Veterans' experiences of somatic experiencing and prolonged exposure therapies for post-traumatic stress disorder: A qualitative analysis.

Purpose: Despite the proliferation of research into evidence based treatment for military PTSD there is little evidence for treatment assignment criterion and military based PTSD still demonstrates low remission rates.

Method: Thirty participants in a randomized control trial comparing Prolonged Exposure (PE) and Somatic Experiencing (SE) were interviewed on their experiences in therapy and their responses assessed using a descriptive phenomenological analysis approach to delineate the central tenets of the two therapeutic approaches.

Results: Results indicated that participants from both therapies covered themes of the experience of change, the experience of the therapeutic relationship and the therapeutic process.

Nationalizing the patient and privatizing the loss: Ideological meaning-making in the aftermath of COVID-19-related loss.

In this qualitative study, we explored the process of ideological meaning-making of bereaved individuals (N = 19) who have lost a close family member to Covid-19. Based on a thematic analysis three key themes emerged: "cut," "fade out," and "fade in." Participants initially experienced a sudden disconnect (cut) that was forced onto the bereaved, both during the loved one's illness period and after the loved one's death.

Association of Endoplasmic Reticulum Aminopeptidase 1 Gene Polymorphism with Susceptibility and Severity of Axial Spondyloarthritis in Egyptian Population: A Single-center Case-Control Study.

Background: Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) is a systemic, progressive, autoimmune disease. Complex interactions between environmental factors and host immune responses are the origin of axSpA. Together with human leukocyte antigen (HLA-B27), endoplasmic reticulum aminopeptidase 1 (ERAP1) gene is a potential non-HLA contributor to axSpA susceptibility.