The relationship between race-based traumatic stress and the Trauma Symptom Checklist: Does racial trauma differ in symptom presentation?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katheryn Roberson ◽  
Robert T. Carter
Keyword(s):  
Traumatic Stress ◽  
Symptom Checklist ◽  
Symptom Presentation ◽  
Trauma Symptom ◽  
Racial Trauma ◽  
The Relationship

The Psychological Impact of Withholding Disclosure of Child Sexual Abuse

1997 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara B. Sinclair ◽  
Steven R. Gold
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Multiple Regression ◽  
Health Effects ◽  
Parental Support ◽  
Psychological Impact ◽  
Symptom Checklist ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Trauma Symptom ◽  
The Relationship

Researchers have found equivocal results with respect to whether the disclosure of child sexual abuse is helpful or not. The threat of harm as well as the possibility of being humiliated, not believed, or blamed, render the disclosure of child sexual abuse difficult for some victims. Suppressing of traumatic events has been linked to negative health effects. The current study investigated the relationship between the inability to fully disclose the abuse and subsequent traumatic symptomatology. Questionnaires including the Trauma Symptom Checklist 40, the Child Sexual Experiences Questionnaire, and the Parental Support Scale were completed by 204 victims of child sexual abuse. Multiple regression analyses were performed using traumatic symptomatology as the dependent variable. The extent to which a victim wanted to tell about the abuse but held back from doing so and the severity of the abuse were related to adult symptomatology. Findings suggest that victims enduring more severe abuse are more likely to hold back from fully disclosing the abuse which is associated with more trauma-related symptoms.

The relationship between psychosocial trauma type and conversion (functional neurological) disorder symptoms: a cross-sectional study

2021 ◽  
pp. 103985622110092
Author(s):  
Shimaa K. Morsy ◽  
Daniela Huepe-Artigas ◽  
Ahmed M. Kamal ◽  
Maha Ali Hassan ◽  
Nashaat Adel Abdel-Fadeel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Neurological Disorder ◽  
Conversion Disorder ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Trauma Symptom ◽  
Functional Symptoms ◽  
Neurology Clinic ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Trauma Type ◽  
Functional Neurological Disorder

Objective: Psychosocial trauma was associated with developing conversion disorder (also known as functional neurological disorder) before Freud, though why a particular symptom should arise is unknown. We aimed to determine if there was a relationship between trauma type and symptom. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of patients attending Australia’s first functional neurology clinic, including referral, clinic letters and a clinic questionnaire. Results: There were 106 females, 43 males and five transgender patients. Sensory (51%), motor (47%) and seizures (39%) were the commonest functional symptoms. Most patients (92%) reported stressors associated with symptom onset. Multiple trauma/symptom type associations were found: patients with in-law problems experienced more cognitive symptoms ( p = .036), for example, while expressive speech problems more commonly followed relationship difficulties ( p = .021). Conclusion: Associations were found between type of traumatic events and type of symptoms in conversion disorder. This will require verification in a larger sample.

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