Cognitive appraisals, cognitive avoidance and rumination as shared vulnerabilities for PTSD and depression in trauma-exposed adolescents.

Background: Depression and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) are highly comorbid disorders following trauma exposure; when comorbid they are associated with more deleterious and long-term impact. However, the nature of this relationship lacks consensus and is understudied in adolescence, despite this being highlighted as a critical period for trauma exposure. Cognitive processes such as appraisals, avoidance and rumination have been implicated in both disorders separately and could be potential shared mechanisms underlying this comorbidity.

Trauma, complex PTSD, and somatoform dissociation among disadvantaged parents in a community center: Prevalence and relationships with parenting and children's behavioral problems.

Background: Although the health effects of trauma have been increasingly recognized, much less is known about the intergenerational effects of trauma and its outcomes.

Aims: This study examined trauma and trauma-related mental health problems among socio-economically disadvantaged parents.

Methods: We recruited parents in disadvantaged housing and living conditions from a community development center in Hong Kong (response rate = 74.

Relationship between anxiety sensitivity and post-traumatic stress symptoms in trauma-exposed adults: A meta-analysis.

Given the high rate of trauma exposure among the general population, it is important to delineate the risk factors for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). While historically implicated in panic disorder, anxiety sensitivity is increasingly found to play a role in PTSD. The present review investigated the size of the relationship between anxiety sensitivity and PTSD symptoms among trauma exposed adults.

The prevalence, latent structure and psychosocial and cognitive correlates of complex post-traumatic stress disorder in an adolescent community sample.

Complex PTSD has received growing attention in recent years. However, the validity, prevalence and risk factors of this diagnosis remain unclear. This study examined PTSD presentations in adolescents using diagnostic criteria and latent class analysis (LCA).