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

‘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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