The impact of posttraumatic symptoms and comorbid mental disorders on the health-related quality of life in treatment-seeking PTSD patients

LF Pagotto, MV Mendlowicz, ESF Coutinho… - Comprehensive …, 2015 - Elsevier
Background There is a dearth of literature dealing with the impact of the severity of
posttraumatic symptoms and of comorbid mental disorders on the health-related quality of …

Early scars are forever: Childhood abuse in patients with adult-onset PTSD is associated with increased prevalence and severity of psychiatric comorbidity

M Gekker, ESF Coutinho, W Berger, MP da Luz… - Psychiatry …, 2018 - Elsevier
Childhood abuse and PTSD are independently associated with severe psychiatric
comorbidity. We hypothesized that among patients with adult-onset PTSD, a history of child …

Genetic risk mechanisms of posttraumatic stress disorder in the human brain

RA Bharadwaj, AE Jaffe, Q Chen… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) follows exposure to a traumatic event in susceptible
individuals. Recently, genome‐wide association studies have identified a number of genetic …

[PDF][PDF] Stuck in a moment: Tonic immobility predicts poor quality of life in treated PTSD patients

J Kalaf, ES Freire Coutinho, M Mendlowicz… - Psychiatria …, 2022 - hrcak.srce.hr
STUCK IN A MOMENT: TONIC IMMOBILITY PREDICTS POOR QUALITY OF LIFE IN TREATED
PTSD PATIENTS Page 1 447 Psychiatria Danubina, 2022; Vol. 34, No. 3, pp 447-454 …

Post-traumatic stress disorder as a predictor for incident hypertension: a 3-year retrospective cohort study

V Mendlowicz, ML Garcia-Rosa, M Gekker… - Psychological …, 2023 - cambridge.org
Background The goal of the present study was to investigate the association between PTSD
and the onset of hypertension in previously normotensive individuals in a population living …

The impact of PTSD treatment on the cortisol awakening response

ML Pacella, N Feeny, L Zoellner… - Depression and …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Background Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is associated with abnormal functioning of
the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis; however, limited research has examined …

Quality of life after violent crime: the impact of acute stress disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, and other consequences

C Lefebvre, C Fortin, S Guay - Journal of Traumatic Stress, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Victims of violent crime (VVC) are at risk of developing acute stress disorder (ASD) and
subsequent posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In addition, VVC are more likely to have …

Comorbidity in post-traumatic stress disorder: A population-based study from the two largest cities in Brazil

MS de Castro Longo, LMP Vilete, I Figueira… - Journal of Affective …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background This study investigated the patterns of comorbidity between PTSD and
depression, other anxiety disorders, alcohol-related disorders using the DSM-IV and ICD-10 …

The effect of complex posttraumatic stress and poverty on quality of life among adult survivors of childhood institutional maltreatment: evidence from survivors of the ' …

JW Kim, CS Nam, H Choi - European Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Childhood institutional maltreatment (IM) is associated with both complex
posttraumatic stress disorder (CTPSD) and poverty in adulthood life, each of which may …

Quality of life and its association with psychiatric disorders in outpatients with trauma history in a tertiary hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal: a cross-sectional study

S Dhungana, R Koirala, SP Ojha, SB Thapa - BMC psychiatry, 2021 - Springer
Background Quality of life is an important indicator of health and has multiple dimensions. It
is adversely affected in patients with trauma history, and psychiatric disorders play an …