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Prevalence of traumatic events and PTSD symptoms among secondary school students in Baghdad (2014)
Journal Article
Al-Hadethe, A., Hunt, N., Thomas, S., & Al-Qaysi, A. (2014). Prevalence of traumatic events and PTSD symptoms among secondary school students in Baghdad. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 5(1), 1-5. https://doi.org/10.3402/ejpt.v5.23928

Background People in Iraq have been more or less continually exposed to war for more than three decades. Studies with Iraqi participants report high prevalence rates of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and related problems. Methods The aim o... Read More about Prevalence of traumatic events and PTSD symptoms among secondary school students in Baghdad.

Social identity in people with multiple sclerosis: a meta-synthesis of qualitative research (2014)
Journal Article
Barker, A., das Nair, R., Lincoln, N., & Hunt, N. (2014). Social identity in people with multiple sclerosis: a meta-synthesis of qualitative research. Social Care and Neurodisability, 5(4), https://doi.org/10.1108/SCN-05-2014-0009

Purpose – Many aspects of the self are lost as a consequence of having multiple sclerosis (MS). A person's identity can be altered by negative self-concepts, which are associated with poor psychological wellbeing and can lead individuals to reconstr... Read More about Social identity in people with multiple sclerosis: a meta-synthesis of qualitative research.

Adapting narrative exposure therapy for Chinese earthquake survivors: a pilot randomised controlled feasibility study (2014)
Journal Article
Zang, Y., Hunt, N., & Cox, T. (2014). Adapting narrative exposure therapy for Chinese earthquake survivors: a pilot randomised controlled feasibility study. BMC Psychiatry, 14(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-014-0262-3

© 2014 Zang et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. Background: Narrative exposure therapy (NET) is a brief, manualised treatment for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). It has been shown to have therapeutic benefits for a wide range of individuals an... Read More about Adapting narrative exposure therapy for Chinese earthquake survivors: a pilot randomised controlled feasibility study.

Development of the Scale of Perceived Social Support in HIV (PSS-HIV) (2014)
Journal Article
Cortes, A., Hunt, N., & McHale, S. (2014). Development of the Scale of Perceived Social Support in HIV (PSS-HIV). AIDS and Behavior, 18(12), 2274-2284. doi:10.1007/s10461-014-0902-0

Social support (SS) plays a key role for HIV/AIDS prevention and disease management. Numerous general and disease-specific SS instruments have been developed and perception of support has been increasingly considered, though no scales have been speci... Read More about Development of the Scale of Perceived Social Support in HIV (PSS-HIV).

Expressive writing and posttraumatic growth: an Internet-based study (2014)
Journal Article
Stockton, H., Joseph, S., & Hunt, N. (2014). Expressive writing and posttraumatic growth: an Internet-based study. Traumatology, 20(2), https://doi.org/10.1037/h0099377

This study examined the effects of Internet-based expressive writing on posttraumatic growth. Expressive (n = 14) and control writing (n = 10) participants wrote for 15 min on 3 occasions spaced 3 days apart. Measures of intrusive and avoidant though... Read More about Expressive writing and posttraumatic growth: an Internet-based study.