CRIM 1400 Lecture Notes - Dsm-5, Adhd Rating Scale, Structured Interview
6 Jun 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
PTSD
Intro
● Refugees settled in Turkey
● 33.5 rate of PTSD in refugees
● Trauma leads to reduced self efficacy which leads to helplessness
Hypothesis
● Higher level of trauma leads to more PTSD
● Gender based
Methods and materials
● Turkey
● 28yo
● Left Syria
Methodological Strategy
● Number of questionnaires used
○ Trauma
○ General health
○ Centrality of event
■ Personal identity
○ Self-efficacy
Table 1
● PTSD group has higher levels of trauma centrality, lower levels of self efficacy
● Camp groups had more trauma centrality than community groups
Final Model
● Gender didn’t end up having effect
Results
● 52% met criteria for PTSD
● PTSD higher level of trauma centrality and self efficacy
● Trauma centrality associated with comorbidity
Conclusion
● Important to test for PTSD
● Resilience educated to those with PTSD
Limitations
● No study can be entirely random
Future Directions
● Gender looked at, not gender roles
● Longitudinal study would have been better
Did they mention anything unique about refugees with PTSD?
● Feeling of helplessness
Details about life experiences within this culture?
● More likely to have seen murder of civilians
● Witnessing violence coupled with feeling hopeless and not having freedom to escape
Why is the paper relevant?
● Large scale crisis
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Document Summary
Trauma leads to reduced self efficacy which leads to helplessness. Higher level of trauma leads to more ptsd. Ptsd group has higher levels of trauma centrality, lower levels of self efficacy. Camp groups had more trauma centrality than community groups. Ptsd higher level of trauma centrality and self efficacy. More likely to have seen murder of civilians. Witnessing violence coupled with feeling hopeless and not having freedom to escape. Overcoming challenge can be harder for college students. Adhd students have higher comorbidity than others. Adhd rating scale, self-report version and parent report version. Semi structured interview where they had to meet 5 dsm-5 criteria. Structured interview where they were examined by specialists. Other rating scales used for comparison for comorbid disorders. High rate of comorbidity for college students with adhd. Rates higher than children and adolescents but lower than adults. Higher rate of having a depressive or anxiety disorder. Higher rates of adjustment and trauma disorders.
