkon Schultz
Hall
LAMBDA
(1+2)
Seeing the unseen: Early childhood trauma in an attachment
relationship. Doris d’Hooghe
Child protection and secondary trauma: the role of screening.
Noreen Tehrani
School-home relations – parents experiences in helping pupil’s to
restore school functioning after exposure to traumatic stress.
Jon-Håkon Schultz, Eline Grelland Røkholt, Åse Langballe
Revictimization in light of the total burden of parental violence. Siri
Thoresen, Helene Flood Aakvaag, Tore Wentzel-Larsen, Grete Dyb
12 JUNE, 2015
16:15–17:45 ORAL PRESENTATION SESSION: Comorbidity.
Chair prof Jon Elhai
Hall ZETA
The long-term associations between PTSD symptom clusters and
major depression: findings from the Detroit neighborhood health
study. Danny Horesh, Sarah Lowe, Sandro Galea, Monica Uddin,
Karestan Koenen
Comorbidities with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among
combat veterans: 15 years postwar analysis. Dolores Britvić, Vesna
Antičević
Posttraumatic nightmares in a military sample: gender differences
and associations with psychopathology. Lutz Wittmann, Thérèse de
Dassel, Helge Höllmer, Robert J. Gorzka
Assessing relations between PTSD’s dysphoria and reexperiencing
factors and dimensions of rumination. Jon Elhai, Meredith
Claycomb
16:15–17:45 ORAL PRESENTATION SESSION: Disaster.
Chair dr Abbe Schulman
Hall ETA
Prolonged psychiatric symptoms in young survivors after the
terror attack at Utøya. Anne Marita Milde, Olga Therese Ousdal,
Johansen Venke A., Hugdahl Kenneth
Psychological and social support in the aftermath of a disaster
– a well established organisation for disaster preparedness in
Stockholm. Abbe Schulman
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16:15–17:45 ORAL PRESENTATION SESSION: Secondary traumatization.
Chair prof Roman Cieslak
Hall
GAMMA
What are the best predictors of PTSD in Portuguese firefighters?
Ângela Maia, Ricardo Pinto, Sandra Henriques, Cláudia Carvalho,
Inês Jongenelen
Mental health help-seeking amongst police officers with a military
background: A theoretical model based on social identity. Liz Royle
Creating an online intervention for health care professionals
following traumatic clinical events: The challenge ahead. Sally
Pezaro
Trauma exposure, coping strategies and family support: a
Portuguese volunteer firefighters sample. Rafaela Lopes, Ângela
Maia
Which comes first, job burnout or secondary traumatic stress?
Roman Cieslak, Kotaro Shoji, Magdalena Lesnierowska, Ewelina
Smoktunowicz, Judith Bock, Charles C. Benight
16:15–17:45 ORAL PRESENTATION SESSION: Disaster: Long-term effects
and coping. Chair dr Robertas Povilaitis
Mental health and psychosocial problems of people in Grozny,
Chechnya: a brief qualitative study. Concetta Feo, Amanda
Nguyen, Kyuri Idrisov, Giovanni Pintaldi, Paul Bolton, Judith Bass
‘Bloody January 1991’: Independence defenders’ coping with
Trauma. Robertas Povilaitis, Neringa Grigutytė, Danutė Gailienė
PTSD prevalence among Polish World War II survivors. Lack of
social acknowledgement as a risk factor. Maja Lis-Turlejska
20 years later: long-term consequences of war rape in Bosnia and
Herzegovina. Alena Mehlau
The shared traumatic experience of war: Effects on therapists
and perceived effects on patients. Sara Freedman, Rivka Tuval
Mashiach
16:15–17:45 ORAL PRESENTATION SESSION: Resilience and social
support. Chair Jonathan Nattel
Hall
Lambda 3
Networks of resilience: Distributed autonomic regulation theory
as a framework for strengthening social support. Jonathan Nattel,
Carl Auerbach, Fabien Dushimirimana
Empowering Refugee Parents. Patrick Oloughlin
Working with family members of missing persons - Crisis of
exhumation process. Sopio Tabaghua
Relationship amplification following mass trauma. Robin Goodwin
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Hall THETA
16:15–17:45 SYMPOSIUM: Prolonged Grief Disorder.
Chair prof. Rita Rosner
Hall
Epsilon
Armed conflict in Colombia: Rates and risk of prolonged grief
disorder among bereaved individuals and relatives of disappeared
people. Christine Knaevelsrud, Carina Heeke, Nadine Stammel
Losing a Child: Finding meaning in bereavement. Brigitte LuegerSchuster, Julia Bogensperger
Treating Prolonged Grief Disorder: A Randomized controlled trial.
Richard Bryant, Lucy Kenny, Amy Joscelyne, Natasha Rawson,
Fiona Maccallum, Catherine Cahill, Sally Hopwood, Idan Aderka,
Angela Nickerson
Long-term follow-up of a randomized controlled clinical trial of
integrative CBT for Prolonged Grief Disorder. Rita Rosner, Helga
Bartl, Gabriele Pfoh, Michaela Kotoučová, Maria Hagl
16:15–17:45 ORAL PRESENTATION SESSION: Physical health and trauma.
Chair dr Sally MacLean
Hall TAU
Trauma symptoms, body image and intensity of pain in a Polish
sample of men and women suffering from chronic pain. Marcin
Rzeszutek, Włodzimierz Oniszczenko, Katarzyna Schier
12 JUNE, 2015
Trauma-initiated physical disabilities: Essential Components of
Psychological Rehabilitation. Sally MacLean
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08:00–12:00 REGISTRATION AT RADISSON BLU LIETUVA
09:30–11:00 | ORAL PRESENTATION SESSION
09:30–11:00 ESTSS INITIATIVE. YOUNG MIND PANEL: Meet the Expert.
Chair Paulina Zelviene.
Hall Theta
09:30–11:00 ORAL PRESENTATION SESSION: War veterans.
Chair dr Grethe Johnsen
Hall BETa
The efficacy of recommended treatments for veterans with PTSD:
A metaregression analysis. Joris Haagen, Geert Smid, Jeroen
Knipscheer, Rolf Kleber
Mental health problems among Norwegian Afghanistan veterans.
Sverre Hougsnes
Mental healthcare service use and barriers to care in Norwegian
Afghanistan veterans. Grethe Johnsen, Hans Jakob Boe
The relationship between mental health problems and experience
of traumatic events in war veterans- Kosovo case. Mimoza
Shahini, Thomas Wenzel T, Gabriel Diaconu
Risk factors of having PTSD and subPTSD 17 years after the
Afghanistan war in Lithuanian war veterans. Vėjūnė DomanskaitėGota, Evaldas Kazlauskas, Danutė Gailienė
Hall
Lambda
(1+2)
Treating delinquency in young adults with early childhood trauma.
Eni Qirjako, Ardita Prendi
Social support after a natural disaster in childhood or adolescence.
Petra Adebäck, Doris Nilsson, Hans Michélsen, Abbe Schulman
Trauma focused treatment on the conditions of young children.
Anna Norlen, Anna Thom Olin
09:30–11:00 ORAL PRESENTATION SESSION: Comorbidity.
Chair prof Jutta Lindert
Hall ZETA
Trauma-memories, stress and craving in substance dependent
patients with PTSD. Nele Gielen, Anita Jansen, Chantal
Nederkoorn, Remco Havermans
Brief trauma-focused therapy for patients with persistent pain
and comorbid PTSD. Tonny Andersen, Hanne Ellegaard, Claus
Manniche
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09:30–11:00 ORAL PRESENTATION SESSION: Childhood abuse.
Chair dr Anna Norlen
Traumatic experience and suicide ideation: Gender difference in
Lithuania. Dovilė Grigienė, Rasa Bieliauskaitė, Paulius Skruibis, Said
Dadašev, Vaiva Klimaitė, Odeta Geleželytė, Danutė Gailienė
Obsessive-Compulsive and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms
Among Civilian Survivors of War. Naser Morina, Michael Rufer,
Richard Klaghofer, Julia Muller, Chantal Martin-Sölch, Vila Sulaj,
Ulrich Schnyder
Violence in late life in seven countries in Europe. Jutta Lindert,
Mindaugas Stankunas, Henrique Barros, Elleni Ioannidi, Gabriella
Melchiorre, Francisco Torres-Gonzales,Joaquim Soares
09:30–11:00 ORAL PRESENTATION SESSION: Treatment: Findings from
research. Chair dr Mechthild Wenk-Ansohn
Hall
GAMMA
The change in parental emotional reactions during and after the
course of treatment. Tonje Holt, Tine K. Jensen, Silje Ormhaug
Three randomized controlled trials with short narrative
interventions for complicated grief. José Rocha, Mónica Sá,
Virgínia Barbosa, Sofia Andrade
Murders Abroad: Exploring the Implications for Trauma-Based
Interventions with Survivors of Homicide Bereavement. Basia
Spalek
Acute short-term treatment approach for newly arrived traumatized
refugees. Mechthild Wenk-Ansohn
09:30–11:00 SYMPOSIUM: Why establishment of an Information and
Support Center is important when disasters strikes.
Chair Lars Weisæth
13 JUNE, 2015
Hall
Lambda 3
The development of the Information and Support Center concept.
Lars Weisæth
Information and Support Center - Organization, plans and
procedures. Nils Petter Reinholdt, Stefan Løvsletten, Bjørn Vegard
Kjelsrud, Lars Weisæth
09:30–11:00 ORAL PRESENTATION SESSION: Disaster.
Chair dr Jana Darejan Javakhishvili
Hall ETA
An analysis of how generational differences in cultural disposition
and beliefs toward community affected post-disaster adjustment
after the Sewol Ferry accident in Korea. Moonkyung Min, Kisun
Sim, Hyunnie Ahn
Post-disaster health outreach in changing societies – the
complexity of modern family structures. Jon Magnus Haga, Lise
Stene, Siri Thoresen, Grete Dyb
Deconstructing religious discourses with mine workers in South
Africa. Christina Landman
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Post-migration stressors and post-traumatic embitterment disorder
among refugees and asylum seekers. Ndzebir Andrew Vernyuy,
Fabienne Lemétayer, Lony Schiltz
Domestic Violence turning into Public Violence - A psychosocial
response to a homicide at University. Jana Darejan Javakhishvili,
Nino Makhashvili, Ketevan Pilauri, Maia Tsiramua
09:30–11:00 ORAL PRESENTATION SESSION: Treatment.
Chair dr Rolf Vaardal
Hall
Epsilon
Behavioural Treatment of Traumatized Refugees: Results from an
Outcome Evaluation Study. Ebru Salcioglu, Metin Basoglu
How therapeutic community helps war veterans? Sanja MarticBiocina, Mirna Pandzic- Sakoman, Sladjana Strkalj-Ivezic, Tihana
Jendricko, Vlado Jukic, Nina Stipic
The importance of sharing. Rolf Vaardal
MBSE- Mindfulness based Somatic oriented Trauma therapy.
09:30–11:00 ORAL PRESENTATION SESSION: Trauma and cognition.
Chair dr Marjana Askovic
Hall TAU
The differences in memory characteristics and impact on individual
identity according to the types of mass trauma events. Na-bin Lee,
Ji-won Min, Hyunnie Ahn
Attention and Cognitive Control Deficits in Adult Refugees
Suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Mirjana Askovic,
Mariano Coello, Jorge Aroche
Sensation seeking, thought suppression and psychopathology,
Beatriz Ponce de León
13 JUNE, 2015
11:00–11:30 | COFFEE BREAK
11:30–13:00 | ORAL PRESENTATION SESSION
11:30–13:00 ORAL PRESENTATION SESSION: War/Military
Chair dr Geir Olsen
Hall Beta
War trauma related to refugee residence in Syrian civil war. Samer
Assaf, Evelin Witruk
Health and care services response to radicalization and violent
extremism. First steps in an Intervention. Geir Olsen, Rolf Vaardal,
Patrick Oloughlin
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Clinical Presentation of the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder with
and without Traumatic Brain Injuries. Maja Simonovic, Grozdanko
Grbesa, Tatjana Milenkovic, Misa Radisavljevic
The contributing role of both partners’ empathy to post-traumatic
distress following participation in war. Rachel Dekel, Alana Siegel,
Shimon Fridkin, Vlad Svetlicky
11:30–13:00 ORAL PRESENTATION SESSION: Effects of childhood abuse.
Chair dr Neringa Grigutyte
Hall
Lambda
(1+2)
Adverse childhood experiences and health - risk behaviours for
HIV/AIDS: A systematic review of literature. Angela Maia, Mariana
Gonçalves, Flávia Costa
Difficulties in emotion regulation and psychopathology in young
women: the role of childhood adversities and life-time trauma.
Małgorzata Dragan
Hair cortisol levels are negatively associated with adverse
childhood experiences in pregnant women. Andria Spyridou,
Martina Ruf-Leuschner, Inga Schalinski, Maggie Schauer, Thomas
Elbert
Identifying Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE´s) in an adult
psychiatric in-care population. Anders Eliasson, Per-Olof Michel
Adverse experiences and emotional adjustment in HIV/AIDS
infected adults in North of Portugal. Angela Maia, Mariana
Gonçalves
11:30–13:00 ORAL PRESENTATION SESSION: Interpersonal trauma.
Chair dr Ruth Pat-Horenczyk
13 JUNE, 2015
Hall Zeta
Lifelong multiple victimization among native and immigrant
women in Portugal: Prevalence and emotional adjustment. Mariana
Gonçalves, Marlene Matos
Does the label matter? - The impact of acknowledged and
unacknowledged rape on mental wellbeing. Kate Szymanski,
Carolyn Springer, Cathereine Lemley
Disclosing violence and sexual abuse: Then what? Inge Nordhaug,
Dag Nordanger, Linda Kvalvik, Reidun Dybsland, Venke Johansen
The mediating role of maternal emotion regulation in relational
trauma. Ruth Pat-Horenczyk
11:30–13:00 ORAL PRESENTATION SESSION: Loosing a child: recovery
and resilience. Chair dr Vivian Kraaij
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The impact of parents’ grief on their dyadic adjustment after
the loss of a child: Testing the mediating effect of posttraumatic
growth and resilience. Sara Albuquerque, Isabel Narciso, Marco
Pereira
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Losing your only child! Combing value orientations and grief
symptoms to predict autobiographical memories’ disruption in
Chinese bereaved parents. Daiming Xiu, Andreas Maercker
Effect of a cognitive-behavioral self-help program on depressed
mood for women with the loss of a desired child. Vivian Kraaij,
Nadia Garnefski
DG stories of mothers whose sons went missing–the narratives
that help and heal. Nana Agapishvili, Tina Tsomaia
11:30–13:00 ORAL PRESENTATION SESSION: Posttraumatic growth and
resilience. Chair dr Emre Senol-Durak
Hall
GAMMa
Psychometric properties of an integrated psychological growth and
problems scale. Andreas E. Nordstrand, Sverre Hougsnæs, Jon G.
Reichelt, Hans Jakob Bøe
Post-traumatic growth in MVA perpetrators. Agata Wezyk, Dorota
Merecz
The psychological characteristics of Ahıska Turkish elderly with a
history of deportation, forced migration, immigration who reside in
the US. Mithat Durak, Dena Shenk
Posttraumatic growth among individuals with bereavement
experience: United States and Turkey comparison. Emre SenolDurak, Richard Tedeschi
11:30–13:00 ORAL PRESENTATION SESSION: Inter-generational trauma
effects. Chair prof Danute Gailiene
Hall THeta
Resilience in 2nd and 3rd generation of politically repressed
families in Lithuania. Egle Mazulyte, Monika Skeryte-Kazlauskiene,
Danute Gailiene
Tracking totalitarian trauma in contemporary Georgia: A case study.
Jana Darejan Javakhishvili
11:30–13:00 ORAL PRESENTATION SESSION: Treatment.
Chair dr Trond Heir
Hall
Lambda 3
Sustainability of evidence based practice interventions for Post
traumatic Stress Disorder in an Australian veteran mental health
service. Loretta Poerio
Stress reactions and mental health interventions after work place
disasters. Trond Heir, Marainne Bang Hansen
Event-related potentials and EMDR treatment of PTSD. Raynaud
Philippe
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Psychotherapy in the time of social and moral challenges: to
identity through trauma. Natalia Nalyvaiko
11:30–13:00 ORAL PRESENTATION SESSION: Treatment of complex
trauma. Chair dr Ethy Dorrepaalel
Hall
Epsilon
Program of group therapy for patients who experienced complex,
intergenerational trauma. Beata Rusecka, Anna Awtuch, Marlena
Świdrowska
In clinical practise manualized treatments are difficult to apply: Do
we have to question them as gold standard? - Evaluation results of
an alternative multi modular program. Silvan Weber
Evidence-based treatment for adult women with child abuserelated Complex PTSD: a quantitative review. Ethy Dorrepaal,
Kathleen Thomaes, Adriaan Hoogendoorn, Nel Draijer, Dick
Veltman, Ton van Balkom
11:30–13:00 ORAL PRESENTATION SESSION: Creative therapy of trauma.
Chair Karin Alice Schouten
Hall Tau
The Effectiveness of Art Therapy in the treatment of traumatized
adults: A Systematic review on Art Therapy and trauma. Karin Alice
Schouten, Gerrit J. de Niet, Jeroen W. Knipscheer, Rolf R. Kleber,
Giel J. M. Hutschemaekers
Lecture and film: Expressive Arts in Transition (EXIT): An early
intervention study with unaccompanied minor asylum seeking
boys. Melinda Ashley, Meyer DeMott
11:30–13:00 CLOSING OF THE CONFERENCE
13 JUNE, 2015
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12 JUNE, 2015 | 08:30–18:00
Meet the Author
June 12, 2015 | 15:00 – 16:00
Location | Radisson BLU Hotel Lietuva, Lobby
Posters should be set up on June 12 between 08:30 and 10:00.
Posters should be removed no later than 18:00 on June 12.
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Attention and processing of affective stimuli in anxiety disorders.
Emotional Stroop test in PTSD. Dawid Scigala
Validating the Diagnostic Infant and Preschool Assessment using a
Danish Trauma Sample. Ask Elklit, Sille Schandorph Løkkegaard
Inventory of Prolonged Grief - Children: Portuguese version and
psychometric characteristics. Paula Leal, Vera Almeida, José Rocha
Adding Complexity: Assessing the Dissociative Subtype of PTSD.
Marloes Eidhof, Jackie June ter Heide, Eric Vermetten
ICD-11 Trauma Questionnaire for PTSD, C-PTSD and BPD symptoms:
Portuguese version. Célia Soares, Mónica Sá, Ângela Maia, José Rocha
Spanish version of the Peritraumatic Dissociative Experiences
Questionnaire (PDEQ): Psychometric Properties. Mar Gómez-Gutiérrez,
Violeta Fernández-Lansac, María Crespo, José Rocha
Global assessment of postraumatic stress questionnaire: EGEP-5. María
Crespo, Mar Gómez-Gutiérrez, Carmen Soberón
Risk factors for suicide attempts in the total population of Faroese eighth
graders. Ask Elklit, Tóra Petersen
Trauma exposure and traumatization in Ugandan youth. Ask Elklit, Lise
Mandrup
Adult attachment styles and the psychological response to infant
bereavement. Ask Elklit, Mark Shevlin, Siobhan Murphy, David Boyda
Assessing DSM-5 latent subtypes of Acute Stress Disorder, Dissociative
or Intrusive? Cherie Armour, Maj Hansen
Investigation of possible DSM-5 ASD subtypes in a clinical sample of
victims of multiple forms of traumatic exposure. Cherie Armour, Maj
Hansen, Li Wang, Ask Elklit, Richard Bryant
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Session A: Assessment, Comorbidity, Complex Trauma
12 JUNE, 2015
The Factor Structure of PTSD: testing DSM-5 models and an ICD-11
A13 alternative across multiple traumas. Cherie Armour, Maj Hansen, Philip
Hyland, Mark Shevlin, Ask Elklit
Trauma in people with intellectual disabilities. Sabine Maxian, Brigitte
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Lueger-Schuster
Different Profiles of Acute Stress Disorder Differentially Predict
A15 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in a Large Sample of Female Victims of
Sexual Trauma. Ask Elklit, Mark Shevlin, Philip Hyland
Complex PTSD in Angolan highly traumatized sample: predictor value of
A16 posttraumatic growth. Celina Silva, Tadeu Mendes, Jaqueline Almeida,
Margarida Chilembo, José Rocha
Relations between adult attachment and PTSD, C-PTSD and BPD
A17 symptoms in Angola. Jaqueline Almeida, Mónica Sá, Celina Silva,
Margarida Chilembo, José Rocha
Complex PTSD symptoms associated with suicide attempts in a
A18 Portuguese sample. Daniela Mendes, Tadeu Mendes, Noémia Carvalho,
Mariana Pinheiro, Orlando von Doellinger, Teresa Cabral, José Rocha
Influence of Traumatic Events on the the general development in Children
A19
and Adolescents: Implications and treatment suggestions. Eni Qirjako
Traumatic Events Before Suicide Attempt. Said Dadašev, Jolanta
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Latakienė, Paulius Skruibis, Danutė Gailienė
Session B: Child Abuse, Developmental Trauma, Inter-generational
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Transgenerational aspects of former Swiss child laborers: do subsequent
generations suffer from their parent’s adverse experiences? Andreas
Küffer, Andreas Maercker
Gene-environment interaction of PAC1 genotype and childhood adversity
on PTSD. Wojciech Dragan, Małgorzata Dragan, Piotr Czerski
Does Mental Health impair Hand Washing? Jurgita Slekiene,
Hans-Joachim Mosler
Differences between migrant and non-migrant children and adolescents
after childhood abuse and neglect – Preliminary Results.
Rima Eberle-Sejari, Rita Rosner
Childhood Adversity and PTSD Experiences: Testing a Multiple
Mediator Model. Ask Elklit, Siobhan Murphy, Mark Shevlin, Mogens
Christoffersen, Cherie Armour
The effects of attachment trauma on mentalization: A study design. Anna
Sophie Herrmann, Mita Banerjee, Claudia Subic-Wrana
The link between attachment, type of trauma and depression - related
disorders. Dawid Subocz, Elżbieta Zdankiewicz-Ścigała
Adverse developmental experiences and risky health behaviours among
black South African university students. Solomon Mashegoane, Malose
Makhubela
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Childhood trauma mediates the intergenerational transmission of
depression. Dominic Plant, Carmine Pariante, Susan Pawlby
B10
Psychodrama of the Survivorship. Elena Cherepanov
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C06
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C09
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C13
C14
Comparative analysis of platelet 5-HT concentrations in patients with
PTSD between the Li and the Han ethnic. Min Guo, Xiang-Ling Jiang,
Xiang Li, Jun-Cheng Guo
Two Cultures, One Question: Does Past Traumatic Experience Influence
Judgements of Affective Forecasting? Jala Rizeq, Douglas McCann
Bibliodrama as a healing and training tool for effective trauma
intervention in an intercultural context. Şafak Ebru Toksoy, Amet Tamer
Aker
The Applicability of the Cultural Formulation Interview for the Exploration
of Subjective Concepts of Illness of Refugees for their PTSD. Jenny
Mika, Barbara Abdallah-Steinkopff
Trauma and prejudice: Relationship between Life-time trauma exposure
and prejudice. Paulina Zelviene, Evaldas Kazlauskas
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Attachment among Stalked Mothers.
Ask Elklit, Sille Schandorph Løkkegaard
Peritraumatic dissociation and symptomatology in battered women.
Violeta Fernández-Lansac, Maria Crespo, Maria del Mar Gomez-Gutierrez
Traumatic experience and authority relationship dynamics of people
afflicted with cancer. Ūla Lunevičiūtė, Neringa Grigutytė, Goda Rukšaitė,
Gražina Gudaitė
Media Impact Survey: Reliability, validity and diagnostic utility. Pam
Ramsden
Resource Loss and Secondary Traumatization among Police and Prison
Officers: The Mediating Role of Job Burnout. Magdalena Lesnierowska,
Dominika Markowska, Ewelina Smoktunowicz, Roman Cieslak
The relationship between trait dissociation, subsequent intrusions, and
false memory. The mediating role of peritraumatic anxiety. Cornelia
Mairean
Sexual trauma type and its relation to alexithymia, dissociation and
PTSD symptoms among women survivors. Maria Szczepaniak, Elżbieta
Zdankiewicz-Ścigała
An examination of the long-term effects of wartime rape on the
wellbeing of Kosovo-Albanian female victims. Fatime Zeka
Impact of Traumatic Events on PTSD in Danish survivors of Childhood
Sexual Abuse. Ask Elklit, Dorte Christiansen, Sabina Palic, Sidsel
Karsberg, Sara Eriksen
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Session C: Cross-cultural, Interpersonal Violence
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Mediation of meaning making between adult attachment dimensions and
symptoms of complicated grief. Jens Thimm
Session D: Treatment and Prevention
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Evaluation of the effectiveness of EEG biofeedback training for PTSD in a
clinical setting. Mirjana Askovic, Jorge Aroche
Traumatic events and the life story narrative impacts of traumatised
Saudi firefighter’s memories. Mohammed Alghamdi, Nigel Hunt, Shirley
Thomas
Issues of Drop-out in E-health Psychosocial Interventions for Stressrelated Disorders. Jonas Eimontas, Evaldas Kazlauskas, Paulina Zelviene
Noticing, naming and narrating: A fusion of sensorimotor and narrative
practices in responding to the effects of trauma. Katy Batha
Effectiveness of Interventions for Psychological Intimate Partner Violence
in Randomized Controlled Trials: a Systematic Review. Rita Começanha,
Mariana Gonçalves, Ângela Maia
Accounting for sex differences in PTSD: A multi-variable mediation
model. Cherie Armour, Maj Hansen, Dorte Christiansen
Emotional and behavioral problems among Ethiopian children in
residential care. Maria Mansilla, Marina Bueno, Mar Gómez-Gutierrez
An interactive group process in a neonatal intensive care unit with
parents of newborns and health professionals. Şafak Ebru Toksoy, Ahmet
Tamer Aker, Hasan Onur Demirci, Esra Isik
Evaluation of German pilot trauma outpatient units and early
psychotraumatological interventions. Miriam Rassenhofer, Annika
Lasshof, Renate Schepker, Joerg Fegert, Ferdinand Keller
What does contributed to depression and anxiety in patients with Behçet
desease. Feride Ozlem Elagoz, Emre Senol Durak
Patient Expectations after the Trauma-Focused Psychotherapy: A Pilot
Study Results. Evaldas Kazlauskas, Paulina Zelviene, Lina Jovarauskaite,
Egle Mazulyte, Jonas Eimontas, Migle Dovydaitiene, Paulius Skruibis
Computer based analysis of coordinated body movement and therapeutic
alliance applied to psychotherapy with adolescents suffering from PTSD.
Patrick Fornaro, Klara Sailer, Fabian Ramseyer, Rita Rosner
Session E: Resilience and Posttraumatic Growth
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The mediation role of psychological resilience on the relationship
between workplace bullying and employees’ strain and depressive
symptoms. Maidaniuc-Chirila Teodora
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E03
E04
E05
The influence of personal resilience, cognitive emotion regulation
strategies on the development of PTSD in patients with cancer. Elzbieta
Zdankiewicz-Scigala
Coping with adversity: Developing a revised Sense-of-Coherence
Concept. Rahel Bachem, Rahel Bachem, Andreas Maercker
Moderating Effects of Trait Resilience on Trauma Symptoms in Adult
Population. Monika Skerytė-Kazlauskienė, Eglė Mažulytė, Danutė Gailienė
The effects of trauma and stress exposure on psychological well-being.
Paulina Zelviene, Ausra Naujokaite
E06
Voluntary and professional rescue workers. Ask Elklit, Helga
Haraldsdóttir, Drifa Gudmundsdóttir, Eugenia Romano, Edda Þórðardóttir,
Berglind Gudmundsdóttir
E07
How to Support Grieving Children? Teachers’ Experiences and Difficulties
with Grief in the Classroom. Johanna Unterhitzenberger, Raphaela
Blasini, Monika Jeßberger, Rita Rosner
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E13
E14
E15
Trauma in a changing society: links between acceptance of social
changes and traumatic stress. Evaldas Kazlauskas, Paulina Zelviene
Effects of an intervention program for female victims of intimate partner
violence on psychological symptoms and perceived social support. Ask
Elklit, Nina Hansen, Sara Eriksen
Connecting the fragmented self with neurofeedback. Beverley Steffert,
Tony Steffert
Does dyadic coping mediate the relationship between parental grief and
posttraumatic growth after the loss of a child? Sara Albuquerque, Isabel
Narciso, Marco Pereira
Spirituality as a factor of resilience and posttraumatic growth in traumatic
situations: A case of Trauma Healing Project in KwaZulu-Natal, South
Africa. Charles Manda
After traumatic loss: Coping and suicidal risk of suicide survivors. Vaiva
Klimaitė, Odeta Geležėlytė, Paulius Skruibis, Danutė Gailienė
“The book about war”. Olha Pletka
Session F: Disaster, War/Military
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Intersection between individual victimisation trajectories and
socio-historical context. Rachel Fasel
The effectiveness of psychosocial interventions in young war-traumatized
refugees. A meta-analysis. Agnes Nocon, Johanna Unterhitzenberger,
Rita Rosner, Rima Eberle-Sejari
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E08 Poverty alleviation. Francis Ifeanyi Princewill
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Attachment and psychiatric symptoms among adult children of military
personnel who lost their lives. Özlem Karairmak, Berna Güloğlu
Cognitive-behavioral therapy-based programs in communities affected
by the Great East Japan Earthquake. Ikki Ueda, Miyuki Tajima, Yoko
Takahashi, Ayami Nagao, HIro Matsuoka, Yutaka Ono, Kazunori
Matsumoto
Public grief and post-disaster ritual: theories and practice. Jorien
Holsappel
Educational methods for Providing Pupils with Safety, Meaning and
Understanding of Media-intensive Crisis and Catastrophes. Jon-Haakon
Schultz, Dag Skarstein, Beate Fosse Jørgensen
Living under the long-term uncertain threat. Ieva Povilaitiene, Aurelija
Auskalnyte, Danute Gailiene
The impact of trauma memory and emotions on secondary
traumatization. Hyesun Joo, Nabin Lee, Moonkyung Min, Kisun Sim,
Jiwon Min
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