OBJECTIVES: The principal goals of this study were to determine whether ASD predicted chronic PTSD and whether dissociation is more characteristic of the acute-trauma period than PTSD symptoms. METHODS: Eighty-three hospitalized adult burn patients were assessed with structured interviews and self-report measures within 2 weeks of injury and again at least 6 months postburn. RESULTS: Nineteen percent had ASD. Dissociative symptoms were not more common or more severe than PTSD symptoms. Thirty-six percent had chronic PTSD. While ASD predicted chronic PTSD, meeting the symptom criteria for PTSD within 2 weeks postburn also predicted chronic PTSD. CONCLUSIONS: Our data support the inclusion of an ASD diagnosis in the DSM, which would allow the diagnosis of symptoms in the first month posttrauma as a psychiatric disorder but questions whether dissociation is more characteristic of the acute trauma period than the PTSD symptom clusters.
OBJECTIVES: The principal goals of this study were to determine whether ASD predicted chronic PTSD and whether dissociation is more characteristic of the acute-trauma period than PTSD symptoms. METHODS: Eighty-three hospitalized adult burn patients were assessed with structured interviews and self-report measures within 2 weeks of injury and again at least 6 months postburn. RESULTS: Nineteen percent had ASD. Dissociative symptoms were not more common or more severe than PTSD symptoms. Thirty-six percent had chronic PTSD. While ASD predicted chronic PTSD, meeting the symptom criteria for PTSD within 2 weeks postburn also predicted chronic PTSD. CONCLUSIONS: Our data support the inclusion of an ASD diagnosis in the DSM, which would allow the diagnosis of symptoms in the first month posttrauma as a psychiatric disorder but questions whether dissociation is more characteristic of the acute trauma period than the PTSD symptom clusters.
Authors: James A Fauerbach; Jodi McKibben; O Joseph Bienvenu; Gina Magyar-Russell; Michael T Smith; Radha Holavanahalli; David R Patterson; Shelley A Wiechman; Patricia Blakeney; Dennis Lezotte Journal: Psychosom Med Date: 2007-06 Impact factor: 4.312
Authors: C Bradley Kramer; Nicole S Gibran; David M Heimbach; Frederick P Rivara; Matthew B Klein Journal: J Burn Care Res Date: 2008 May-Jun Impact factor: 1.845
Authors: Nimali Jayasinghe; Martha A Sparks; Kaori Kato; Katarzyna Wyka; Kaitlyn Wilbur; Gabrielle Chiaramonte; Philip S Barie; Mark S Lachs; Michael O'Dell; Arthur Evans; Martha L Bruce; JoAnn Difede Journal: Gen Hosp Psychiatry Date: 2014-08-16 Impact factor: 3.238