Katie Lofthouse, Ella Beeson, Tim Dalgleish, Andrea Danese, Joanne Hodgekins, Gerwyn Mahoney-Davies, Patrick Smith, Paul Stallard, Jon Wilson, Richard Meiser-Stedman
BACKGROUND: Complex PTSD (CPTSD) is a relatively new diagnosis. The objective of the present study was to investigate how trauma characteristics, comorbid psychopathology and cognitive and social factors experienced by children and adolescents with a posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) diagnosis following exposure to multiple traumatic events differs between those who meet the criteria for CPTSD and those who do not. METHOD: The present research used baseline data from the DECRYPT trial (BMJ Open, 2021, 11, e047600)...
November 22, 2023: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, and Allied Disciplines