High incidence of PTSD diagnosis and trauma-related symptoms in a trauma exposed bipolar I and II sample.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an established comorbidity in Bipolar Disorder (BD), but little is known about the characteristics of psychological trauma beyond a PTSD diagnosis and differences in trauma symptoms between BD-I and BD-II.

Objective

(1) To present characteristics of a trauma-exposed BD sample; (2) to investigate prevalence and trauma symptom profile across BD-I and BD-II; (3) to assess the impact of a lifetime PTSD diagnosis vs. a history of trauma on BD course; and (4) to research the impacts of sexual and physical abuse.

Methods

This multi-center study comprised 79 adult participants with BD with a history of psychological trauma and reports baseline data from a trial registered in Clinical Trials (https://clinicaltrials.gov; ref:

SUBMITTER: Hogg B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9632656 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature