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Psychotic experiences and PTSD: exploring associations in a population survey.
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Psychological Medicine . Oct2015, Vol. 45 Issue 13, p2849-2859. 11p. - Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- BackgroundExtensive evidence has shown that experiencing a traumatic event and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are associated with experiences of psychosis. However, less is known about specific PTSD symptoms and their relationship with psychotic experiences. This study aimed to examine the relationship between symptoms of PTSD with paranoia and auditory hallucinations in a large-scale sample.MethodThe Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey (APMS) was utilized to examine the prevalence of lifetime trauma, symptoms of PTSD, and experiences of paranoia and auditory hallucinations (n = 7403).ResultsThere were significant bivariate associations between symptoms of PTSD and psychotic experiences. Multiple logistic regression analyses indicated that reliving and arousal symptoms were significant predictors for paranoia while reliving, but not arousal symptoms, also significantly predicted auditory hallucinations. A dose-response relationship was found, the greater the number of PTSD symptoms, the greater the odds were of experiencing both paranoia and hallucinations.ConclusionsThese findings illustrate that symptoms of PTSD are associated with increased odds of experiencing auditory hallucinations and paranoia. Overlaps appear to be present between the symptoms of PTSD and psychotic experiences. Increasing awareness of this association may advance work in clinical practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- *CHI-squared test
*CLUSTER analysis (Statistics)
*CONFIDENCE intervals
*DOSE-response relationship in biochemistry
*HALLUCINATIONS
*INTERVIEWING
*RESEARCH methodology
*PARANOIA
*POST-traumatic stress disorder
*PSYCHOSES
*QUESTIONNAIRES
*STATISTICAL sampling
*STATISTICS
*SURVEYS
*MATHEMATICAL variables
*DATA analysis
*MULTIPLE regression analysis
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
*ODDS ratio
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00332917
- Volume :
- 45
- Issue :
- 13
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Psychological Medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 109348952
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1017/S003329171500080X