TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Predictors of the co-occurrence of posttraumatic stress disorder and depressive disorder in psychiatric outpatients
JO  - Comprehensive psychiatry
A1  - Choi, Ji Young
SP  - 40
EP  - 45
VL  - 89
IS  - 
N2  - INTRODUCTION: We explored the predictors of co-occurring depressive disorder (DD) in individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in an outpatient psychiatric setting. <br><br>METHODS: Participants (N = 170; mean age = 40.78, SD = 16.15 years; 58.8% women) included 71 adult patients who met the criteria for a PTSD diagnosis and 99 adult patients who met the criteria for a comorbid PTSD/DD diagnosis. Potential predictors included trauma types (focusing on trauma characteristics), history of previous traumatic experiences (i.e., the number of lifetime traumatic events before current trauma and childhood maltreatment), and post-trauma variables (i.e., elapsed time since the current traumatic event and the severity of PTSD symptoms). <br><br>RESULTS: A logistic regression analysis-including demographic variables, trauma types, history of previous traumatic experiences, and post-trauma variables that showed significant differences between the two groups-was conducted. The effects of repeated trauma (OR = 13.18, 95% CI [3.44, 50.48], p < .001), the number of lifetime traumatic events (OR = 1.04, 95% CI [1.01, 1.51], p = .044), and childhood maltreatment (OR = 1.23, 95% CI [1.01, 1.51], p = .004) were associated with a greater likelihood of concurrent PTSD/DD. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Cumulative characteristics such as maltreatment and the number of lifetime traumatic events before the current trauma as well as repetitive properties of the most recent trauma present a key risk factor for co-occurring PTSD/DD.<br><br>Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0010-440X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.comppsych.2018.12.005
ID  - ref1
ER  -