Expert assessment of psychological trauma
Content
Introduction………………………………………………………………………………………………..7
FIRST CHAPTER. BASIC CONCEPTS IN THE ASSESSMENT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA……………………………………9
1. Analysis of the problem………………………………………………………………9
2. Psychology of trauma and PTSD……………………………………..19
3. Post-traumatic stress disorder in the classifications "International Classification of Diseases" and "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual" …………………………………………………………………………..23
PTSD and DSM-V………….32
4. Resistance to stress (resilience) and neuropsychological resistance ………………………………………..42
Neuropsychological resistance (NPU) …………………………….39
SECOND CHAPTER. PSYCHODIAGNOSTICS OF TRAUMA AND PTSD Expert evaluation of psychological trauma………………………………………………………….43
1. Structure of forensic psychiatric and forensic psychological expertise………………………………45
Personal sphere of emotional competence………….48
Personal sphere of social competence ……………….50
2. Research methods……………………………………………………..51
3. Psychological test study of PTSD in forensic psychology……………………………………………………..53
3.1. Screening methods for the assessment of cognition………………53
4. Specialized neuropsychological research…………….59
4.1. Tests for attention, concentration and information processing speed ……………………………….59
4.2. Tests for psychomotor functioning and visual-spatial processes……………………………60
4.3. Learning and memory tests ………………………………..61
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4.4. Tests for the study of intelligence…………………………….62
4.5. Research on emotional experiences……………65
Depressive Scales……………………………………………………….70
4.6. Study of individual-psychological features………………………………………………………………77
4.7. Questionnaires on coping strategies ……………………………..82
4.8. Psychological assessment of suicide…………………………….88
4.9. Psychological test study with PTSD questionnaires…………………………………………………………………….92
4.10. Projective methods used in the evaluation of psychological trauma ……………………………………..101
CHAPTER THREE. TRAUMA RESEARCH – DATA FROM OWN RESEARCH………………………….125
1. Reliability analysis of the Trauma Symptom Checklist-40……………………………………..125
Basic concepts related to reliability and validity……………………………………………………………….125
2. Validity analysis of the Trauma Symptom Checklist-40……………………………………..127
3. Methodology of the research……………………………………….132
Reliability of the subscales for the whole sample…………………135
Descriptive statistics…………………………………………..148
Factor analysis………………………………………………………………..149
Initial pattern matrix from SPSS………………………….151
Pattern matrix from SPSS with four factors…………………….154
Validity………………………………………………………………………….156
4. Analysis of the received data…………………………………………160
Demographic analyzes……………………………………………………160
CHAPTER FOUR. COMORBIDITY OF POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER AND OTHER MENTAL ILLNESSES…………………………..166
1. Post-traumatic stress disorder and avoidant personality disorder…………………………..1675
