Abstract Background On February 24, 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine provoking the most
serious military conflict in Central Europe since 1945. By mid-May 2022, thousands of …

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder with manifestations somatic
resulting from reliving the trauma. The therapy for the treatment of PTSD has limitations …

While the literature on well‐being and stress following natural disasters is well‐developed, it
is less so when it comes to ongoing war experiences. Between September and October of …

COVID-19 affects brain function, as deduced by the “brain fog” that is often encountered in
COVID-19 patients and some cognitive impairment that is observed in many a patient in the …

Primary stressors are direct outcomes of extreme events (eg, viruses, floodwater) whereas
secondary stressors stem from pre-disaster life circumstances and societal arrangements …

This article proposes the concept of implicit narrative as an analytic tool that helps to
articulate how cultural models of narrative sense-making steer us to certain patterns of …

Introduction This study examines the relationships between perceived hope, posttraumatic
growth, well-being, anxiety, and perceived threat of the Russian-Ukrainian War (RUW) in the …

Nurses often face a variety of work-related and life-related stresses that make them more
prone to symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), yet the underlying mechanism …

The present study investigated psychosocial predictors of psychosis-risk, depression,
anxiety, and stress in Croatia during the COVID-19 pandemic. Given Croatia's recent …

During the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers have questioned how the devastation of the
pandemic might impact suicide rates. While initial evidence on suicide rates during the early …