Nature Of Trauma Research Articles

Post Mortem Study on the Effects of Routine Handling and Manipulation of Laboratory Mice.

Routine handling and manipulation of laboratory mice are integral components of most preclinical studies. Any type of handling and manipulation may cause stress and result in physical harm to mice, potentially leading to unintended consequences of experimental outcomes. Nevertheless, the pathological effects of these interventions are poorly documented and assumed to have a negligible effect on experimental variables. In that context, we provide a comprehensive post mortem overview of the main pathological changes associated with routine interventions (i.e., restraint, blood drawing, and intraperitoneal injections) of laboratory mice with an emphasis on presumed traumatic osteoarticular lesions. A total of 1000 mice from various studies were included, with 864 animals being heavily manipulated and 136 being handled for routine husbandry procedures only. The most common lesions observed were associated with blood collection or intraperitoneal injections, as well as a series of traumatic osteoarticular lesions likely resulting from restraint. Osteoarticular lesions were found in 62 animals (61 heavily manipulated; 1 unmanipulated) with rib fractures and avulsion of the dens of the axis being over-represented. Histopathology and micro-CT confirmed the traumatic nature of the rib fractures. While these lesions might be unavoidable if mice are manipulated according to the current standards, intentional training of research personnel on appropriate mouse handling and restraint techniques could help reduce their frequency and the impact on animal wellbeing as well as study reproducibility.

“I wouldn’t forget a thing like that. Would I?”: Trauma, Testimony, and the Possibility of Healing in Toni Morrison’s “Recitatif”

Trauma studies as a discipline came to prominence in the 1990’s. Though Sigmund Freud’s theories constitute its foundation, the eclectic nature of it provides scope for including post-structural, postcolonial, narrative, and sociocultural theories to analyze texts. It analyses the influence of trauma in culture and society and the ways through which trauma is represented. American author Toni Morrison has always been pivotal in representing the subjugation, torture and trauma inflicted upon her African-American community through her works. Apart from that, her works intend to retrieve the forgotten and discredited history of African-Americans in her writings. In “Recitatif,” she explores the institution of racism in an innovative way: her protagonists, Twyla and Roberta, belong to two different ethnicities but she keeps their racial identities concealed by not attaching any racial codes to anyone. While identifying the characters’ ethnicities, the readers come to face their own biases. Simultaneously, they also register the traumatic nature of the narrative. This paper intends to explore “Recitatif” in the light of trauma studies. By doing so, it will delineate Morrison’s view regarding the different modes of trauma that afflict the lives of African-American people. Spectrum, Volume 16, June 2021: 230-243

Spinal Cord Boundary Conditions Affect Brain Tissue Strains in Impact Simulations.

Brain and spinal cord injuries have devastating consequences on quality of life but are challenging to assess experimentally due to the traumatic nature of such injuries. Finite element human body models (HBM) have been developed to investigate injury but are limited by a lack of biofidelic spinal cord implementation. In many HBM, brain models terminate with a fixed boundary condition at the brain stem. The goals of this study were to implement a comprehensive representation of the spinal cord into a contemporary head and neck HBM, and quantify the effect of the spinal cord on brain deformation during simulated impacts. Spinal cord tissue geometries were developed, based on 3D medical imaging and literature data, meshed, and implemented into the GHBMC 50th percentile male model. The model was evaluated in frontal, lateral, rear, and oblique impact conditions, and the resulting maximum principal strains in the brain tissue were compared, with and without the spinal cord. A new cumulative strain curve metric was proposed to quantify brain strain distribution. Presence of the spinal cord increased brain tissue strains in all simulated cases, owing to a more compliant boundary condition, highlighting the importance of the spinal cord to assess brain response during impact.

Реформирование и реформаторство в системе культуры и системах общества

The article is devoted to the role of modern culture in the situation of permanent reforms. This is an understanding of the problem identified by Orekhovsky P. A. and Razumov V. I. in the journal “Ideas and Ideals” at the end of 2021. The author continues the discussion about the consequences of the spread of “narcissistic culture” in different areas of life. The author of the article studies the problem from the standpoint of a systematic approach. This methodology allows us to see the built-in social changes in the structure of the social system, the stabilizing role of culture as a “supersystem”. Such a methodological position excludes the possibility of criticizing the system from within, being one of its structures. Instead of critical analysis, a humanistic-semantic one is proposed, based on understanding, explanation, prognostication. The methodological complex is built on the combinatorics of the humanistic-semantic, constructivist, systemic approach. The author proves the thesis of the all-penetrating nature and the stabilizing role of culture in modern managerial processes of updating the subsystems of society. The methods of the constructivist approach help to explain the distribution of new social roles. Society is differentiated into reformers (dominant actors) and those who are subject to reform (statistical actors). The theatrical terminology of the dramatic approach explains the playful meaning of social actions. The main game of the reformers is a “mousetrap”. It reveals the ‘pure’ qualities of the initiators of the reforms. The author studies the social roles and the specifics of their distribution in the processes of reformation. The article considers the processes of reforming and reformation. Differences in the meanings, goals and tools of these processes are shown. Reforming is a social process based on the principles of humanism and justice. Reformation is a game which action takes place on the ‘fields of attraction’of discourses. Reformism is defined as a fashion for reform, for novelty, a trend for constant renewal of the structures of the society system. The goal is to receive benefits and advantages from the social position of the reformers. This is a game of dominant actors defending the right to change the rules of the game, access to resources. Reformation does not lead to the solution of social problems, exacerbates the course of socio-cultural processes. The risks from the consequences of reformation are anomie, social changes of a traumatic nature which all relevant actors feel, regardless of their dominance in the ‘fields of attraction’. The system is brought into balance by culture with its system-forming functions that provide normative order. Using the techniques of integral sociology, the author shows the stabilizing role of the value core of culture in the life of the ‘society’ system.

Virulence Determinants of Escherichia coli Isolated from Buffalo Subclinical Mastitis

Background: E. coli associated buffalo mastitis is comparatively least studied area in microbes in India. Mastitis is an inflammatory reaction of the parenchyma of the mammary gland that can be of an infectious, traumatic or toxic nature. Methods: Total 300 buffalo milk samples were collected. E. coli were isolated from the mastitis samples and characterized for virulence factors haemolysis, biofilm formation, invasiveness and molecular characterization of fimH and Pap Gene. Result: Out of total 300 buffalo milk samples 52.33% were found positive for sub clinical mastitis. E. coli was recovered only from 17.19% samples. Hemolytic activity was exhibited in 23 (85.18%) out of 27 examined E. coli strains. Invasive property also has been determined in 12 (44.44%) isolates. A higher percentage of isolates were found positive for biofilm production by CRA (70.37%) than by tube (33.33%) method. In present study, fimH gene was detected in 8 isolates (29.62%). However, none of the isolate was found positive for pap gene.

Trans*versality, a hijra politics of knowledge, and Partition postmemory in Khushwant Singh’s Delhi: A Novel

In contrast with Train to Pakistan (1956), Khushwant Singh’s Delhi: A Novel (1990) has not received critical attention in light of India and Pakistan’s Partition. The diegetic narrator, a middle-aged Sikh writer, and his long-term intersex lover, the hijra Bhagmati, constitute the text’s main focalizers in contemporary Delhi. Bhagmati is constructed as a metonym for Delhi, a bold trans*versal choice on Singh’s part given her marginal social position as a religiously syncretic hijra. In Singh’s novel, the Sikh narrator and his hijra lover become the witnesses of India’s modern history, with the narrative building up to the watershed moment that is the Partition. This article proposes that Bhagmati offers an inclusive vision of post-Partition Delhi that is mordantly steeped in a “hijra politics of knowledge” (Lal, 1999). While the novel seemingly suppresses the trauma of the Partition throughout most of the narrative, this article argues that its compressed depiction in one single short chapter, and its later revisitation on the Sikh community after the assassination of Indira Gandhi in 1984, demonstrates the traumatic and cyclical nature of Partition violence and the novel’s belated position as a form of Partition postmemory. It is also proposed that the choice of the Sikh narrator and Bhagmati as the focalizers for contemporary Delhi acts as a dissident antidote to the predominant binary focus on Hindus and Muslims, offering a trans*versal version of recent Indian history challenging majoritarian and minor-majoritarian identity politics.

PTSD Coverage in the New York Times: Implications for the State of Mental Health in the U.S

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) has been portrayed in media in a skewed way such that the coverage overrepresents combat-precipitated trauma and neglects to communicate treatment options, which has direct implications for people with PTSD. Given the traumatic nature of contemporary events such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the emergence of social movements concerning traumatic violence such as #MeToo and Black Lives Matter, this study examines if media coverage of PTSD has evolved to account for these changes. We specifically examined sourcing and framing in PTSD news coverage published by The New York Times from 1999 to 2020 using quantitative content analysis. The findings indicate that the coverage overrepresents combat trauma and neglects to communicate treatment options; favors men over women in sourcing of the news stories; and uses more thematic, compared to episodic framing. The theoretical and practical implications of the findings are discussed.

Особенности социальной детерминации массовых заболеваний в обществе риска

Introduction. The subject of the study is the social determinants of mass diseases of non-infectious origin and the traumatic nature of social changes taking place in modern society. The purpose of the article is to identify the consequences of the negative impact on the health of the population of such factors as informatization, cyber dependence, consumer attitude to nature, a high level of social mobility, the transformation of a person into an object of total control, carried out, among other things, for his safety, etc. Theoretical analysis. The authors conclude that a specific feature of the modern risk-generating society is the accelerated spread of diseases of non-infectious origin, which acquire a massive character and become the main cause of mortality in developed countries – the most “prosperous” ones from the point of view of modern civilizational trends. Conclusions. A feature of the social determination of mass diseases of non-viral origin in the risk society is the multiplicative increase in the number and variety of provoking factors, which often leads to the inability to identify which of them is the cause of the disease and which is the consequence. The article also raises the question of the need to study the social factors contributing to the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and other infectious diseases.

“I Could Hardly Breathe”: Teachers’ Lived Experiences of Bereavement After the Violent Death of a Student

Teachers’ bereavement experiences after the violent death of a student consist of an area that warrants more study, given the increased risk of experiencing persistent complex bereavement due to the traumatic nature of violent deaths. A phenomenological methodology was adopted to explore teachers’ experiences after the violent death of one or more of their students. Interviewing five participants revealed that such experiences are both personal and professional. Students and teachers can form strong, long-lasting bonds that act as the foundation for understanding the bereavement experienced when students die. Participants identified several barriers that can arise when seeking help. Collegial support was reported to be important for teachers’ journeys of healing. In regards to counselling, teachers’ needs immediately following such a loss may differ from ongoing counselling needs. Follow-up counselling support (utilizing a trauma and bereavement lens), targeted 1 or more years after the loss, may be more important than previously considered.

The Impact of Policing on Involuntary Routes of Admission: A QIP on Patient Experiences

AimsPatients often have negative experiences of police in their daily lives. Police involvement in mental health services can make an encounter feel disciplinary rather than therapeutic and exacerbate mental distress. People with mental illness, especially of minoritised backgrounds, are more likely to die after police contact, than other groups. Our aims were to: 1) explore patient experiences of being admitted onto the ward under section via the police, 2) explore patient understanding of the role the police play in mental health services 3) Use experiential data towards introducing trauma informed care in an inpatient settingMethodsA clinician administered questionnaire was conducted on an acute male inpatient ward, with 12 consenting male inpatient participants. All were involuntarily detained, ranging in age from 22 to 56 years; 11 out of 12 were of an ethnic minority background.The questionnaire consisted of a mixture of open-ended questions and closed Likert scale questions with answers ranging from “strongly agree” to “strongly disagree”. Questions covered themes relating to the experience of admission and the ward environment, personal and communal experiences of policing, views on the role of policing in mental health service provision. Data were collated and presented in a local QIP showcase.ResultsA significant split was identified between answers to open-ended and closed questions. When offering Likert based responses, 66% of participants felt safe with the police and believed that the police had a role in keeping people with mental health problems safe; 50% felt the police role should be greater in the future.When responding to discussion-based questions, participants were critical of policing in relation to managing mental crises. Participants offered elucidative answers covering themes ranging from feeling a lack of agency, and the traumatic nature of criminalising mental distress, to concerns about abuse of power, the desire to limit the policing role to criminality and lack of trust engendered from experiences of racial injustice.ConclusionOur results demonstrate that patient views on policing roles in mental health service provision are complex. The experiences of involuntary admission through the police are often traumatic, rooted in past police involvement in patient's lives. Although it is acknowledged that at times no feasible alternative is available in hostile situations, this QIP opened an important, previously avoided, discussion. This will hopefully lead to introduction of more trauma informed care in an inpatient setting.

Sexual functioning in patients with cancer

IntroductionSexuality is a growing field in the context of the management of chronic diseases and cancer in particular. Cancer treatments and the traumatic nature of the cancer experience frequently elicit considerable sexual difficulties.ObjectivesTo assess the prevalence of sexual dysfunction (SD) in patients with cancer, and to determine the associated factors.MethodsThis was a cross-sectional study, conducted over 1 month, involving 100 cancer patients followed in the oncology department at the Habib Bourguiba University Hospital in Sfax (Tunisia). General, clinical and therapeutic data were collected using a pre-established questionnaire. Sexual function was assessed with the “Female sexual Function Index” and the “International Index of Erectile Function”.ResultsThese results showed that half of the patients were female, and 70% of them were married. Their mean age was 51.96, and 68% of them were unemployed. Unemployment in men and treatment with chemotherapy were statistically associated with erectile dysfunction (p=0.049 and p= 0.001 respectively). treatment with radiotherapy was statistically associated with decreased desire in men (p=0.048). Depression correlated with a decreased orgasm (p=0.032) and erectile dysfunction (p=0.043) in men, mean score of IIEF (p= 0.019) and with a decreased sexual arousal (p=0.006) in women.ConclusionsSexual dysfunction is common in cancer patients. They can be of iatrogenic or psychological origin and can depend on the dynamics of the couple relationship. Training to raise awareness of the importance of sexuality first among cancer patients should be considered given the lack of communication between doctors and patients regarding sexuality issues.DisclosureNo significant relationships.

Risk Factors for Moral Injury Among Canadian Armed Forces Personnel.

ObjectivesThe traumatic nature of high-risk military deployment events, such as combat, is well-recognized. However, whether other service-related events and demographic factors increase the risk of moral injury (MI), which is defined by consequences of highly stressful and morally-laden experiences, is poorly understood. Therefore, the objective of this study was to examine determinants of MI in Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) personnel.MethodsData were obtained from the 2018 Canadian Armed Forces Members and Veterans Mental Health Follow-up Survey (CAFVMHS; unweighted n = 2,941). To identify military characteristics, sociodemographic variables, and deployment-related factors associated with increased levels of MI, a series of multiple linear regressions were conducted across deployed and non-deployed groups.ResultsWhen all variables were considered among the deployed personnel, rank, experiencing military related sexual trauma, child maltreatment (i.e., physical abuse, emotional abuse and neglect), and stressful deployment experiences were significant predictors of increased MI total scores (β = 0.001 to β = 0.51, p < 0.05). Feeling responsible for the death of an ally and inability to respond in a threatening situation were the strongest predictors of MI among stressful deployment experiences. Within the non-deployed sample, experiencing military-related or civilian sexual trauma and rank were significant predictors of increased MI total scores (β = 0.02 to β = 0.81, p < 0.05).ConclusionExposure to stressful deployment experiences, particularly those involving moral-ethical challenges, sexual trauma, and childhood maltreatment were found to increase levels of MI in CAF personnel. These findings suggest several avenues of intervention, including education and policies aimed at mitigating sexual misconduct, as well as pre-deployment training to better prepare military personnel to deal effectively with morally injurious experiences.

Vicarious trauma in nursing professionals: A concept analysis

To explore the concept of vicarious trauma (VT) and clarify its fundamental meaning and distinctiveness as a psychological phenomenon experienced by nurses. The current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has incited significant psychological distress on nursing professionals worldwide. There is growing knowledge of the negative outcomes of this distress including the manifestation of nursing burnout syndrome, compassion fatigue, and vicarious traumatization (VT). These concepts have often been used interchangeably throughout nursing discourse creating confusion surrounding their uses and unique attributes. Walker and Avant's method of concept analysis. VT is a psychological phenomenon that causes a permanent cognitive shift in the inner experience and world views of nurses after prolonged empathetic engagement with a patient's trauma. VT manifests as physical and emotional symptoms of distress, which can disrupt a nurses ability to provide competent care. Contradictions within the literature exist when defining VT, burnout syndrome, and compassion fatigue, creating difficulty identifying attributes and consequences unique to VT. More empiric rigor is needed to adequately operationalize VT. Given the traumatic nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, immediate policy and education attention should be directed towards understanding the relationship between nurses working during the COVID-19 pandemic and the prevalence of VT.

Trauma exposure and mental health in a community sample of children and youth.

Childhood trauma is common and has implications for mental health. Research conducted retrospectively with clinical samples of adults and prospectively with high-risk samples of children has identified factors that moderate negative mental health sequelae (e.g., age, gender, nature and amount of trauma). Presently, however, there is a paucity of research examining mental health outcomes, and potential moderators of these outcomes, that may be associated with the experience of trauma among children in the general community. To address this knowledge gap, the present study analyzed data from youth aged 8-17 years in the Nathan Kline Institute-Rockland Sample, a publicly available repository of information collected from a nationally representative sample of participants across the life span. We report the frequency and nature of trauma in our sample; bivariate correlations between trauma, demographic variables, and mental health outcomes; and hierarchical regressions in which these outcomes were modeled as a function of multivariate predictors. Anxiety was elevated in older youth and in females who experienced more cumulative trauma, particularly when trauma was accidental in nature. Conversely, increased depressed mood was associated with more cumulative trauma for females regardless of age and for younger boys-findings that were driven by the experience of interpersonal trauma for both genders. Our investigation demonstrates that although the prevalence of trauma is lower among children in the general community, the negative impact of trauma experiences on children's anxiety and mood remains significant. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).

"No safe place": Applying the transactional stress and coping model to active warfare.

The mental health consequences of political violence arise within active, dynamic processes of appraisal and coping. Understanding the psychological sequela of war is an urgent task; yet, we have little on the ground exploration of the quotidian events within and the accompanying psychological responses of the totalizing experience of war. Using a transactional-based model of stress and coping, in this study, we use a novel method-retrospective diaries-to explore the shifting, unpredictable, and traumatic nature of life during a major military operation. Our sample consisted of 21 Palestinian women recruited via an intervention for teachers in Gaza. Women's retrospective chronological diaries were analyzed using content analysis. Our analysis drew out the cyclical process of coping within political violence, demonstrating five essential temporal dimensions: warning; bombings, with injuries, death, and destruction; reintegrating within flight and resettlement; ongoing political insecurity within precarious truces and rampant loss and destruction; and persevering: restarting life amid pervasive trauma. Our findings draw attention to vital temporal dimensions and the cyclical nature of stress and coping that underlie the sequela of mental health in a highly charged context. In tracing warfare, its psychosocial consequences, and distinct patterns of emotional and logistical survival, our study contributes to the growing field of psychological epidemiology of war. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).

Histological and chemical diagnosis of a combat lesion in Triceratops

In the collective imagination derived from scientific and popular literature, Triceratops often faced each other in combat. Thus, from the second half of the twentieth century, these ceratopsids were described as pugnacious animals. This arises primarily from the interpretation of extracranial fenestrae in ceratopsids being the result of combat trauma. However, the diagnosis of the traumatic nature of these anatomical variants of their neck frill requires evidence of bone healing and remodelling by microscopy analysis. Here, we present the case of the Triceratops horridus known as Big John, which is one of the largest specimens discovered in the Hell Creek Formation (Upper Cretaceous; South Dakota, USA). Its right squamosal bone shows an extrafenestra with irregular margins and signs of inflammation. Microscopy analysis revealed newly formed and healing bone, with histological signs typical of the bone remodelling phase. Chemical analysis revealed sulphur that was derived from glycosaminoglycan’s and sulphated glycoproteins of the preosseous osteoid substance present in the healing phases of a bone trauma. Histological and microanalytical analyses confirm that the squamosal fenestra of Big John is the result of a traumatic event, which might indeed have occurred during combat with another Triceratops.

Aortic Healing Appears to Occur Rapidly after Successful Endovascular Sealing of Blunt Thoracic Aortic Injury

The traumatic nature of blunt thoracic aortic injury (BTAI) would suggest that healing of the aorta would occur once the injured area is shielded from aortic pressure. This would be in contrast to degenerative aortic diseases which often continue to degenerate despite coverage. We hypothesize that after successful thoracic aortic endografting (TEVAR) that the aorta rapidly heals itself leaving minimal to no trace of the residual injury. BTAI that were successfully covered with TEVAR from 2006 to 2019 were collected. Those with failed sealing or a lack of follow-up scans were excluded. Centerline aortic diameters were measured at healthy aorta 1cm above (D1) and below the injury (D3) and at the widest point of injury (D2) on preoperative and initial postoperative computed tomography (CT) scans. Postoperative CTs were examined for residual signs of aortic injury including residual periaortic hematoma, persistent thrombosed pseudoaneurysm, or thickened aortic wall. Diameter changes in the healthy and injured aortic segments were compared pre and post TEVAR. Aortic diameter changes were analyzed with the Student's t-test. Twenty four patients were identified with sealed BTAI. The mean graft diameter was 24.2±3.2mm with oversizing of 10.74±6.1 % at D1 and 19.52±10.22 % at D3. Postoperative CTs occurred at 61.25±123.6days with one outlier at 602days. Injured aortic segments (D2) had significantly larger diameters compared to D1 (28.94±5.08mm vs. 22.14±3.08mm, P<0.001). After TEVAR, 23/24 (95.8%) had no residual radiographic evidence of aortic injury by 2months. One patient had a persistent thrombosed pseudoaneurysm likely due to more than 50% disruption of the aortic wall. Post TEVAR, there was a significant diameter reduction at D2 by 13.8% (29.10±5.27mm vs. 24.8±4.2mm, P<0.001) which was within 2.45% of the mean stent graft diameter. The healthy aorta dilated to accommodate the graft by 9% at D1 (21.9±3.0 vs. 23.7±2.5mm, P<0.001) and 17% at D3 (20.6±3.4mm vs. 23.6±3.2mm, P<0.001). TEVAR promotes rapid aortic healing in BTAI with no evidence of residual aortic injury suggesting that a long-term seal is not necessary. The healthy aorta dilates to the stent graft size, as expected, whereas the injured aortic segment heals around the stent graft and assumes its diameter as well. Massive disruption of the aortic wall may preclude early healing.

The mental health impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Canadian critical care nurses

ObjectiveFocusing on Canadian critical care nurses (CCNs), the study objectives were to examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on: mental health, quality of work life, and intent to stay in their current positions. Research designMixed-methods study using an online cross-sectional survey and integration of closed- and open-ended survey data. SettingCanadian CCNs working in an intensive care unit, high acuity unit, or intensive care step-down unit during the COVID-19 pandemic between May 2021 to June 2021. Main outcome measuresThe survey consisted of four instruments: (1) the impact of event scale – revised, (2) the depression, anxiety, and stress scale, (3) the professional quality of life scale, and (4) intent to turnover tool, as well as one optional open-ended question. ResultsFrom across Canada, 425 CCNs responded. The large majority reported symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder (74%), depression (70%), anxiety (57%), and stress (61%). All (100%) reported moderate to high burnout, 87% were suffering from signs of secondary traumatic stress, and 22% intended to quit their current employment. Qualitative analysis of written comments submitted by 147 (34.5%) of the respondents depicted an immense mental health toll on CCNs that stemmed from 1) failed leadership and 2) the traumatic nature of the work environment, that led to 3) a sense of disillusionment, defeat, and an intent to leave. ConclusionThe mental health toll of the pandemic has been significant for Canadian CCNs and highlights the urgent need for individual supports and systems level changes.

Posttraumatic pneumonectomy and management of severely contaminated pleural space.

Posttraumatic pneumonectomy and management of severely contaminated pleural space.

Social Memory in the Narratives of Siberians: the Truthfulness of History and the Truth of Memory

Historical memory is a part of social memory, it is politicized and does not allow alternatives in interpretations. Social memory is valueless, it is transmitted from older generations to descendants in the form of images and interpretations of events. If the state policy corresponds to the sociocodes of the community culture, then the images of social memory do not contradict the interpretations and content of historical documents. Historical events of a traumatic nature, as a rule, differentiate interpretations of past events, reflected by contradictions between official and unofficial narratives.The object of the study is social memory imprinted in unofficial narratives of Siberians that contradict official historical narratives. The subject of the study is the contradictions caused by different interpretations of historical events between subjects of official history and carriers of social memory. The novelty lies in the application of a hybrid methodological complex, with the help of which the analysis of contradictions in official and unofficial narratives of Siberians in different historical periods and in different socio-political situations (resettlement, dispossession, war years) was carried out. The peculiarities of the interpretation of empirical material are related to the specifics of understanding the contradictions between the truth of history and the truth of historical memory. At the junction of the types of truth, one can see the uniqueness of historical reality. The authors have revealed that social memory determines the differentiation of interpretations of historical events, includes a program of social inheritance of images of the past. The meanings of "historical truth" and the truth of memory are ambiguously intertwined in the collective consciousness of Siberians.