Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a debilitating mental health disorder that causes
significant dysfunction in individuals. Currently, there are many approved pharmacotherapy …

The full-scale military invasion has changed the lives of all Ukrainians forever. The necessity
to understand how the traumatic experiences of the first months of the war affected people's …

Bad co** behavior and guilt may reinforce each other as a negative feedback loop. Social
contexts and expectations may also create cognitive dissonance in co** individuals and …

Background Extracting research of domain criteria (RDoC) from high-risk populations like
those with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is crucial for positive mental health …

Existing research suggests that individuals who have experienced trauma may have a
propensity towards self-conscious emotional states (ie, guilt-proneness and shame …

Background: Maladaptive trauma appraisal plays an important role in the development and
maintenance of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). While studies have demonstrated the …

Introduction Children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may be
particularly vulnerable to the impact of traumatic events, yet the association between ASD …

Traumatic events often lead to counterfactual comparison (CFC), defined as comparing
one's current attributes to that of a hypothetical mentally simulated alternative that might …

Sudden gains, defined as large and stable improvements in symptom severity during
psychological treatment, have consistently been found to be associated with better …

Background: People compare their current well-being to different comparison standards (eg
social or temporal comparisons). These standards are considered as aversive if perceived …