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dc.contributor.authorSyed Sheriff, Rebecca
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-07T13:22:24Z
dc.date.available2019-05-07T13:22:24Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.citationSyed Sheriff, R., Van Hooff, M., Malhi, G., Grace, B. & McFarlane, A. (2019). Childhood trauma and the impact of deployment on the development of mental disorder in military males. Psychological Medicine, 50 (5), 818-826.en
dc.identifier.other10.1017/S0033291719000655
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12904/12038
dc.description.abstractBackgroundChildhood adversity is associated with mental disorder following military deployment. However, it is unclear how different childhood trauma profiles relate to developing a post-deployment disorder. We investigated childhood trauma prospectively in determining new post-deployment probable disorder.MethodsIn total, 1009 Regular male ADF personnel from the Australian Defence Force (ADF) Middle East Area of Operations (MEAO) Prospective Study provided pre- and post-deployment self-report data. Logistic regression and generalised structural equation modelling were utilised to examine associations between childhood trauma and new post-deployment probable disorder and possible mediator pathways through pre-deployment symptoms.ResultsThere were low rates of pre-deployment probable disorder. New post-deployment probable disorder was associated with childhood trauma, index deployment factors (combat role and deployment trauma) and pre-deployment symptoms but not with demographic, service or adult factors prior to the index deployment (including trauma, combat or previous deployment). Even after controlling for demographic, service and adult factors prior to the index deployment as well as index deployment trauma, childhood trauma was still a significant determinant of new post-deployment probable disorder. GSEM demonstrated that the association between interpersonal childhood trauma and new post-deployment probable disorder was fully mediated by pre-deployment symptoms. This was not the case for those who experienced childhood trauma that was not interpersonal in nature.ConclusionsTo determine the risk of developing a post-deployment disorder an understanding of the types of childhood trauma encountered is essential, and pre-deployment symptom screening alone is insufficient. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2019.
dc.description.urihttps://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/psychological-medicine/article/childhood-trauma-and-the-impact-of-deployment-on-the-development-of-mental-disorder-in-military-males/6750DF52E4C74E00F221228649C10DD2en
dc.subjectAdult survivors of child adverse eventsen
dc.subjectMental disordersen
dc.subjectChild psychiatryen
dc.titleChildhood trauma and the impact of deployment on the development of mental disorder in military malesen
dc.typeArticleen
html.description.abstractBackgroundChildhood adversity is associated with mental disorder following military deployment. However, it is unclear how different childhood trauma profiles relate to developing a post-deployment disorder. We investigated childhood trauma prospectively in determining new post-deployment probable disorder.MethodsIn total, 1009 Regular male ADF personnel from the Australian Defence Force (ADF) Middle East Area of Operations (MEAO) Prospective Study provided pre- and post-deployment self-report data. Logistic regression and generalised structural equation modelling were utilised to examine associations between childhood trauma and new post-deployment probable disorder and possible mediator pathways through pre-deployment symptoms.ResultsThere were low rates of pre-deployment probable disorder. New post-deployment probable disorder was associated with childhood trauma, index deployment factors (combat role and deployment trauma) and pre-deployment symptoms but not with demographic, service or adult factors prior to the index deployment (including trauma, combat or previous deployment). Even after controlling for demographic, service and adult factors prior to the index deployment as well as index deployment trauma, childhood trauma was still a significant determinant of new post-deployment probable disorder. GSEM demonstrated that the association between interpersonal childhood trauma and new post-deployment probable disorder was fully mediated by pre-deployment symptoms. This was not the case for those who experienced childhood trauma that was not interpersonal in nature.ConclusionsTo determine the risk of developing a post-deployment disorder an understanding of the types of childhood trauma encountered is essential, and pre-deployment symptom screening alone is insufficient. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2019.


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