University of Bonn
Germany
History
The Traumatic Stress Network initiated a NATO workshop application in early 2016 and continues to seek new funding opportunities and foster collaborations for research proposals. The Network consists of experts from various European countries, committed to optimising the use of existing knowledge across basic, clinical, and pharmacological domains.
Through the activities of our Network we have been able to bring together clinicians and scientists working on preclinical as well as clinical domains related to traumatic stress. Important activities have been the preparation of a Marie Curie grant about an approach “golden hours” for the curative treatment of anxiety and PTSD (GHO4CURE), as well as a NATO grant on “Terrorism induced Stress”. We capitalize on a golden hours approach of trauma, including novel approaches to pharmacotherapy for the relief of trauma-related disorders. Our members also published an important paper about an RDOC approach to PTSD.
Core members
| Member name | Institution | City | Country |
| Iryna Frankova | Bogomolets National Medical University (BNMU) | Kyiv | Ukraine |
| K.Oguz Karamustafalioglu | Sisli Etfal Training and Research Hospital | Istanbul | Türkiye |
| Harm Krugers | Amsterdam | The Netherlands | |
| Raymond Mongeau | University Paris Descartes | Paris | France |
| Slawomir Murawiec | Centrum Terapii DIALOG | Warsaw | Poland |
| David Nutt | Imperial College London | London | United Kingdom |
| Mathew Samuel | Hollywood Medical Centre | Perth | Australia |
| Ulrike Schmidt | Univerisity of Bonn | Bonn | Germany |
| Victor Spoormaker | Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry | Munich | Germany |
| Eric Vermetten | Leiden University Medical Center | Leiden | The Netherlands |
| Olena Zhabenko | Kliniken Schmieder | Gailingen | Germany |
| Joseph Zohar | Chaim Sheba Medical Center | Tel Hashomer | Israel |
| Hala Kerbage | Montpellier University Hospital | Montpellier | France |
Shell members
| Member name | Institution | City | Country |
| Monica Aas | King’s College London | London | United Kingdom |
| David Baldwin | University of Southampton | Southampton | United Kingdom |
| Elisabeth Binder | Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry | Munich | Germany |
| Lior Carmi | Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv | Israel |
| Dominique de Quervain | University of Basel | Basel | Switzerland |
| Maurizio Popoli | University of Milan | Milano | Italy |
| Mirjam van Zuiden | University of Utrecht | Utrecht | The Netherlands |
Honorary members
| Member name | Institution | City | Country |
| Robert Ursano | Uniformed Services University | Bethesda | USA |
Publications
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2022Frankova et al.
Digital psychological first aid for Ukraine
The Lancet Psychiatry -
2018Schmidt and Vermetten
Integrating NIMH research domain criteria (RDoC) into PTSD research
Current topics in behavioral neurosciences -
2018Zohar et al.
Secondary prevention of chronic PTSD by early and short-term administration of escitalopram: a prospective randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial.
The Journal of clinical psychiatry -
2014Vermetten et al.
Pharmacotherapy in the aftermath of trauma; opportunities in the 'golden hours'
Current psychiatry reports