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New DSM-5 maladaptive symptoms in PTSD: gender differences and correlations with mood spectrum symptoms in a sample of high school students following survival of an earthquake

BACKGROUND: Gender differences in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) rates were confirmed across different DSM editions as well as the role of bipolar disorder (BD) comorbidity on prevalence and course, but little data is available upon new DSM-5 criteria, including maladaptive behaviors. The aim...

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Autores principales: Carmassi, Claudia, Stratta, Paolo, Massimetti, Gabriele, Bertelloni, Carlo Antonio, Conversano, Ciro, Cremone, Ivan Mirko, Miccoli, Mario, Baggiani, Angelo, Rossi, Alessandro, Dell’Osso, Liliana
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Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4322820/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25670961
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12991-014-0028-9
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author Carmassi, Claudia
Stratta, Paolo
Massimetti, Gabriele
Bertelloni, Carlo Antonio
Conversano, Ciro
Cremone, Ivan Mirko
Miccoli, Mario
Baggiani, Angelo
Rossi, Alessandro
Dell’Osso, Liliana
author_facet Carmassi, Claudia
Stratta, Paolo
Massimetti, Gabriele
Bertelloni, Carlo Antonio
Conversano, Ciro
Cremone, Ivan Mirko
Miccoli, Mario
Baggiani, Angelo
Rossi, Alessandro
Dell’Osso, Liliana
author_sort Carmassi, Claudia
collection PubMed
description BACKGROUND: Gender differences in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) rates were confirmed across different DSM editions as well as the role of bipolar disorder (BD) comorbidity on prevalence and course, but little data is available upon new DSM-5 criteria, including maladaptive behaviors. The aim of this study was to investigate gender differences in DSM-5 PTSD in a sample of young adult earthquake survivors and the impact of lifetime mood spectrum comorbidity. METHODS: Five hundred twelve young adult survivors from the L’Aquila 2009 earthquake were evaluated by Trauma and Loss Spectrum-Self Report (TALS-SR) and Mood Spectrum-Self Report (MOODS-SR). RESULTS: Females showed significantly higher DSM-5 PTSD prevalence rates than men. Similarly, female survivors with DSM-5 PTSD showed significantly higher scores in several of the MOODS-SR and TALS-SR domains with respect to males. Males showed significantly higher scores in the TALS-SR maladaptive coping domain only. A significant positive association between the MOODS-SR manic-hypomanic component and TALS-SR potentially traumatic events and maladaptive coping domains emerged in the whole sample, particularly among men. CONCLUSION: This study allows a first glimpse on gender differences in DSM-5 PTSD criteria in a sample of earthquake survivors. Further, possible correlations with subthreshold manic-hypomanic comorbidity are suggested among males, showing a significant trend particularly for lifetime trauma exposure and for the newly introduced maladaptive behaviors.
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spelling pubmed-43228202015-02-11 New DSM-5 maladaptive symptoms in PTSD: gender differences and correlations with mood spectrum symptoms in a sample of high school students following survival of an earthquake Carmassi, Claudia Stratta, Paolo Massimetti, Gabriele Bertelloni, Carlo Antonio Conversano, Ciro Cremone, Ivan Mirko Miccoli, Mario Baggiani, Angelo Rossi, Alessandro Dell’Osso, Liliana Ann Gen Psychiatry Primary Research BACKGROUND: Gender differences in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) rates were confirmed across different DSM editions as well as the role of bipolar disorder (BD) comorbidity on prevalence and course, but little data is available upon new DSM-5 criteria, including maladaptive behaviors. The aim of this study was to investigate gender differences in DSM-5 PTSD in a sample of young adult earthquake survivors and the impact of lifetime mood spectrum comorbidity. METHODS: Five hundred twelve young adult survivors from the L’Aquila 2009 earthquake were evaluated by Trauma and Loss Spectrum-Self Report (TALS-SR) and Mood Spectrum-Self Report (MOODS-SR). RESULTS: Females showed significantly higher DSM-5 PTSD prevalence rates than men. Similarly, female survivors with DSM-5 PTSD showed significantly higher scores in several of the MOODS-SR and TALS-SR domains with respect to males. Males showed significantly higher scores in the TALS-SR maladaptive coping domain only. A significant positive association between the MOODS-SR manic-hypomanic component and TALS-SR potentially traumatic events and maladaptive coping domains emerged in the whole sample, particularly among men. CONCLUSION: This study allows a first glimpse on gender differences in DSM-5 PTSD criteria in a sample of earthquake survivors. Further, possible correlations with subthreshold manic-hypomanic comorbidity are suggested among males, showing a significant trend particularly for lifetime trauma exposure and for the newly introduced maladaptive behaviors. BioMed Central 2014-11-18 /pmc/articles/PMC4322820/ /pubmed/25670961 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12991-014-0028-9 Text en © Carmassi et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2014 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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Carmassi, Claudia
Stratta, Paolo
Massimetti, Gabriele
Bertelloni, Carlo Antonio
Conversano, Ciro
Cremone, Ivan Mirko
Miccoli, Mario
Baggiani, Angelo
Rossi, Alessandro
Dell’Osso, Liliana
New DSM-5 maladaptive symptoms in PTSD: gender differences and correlations with mood spectrum symptoms in a sample of high school students following survival of an earthquake
title New DSM-5 maladaptive symptoms in PTSD: gender differences and correlations with mood spectrum symptoms in a sample of high school students following survival of an earthquake
title_full New DSM-5 maladaptive symptoms in PTSD: gender differences and correlations with mood spectrum symptoms in a sample of high school students following survival of an earthquake
title_fullStr New DSM-5 maladaptive symptoms in PTSD: gender differences and correlations with mood spectrum symptoms in a sample of high school students following survival of an earthquake
title_full_unstemmed New DSM-5 maladaptive symptoms in PTSD: gender differences and correlations with mood spectrum symptoms in a sample of high school students following survival of an earthquake
title_short New DSM-5 maladaptive symptoms in PTSD: gender differences and correlations with mood spectrum symptoms in a sample of high school students following survival of an earthquake
title_sort new dsm-5 maladaptive symptoms in ptsd: gender differences and correlations with mood spectrum symptoms in a sample of high school students following survival of an earthquake
topic Primary Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4322820/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25670961
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12991-014-0028-9
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