PTSD and Empathy

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Empathy Awareness, Research and Resources

“Memories of traumatic experiences may not be primarily retrieved as narratives. Our own and others research has suggested that PTSD traumatized peoples difficulties with putting memories into words are reflected in actual changes in brain activity.. – Bessel A. van der Kolk

PTSD and Empathy Research

Alterations in Empathic Responding among Women with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Associated with Childhood Trauma NIH / Brain and Behavior

Are Empathic Abilities Impaired in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder? ResearchGate

Does PTSD cause Lack of Empathy? The Healthy Journal

Elevated Empathy in Adults following Childhood Trauma Plos One

Empathy, PTSD, and Migration in African Refugees Taylor and Francis Online

Empathy in the Treatment of Trauma and PTSD American Psychological Association

Empathy in Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in Comparison to a Control Population NIH

Neural Activity related to Cognitive and Emotional Empathy in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder American Psychological Association

 

Oxytocin can Improve Compassion in People with Symptoms of PTSD ScienceDaily

Polygenic scores for Empathy Associate with Posttraumatic Stress Severity in Response to certain Traumatic Events ScienceDirect

Research on the Relationship between Empathy, Belief in a Just World, and Childhood Trauma in Pre-Clinical Medical Students PDF Download MDPI

Secondary Traumatic Stress, Level of Exposure, Empathy and Social Support in Trauma Workers Sage Journals

Social Cognition and Interpersonal Impairments in Trauma Survivors with PTSD PDF Download University of Zurich

The Contribution of Empathy and Attachment to Adaptation of Partners of PTSD Veterans Bar-Ilan University

The Mediating Role of Cognitive Trauma Processing in the Relationship Between Empathy and Secondary Traumatic Stress Symptoms Among Female Professionals Working With Victims of Violence Sage Journals

The Neural Basis of Empathy and Empathic Behavior in the Context of Chronic Trauma Frontiers in Psychiatry

The Neural Development of Empathy is Sensitive to Caregiving and Early Trauma Nature Communications

The Relationship between Dispositional Empathy, Psychological Distress, and Posttraumatic Stress Responses among Japanese Uniformed Disaster Workers: A Cross-Sectional Study BMC Psychiatry

Trauma and intersubjectivity: the phenomenology of empathy in PTSD PhilPapers

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