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Depression and Psychological Trauma : An Overview Integrating Current Research and Specific Evidence of Studies in the Treatment of Depression in Public Mental Health Services in Chile
Joint Authors
Salgado, Carolina
Potthoff, Soledad
Cancino, Alfredo
Weil, Kristina
Vitriol, Verónica
Asenjo, Maria Andrea
Source
Depression Research and Treatment
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-10, 10 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-02-17
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
In the last two decades, different research has demonstrated the high prevalence of childhood trauma, including sexual abuse, among depressive women.
These findings are associated with a complex, severe, and chronic psychopathology.
This can be explained considering the neurobiological changes secondary to early trauma that can provoke a neuroendocrine failure to compensate in response to challenge.
It suggests the existence of a distinguishable clinical-neurobiological subtype of depression as a function of childhood trauma that requires specific treatments.
Among women with depression and early trauma receiving treatment in a public mental health service in Chile, it was demonstrated that a brief outpatient intervention (that screened for and focused on childhood trauma and helped patients to understand current psychosocial difficulties as a repetition of past trauma) was effective in reducing psychiatric symptoms and improving interpersonal relationships.
However, in this population, this intervention did not prevent posttraumatic stress disorder secondary to the extreme earthquake that occurred in February 2010.
Therefore in adults with depression and early trauma, it is necessary to evaluate prolonged multimodal treatments that integrate pharmacotherapy, social support, and interpersonal psychotherapies with trauma focused interventions (specific interventions for specific traumas).
American Psychological Association (APA)
Vitriol, Verónica& Cancino, Alfredo& Weil, Kristina& Salgado, Carolina& Asenjo, Maria Andrea& Potthoff, Soledad. 2014. Depression and Psychological Trauma : An Overview Integrating Current Research and Specific Evidence of Studies in the Treatment of Depression in Public Mental Health Services in Chile. Depression Research and Treatment،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-484776
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Vitriol, Verónica…[et al.]. Depression and Psychological Trauma : An Overview Integrating Current Research and Specific Evidence of Studies in the Treatment of Depression in Public Mental Health Services in Chile. Depression Research and Treatment No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-484776
American Medical Association (AMA)
Vitriol, Verónica& Cancino, Alfredo& Weil, Kristina& Salgado, Carolina& Asenjo, Maria Andrea& Potthoff, Soledad. Depression and Psychological Trauma : An Overview Integrating Current Research and Specific Evidence of Studies in the Treatment of Depression in Public Mental Health Services in Chile. Depression Research and Treatment. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-484776
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-484776