Assessing Psychological Trauma and PTSD

Psychological trauma in patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures: Trauma characteristics and those who develop PTSD

OBJECTIVES The first objective of this study was to examine and describe the demographic, psychiatric, and trauma characteristics of our sample with PNESs as a whole. Subsequently, a comparison between traumatized and nontraumatized patients with PNESs was performed with regard to descriptive and trauma characteristics and general psychopathology symptoms. Lastly, we analyzed the predictive val...

Measuring trauma: considerations for assessing complex and non-PTSD Criterion A childhood trauma.

The current definition of a traumatic event in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5; American Psychiatric Association, 2013) may be too narrow to describe the myriad of difficult childhood experiences. Furthermore, youth may develop a distinct pattern of symptoms in relation to complex or multiple childhood trauma experiences, the proposed developmenta...

Do acute psychological and psychobiological responses to trauma predict subsequent symptom severities of PTSD and depression?

The study investigated the relationship between the acute psychological and psychobiological trauma response and the subsequent development of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depressive symptoms in 53 accident survivors attending an emergency department. Lower levels of salivary cortisol measured in the emergency room predicted greater symptom levels of PTSD and depression 6 months lat...

ptsd and psychological debriefing

following a personal, community or national crisis or disaster there is a need to provide some form of early intervention and crisis support. the essential components of successful early interventions include planning, education, training and support for those affected. the goal of all early interventions should be to maximize the likelihood of a positive mental health outcome using the person’...

Definition of psychological trauma and threshold for functional impairment in PTSD.