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How important is reprocessing in personalized multicomponent therapy? Analyzing longitudinal data of inpatients with severe PTSD (2023)
Journal Article
Kratzer, L., Heinz, P., Knefel, M., Weindl, D., Tschöke, S., Biedermann, S. V., Schröder, J., & Karatzias, T. (2023). How important is reprocessing in personalized multicomponent therapy? Analyzing longitudinal data of inpatients with severe PTSD. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 211(8), 592-600. https://doi.org/10.1097/NMD.0000000000001671

Treatment guidelines for complex presentations of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are often cautious about the reprocessing of traumatic memories and recommend multicomponent treatments that are widely used in clinical practice. Yet, the role of... Read More about How important is reprocessing in personalized multicomponent therapy? Analyzing longitudinal data of inpatients with severe PTSD.

Development and initial validation of a short form of the Memories of Home and Family Scale (2023)
Journal Article
Redican, E., Rawers, C., McElroy, E., Hyland, P., Karatzias, T., Ben-Ezra, M., & Shevlin, M. (2023). Development and initial validation of a short form of the Memories of Home and Family Scale. Adversity and Resilience Science, 4(3), 235-244. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42844-023-00097-x

Background: The Memories of Home and Family Scale (MHFS; Shevlin et al., 2022) was developed as a multidimensional measure of subjective memories of experiences at home and with family during childhood. Due to the length of the scale, a short version... Read More about Development and initial validation of a short form of the Memories of Home and Family Scale.

Symptoms and levels of ICD-11 Prolonged Grief Disorder in a representative community sample of UK adults (2023)
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Shevlin, M., Redican, E., Hyland, P., Murphy, J., Karatzias, T., McBride, O., Bennett, K., Butter, S., Hartman, T. K., Vallières, F., & Bentall, R. P. (2023). Symptoms and levels of ICD-11 Prolonged Grief Disorder in a representative community sample of UK adults. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 58(10), 1535-1547. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-023-02469-1

Background: Prolonged Grief Disorder (PGD) is a new disorder included in ICD-11 (WHO, 2018). There is a growing body of literature surrounding the prevalence and correlates of ICD-11 PGD symptoms as assessed using various measures. This study was the... Read More about Symptoms and levels of ICD-11 Prolonged Grief Disorder in a representative community sample of UK adults.

Factor Structure of the International Trauma Questionnaire in Trauma Exposed LGBTQ+ Adults: Role of Cumulative Traumatic Events and Minority Stress Heterosexist Experiences (2023)
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Charak, R., Cano-Gonzalez, I., Ronzón-Tirado, R., Ford, J. D., Byllesby, B., Shevlin, M., Karatzias, T., Hyland, P., & Cloitre, M. (2023). Factor Structure of the International Trauma Questionnaire in Trauma Exposed LGBTQ+ Adults: Role of Cumulative Traumatic Events and Minority Stress Heterosexist Experiences. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 15(4), 628-636. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001440

Exposure to prolonged and/or multiple types of psychological trauma and stressors has shown to be more strongly associated with ICD-11 complex posttraumatic stress disorder (CPTSD) than posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Lesbian, gay, bisexual, tr... Read More about Factor Structure of the International Trauma Questionnaire in Trauma Exposed LGBTQ+ Adults: Role of Cumulative Traumatic Events and Minority Stress Heterosexist Experiences.

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD): A network analysis in a highly traumatised clinical sample (2023)
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Owczarek, M., Karatzias, T., McElroy, E., Hyland, P., Cloitre, M., Kratzer, L., Knefel, M., Grandison, G., Ho, G. W., Morris, D., & Shevlin, M. (2023). Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD): A network analysis in a highly traumatised clinical sample. Journal of Personality Disorders, 37(1), https://doi.org/10.1521/pedi.2023.37.1.112

Whether Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD) and Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) diagnoses differ substantially enough to warrant separate diagnostic classifications, has been a subject of controversy for years. To contribute to the no... Read More about Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD): A network analysis in a highly traumatised clinical sample.

ICD-11 PTSD and complex PTSD in Lithuanian university students: Prevalence and associations with trauma exposure (2023)
Journal Article
Truskauskaite, I., Dumarkaite, A., Petrauskaite, G., Andersson, G., Brailovskaia, J., Karatzias, T., Margraf, J., & Kazlauskas, E. (2023). ICD-11 PTSD and complex PTSD in Lithuanian university students: Prevalence and associations with trauma exposure. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 15(5), 772–780. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001436

Objective: Young adults are at high risk for developing mental disorders. Moreover, trauma exposure and trauma-related disorders in emerging adulthood are highly prevalent. The study aimed to explore the prevalence of traumatic experiences, probable... Read More about ICD-11 PTSD and complex PTSD in Lithuanian university students: Prevalence and associations with trauma exposure.

War exposure, posttraumatic stress disorder, and complex posttraumatic stress disorder among parents living in Ukraine during the Russian war (2023)
Journal Article
Karatzias, T., Shevlin, M., Ben-Ezra, M., McElroy, E., Redican, E., Vang, M. L., Cloitre, M., Ho, G. W., Lorberg, B., Martsenkovskyi, D., & Hyland, P. (2023). War exposure, posttraumatic stress disorder, and complex posttraumatic stress disorder among parents living in Ukraine during the Russian war. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 147(3), 276-285. https://doi.org/10.1111/acps.13529

Background: High rates of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have been documented in war‐affected populations. The prevalence of Complex PTSD (CPTSD) has never been assessed in an active war zone. Here, we provide initial data on war‐related experi... Read More about War exposure, posttraumatic stress disorder, and complex posttraumatic stress disorder among parents living in Ukraine during the Russian war.

Sharing data to better understand one of the world’s most significant shared experiences: Data Resource Profile of the longitudinal COVID-19 Psychological Research Consortium (C19PRC) Study (2022)
Journal Article
McBride, O., Butter, S., Hartman, T. K., Murphy, J., Hyland, P., Shevlin, M., Gibson-Miller, J., Levita, L., Mason, L., Martinez, A. P., McKay, R., Lloyd, A., Stocks, T. V., Bennett, K. M., Vallières, F., Karatzias, T., Valiente, C., Vazquez, C., Contreras, A., Bertamini, M., …Bentall, R. P. (2022). Sharing data to better understand one of the world’s most significant shared experiences: Data Resource Profile of the longitudinal COVID-19 Psychological Research Consortium (C19PRC) Study. International Journal of Population Data Science, 5(4), https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v5i4.1704

This paper serves to alert IJPDS readers to the availability of a major new longitudinal survey data resource, the COVID-19 Psychological Research Consortium (C19PRC) Study, which is being released for secondary use via the Open Science Framework. Th... Read More about Sharing data to better understand one of the world’s most significant shared experiences: Data Resource Profile of the longitudinal COVID-19 Psychological Research Consortium (C19PRC) Study.

The impact of childhood adversity and mental health episodes prior to young person suicide (CHASE): a longitudinal case-control individual-level linked hospital data study, Scotland UK 1981-2017 (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dougall, N., Savinc, J., Maxwell, M., Karatzias, T., O’Connor, R. C., Williams, B., John, A., Cheyne, H., Fyvie, C., Bisson, J. I., Hibberd, C., Abbott-Smith, S., & Nolan, L. (2022, November). The impact of childhood adversity and mental health episodes prior to young person suicide (CHASE): a longitudinal case-control individual-level linked hospital data study, Scotland UK 1981-2017. Poster presented at Annual Scientific Meeting of the NRS Mental Health Network: ‘Changing Minds: Rethinking mental health research’, Glasgow

This poster depicts some main findings from a national linked data study of hospital and death records for those young people who have died by suicide. The study summarised in-patient admissions related to childhood adversity and mental health condit... Read More about The impact of childhood adversity and mental health episodes prior to young person suicide (CHASE): a longitudinal case-control individual-level linked hospital data study, Scotland UK 1981-2017.

Can Developmental Trauma Disorder be Distinguished from Posttraumatic Stress Disorder? A Symptom-Level Person-Centered Empirical Approach (2022)
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Ford, J., Charak, R., Karatzias, T., Shevlin, M., & Spinazzola, J. (2022). Can Developmental Trauma Disorder be Distinguished from Posttraumatic Stress Disorder? A Symptom-Level Person-Centered Empirical Approach. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 13(2), Article 2133488. https://doi.org/10.1080/20008066.2022.2133488

Background: Developmental Trauma Disorder (DTD) is a proposed childhood psychiatric diagnosis for psychopathological and developmental sequela of victimization and attachment trauma extending beyond posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Objective:... Read More about Can Developmental Trauma Disorder be Distinguished from Posttraumatic Stress Disorder? A Symptom-Level Person-Centered Empirical Approach.

Early maladaptive schemas and ICD-11 CPTSD symptoms: Treatment considerations (2022)
Journal Article
Greenblatt-Kimron, L., Karatzias, T., Yonatan, M., Shoham, A., Hyland, P., Ben-Ezra, M., & Shevlin, M. (2023). Early maladaptive schemas and ICD-11 CPTSD symptoms: Treatment considerations. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, 96(1), 117-128. https://doi.org/10.1111/papt.12429

Objectives
Early maladaptive schemas (EMS) can result from adverse interpersonal traumatic experiences. The ICD-11 updated the concept of disorders following traumatic experiences with the new disorder of complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTS... Read More about Early maladaptive schemas and ICD-11 CPTSD symptoms: Treatment considerations.

The development and initial validation of self-report measures of ICD-11 depressive episode and generalized anxiety disorder: The International Depression Questionnaire (IDQ) and the International Anxiety Questionnaire (IAQ) (2022)
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Shevlin, M., Hyland, P., Butter, S., McBride, O., Hartman, T. K., Karatzias, T., & Bentall, R. P. (2023). The development and initial validation of self-report measures of ICD-11 depressive episode and generalized anxiety disorder: The International Depression Questionnaire (IDQ) and the International Anxiety Questionnaire (IAQ). Journal of Clinical Psychology, 79(3), 854-870. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.23446

Background
The new International Classification of Diseases came into effect in 2022 (ICD-11; World Health Organization, 2022) and included updated descriptions and diagnostic rules for “Depressive Episode” and “Generalized Anxiety Disorder.” No sel... Read More about The development and initial validation of self-report measures of ICD-11 depressive episode and generalized anxiety disorder: The International Depression Questionnaire (IDQ) and the International Anxiety Questionnaire (IAQ).

Childhood adversity, mental health and suicide (CHASE): a longitudinal case-control linked data study of lifetime inpatient records associated with suicide (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Savinc, J., Dougall, N., Maxwell, M., Karatzias, T., O'Connor, R., Williams, B., John, A., Cheyne, H., Fyvie, C., Bisson, J., Hibberd, C., Abbott-Smith, S., & Nolan, L. Childhood adversity, mental health and suicide (CHASE): a longitudinal case-control linked data study of lifetime inpatient records associated with suicide. Presented at International Population Data Linkage Conference 2022

Objectives
Childhood adversity (CA) carries an increased risk of developing later mental health (MH) problems and suicidal behaviour. This study aimed to summarise lifetime hospital attendances for CA and MH in young people who later died by suicide... Read More about Childhood adversity, mental health and suicide (CHASE): a longitudinal case-control linked data study of lifetime inpatient records associated with suicide.

Mindfulness-based interventions for non-affective psychosis: A comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis (2022)
Journal Article
Lai King Yip, A., Karatzias, T., & Tong Chien, W. (2022). Mindfulness-based interventions for non-affective psychosis: A comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis. Annals of Medicine, 54(1), 2340-2353. https://doi.org/10.1080/07853890.2022.2108551

Aim: Although mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) are routinely used in clinical practice, a comprehensive synthesis of the effectiveness of MBIs for non-affective psychosis has yet to be conducted. The aim in the present review and meta-analysis... Read More about Mindfulness-based interventions for non-affective psychosis: A comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis.

The role of psychosocial factors in explaining sex differences in major depression and generalized anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic (2022)
Journal Article
Vallières, F., Murphy, J., McBride, O., Shevlin, M., Gilmore, B., Travers, Á., Nolan, A., Butter, S., Karatzias, T., Bentall, R., & Hyland, P. (2022). The role of psychosocial factors in explaining sex differences in major depression and generalized anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic. BMC Public Health, 22(1), Article 1563. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-13954-8

Background: Understanding how pandemics differentially impact on the socio-protective and psychological outcomes of males and females is important to develop more equitable public health policies. We assessed whether males and females differed on mea... Read More about The role of psychosocial factors in explaining sex differences in major depression and generalized anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Validation of the International Trauma Questionnaire – Child and Adolescent Version (ITQ-CA) in a Chinese mental health service seeking adolescent sample (2022)
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Ho, G., Liu, H., Karatzias, T., Hyland, P., Cloitre, M., Lueger-Schuster, B., Brewin, C., Guo, C., Wang, X., & Shevlin, M. (2022). Validation of the International Trauma Questionnaire – Child and Adolescent Version (ITQ-CA) in a Chinese mental health service seeking adolescent sample. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 16(1), Article 66. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13034-022-00497-4

Background. The International Trauma Questionnaire – Child and Adolescent version (ITQ-CA) is a self-report measure that assesses posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and complex PTSD (CPTSD) based on the diagnostic formulation of the 11th version of... Read More about Validation of the International Trauma Questionnaire – Child and Adolescent Version (ITQ-CA) in a Chinese mental health service seeking adolescent sample.

The network structure of ICD-11 adjustment disorder: A comparison of clinical and non-clinical samples (2022)
Journal Article
Levin, Y., Karatzias, T., Shevlin, M., Ben-Ezra, M., Maercker, A., & Bachem, R. (2022). The network structure of ICD-11 adjustment disorder: A comparison of clinical and non-clinical samples. European Psychiatry, 65(1), Article e43. https://doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2022.2303

Background: ICD-11 adjustment disorder (AjD) is characterized by two main symptom clusters; preoccupation with the stressor and failure to adapt to the stressor. The network analytic approach provides important information on the structural validity... Read More about The network structure of ICD-11 adjustment disorder: A comparison of clinical and non-clinical samples.

State of Ireland's Mental Health: Findings from a nationally representative survey (2022)
Journal Article
Hyland, P., Vallières, F., Shevlin, M., Bentall, R. P., Butter, S., Hartman, T. K., Karatzias, T., Martinez, A. P., McBride, O., Murphy, J., & Fox, R. (2022). State of Ireland's Mental Health: Findings from a nationally representative survey. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 31, Article e47. https://doi.org/10.1017/S2045796022000312

Aims. Current information about the prevalence of various mental health disorders in the general adult population of the Republic of Ireland is lacking. In this study, we examined the prevalence of 12 common mental disorders, the proportion of adults... Read More about State of Ireland's Mental Health: Findings from a nationally representative survey.