Phenomenology and psychological assessment of complex posttraumatic states
- 1 October 2005
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Traumatic Stress
- Vol. 18 (5), 401-412
- https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.20048
Abstract
The authors offer a framework for the assessment of psychological responses associated with exposure to early onset, multiple, or extended traumatic stressors. Six prominent and overlapping symptoms clusters are described: altered self‐capacities, cognitive symptoms, mood disturbance, overdeveloped avoidance responses, somatoform distress, and posttraumatic stress. A strategy for the structured, psychometrically valid assessment of these outcomes is introduced, and specific recommendations for use of various generic and trauma‐specific child and adult measures are provided. Implications of trauma assessment for treatment planning are discussed.Keywords
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