Posttraumatic stress disorder symptom severity predicts aggression after treatment
| Autor: | Christine Timko, Kerry Makin-Byrd, Marcel O. Bonn-Miller, Kent D. Drescher |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Poison control Severity of Illness Index behavioral disciplines and activities Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health Stress Disorders Post-Traumatic Predictive Value of Tests mental disorders Injury prevention Severity of illness medicine Humans Psychiatry Residential Treatment Aged Veterans Aggression Human factors and ergonomics Middle Aged Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology Posttraumatic stress medicine.symptom Psychology Follow-Up Studies Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Anxiety Disorders. 26:337-342 |
| ISSN: | 0887-6185 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.janxdis.2011.11.012 |
| Popis: | This study examined the relation between posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) severity and aggression (verbal, psychological, and physical aggression) in a longitudinal dataset. Participants were 175 males in PTSD residential treatment who were assessed at pre-treatment, post-treatment, and at 4-month follow-up. Post-treatment PTSD severity predicted aggression at post-treatment and 4-month follow-up, adjusting for age, pre-treatment PTSD severity, and pre-treatment aggression. When examining the relation between aggression and specific PTSD symptom clusters, post-treatment Reexperiencing, Avoidance/Numbing and Hyperarousal symptoms predicted aggression at posttreatment and 4-month follow-up. These results support the hypothesis that post-treatment PTSD severity may be an important marker of post-treatment aggression risk and may offer unique information important to clinicians and patients focused on the development and maintenance of adaptive, non-aggressive relationships after intensive PTSD treatment. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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