Persistent Dissociation and Its Neural Correlates in Predicting Outcomes After Trauma Exposure.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Dissociation, a disruption or discontinuity in psychological functioning, is often linked with worse psychiatric symptoms; however, the prognostic value of dissociation after trauma is inconsistent. Determining whether trauma-related dissociation is uniquely predictive of later outcomes would enable early identification of at-risk trauma populations. The authors conducted the largest prospective longitudinal biomarker study of persistent dissociation to date to determine its predictive capacity for adverse psychiatric outcomes following acute trauma.

Methods

All data were part of the Freeze 2 data release from the Advancing Understanding of Recovery After Trauma (AURORA) study. Study participants provided self-report data about persistent derealization (N=1,464), a

SUBMITTER: Lebois LAM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9444876 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature