Voice hearing in young people with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following multiple trauma exposure.

ABSTRACT: Background: PTSD is comorbid with a number of other mental health difficulties and the link between voice hearing and PTSD has been explored in adult samples.Objective: To compare the trauma history, symptomatology, and cognitive phenotypes of children and adolescents with a PTSD diagnosis following exposure to multiple traumatic events presenting with voice hearing with those who do not report hearing voices.Methods: Participants (n = 120) were aged 8-17 years and had PTSD following exposure to multiple traumas. Three primary analyses were conducted, comparing PTSD symptom severity, prevalence of sexual trauma, and level of negative post-traumatic cognitions between the voice hearing and non-voice hearing groups. Participants were allocated to the voice hearing

SUBMITTER: Lofthouse K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11656750 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature