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Post-traumatic stress disorder and people with learning disabilities: a literature based discussion
- Authors:
- DOYLE Colin, MITCHELL Duncan
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Learning Disabilities, 7(1), March 2003, pp.23-33.
- Publisher:
- Sage
People with learning disabilities may experience emotional traumas that impact upon their ability to enjoy life. Much of this trauma mnaifests itself in challenging behaviour. The authors discuss key points from the literature and suggest that post-traumatic stress disorder in people with learning disabilities often goes unrecognised.
The impact of subjective and expressed anger on the functioning of psychiatric outpatients with post-traumatic stress disorder
- Authors:
- FRANKLIN C. Laurel, POSTERNAK Michael A., ZIMMERMAN Mark
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 17(12), December 2002, pp.1263-1273.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Research has shown that anger may be related to the development and maintenance of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This study investigates the impact of anger on patients with PTSD in a general psychiatric population. Participants diagnosed with PTSD were grouped according to current levels of subjective and inappropriately expressed anger: low subjective and expressed anger; elevated subjective anger and low expressed anger; low subjective anger and elevated expressed anger; and elevated subjective and expressed anger. It was hypothesized that participants reporting elevated levels of subjective anger coupled with recent overt expression would be more impaired and distressed than individuals with PTSD in the other anger groups, after comorbid diagnoses were controlled. The elevated subjective and expressed anger group was more impaired/distressed on global measures and their elevated anger affected some measures of behavioral functioning.
The social work and human services treatment planner
- Authors:
- WODARSKI John S., et al
- Publisher:
- Wiley
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 201p.
- Place of publication:
- New York
Aims to provide all the elements required to develop formal treatment plans for a variety of presenting problems, both psychiatric and social. Describes in a workbook format the behavioural manifestations of each problem, treatment goals and treatment options.
Prospective study into factors associated with aggressive incidents in psychiatric acute admission wards
- Authors:
- KHO King, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 172, January 1998, pp.38-43.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Factors associated with aggression among psychiatric in-patients are still poorly understood. This study examines levels of aggression ascertained weekly by staff report for every patient on five acute admission wards and one locked intensive care ward at two hospitals prospectively over a five-month period. Found that levels of aggression varied considerably among the admission wards. Aggression was more common on the locked away and among younger patients. Factors associated with aggression changed with time since admission. Complex associations were found with gender, ethnic group and diagnosis.
Aggressive, socially disruptive and antisocial behaviour associated with fronto-temporal dementia
- Authors:
- MILLER B.L., et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 170, February 1997, pp.150-155.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Past research suggests an association between frontal and temporal injury and antisocial conduct. This article examines the frequency of antisocial behaviours in fronto-temporal dementia (FTD) where pathology is anterior frontal-temporal, compared with Alzheimer's Disease (AD) where pathology is primarily posterior temporal-parietal. Results from the study found that ten FTD and one AD subject showed antisocial behaviours, which included assault, indecent exposure, shoplifting and hit-and-run driving. Three FTD subjects were arrested. This difference was highly significant. Concludes that degeneration of frontal and temporal lobes predisposes to antisocial behaviour. Supports a relationship between frontal-temporal dysfunction and certain types of antisocial activities.
Escalation/de-escalation patterns of behavioural symptoms of persons with dementia
- Authors:
- WOODS D. L., RAPP C. G., BECK C.
- Journal article citation:
- Aging and Mental Health, 8(2), March 2004, pp.126-132.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) may be framed within the Needs Driven Dementia-Compromised Behavior (NBD) Model. Current literature suggests that BPSD may escalate. Several researchers have described a sequence of behavioural escalation that has a clear starting point and ending point. This 'ideal' or concatenated sequence is used to explain behavior that begins with relatively calm behaviour and progresses through a prescribed sequence of behaviours that end in violence. This article presents two studies, a descriptive study and an intervention study that examine the escalation and de-escalation patterns of BPSD. Results of the descriptive study indicate a dominant pattern of agitation, aggression, and agitation while results of the intervention study, using sequential analysis indicate persistence of behavior from one 20-minute period to another. The persistence of vocalization at intensity level 2 changed from pre-intervention (mean conditional probability 29%) to post-intervention (mean conditional probability 13%). Taken together these studies shed light on the pattern of escalation and de-escalation of BPSD and suggest an intervention to alter behaviour persistence. This article discusses methodological challenges of measuring the escalation and de-escalation of BPSD and offers suggestions for analysis and design such as time series and sequential analysis.
Recent stressful life events, sexual revictimization, and their relationship with traumatic stress symptoms among women sexually abused in childhood
- Authors:
- CLASSON Catherine, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 17(12), December 2002, pp.1274-1290.
- Publisher:
- Sage
This cross-sectional study examined whether previous life stressors are associated with current traumatic stress symptoms in women who were sexually abused in childhood. Fifty-eight treatment-seeking women, sexually abused in childhood and meeting criteria for current post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in response to their childhood sexual abuse, participated in this study. Participants were administered a structured interview to assess PTSD as well as self-report measures to assess acute stress reactions, other trauma-related symptoms, sexual revictimization as an adult, and recent stressful life events. Recent stressful life events were shown to be associated with PTSD symptoms, acute stress disorder (ASD) symptoms, and other trauma-related symptoms. Sexual revictimization was associated with trauma-related symptoms but not PTSD symptoms or ASD symptoms.