Studies about trauma often tend to focus on abuse and neglect. However important, these studies may neglect the importance of the broader community context that is often associated with trauma, and complex trauma (CT) in particular. This study aimed to investigate the effects of CT (defined in terms of experiencing abuse and/or neglect occurring in the context of relationships with caregivers),...

Background: Victims of trauma are at high risk for mental health conditions such as posttraumatic stress disorder and depression. Regular assessment of mental health symptoms in the post-trauma period is necessary to identify those at greatest risk and provide treatment. The multiple demands of the acute post-trauma period present numerous barriers to such assessments. Mobile applications are a...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study is to determine the prevalence of lifetime exposure to traumatic events and its relation to PTSD symptoms. METHODS Participants were randomly selected from several schools located in the city of Kuching. There were 85 adolescents participating in this study, with ages ranging from 13 to 14 years old, of whom 31% (n=26) were males and 69% (n=59) females. T...

Background: Trauma is one of the main causes of maternal mortality and morbidity in societies, which annually causes millions of deaths worldwide and imposes a high financial burden on health facilities, the purpose of this study was to determine the frequency of physical trauma and its associated factors during pregnancy. Methods: All data for this cross-sectional study were collected from me...

Aim: This paper examines the prevalence of childhood trauma as well as its association with severity of psychotic symptoms in patients with first episode psychosis. Method: Eighty one patients on follow-up with the Singapore Early Psychosis Intervention Programme were recruited for the study. They were administered the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire Short Form (CTQ-SF) to assess history of chil...

Abstract Exposure to childhood adversity is a prevalent and pressing issue due its established links with poor physical mental health outcomes across the lifespan. High rates of have been found within young people attending services, provision trauma-informed care trauma-specific therapies are therefore essential these services. Trauma-focused cognitive behaviour therapy (TF-CBT) an evidence-ba...

The paper presents the definition, synonyms of child sexual abuse and a short overview of the current knowledge about long-term effects of that kind of trauma. The case of a female patient with diagnosed schizophrenia and a history of being sexually abused in childhood who was hospitalised at The Department of Psychiatry in Lublin is described. Sexual abuse of the child is prolonged, repeated t...

OBJECTIVE To study the clinical spectrum of CACNA1A S218L mutation carriers with special attention to "early seizures and cerebral oedema after trivial head trauma (ESCEATHT)", a combination of symptoms which resembles the "juvenile head trauma syndrome". PATIENTS AND METHODS In two patients with ESCEATHT all exons of CACNA1A were sequenced. Both patients also had hemiplegic migraine and atax...

Trauma exposure markedly increases risk for psychopathology including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Understanding the course by which PTSD develops after a traumatic event is critical to enhancing early intervention. Although prior work has explored the course of PTSD symptoms in the subsequent months, relatively few studies have explored the course of symptoms in the acute post-trauma ...

Maltreatment by a primary caregiver is an important risk factor for the development of PTSD symptoms. Whereas meta-analyses indicate that parental emotional abuse one most common forms maltreatment, impact on symptoms and treatment effectiveness still unclear, especially in children. We aimed to investigate symptom severity trauma children adolescents. In outpatient sample (N = 287, mean age 15...