DEPRESSION AFTER TRAUMA. COMPARISON OF THE COURSE OF DEPRESSION BETWEEN PATIENTS WITH DIFFERENT EXPOSURE TO TRAUMATIC EVENTS

• Authors: Bratkiewicz A. , Lis-Turlejska M.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

Studies from the last decade show the high prevalence of traumatic experiences, especially physical and/or sexual childhood abuse, among patients with depression. The results indicate that patients reporting traumatic experiences had earlier onset of depression, more depressive episodes and higher intensity of different psychopathological symptoms, compared to patients without the history of trauma exposure. The participants of present study were patients with depressive disorder diagnosis (n=37). The instruments were self-estimated questionnaires measuring intensity of psychopathological symptoms (SCL-90-R), number and kind of experienced traumatic events (Life Events Checklist, SLESQ), intensity of posttraumatic symptoms (IES) as well as sociodemographic factors and the history of illness. Results show that nearly 96% of depressed patients reported at least one traumatic experience and 65% of them reported childhood abuse (51% - physical and 27% - sexual abuse). Patients who had higher trauma exposure (greater number of traumatic events), were higher on scales of hostility, paranoid ideations and interpersonal sensitivity as well as on the scale of posttraumatic symptoms - compared to patients with lower trauma exposure. Similar results were found when patients reporting childhood abuse were compared to patients without such experiences. Patients, who experienced childhood abuse, reported also earlier age of the onset of depression and over three times more psychiatric hospitalizations than not-abused ones.

Keywords

EN

DEPRESSION; TRAUMA

Discipline

• PSYCHOLOGY: PSYCHOLOGY

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk
• Journal: Psychological Studies
• Year: 2005
• Volume: 43
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 23-35
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Bratkiewicz A.

author

Lis-Turlejska M.

• A. Bratkiewicz, Szkola Wyzsza Psychologii Spolecznej, ul Chodakowska 19/31, 03-815 Warszawa, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

06PLAAAA01322980