APS
29th APS Annual Convention · 2017
Causal Associations Among PTSD and Depression Symptoms: Avoidance and Sleep Disturbance Are "Central"
- Samantha Bernecker
University of Massachusetts Amherst - Julie Schumacher
University of Mississippi Medical Center - Scott Coffey
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Abstract
The network conceptualization of psychopathology posits that symptoms cluster in disorders because they cause each other. Using multilevel modeling to investigate temporal associations among depression and PTSD symptoms, we found evidence that sleep disturbance and avoidance cause other symptoms. Treatments targeting avoidance and insomnia may efficiently treat both disorders.
Psychopathology
