Abigail Powers1, Hayley Drew Dixon2, Karen Conneely3, Rachel Gluck2, Adam Munoz2, Cleo Rochat2, Hadrian Mendoza2, Georgina Hartzell2, Kerry J Ressler4, Bekh Bradley5, Thaddeus W W Pace6, Guillermo E Umpierrez7, Ann C Schwartz2, Vasiliki Michopoulos8, Charles F Gillespie2. 1. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, United States of America. Electronic address: adpower@emory.edu. 2. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, United States of America. 3. Department of Human Genetics, Emory University School of Medicine, United States of America. 4. Center for Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Research, Harvard University, United States of America; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, United States of America. 5. Atlanta VA Medical Center, United States of America; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, United States of America. 6. College of Nursing & College of Medicine (Psychiatry), University of Arizona, United States of America. 7. Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, United States of America. 8. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, United States of America; Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Atlanta, GA, United States of America.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: C-reactive protein (CRP), a marker of systemic inflammation, has been associated with psychiatric disorders including major depressive disorder (MDD) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Some research suggests that exposure to trauma can trigger increased activity in the inflammatory system. Dissociation is associated with chronic trauma exposure and may be an important factor in understanding the risk for psychiatric outcomes associated with inflammation. The main objective of the current study was to understand how CRP was related to trauma, dissociation, PTSD and MDD in a sample of 55 traumatized African American women with type 2 diabetes mellitus recruited from an urban hospital. METHOD: High sensitivity CRP (hsCRP) was assayed through blood samples; psychiatric disorders were assessed with structured clinical interviews, dissociation was assessed with the Multiscale Dissociation Inventory, and exposure to trauma in childhood and adulthood was assessed with the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire and the Traumatic Events Inventory, respectively. RESULTS: Correlational results showed a significant association between higher concentrations of hsCRP and child abuse (p < 0.05), overall dissociation severity (p < 0.001), and PTSD symptoms (p < 0.01). ANOVA results showed significantly higher levels of hsCRP in those with current MDD, current PTSD, and remitted PTSD. A hierarchical linear regression model demonstrated a significant association between dissociation symptoms and greater hsCRP levels independent of childhood abuse, PTSD, and MDD (R2∆ = 0.11, p = 0.001) and independent of emotion dysregulation (p < 0.05). CONCLUSION: These findings suggest that dissociation symptoms among those with a history of trauma may be particularly associated with higher levels of inflammation.
OBJECTIVE:C-reactive protein (CRP), a marker of systemic inflammation, has been associated with psychiatric disorders including major depressive disorder (MDD) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Some research suggests that exposure to trauma can trigger increased activity in the inflammatory system. Dissociation is associated with chronic trauma exposure and may be an important factor in understanding the risk for psychiatric outcomes associated with inflammation. The main objective of the current study was to understand how CRP was related to trauma, dissociation, PTSD and MDD in a sample of 55 traumatized African American women with type 2 diabetes mellitus recruited from an urban hospital. METHOD: High sensitivity CRP (hsCRP) was assayed through blood samples; psychiatric disorders were assessed with structured clinical interviews, dissociation was assessed with the Multiscale Dissociation Inventory, and exposure to trauma in childhood and adulthood was assessed with the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire and the Traumatic Events Inventory, respectively. RESULTS: Correlational results showed a significant association between higher concentrations of hsCRP and child abuse (p < 0.05), overall dissociation severity (p < 0.001), and PTSD symptoms (p < 0.01). ANOVA results showed significantly higher levels of hsCRP in those with current MDD, current PTSD, and remitted PTSD. A hierarchical linear regression model demonstrated a significant association between dissociation symptoms and greater hsCRP levels independent of childhood abuse, PTSD, and MDD (R2∆ = 0.11, p = 0.001) and independent of emotion dysregulation (p < 0.05). CONCLUSION: These findings suggest that dissociation symptoms among those with a history of trauma may be particularly associated with higher levels of inflammation.
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