A Preliminary Investigation of Depression in People with Pathological Dissociation

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dc.contributor.authorFung, Hong Wang
dc.contributor.authorChan, Chitat
dc.contributor.authorRoss, Colin A.
dc.contributor.authorChoi, Tat Ming
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-31T21:17:08Z
dc.date.available2023-07-31T21:17:08Z
dc.date.issued2020-05-13
dc.description16 pagesen_US
dc.description.abstractDepression is a common and challenging comorbid condition in people with pathological dissociation. To our knowledge, this preliminary study is the first study that has looked at the clinical correlates of depression in a sample of people with pathological dissociation (N = 72). We found that severe depression is common in this sample and that depression is associated with dissociative symptoms, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, borderline personality disorder symptoms and clinical recovery; the level of depression is also associated with both childhood and adulthood betrayal trauma but not with childhood and adulthood trauma with less betrayal. PTSD symptoms are the most significant correlates of the level of depression in this sample. Some clinical implications are discussed. Our initial findings imply that it may be important to manage depression by preventing adulthood betrayal trauma and stabilizing PTSD and dissociative symptoms when working with service users with pathological dissociation. Further studies are needed.en_US
dc.identifier.citationHong Wang Fung, Chitat Chan, Colin A. Ross & Tat Ming Choi (2020) A Preliminary Investigation of Depression in People with Pathological Dissociation, Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 21:5, 594-608, DOI: 10.1080/15299732.2020.1760168en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/15299732.2020.1760168
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15299732.2020.1760168
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1794/28627
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis Groupen_US
dc.rightsCreative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0-USen_US
dc.subjectdepressionen_US
dc.subjectpathological dissociationen_US
dc.subjectdissociative disordersen_US
dc.subjecttraumaen_US
dc.subjectmental healthen_US
dc.titleA Preliminary Investigation of Depression in People with Pathological Dissociationen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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Journal of Trauma & Dissociation : Vol. 21, No. 5 (2020)