@article{ref1,
title="Prevalence and clinical correlates of dissociative symptoms in people with complex PTSD: is complex PTSD a dissociative disorder?",
journal="Psychiatry research",
year="2024",
author="Fung, Hong Wang and Yuan, Guangzhe Frank and Liu, Caimeng and Lin, Eleanor Sui Sum and Lam, Stanley Kam Ki and Wong, Janet Yuen-Ha",
volume="339",
number="",
pages="e116076-e116076",
abstract="The extent to which complex post-traumatic stress disorder (C-PTSD) can be conceptualized as a dissociative disorder remains an ongoing debate. This study investigated the prevalence and correlates of dissociative symptoms in people with C-PTSD. We analyzed baseline data from an international randomized controlled trial. A total of 165 intervention seekers who met the ICD-11 criteria for C-PTSD completed standardized self-report measures of trauma, C-PTSD symptoms, dissociative symptoms, depressive symptoms, and work and social impairments. In this sample, only 42.3 % of participants exhibited clinically significant dissociative symptoms. Dissociative symptoms had a unique association with depressive symptoms and work and social impairments in our participants with C-PTSD, even after controlling for trauma exposure and C-PTSD symptoms. The data does not support the theory that C-PTSD is a dissociative disorder. However, the findings highlight the importance of recognizing dissociation in people with C-PTSD.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0165-1781",
doi="10.1016/j.psychres.2024.116076",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2024.116076"
}