Abstract
Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) International Classification of Diseases, 11th version (ICD-11), has proposed a trauma-related diagnosis of complex posttraumatic stress disorder (CPTSD) separate and distinct from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Objective: To determine whether the symptoms endorsed by individuals who had experienced childhood institutional abuse form classes that are consistent with diagnostic criteria for ICD-11 CPTSD as distinct from PTSD. Methods: A latent profile analysis (LPA) was conducted on 229 adult survivors of institutional abuse using the Brief Symptom Inventory and the PTSD Checklist*Civilian Version to assess current psychopathological symptoms. Results: The LPA revealed four classes of individuals: (1) a class with elevated symptoms of CPTSD (PTSD symptoms and disturbances in self-organization); (2) a class with elevated symptoms of PTSD and low disturbances in self-organization; (3) a class with elevated disturbances in self-organization symptoms and some elevated PTSD symptoms; and (4) a class with low symptoms. Conclusions: The results support the existence of a distinct group in our sample, that could be described by the proposed diagnostic category termed CPTSD more precisely than by normal PTSD. In addition, there seems to be a group of persons that do not fulfill the criteria for a trauma-related disorder but yet suffer from psychopathological symptoms.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | 25290 |
Pages (from-to) | 1-6 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | European Journal of Psychotraumatology |
Volume | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 25 2015 |
Keywords
- Childhood abuse
- Complex PTSD
- ICD-11
- Institutional abuse
- Latent profile analysis
- Posttraumatic stress disorder
- WHO
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Psychiatry and Mental health