Aarts, P.G.H., & De Graaf, Th.K. (1990). Family
dynamics in transgenerational traumatisation: projective
identification. Paper read on the Second European Conference on
Traumatic Stress, September, Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands.
De Graaf, Th.K. (1975). Pathological patterns of
identification in families of survivors of the Holocaust.
Israel Annals of Psychiatry & Related Disciplines, 13,
335‑363.
De Graaf, Th.K. (1976). Preliminary findings of
the research project 'The Pathogenesis of War Neurosis'.
Internal publication (Hebrew) of the Research Dpt. of the IDF
Mental Health Services, Tel‑Hashomer, Israel.
De Graaf, Th.K. (1978). Sexual role and dependency
conflicts in the premorbid personality of sufferers from war
neurotic conditions and the interaction of those and other
background variables with the specific stressors and psychological
conditions of combat. Paper read on the 2‑nd International
Congress on the Psychological Adjustment to Stress during War and
Peace, Jerusalem.
De Graaf, Th.K. (1986). 'Second generation'
effects in a non‑Jewish, Dutch, population applying for
psychiatric help; a discussion of the pertinent family dynamics.
Paper presented at the 5th International Congress of Family
Therapy, Jerusalem.
De Graaf, Th.K. (1988). Experimental support for
the validity of an object‑relations theory in describing the
pathodynamics of traumatic neurosis and of psychiatric or
psychosomatic disease. Read at the 17th European Conference on
Psychosomatic Research. September, Marburg, Germany.
De Graaf, Th.K. (1993). Chronic PTSD in military
veterans: pathogenesis, clinical features and treatment. Paper
read at the yearly meeting of Dutch reserve military physicians.
Delft, The Netherlands.
De Graaf, Th.K. (1995). De overdracht,
tegenoverdracht en tegen‑tegenoverdracht bij verbale en
pre‑verbale vormen van therapie bij posttraumatische syndromen van
de eerste en tweede generatie. [Transference, countertransference,
and counter‑countertransference in verbal and preverbal forms of
therapy of first‑ and second generation posttraumatic syndromes.]
Paper read at the annual meeting of the Dutch Society for
Dance‑ and Drama Therapy. Januari 21‑th. Tilburg, The
Netherlands.
De Graaf, Th.K. (1996a). Het Dunne‑effect en de
implicaties daarvan voor ons denken over ruimte, tijd en evolutie.
[The Dunne effect and its implications for our thinking about
space, time, and evolution.] Spiegel der Parapsychologie, 35,
3‑24.
De Graaf, Th.K. (1996b). Jeruzalem‑syndromen: over
godsdienst, geloofstwijfel en waanvorming. [The Jerusalem
syndromes: religion, religious doubts, and delusions.] In: W.
Haan, A. Van Harskamp, & I. Jansen (Red.), Jeruzalem: Beeld en
Realiteit [Jerusalem: Image and Reality] (pp. 76‑87). Kampen,
the Netherlands: Uitgeverij Kok.
De Graaf, Th.K. (1997a). Transgenerationele
traumatisering als (mede)veroorzaker van delinquent gedrag bij
jongeren; een verkennende studie. [Transgenerational
traumatisation as a (conjunctural) cause of delinquent behaviour
in adolescents; an exploratory study.] In T.I. Oei & A.M. van
Kalmthout (Eds.), 'Psychiatrie en justitiabelen' (pp.
201‑220). Arnhem, the Netherlands: Gouda Quint B.V.
De Graaf, Th.K. (1997b). Familiendynamik bei
transgenerationeller Traumatisierung: Narzißtische
("introjektive") und projektive Identifizierung als elterlicher
Abwehrmechanismus. [Family dynamics in transgenerational
traumatisation: narcissistic ('introjective') and projective
identification as a parental defence mechanism] Zeitschrift für
psychoanalytische Theorie und Praxis (Journal for Psychoanalytical
Theory and Practice), 12, 425‑448.
De Graaf, Th.K. (1997c). Psychodynamische en
psychobiologische aspecten van posttraumatische stoornissen.
[Psychodynamic and psychobiological aspects of posttraumatic
disturbances.] Lecture held at a scientific meeting of the
Dutch Society of Psychoanalysis (Nederlandse Vereniging voor
Psychoanalyse), oktober, 1997. Amsterdam.
De Graaf, Th.K. (1998a). A family therapeutic
approach to transgenerational traumatization. Family Process,
37, 233‑243
De Graaf, Th.K. (1998b). Trauma and Psychiatry:
The role of individual and transgenerational traumatisation in the
causation of psychobiological illness. Tilburg, the
Netherlands: Tilburg University Press.
Graaf, Th.K. de (1998c). Psychodynamische en psychobiologische
aspecten van posttraumatische stoornissen [Psychodynamic and
psychobiological aspects of posttraumatic disturbances].
Mededelingenblad Ned.Vereniging voor Psychoanalyse, 322-341.
Graaf,
Th.K. de (1999a). Traumaonderzoek in de forensische psychiatrie
[Trauma research in forensic psychiatry]. Paper presented at the
27-th Congress of the Dutch Psychiatric Association,
Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands.
De Graaf, Th.K. (1999b). Healing the wounds: About a
possible connection between severe traumatic experiences and
parapsychological phenomena. Paper read at the 2‑nd Convention of
the Dutch Society for the Study of Consciousness and Meaning in
Psychiatry. Vught, the Netherlands, November 1998 (in Dutch;
English version submitted for publication.)
De Graaf, Th.K. (2000a). Van hermeneutiek naar
empirie: de verwerking van psychodynamische concepten en
gedachtegangen tot toetsbare onderzoekshypothesen. [From
hermeneutics to empiricism: Transformation of psychodynamic
reasoning and concepts into testable research hypotheses.] In: T.I.
Oei & M.S. Groenhuijsen (Eds.), Forensische psychiatrie anno
2000. Actuele ontwikkelingen in breed perspectief (pp.393-420).
[Forensic psychiatry in the year 2000. Recent developments in broad
perspective.] Deventer, The Netherlands: Gouda Quint.
De Graaf, Th.K. (2000b). Possible biological
determinants of Near-Death Experiences (NDEs). Paper read at the
28-th Congress of the Dutch Psychiatric Association, Maastricht,
The Netherlands.
De Graaf, Th.K. (2000-2001). Agressie als
creatief-energetisch principe in dienst van afweer en
bewustwording. [Aggression as a creative-energetic principle in the
service of defense and consciousness-raising.] Haptonomisch
Contact (3 consecutive issues).
De Graaf, Th.K. (2001a). Trauma and precognition:
Anticipatory awareness of emotionally charged targets by individuals
who went through shocking experiences. Paper read at the 44-th
Convention of the Parapsychological Association, New York,
August 2001.
De Graaf, Th.K. (2002). From
hermeneutics to empiricism: Building testable research hypotheses on
the study of individual cases.
Submitted for publication.
De Graaf, Th.K. (2003). Healing the wounds? About a
possible connection between severe traumatic experiences and
parapsychological phenomena. Submitted for publication.
De Graaf, Th.K., Aghassy, G., & Van Walbeek, H.K.
(1993). An orientating study on premorbid traumatic experiences in
multiple sclerosis (MS) (Dutch, with English Summary). Gedrag en
Gezondheid, 21, 49‑55.
De Graaf, Th.K., Defares, P.B., De Levita, D.J., &
Slijkerman, A.J.M. (1989). Applicability of DSM‑III(‑R) criteria for
diagnosing posttraumatic disturbance in 160 Israeli veterans of the
1973 Yom Kippur War. Unpublished manuscript.
De Graaf, Th.K., & Oei, T.I. (1997). An exploratory
study of the prevalence of perinatal problems, parental trauma and
genetic‑constitutional determinants in the life histories of ten
randomly selected DSM‑IV defined schizophrenic patients and their
parents. A research proposal. Mededelingenblad Nederlandse
Vereniging voor Psychoanalyse, 12, 305‑311.
De Graaf, Th.K., & Van der Molen, G.M. (1989).
Projectgroep van de Commissie 'Causaliteitsbeoordeling en
protocollering bij oorlogsgetroffenen' ['Causality assessment and
protocolling in victims of war and persecution'], The Hague:
Ministry of Health.
De Graaf, Th.K, & Van der Molen, G.M. (1996). A
Personal Sensitisation Factor (PSF) mediating between life events
and post‑traumatic psychiatric or psychosomatic disease in adult
life. European Journal of Psychiatry, Vol.10 (3), 137‑148.
El Sarraj, E., De Graaf, Th.K., Mozes, R.,
Mozes-Hrusovski, R., & Volkan, V. (2001). Joint statement to the
Israeli and Palestinian leaders. Israeli-Palestinian Committee
for Mental Health and Peace (IPCMHP).
Oei, T.I., & De Graaf, Th.K. (1993). Trauma
treatment: 'safety first'. Mededelingenblad Nederlandse
Vereniging voor Psychoanalyse, 8, 34‑42.
Op den Velde, W., Aarts, P.G.H., & De Graaf, Th.K.
(1991). Kinderen van verzetsdeelnemers. [Children of resistance
fighters.] In W.H.G. Wolters (Ed.), Psychotrauma bij jongeren
(pp. 157‑178). Baarn, The Netherlands: Ambo.
Op den Velde, W., & De Graaf, Th.K. (1985).
Psychische problemen bij kinderen van verzetsdeelnemers (I).
[Psychological problems of children of resistance fighters.]
ICODO‑Info, 239‑51.
Op den Velde, W., De Graaf, Th.K., & Aarts, P.G.H.
(1991). Intergenerational transmission of trauma in children of
Dutch war victims. Paper read at the ISTSS Annual Meeting,
October, Washington D.C.
Theo de Graaf was born in Holland in 1941 during German occupation.
After graduating from school in 1958, he enrolled as a medical student
at Leyden University. After having completed his final examinations in
medicine in 1966, he worked for a short time as a substitute general
practitioner and subsequently started his specialization in psychiatry
under the supervision of Prof. Jan Bastiaans, who at the time headed
the Jelgersma Clinic.
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