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<strong>Complex</strong> <strong>post</strong>-<strong>traumatic</strong> <strong>stress</strong> <strong>disorder</strong><br />
From <strong>Wikipedia</strong>, <strong>the</strong> <strong>free</strong> encyclopedia<br />
<strong>Complex</strong> <strong>post</strong>-<strong>traumatic</strong> <strong>stress</strong> <strong>disorder</strong> (C-PTSD) is a psychological injury that results from protracted<br />
exposure to prolonged social and/or interpersonal trauma with lack or loss of control, disempowerment, and in<br />
<strong>the</strong> context of ei<strong>the</strong>r captivity or entrapment, i.e. <strong>the</strong> lack of a viable escape route for <strong>the</strong> victim. C-PTSD is<br />
distinct from, but similar to, <strong>post</strong><strong>traumatic</strong> <strong>stress</strong> <strong>disorder</strong> (PTSD). Though mainstream journals have published<br />
papers on C-PTSD, <strong>the</strong> category is not formally recognized in diagnostic systems such as DSM or ICD. [1]<br />
C-PTSD involves complex and reciprocal interactions between multiple biopsychosocial systems. It was first<br />
referred to by Judith Herman in her book Trauma & Recovery and an accompanying article. [2][3] Forms of<br />
trauma include sexual abuse (especially child sexual abuse), physical abuse, emotional abuse, domestic violence<br />
or torture. [4][5]<br />
Contents<br />
1 Differentiating PTSD from C-PTSD<br />
2 Differentiating Traumatic grief from C-PTSD<br />
3 Attachment <strong>the</strong>ory, BPD and C-PTSD<br />
4 Child and adolescent symptom cluster<br />
5 Adult symptom cluster<br />
6 Treatment for adults<br />
7 Treatment for children<br />
8 See also<br />
9 References<br />
10 Fur<strong>the</strong>r reading<br />
11 External links<br />
Differentiating PTSD from C-PTSD<br />
Main article: Post<strong>traumatic</strong> <strong>stress</strong> <strong>disorder</strong><br />
A differentiation between <strong>the</strong> diagnostic category of C-PTSD and that of <strong>post</strong><strong>traumatic</strong> <strong>stress</strong> <strong>disorder</strong> (PTSD)<br />
has been suggested. C-PTSD better describes <strong>the</strong> pervasive negative impact of chronic repetitive trauma than<br />
does PTSD alone. [6][7]<br />
PTSD descriptions fail to capture some of <strong>the</strong> core characteristics of C-PTSD. These elements include captivity,<br />
psychological fragmentation, <strong>the</strong> loss of a sense of safety, trust, and self-worth, as well as <strong>the</strong> tendency to be<br />
revictimized, and, most importantly, <strong>the</strong> loss of a coherent sense of self. It is this loss of a coherent sense of self,<br />
and <strong>the</strong> ensuing symptom profile, that most pointedly differentiates C-PTSD from PTSD. [8]<br />
C-PTSD is characterized by pervasive insecure, often disorganized-type attachment. [9] DSM-IV dissociative<br />
<strong>disorder</strong>s and PTSD do not include insecure attachment in <strong>the</strong>ir criteria. As a consequence of this aspect of C-<br />
PTSD, when some adults with C-PTSD become parents and confront <strong>the</strong>ir own children's attachment needs,<br />
<strong>the</strong>y may have particular difficulty in responding sensitively especially to <strong>the</strong>ir infants' and young children's routine<br />
di<strong>stress</strong>—such as during routine separations, despite <strong>the</strong>se parents' best intentions and efforts. [10] And this<br />
difficulty in parenting may have adverse repercussions for <strong>the</strong>ir children's social and emotional development if<br />
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parents with this condition and <strong>the</strong>ir children do not receive appropriate treatment. [11][12]<br />
Differentiating Traumatic grief from C-PTSD<br />
Main articles: Grief and Grief counseling<br />
Traumatic grief [13][14][15][16] or complicated mourning [17] are conditions [18] where both trauma and grief<br />
coincide. If a <strong>traumatic</strong> event was only life threatening <strong>the</strong>n more likely <strong>the</strong> survivor will experience <strong>post</strong><strong>traumatic</strong><br />
<strong>stress</strong> symptoms. If <strong>the</strong> survivor was close to <strong>the</strong> person who died, <strong>the</strong>n more likely symptoms of grief<br />
will also develop. When <strong>the</strong> death is of a loved one and was sudden or violent <strong>the</strong>n both symptoms coincide.<br />
This is likely in children exposed to community violence. [19]<br />
For C-PTSD to manifest <strong>the</strong> violence would occur under conditions of captivity, loss of control and<br />
disempowerment, coinciding with <strong>the</strong> death of a friend or loved one in life threatening circumstances. This again<br />
is most likely for children and stepchildren who experience prolonged domestic or chronic community violence<br />
that ultimately results in <strong>the</strong> death of friends and loved ones. The phenomena of <strong>the</strong> increased risk of violence<br />
and death of stepchildren is referred to as <strong>the</strong> Cinderella effect.<br />
There are conceptual links between trauma and bereavement since loss of a loved one is inherently <strong>traumatic</strong>. [20]<br />
Attachment <strong>the</strong>ory, BPD and C-PTSD<br />
Main articles: Attachment <strong>the</strong>ory and Borderline personality <strong>disorder</strong><br />
See also: Attachment in adults, Attachment in children, Attachment <strong>disorder</strong>, Attachment-based<br />
psycho<strong>the</strong>rapy, Cinderella effect, Self-injury, and Emotionally focused <strong>the</strong>rapy<br />
This controversial area [21] underlines <strong>the</strong> fragility of C-PTSD as an empirical diagnostic category separate from<br />
PTSD. [22][23]<br />
C-PTSD may have originated from observations of acute breakthrough of borderline personality (BPD)<br />
symptoms in trauma victims. [citation needed] This could be diagnosed as PTSD with borderline features, where<br />
<strong>the</strong> symptoms of BPD were not sufficient to sustain a (hypo<strong>the</strong>tical) dual diagnosis of BPD and PTSD. C-PTSD<br />
may share some symptoms with both PTSD and BPD. [24] Judith Herman has suggested that C-PTSD be used<br />
in place of borderline. [25]<br />
It may help to understand <strong>the</strong> intersection of attachment <strong>the</strong>ory with C-PTSD and BPD if one reads <strong>the</strong><br />
following opinion of Bessel A. van der Kolk toge<strong>the</strong>r with an understanding drawn from a description of BPD:<br />
Uncontrollable disruptions or distortions of attachment bonds precede <strong>the</strong> development of <strong>post</strong><strong>traumatic</strong><br />
<strong>stress</strong> syndromes. People seek increased attachment in <strong>the</strong> face of danger. Adults, as<br />
well as children, may develop strong emotional ties with people who intermittently harass, beat,<br />
and, threaten <strong>the</strong>m. The persistence of <strong>the</strong>se attachment bonds leads to confusion of pain and love.<br />
Trauma can be repeated on behavioural, emotional, physiologic, and neuroendocrinologic levels.<br />
Repetition on <strong>the</strong>se different levels causes a large variety of individual and social suffering. Anger<br />
directed against <strong>the</strong> self or o<strong>the</strong>rs is always a central problem in <strong>the</strong> lives of people who have been<br />
violated and this is itself a repetitive re-enactment of real events from <strong>the</strong> past. Compulsive<br />
repetition of <strong>the</strong> trauma usually is an unconscious process that, although it may provide a temporary<br />
sense of mastery or even pleasure, ultimately perpetuates chronic feelings of helplessness and a<br />
subjective sense of being bad and out of control. Gaining control over one's current life, ra<strong>the</strong>r than<br />
repeating trauma in action, mood, or somatic states, is <strong>the</strong> goal of healing. [26][27]<br />
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Seeking increased attachment to people, especially to care-givers who inflict pain, confuses love and pain and<br />
increases <strong>the</strong> likelihood of a captivity like that of betrayal bonding, [28] and of disempowerment and lack of<br />
control. If <strong>the</strong> situation is perceived as life threatening <strong>the</strong>n <strong>traumatic</strong> <strong>stress</strong> responses will likely arise and C-<br />
PTSD more likely diagnosed in a situation of insecure attachment than PTSD. At what point do <strong>the</strong> complex,<br />
reciprocal biopsychosocial responses to prolonged and extreme abuse evolve into BPD? This may depend on<br />
<strong>the</strong> timing, intensity and duration of <strong>the</strong> abuse and an as yet unidentified predisposition to BPD that results in a<br />
reset of <strong>the</strong> neuroendocrinologic levels of <strong>the</strong> body [citation needed] in a self-reinforcing pattern recognisable as<br />
<strong>the</strong> symptom cluster of BPD.<br />
However, 25% of those diagnosed with BPD have no history of childhood neglect or abuse and individuals are<br />
six times as likely to develop BPD if <strong>the</strong>y have a relative who was so diagnosed [citation needed] compared to<br />
those who do not. One conclusion is that <strong>the</strong>re is a genetic predisposition to BPD unrelated to trauma.<br />
Researchers conducting a longitudinal investigation of identical twins found that "genetic factors play a major role<br />
in individual differences of borderline personality <strong>disorder</strong> features in Western society." [29][30]<br />
Child and adolescent symptom cluster<br />
Cook and o<strong>the</strong>rs [31][32] describe symptoms and behavioural characteristics in seven domains:<br />
1. Attachment - "problems with relationship boundaries, lack of trust, social isolation, difficulty perceiving<br />
and responding to o<strong>the</strong>r’s emotional states, and lack of empathy"<br />
2. Biology - "sensory-motor developmental dysfunction, sensory-integration difficulties, somatization, and<br />
increased medical problems"<br />
3. Affect or emotional regulation - "poor affect regulation, difficulty identifying and expressing emotions<br />
and internal states, and difficulties communicating needs, wants, and wishes"<br />
4. Dissociation - "amnesia, depersonalization, discrete states of consciousness with discrete memories,<br />
affect, and functioning, and impaired memory for state-based events"<br />
5. Behavioural control - "problems with impulse control, aggression, pathological self-soothing, and sleep<br />
problems"<br />
6. Cognition - "difficulty regulating attention, problems with a variety of "executive functions" such as<br />
planning, judgement, initiation, use of materials, and self- monitoring, difficulty processing new<br />
information, difficulty focusing and completing tasks, poor object constancy, problems with "cause-effect"<br />
thinking, and language developmental problems such as a gap between receptive and expressive<br />
communication abilities."<br />
7. Self-concept -"fragmented and disconnected autobiographical narrative, disturbed body image, low selfesteem,<br />
excessive shame, and negative internal working models of self".<br />
Source of quotes [33]<br />
Adult symptom cluster<br />
Adults with C-PTSD have sometimes experienced prolonged interpersonal traumatization as children as well as<br />
prolonged trauma as adults. This early injury interrupts <strong>the</strong> development of a robust sense of self and of o<strong>the</strong>rs.<br />
Because physical and emotional pain or neglect was often inflicted by attachment figures such as caregivers or<br />
older siblings, <strong>the</strong>se individuals may develop a sense that <strong>the</strong>y are fundamentally flawed and that o<strong>the</strong>rs cannot<br />
be relied upon. [34][35]<br />
This can become a pervasive way of relating to o<strong>the</strong>rs in adult life described as insecure attachment. The<br />
diagnosis of dissociative <strong>disorder</strong> and PTSD in <strong>the</strong> current DSM-IV TR do not include insecure attachment as a<br />
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symptom. Individuals with <strong>Complex</strong> PTSD also demonstrate lasting personality disturbances with a significant<br />
risk of revictimization. [36]<br />
Six clusters of symptom have been suggested for diagnosis of C-PTSD. [37][38] These are (1) alterations in<br />
regulation of affect and impulses; (2) alterations in attention or consciousness; (3) alterations in self-perception;<br />
(4) alterations in relations with o<strong>the</strong>rs; (5) somatization, and (6) alterations in systems of meaning. [37]<br />
Experiences in <strong>the</strong>se areas may include: [7][8]<br />
Difficulties regulating emotions, including symptoms such as persistent sadness, suicidal thoughts,<br />
explosive anger, or covert anger.<br />
Variations in consciousness, such as forgetting <strong>traumatic</strong> events, reliving <strong>traumatic</strong> events, or having<br />
episodes of dissociation (during which one feels detached from one's mental processes or body).<br />
Changes in self-perception, such as a sense of helplessness, shame, guilt, stigma, and a sense of<br />
being completely different from o<strong>the</strong>r human beings.<br />
Varied changes in <strong>the</strong> perception of <strong>the</strong> perpetrator, such as attributing total power to <strong>the</strong><br />
perpetrator or becoming preoccupied with <strong>the</strong> relationship to <strong>the</strong> perpetrator, including a<br />
preoccupation with revenge.<br />
Alterations in relations with o<strong>the</strong>rs, including isolation, distrust, or a repeated search for a rescuer.<br />
Loss of, or changes in, one's system of meanings, which may include a loss of sustaining faith or a<br />
sense of hopelessness and despair.<br />
Treatment for adults<br />
Herman [39] believes recovery from C-PTSD occurs in three stages. These are: establishing safety, remembrance<br />
and mourning for what was lost, and reconnecting with community and more broadly, society. Herman believes<br />
recovery can only occur within a healing relationship and only if <strong>the</strong> survivor is empowered by that relationship.<br />
<strong>Complex</strong> trauma means complex reactions and this leads to complex treatments. Hence treatment for C-PTSD<br />
requires a multi-modal approach. [40] It has been suggested that treatment for C-PTSD should differ from<br />
treatment for PTSD by focusing on problems that cause more functional impairment than <strong>the</strong> PTSD symptoms.<br />
These problems include emotional dysregulation, dissociation, and interpersonal problems. [41] Six suggested<br />
core components of complex trauma treatment include: [40]<br />
1. Safety<br />
2. Self-regulation<br />
3. Self-reflective information processing<br />
4. Traumatic experiences integration<br />
5. Relational engagement<br />
6. Positive affect enhancement<br />
Multiple treatments have been suggested for C-PTSD. Among <strong>the</strong>se treatments are experiential and emotionally<br />
focused <strong>the</strong>rapy, internal family systems <strong>the</strong>rapy, sensorimotor psycho<strong>the</strong>rapy, cognitive behavioral <strong>the</strong>rapy,<br />
family systems <strong>the</strong>rapy and group <strong>the</strong>rapy. [42]<br />
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Treatment for children<br />
The utility of PTSD derived psycho<strong>the</strong>rapies for assisting children with C-PTSD is uncertain. This area of<br />
diagnosis and treatment calls for caution in use of <strong>the</strong> category C-PTSD. Ford and van der Kolk [43] have<br />
suggested that C-PTSD may not be as useful a category for diagnosis and treatment of children as a proposed<br />
category of DTD (developmental trauma <strong>disorder</strong>). For DTD to be diagnosed it requires a<br />
'history of exposure to early life developmentally adverse interpersonal trauma such as sexual<br />
abuse, physical abuse, violence, <strong>traumatic</strong> losses of o<strong>the</strong>r significant disruption or betrayal of <strong>the</strong><br />
child's relationships with primary caregivers, which has been <strong>post</strong>ulated as an etiological basis for<br />
complex <strong>traumatic</strong> <strong>stress</strong> <strong>disorder</strong>s. Diagnosis, treatment planning and outcome are always<br />
relational.' [44]<br />
Since C-PTSD or DTD in children is often caused by chronic maltreatment, neglect or abuse in a care-giving<br />
relationship <strong>the</strong> first element of <strong>the</strong> biopsychosocial system to address is that relationship. This invariably involves<br />
some sort of child protection agency. This both widens <strong>the</strong> range of support that can be given to <strong>the</strong> child but<br />
also <strong>the</strong> complexity of <strong>the</strong> situation, since <strong>the</strong> agency's statutory legal obligations may <strong>the</strong>n need to be enforced.<br />
A number of practical, <strong>the</strong>rapeutic and ethical principles for assessment and intervention have been developed<br />
and explored in <strong>the</strong> field:<br />
Identifying and addressing threats to <strong>the</strong> child's or family's safety and stability are <strong>the</strong> first priority.<br />
A relational bridge must be developed to engage, retain and maximize <strong>the</strong> benefit for <strong>the</strong> child and<br />
caregiver.<br />
Diagnosis, treatment planning and outcome monitoring are always relational (and) strengths based.<br />
All phases of treatment should aim to enhance self-regulation competencies.<br />
Determining with whom, when and how to address <strong>traumatic</strong> memories.<br />
Preventing and managing relational discontinuities and psychosocial crises. [45]<br />
See also<br />
Attachment <strong>the</strong>ory<br />
Attachment in adults<br />
Attachment in children<br />
Child Welfare<br />
Dyadic developmental psycho<strong>the</strong>rapy<br />
Trauma model<br />
Emotional self-regulation<br />
Stress (biological)<br />
Post<strong>traumatic</strong> <strong>stress</strong> <strong>disorder</strong><br />
Dissociation<br />
Bipolar Disorder<br />
Borderline personality <strong>disorder</strong><br />
Reactive attachment <strong>disorder</strong><br />
Psychoneuroimmunology<br />
Attachment-based <strong>the</strong>rapy (children)<br />
Child psycho<strong>the</strong>rapy<br />
Maladaptive daydreaming<br />
Play <strong>the</strong>rapy<br />
Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT)<br />
Psychosomatic medicine<br />
Dyadic Developmental Psycho<strong>the</strong>rapy<br />
The WAVE Trust<br />
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