Somatoform Dissociation and Symptoms of Traumatic Stress in Adolescents

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Authors

KUKLA Lubomír SÉLEŠOVÁ Petra OKRAJEK Petr ŤULÁK Jan

Year of publication 2010
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Activitas Nervosa Superior
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Medicine

Citation
Field Paediatry
Keywords adolescents; dissociation; somatoform dissociation; stress
Description Dissociation is traditionally attributed to trauma and other psychological stressors. To which extent symptoms of somatoform dissociation are related to symptoms of traumatic stress or are these symptoms predominantly attributed to various somatic factors? With this aim we have assessed the relationship between somatoform dissociation and symptoms of traumatic stress in a group of 75 healthy adolescents. Main result of this study indicates statistically significant relationship between somatoform dissociative symptoms and psychosocial stressors measured by symptoms of traumatic stress. Results of this study also show that the symptoms of somatoform dissociation may occur continuously in population and that only in high level of their experience they cause psychopathological states. In this context, result of this study suggests that also mild levels of stress influence somatic feelings that may lead to symptoms that may occur also as a consequence of various somatic factors.
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