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Multiple traumatisation and subsequent psychopathology in people with intellectual disabilities and DSM‐5 PTSD: a preliminary study

Mason?Roberts, S.; Bradley, A.; Karatzias, Thanos; Brown, M.; Paterson, D.; Walley, R.; Truesdale, M.; Taggart, L.; Sirisena, C.

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S. Mason?Roberts

A. Bradley

M. Brown

D. Paterson

R. Walley

M. Truesdale

L. Taggart

C. Sirisena



Abstract

Background: Individuals with intellectual disability (ID) are at greater risk of exposure to traumatic life events compared to the non-ID population. Yet no study to date has examined the role of multiple traumatisation and subsequent psychopathology in people with ID. The aim of this study was to explore the association between multiple traumatisation and subsequent mental health.
Method: A preliminary cross-sectional study involving 33 participants with DSM-V PTSD completed self-report questionnaires on exposure to traumatic life events and PTSD symptoms, anxiety, depression and general distress.
Results: A proportion of 42.4% of the sample reported multiple traumatisation, including exposure to life events in both childhood and adulthood. Those who reported exposure to life events in childhood and adulthood reported significantly higher risk of harm, depression and general psychological distress compared to those who reported exposure to life events only in adulthood.
Conclusions: Preliminary results indicate that more severe psychopathology is associated with multiple traumatisation in childhood and adulthood compared to trauma experienced solely in adulthood.

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date May 1, 2018
Online Publication Date Jun 1, 2018
Publication Date 2018-08
Deposit Date May 3, 2018
Publicly Available Date Jun 2, 2020
Journal Journal of Intellectual Disability Research
Print ISSN 0964-2633
Publisher Wiley
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 62
Issue 8
Pages 730-736
DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/jir.12505
Keywords learning disability, post-traumatic stress disorder, PTSD, risk, trauma, trauma intellectual disability
Public URL http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1173479
Contract Date May 3, 2018

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This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Mason‐Roberts, S., Bradley, A., Karatzias, T., Brown, M., Paterson, D., Walley, R., …Sirisena, C. (2018). Multiple traumatisation and subsequent psychopathology in people with intellectual disabilities and DSM‐5 PTSD: a preliminary study. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, doi:10.1111/jir.12505. ISSN 0964-2633, which has been published in final form athttps://doi.org/10.1111/jir.12505. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving."


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This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Mason‐Roberts, S., Bradley, A., Karatzias, T., Brown, M., Paterson, D., Walley, R., …Sirisena, C. (2018). Multiple traumatisation and subsequent psychopathology in people with intellectual disabilities and DSM‐5 PTSD: a preliminary study. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, doi:10.1111/jir.12505. ISSN 0964-2633, which has been published in final form athttps://doi.org/10.1111/jir.12505. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving."






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