@article{ref1,
title="Coping styles among individuals with severe mental illness and comorbid PTSD",
journal="Community mental health journal",
year="2015",
author="McNeill, Shannon A. and Galovski, Tara E.",
volume="51",
number="6",
pages="663-673",
abstract="There is little known about coping styles used by individuals with severe mental illness (SMI) and even less known about the influence of a comorbid posttraumatic stress disorder (SMI-PTSD) diagnosis on coping. The current study examines differences in utilization of coping strategies, overall psychological distress, and exposure to traumatic events between SMI only and SMI-PTSD individuals seeking community mental health clinic services (N = 90). <br><br>RESULTS demonstrate that overall psychological distress and use of avoidance coping were significantly higher among the SMI-PTSD sample. Avoidance coping partially mediated the relationship between PTSD symptom severity and psychological distress. <br><br>FINDINGS suggest that the experience of PTSD for those with SMI is associated with increases in avoidance coping, a coping style that significantly contributes to psychological distress. Implications for further study and treatment within community mental health clinics are considered.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0010-3853",
doi="10.1007/s10597-015-9887-z",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10597-015-9887-z"
}