Today, we’re looking at two studies of emotion processing in PTSD. First, Zhan, Zhang, Gong & Geng (2023) published “Clinical Correlates of Irritability, Anger, Hostility, and Aggression in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder” in Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. The edited abstract and impact statement are as follows:

Here, I present two studies of the gut biome. First, Eisenstadt published “How a Mother’s Microbiome Helps Shape Her Baby’s Development” on the Broad Institute (2022) on the Broad Institute website, citing Vatanen, Jabbar et al.

First, Flechsenhar, Seitz, Bertsch & Herpertz (2022) published “The Association Between Psychopathology, Childhood Trauma, and Emotion Processing” in Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. I was drawn to this study because of its mention of transdiagnostic psychopathologies. The idea seems to be that, because the DSM often yields poor diagnostic accuracy, it may be wiser to use core constructs that relate to multiple diagnoses. Here’s the slightly edited abstract:

I have written twice before about research pertaining to Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD).. Here, I want to summarize two recent studies on treatment. First, Keefe et al. (2022) published “Reflective Functioning and Its Potential to Moderate the Efficacy of Manualized Psychodynamic Therapies Versus Other Treatments for Borderline Personality Disorder” in Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.