relation: https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/25988/ title: Postpsychotic posttraumatic stress disorder associations with fear of recurrence and intolerance of uncertainty creator: White, R.G. creator: Gumley, A.I. subject: R Medicine (General) description: Experiencing psychosis can be sufficiently distressing to precipitate symptoms of postpsychotic posttraumatic stress disorder (PP-PTSD). The current research sought to investigate potential associations that PP-PTSD had with the Fear of Recurrence Scale and the Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale. Twenty-seven individuals diagnosed with DSM-IV Schizophrenia and adjudged to be distressed by their experience of psychosis were recruited by referral to the study. The Clinician Administered PTSD Scale was used to assess participants for PP-PTSD. Clinical rating scales (PANSS, HADS, and IES-R) and measures assessing appraisals of paranoia and hallucinatory voices (BAPS and IVI) were also employed. The prevalence rate of PP-PTSD in the sample was 37%. PP-PTSD caseness was associated with being fearful about psychosis recurring, being intolerant of uncertainty, and making negative appraisals of paranoia. Logistical regression analyses indicated that fear of recurrence was a significant predictor of PP-PTSD caseness. The implications of these results for understanding how fear and worry processes might influence emotional adaptation following psychosis are discussed. date: 2009-11 type: Articles type: PeerReviewed identifier: White, R.G. and Gumley, A.I. (2009) Postpsychotic posttraumatic stress disorder associations with fear of recurrence and intolerance of uncertainty. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease , 197(11), pp. 841-849. (doi: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e3181bea625 ) relation: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e3181bea625 identifier: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e3181bea625