Philip Hyland|Ruth Ceannt|F. Daccache|Rawan Daher|Jihan Sleiman|Brynne Gilmore|Sue Byrne|Mark Shevlin|Jamie Murphy|Frédérique Vallières
Are posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and complex-PTSD distinguishable within a treatment-seeking sample of Syrian refugees living in Lebanon?
Trinity College Dublin|National College of Ireland|Trinity College Dublin|Trinity College Dublin|Trinity College Dublin|University of Ulster|Trinity College Dublin|Trinity College Dublin
background world health organization publish 11 th revision international classification diseases icd11 2018 icd11 include refined model posttraumatic stress disorder ptsd new diagnosis complex ptsd cptsd whereas emerging data supports validity proposals discriminant validity ptsd cptsd yet tested amongst sample refugees methods treatmentseeking syrian refugees n 110 living lebanon completed arabic version international trauma questionnaire measure specifically designed capture symptom content icd11 ptsd cptsd results total 626 sample met diagnostic criteria ptsd cptsd refugees met criteria cptsd 361 ptsd 252 gender differences observed latent class analysis results identified three distinct groups 1 ptsd class 2 cptsd class 3 low symptom class class membership significantly predicted levels functional impairment conclusion support discriminant validity icd11 ptsd cptsd observed first time within sample refugees support crosscultural validity icd11 proposals prevalence ptsd cptsd similar observed culturally distinct contexts