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The last decades have demonstrated the value of early interventions after a traumatic event. The purpose of these interventions is to prevent the development of psychological consequences such as post-traumatic stress disorder. Psychological debriefing is clearly the most popular intervention. However, in the literature, it is subject to a real controversy. The objective of the present paper is to define the interest of psychological debriefing, but also alternative therapeutical strategies for people exposed to traumatic events.
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Psychotherapy/methods , Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic/prevention & control , Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic/psychology , Cognitive Behavioral Therapy/methods , Crisis Intervention/methods , Disclosure , Dissent and Disputes , Humans , Life Change Events , Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic/diagnosis , Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic/therapy , Stress, Psychological/psychology , Stress, Psychological/rehabilitationABSTRACT
Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is a frequent and disabling psychic illness. Along psychiatric history, several etiological models have been successively hypothesized to explain the obsessive compulsive symptoms from a psychological, behavioural or biological point of view. This review aims at presenting OCD etiological models as well as describing OCD clinical and therapeutic aspects.
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder , Age Factors , Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic/therapeutic use , Belgium/epidemiology , Diagnosis, Differential , Drug Therapy, Combination , Humans , Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder/diagnosis , Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder/drug therapy , Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder/epidemiology , Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder/etiology , Prevalence , Psychiatric Status Rating Scales , Risk Factors , Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors/therapeutic use , Severity of Illness IndexABSTRACT
The borderline personality disorder is a common psychiatric entity, which is characterized by a varied symptomatology and a significant comorbidity. It seems that its etiologic is heterogeneous, comprising psychosocial factors as much as biological and genetic. So the best approach of the borderline personality disorder would be a multidisciplinary bio-psycho-social one. Through a clinical case, we illustrate this disorder and its treatment in outpatient clinic.
