Characteristics of complex posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in young people with PTSD following multiple trauma exposure

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‘Characteristics of complex posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in young people with PTSD following multiple trauma exposure’

Open Access paper from the JCPP

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.

Authors: Katie Lofthouse, Ella Beeson, Tim Dalgleish, Andrea Danese, Joanne Hodgekins, Gerwyn Mahoney-Davies, Patrick Smith, Paul Stallard, Jon Wilson, Richard Meiser-Stedman

First published: 22 November 2023

https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13918

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