Complex Trauma Symptoms in Former Ugandan Child Soldiers

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Complex Trauma Symptoms in Former Ugandan Child Soldiers. / Klasen, Fionna; Gehrke, Johanna; Metzner, Franka; Blotevogel, Monica; Okello, James.

in: J AGGRESS MALTREAT T, Jahrgang 22, Nr. 7, 09.2013, S. 698-713.

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title = "Complex Trauma Symptoms in Former Ugandan Child Soldiers",
abstract = "Children exposed to repeated interpersonal trauma often develop symptoms that exceed those documented in criteria for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and are better described with the emerging concept of developmental trauma disorder (DTD). This study examines complex trauma symptoms in a sample of 330 former Ugandan child soldiers (age 11–17 years, 49% female). Prevalence rates were 33.0% for PTSD, 36.4% for depression, and 78.2% for DTD. Whereas PTSD symptoms were significantly related to traumatic war experiences and depression, DTD symptoms were significantly associated with experiences of domestic violence, community violence, social support, and depression. Assessment tools and tailored interventions for DTD are urgently needed. ",
author = "Fionna Klasen and Johanna Gehrke and Franka Metzner and Monica Blotevogel and James Okello",
year = "2013",
month = sep,
doi = "10.1080/10926771.2013.814741",
language = "English",
volume = "22",
pages = "698--713",
journal = "J AGGRESS MALTREAT T",
issn = "1092-6771",
publisher = "Routledge",
number = "7",

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T1 - Complex Trauma Symptoms in Former Ugandan Child Soldiers

AU - Klasen, Fionna

AU - Gehrke, Johanna

AU - Metzner, Franka

AU - Blotevogel, Monica

AU - Okello, James

PY - 2013/9

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N2 - Children exposed to repeated interpersonal trauma often develop symptoms that exceed those documented in criteria for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and are better described with the emerging concept of developmental trauma disorder (DTD). This study examines complex trauma symptoms in a sample of 330 former Ugandan child soldiers (age 11–17 years, 49% female). Prevalence rates were 33.0% for PTSD, 36.4% for depression, and 78.2% for DTD. Whereas PTSD symptoms were significantly related to traumatic war experiences and depression, DTD symptoms were significantly associated with experiences of domestic violence, community violence, social support, and depression. Assessment tools and tailored interventions for DTD are urgently needed.

AB - Children exposed to repeated interpersonal trauma often develop symptoms that exceed those documented in criteria for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and are better described with the emerging concept of developmental trauma disorder (DTD). This study examines complex trauma symptoms in a sample of 330 former Ugandan child soldiers (age 11–17 years, 49% female). Prevalence rates were 33.0% for PTSD, 36.4% for depression, and 78.2% for DTD. Whereas PTSD symptoms were significantly related to traumatic war experiences and depression, DTD symptoms were significantly associated with experiences of domestic violence, community violence, social support, and depression. Assessment tools and tailored interventions for DTD are urgently needed.

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