Effets de la violence interpersonnelle : trauma complexe, évolution symptomatologique et implications thérapeutiques

Complex posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms among midlife to older female survivors of intimate partner violence.

“…Early trauma alongside person-level variables influences longer-term mental health difficulties including personality problems; therefore, a more holistic, phenomenologically based framework for assessment of the person is needed (Briere & Spinazzola, 2005). Clinical and therapeutic professionals often lack knowledge of CPTSD presentations across therapeutic practice, which can be problematic in establishing a diagnosis (Hopchet et al, 2017). Many of the characteristics of CPTSD have similar associations with borderline personality disorder (BPD) such as emotional lability, relational instability, impulsivity, unstable sense of self, and behaviors associated with self-harm (Ford & Courtois, 2014).…”