Review
Psychiatry
Isis Claire Z. Y. Lim, Wilson W. S. Tam, Agata Chudzicka-Czupala, Roger S. McIntyre, Kayla M. Teopiz, Roger C. Ho, Cyrus S. H. Ho
Summary: During times of conflict or war, the aggregate prevalence rates of depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress were 28.9%, 30.7%, and 23.5% respectively. There was a significant difference in levels of depression and anxiety between civilian and military population, but not in post-traumatic stress symptoms.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY
(2022)
Article
Psychiatry
Hong Wang Fung, Wai Tong Chien, Stanley Kam Ki Lam, Colin A. Ross
Summary: This study examined the prevalence and correlates of ICD-11 PTSD and CPTSD in individuals with depression. The results showed that individuals with CPTSD had experienced more types of trauma and had higher levels of interpersonal stress, as well as more severe mental health problems. Only disturbances in self-organization (DSO) symptoms were significantly related to depressive symptoms.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY
(2022)
Article
Psychiatry
Weili Lu, Jeganee Srijeyanthan, Kim T. Mueser, Philip T. Yanos, J. Scott Parrott, Amanda Siriram, Jennifer D. Gottlieb, Stephanie Marcello, Steve M. Silverstein
Summary: Individuals diagnosed with serious mental illness (SMI) have a higher risk of trauma exposure and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), but their clinical records rarely indicate PTSD. This study examined the predictors of PTSD documentation among 776 SMI clients receiving public mental health services and found several factors influencing the documentation rate.
PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Orthopedics
Noah M. Joseph, Alex Benedick, Christopher D. Flanagan, Mary A. Breslin, Heather A. Vallier
Summary: The study found that one quarter of trauma patients were diagnosed with PTSD 3 months after their injury. Age less than 45 was identified as an independent risk factor for the development of PTSD, while specific mechanisms of injury such as being a victim of crime or being struck by a motor vehicle were associated with higher risk of developing PTSD.
JOURNAL OF ORTHOPAEDIC TRAUMA
(2021)
Article
Psychiatry
Weili Lu, Philip T. Yanos, William R. Waynor, Carol E. Gao, Carolyn Bazan, Giovanna Giacobbe, Kenneth Gill, Deanna Bullock, Holly G. Prigerson
Summary: This study investigated the rates of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and prolonged grief disorder (PGD) among individuals receiving community mental health services, as well as the clinical correlates of co-occurring PTSD/PGD. The findings highlight the prevalence of traumatic experiences and possible PTSD/PGD among individuals with serious mental illnesses, emphasizing the need for trauma informed services and grief counseling for this population.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY
(2022)
Review
Criminology & Penology
Hong Wang Fung, Wai Tong Chien, Stanley Kam Ki Lam, Colin A. Ross
Summary: Complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD) has been recognized as a psychiatric diagnosis with dissociative symptoms as a major feature. This scoping review aims to summarize existing knowledge on the relationship between dissociation and CPTSD, and identify research gaps. Studies show that people with CPTSD have higher dissociation scores and a positive correlation between CPTSD symptoms and dissociation scores. Further research is needed to investigate the prevalence, correlates, and clinical needs of dissociative symptoms in this vulnerable group.
TRAUMA VIOLENCE & ABUSE
(2023)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Payton J. Jones
Summary: The research used machine learning to explore how individuals define an event as "trauma", identifying actual death, threat of death, and the presence of a human perpetrator as the most important event features in making judgments, while political orientation and gender were important human features in predicting judgments.
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
(2021)
Article
Psychiatry
Weihui Li, Peng Cheng, Zhaorui Liu, Chao Ma, Bangshan Liu, Wanhong Zheng, Dave Scarisbrick, Jin Lu, Lingjiang Li, Yueqin Huang, Limin Wang, Yongping Yan, Shuiyuan Xiao, Yan Zhang, Tingting Zhang, Jie Yan, Yaqin Yu, Xiufeng Xu, Zhizhong Wang, Yifeng Xu, Tao Li, Guangming Xu, Xiangdong Xu, Meihua Xue, Guohua Li, Fujun Jia, Jianfei Shi, Ning Zhang, Xinbai Du, Hong Sang, Congpei Zhang, Bo Liu
Summary: This article provides detailed epidemiological information on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and trauma events (TEs) in a national-wide community-based mental health survey in China. The study reveals a lifetime prevalence of 0.3% and a 12-month prevalence of 0.2% for PTSD in total respondents, while the conditional lifetime and 12-month prevalence after trauma exposure were 1.8% and 1.1% respectively. The findings can serve as a reliable reference for future identification and intervention for people with PTSD.
PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Line Bager, Thomas Munk Laursen, Niels Skipper, Esben Agerbo
Summary: The study found that children of torture survivors had significantly lower test scores and were more likely to miss tests, indicating the possible intergenerational adverse effects of trauma on education.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
(2021)
Review
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Nisreen Agbaria, Stephanie Petzold, Andreas Deckert, Nicholas Henschke, Guido Veronese, Peter Dambach, Thomas Jaenisch, Olaf Horstick, Volker Winkler
Summary: The systematic review on the prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in Palestinian children and adolescents exposed to political violence revealed a high prevalence rate, but caution is needed in interpreting the results due to significant discrepancies in study design and assessment measures.
Review
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Ferozkhan Jadhakhan, Nichola Lambert, Nicola Middlebrook, David W. Evans, Deborah Falla
Summary: Exercise has been shown to reduce symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), but it is still unclear which type of exercise, intensity, and duration are most effective. A systematic review found that a combined exercise intervention had the best evidence for reducing PTSD symptoms.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Anabelle Paulino, Ralf Kuja-Halkola, Seena Fazel, Amir Sariaslan, Ebba Du Rietz, Paul Lichtenstein, Isabell Brikell
Summary: This study investigated the association between PTSD and violent crime in the general population of Sweden and examined whether familial factors could explain this association. The results showed a significant increase in the risk of violent crime among individuals with PTSD. Therefore, this study is important for informing interventions aimed at reducing violent crime in this vulnerable population.
LANCET PUBLIC HEALTH
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Shahaf Leshem, Eldad Keha, Eyal Kalanthroff
Summary: This study investigated the PTSD symptoms in veterans of the 2014 Israel-Gaza war and the STS symptoms in their parents. It was found that the war veterans had subclinical PTSD symptoms even 5 years after the war, and these symptoms were related to their parents' STS symptoms. Moreover, the directly active war veterans had significantly higher PTSD symptoms compared to the indirectly active war veterans.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOTRAUMATOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Psychiatry
Nicholas Barr, Hazel Atuel, Shaddy Saba, Carl A. Castro
Summary: Moral injury has gained significant research and clinical attention, but there is still much work to be done in comprehensively defining it and understanding its associations with traumatic illness. A novel dual process model is introduced that provides a flexible analytical framework for evaluating symptoms and has important implications for treatment.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY
(2022)
Article
Psychiatry
Hong Wang Fung, Emily Nga Man Wong, Stanley Kam Ki Lam, Wai Tong Chien, Suet Lin Hung, Colin A. Ross, Marylene Cloitre
Summary: This study investigated the prevalence and sociocultural correlates of PTSD and complex PTSD among Chinese community health service users in Hong Kong. The results showed that the prevalence of ICD-11 PTSD and CPTSD was 5.6% and 18.4% respectively in the sample. Participants with CPTSD were younger, reported more trauma, lower family support, lower levels of social participation and productivity, more depressive symptoms and pain, and had more social welfare and mental health service usage than those without PTSD. The study revealed the importance of perceived caregiver's Chinese modernity in the symptoms of CPTSD.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY
(2023)