Prediction of Trauma-Related Disorders

Factitious Disorders and Trauma-Related Diagnoses

O5: Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders (Specially PTSD) in DSM-5

Trauma and stressor related disorders include disorders in which exposure to a traumatic or stressful event is listed explicitly as a diagnostic criterion. These include reactive attachment disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), acute stress disorder, and adjustment disorders. Psychological distress following exposure to a traumatic or stressful event is quite variable. In some cases, ...

Primitive mechanisms of trauma response: an evolutionary perspective on trauma-related disorders.

The symptoms we identify and the behaviors we recognize as defenses define which symptoms we see as trauma-related. Early conceptions of trauma-related disorders focused on physical signs of distress while current ones emphasize mental symptoms, but traumatizing experiences evoke psychobiological reactions. An evolutionary perspective presumes that psychophysical reactions to traumatizing event...

The Epidemiology of Trauma and Trauma-related Disorders in Children and Youth

Abramson, D., Redlener, I., Stehling-Ariza, T., & Fuller, E. (2007). The legacy of Katrina’s children: Estimating the numbers of at-risk children in the Gulf Coast states of Louisiana and Mississippi. (National Center for Disaster Preparedness, research brief 2007:12). New York: Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. This research brief from the National Center for Disaster Prepar...

Prevalence of interpersonal trauma exposure and trauma-related disorders in severe mental illness

BACKGROUND Interpersonal trauma exposure and trauma-related disorders in people with severe mental illness (SMI) are often not recognized in clinical practice. OBJECTIVE To substantiate the prevalence of interpersonal trauma exposure and trauma-related disorders in people with SMI. METHODS We conducted a systematic review of four databases (1980-2010) and then described and analysed 33 stud...