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Berthold P. R. Gersons

Berthold P. R. Gersons

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Psychology

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Overview

Berthold P. R. Gersons is affiliated with the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of psychology and health professions, with specific attention in clinical psychology, emergency medical services, and social psychology.

Their academic work covers several key topics including posttraumatic stress disorder research, disaster response and management, COVID-19 and mental health, migration, health and trauma, psychotherapy techniques and applications, and emotions and moral behavior.

Among recent publications, Gersons has authored notable papers such as:

  • Can a 'second disaster' during and after the COVID-19 pandemic be mitigated? (2020, European journal of psychotraumatology)
  • Five Essential Elements of Immediate and Mid-Term Mass Trauma Intervention: Empirical Evidence (2021, Psychiatry)
  • Brief Eclectic Psychotherapy for Moral Trauma (BEP-MT): treatment protocol description and a case study (2021, European journal of psychotraumatology)

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Geert E. Smid
  • Annika Smit
  • Evaldas Kazlauskas
  • Alexander C. McFarlane
  • Stevan E. Hobfoll

Gersons regularly publishes in venues such as:

  • European journal of psychotraumatology
  • Psychiatry

Best Publications

  • Five Essential Elements of Immediate and Mid–Term Mass Trauma Intervention: Empirical Evidence

    Stevan E. Hobfoll;Patricia Watson;Carl C. Bell;Richard A. Bryant

  • Gender differences in posttraumatic stress disorder.

    Miranda Olff;Willie Langeland;Nel Draijer;Berthold P. R. Gersons

  • Cortisol and post-traumatic stress disorder in adults: systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Marie-Louise Meewisse;Johannes B. Reitsma;Giel-Jan De Vries;Berthold P. R. Gersons

  • Risk factors for posttraumatic stress symptomatology in police officers: A prospective analysis.

    Ingrid V. E. Carlier;Regina D. Lamberts;Berthold P. R. Gersons

  • Psychotherapies for PTSD: what do they have in common?

    Ulrich Schnyder;Anke Ehlers;Thomas Elbert;Edna B. Foa

  • The psychobiology of PTSD: coping with trauma.

    Miranda Olff;Willie Langeland;Berthold P.R. Gersons

  • Randomized clinical trial of brief eclectic psychotherapy for police officers with posttraumatic stress disorder.

    Berthold P. R. Gersons;Ingrid V. E. Carlier;Regina D. Lamberts;Bessel A. van der Kolk

  • The influence of occupational debriefing on post-traumatic stress symptomatology in traumatized police officers.

    Ingrid V. E. Carlier;A. E. Voerman;B. P. R. Gersons

  • Delayed Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis, and Meta-Regression Analysis of Prospective Studies

    Geert E. Smid;Trudy T. M. Mooren;Roos C. van der Mast;Berthold P. R. Gersons

  • Post-traumatic stress disorder: the history of a recent concept.

    Berthold P. R. Gersons;Ingrid V. E. Carlier

  • Cortisol, learning, memory, and attention in relation to smaller hippocampal volume in police officers with posttraumatic stress disorder.

    Ramón J.L. Lindauer;Miranda Olff;Els P.M. van Meijel;Ingrid V.E. Carlier

  • Emotional or educational debriefing after psychological trauma. Randomised controlled trial.

    Marit Sijbrandij;Miranda Olff;Johannes B. Reitsma;Ingrid V. E. Carlier

  • DISASTER-RELATED POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS IN POLICE OFFICERS: A FIELD STUDY OF THE IMPACT OF DEBRIEFING

    Ingrid V. E. Carlier;Regina D. Lamberts;Annephine J. Van Uchelen;Berthold P. R. Gersons

  • Partial posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD): the issue of psychological scars and the occurrence of PTSD symptoms.

    Ingrid V. E. Carlier;Berthold P. R. Gersons

  • Effects of appraisal and coping on the neuroendocrine response to extreme stress

    Miranda Olff;Willie Langeland;Berthold P.R. Gersons

  • Smaller hippocampal volume in Dutch police officers with posttraumatic stress disorder.

    Ramón J.L. Lindauer;Erik-Jan Vlieger;Margje Jalink;Miranda Olff

  • Patterns of PTSD among police officers following shooting incidents: A two-dimensional model and treatment implications

    Berthold P. R. Gersons

  • Changes in cortisol and DHEA plasma levels after psychotherapy for PTSD

    Miranda Olff;Giel-Jan de Vries;Yener Güzelcan;Johanna Assies

  • Treatment of acute posttraumatic stress disorder with brief cognitive behavioral therapy: A randomized, controlled trial.

    Marit Sijbrandij;Miranda Olff;Johannes B. Reitsma;Ingrid V. E. Carlier

  • HPA- and HPT-axis alterations in chronic posttraumatic stress disorder.

    Miranda Olff;Yener Güzelcan;Giel-Jan de Vries;Johanna Assies

Frequent Co-Authors

Miranda Olff
Miranda Olff University of Amsterdam
Marit Sijbrandij
Marit Sijbrandij Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Rolf J. Kleber
Rolf J. Kleber Utrecht University
Geert E. Smid
Geert E. Smid University of Humanistic Studies
Rens van de Schoot
Rens van de Schoot Utrecht University
W. van den Brink
W. van den Brink University of Amsterdam
Ulrich Schnyder
Ulrich Schnyder University of Zurich
Richard A. Bryant
Richard A. Bryant University of New South Wales
Anke Ehlers
Anke Ehlers University of Oxford
Edna B. Foa
Edna B. Foa University of Pennsylvania

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