Posttraumatic stress symptoms among inmates

Description:  
The project was a collaboration between Centre for Research and Education in Forensic Psychiatry (CREP), Haukeland University Hospital, University of Bergen (i.e., Dagfin Winje, Kjersti Arefjord, and phd-candidate Anders Dovran from the of Department of Clinical Psychology, and Anita L. Hansen from the Department of Psychosocial Science/CREFP) and the Norwegian Correctional Services, Region West (Leif Waage).    

Objectives:  
Mental disorders play a significant role in the development of criminal behaviors. The project's overall objective was to investigate if there was a high degree of post-traumatic symptoms in inmates.  

Outcomes:  

• Dovran, Winje, D., Øverland, Simon N., Breivik, K., Arefjord, K., Dalsbø, A. S., Jentoft, M. B., Hansen, A. L. & Waage, L. (2013). Psychometric Properties of the Norwegian Version of the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire Short Form in High Risk Groups. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 54, 286-291 
• Dovran, A., Winje, d., Øverland, S. N., Arefjord, K., Hansen, A.  & Waage, L. 2015.,  Childhood Maltreatment and Adult Mental Health. Nordic Journal of Psychiatry. 70, 140-145 doi: 10.3109/08039488.2015.1062142 

Selected conference presentations:  

• Waage, Leif; Hansen, Anita Lill; Winje, Dagfinn; Dovran, Anders; Arefjord, Kjersti. Childhood trauma, attachment style, psychopathy and underlying biological mechanisms. XIII ESTSS CONFERENCE; 2013-06-05 - 2013-06-09   
• Hansen, Anita Lill; Waage, Leif; Winje, Dagfinn. Attachment styles, psychopathy and underlying biological mechanisms. 12th Annual International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services Conference; 2012-04-22 - 2012-04-24  
• Arefjord, Kjersti; Winje, Dagfinn; Dovran, Anders; Waage, Leif; Hansen, Anita Lill. Stability of childhood trauma questionnaire-scores before and after therapy. XIII ESTSS CONFERENCE; 2013-06-05 - 2013-06-09 
• Dovran, Anders; Winje, Dagfinn; Øverland, Simon; Breivik, Kyrre; Arefjord, Kjersti; Dalsbø, Anita Savita; Jentoft, Mette Borthne; Hansen, Anita Lill; Waage, Leif. Psychometric properties of the Norwegian version of the childhood trauma questionnaire in high-risk groups. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology 2013 ;Volum 54.(4) s. 286-291 
• Hansen, Anita Lill; Waage, Leif; Winje, Dagfinn. Childhood Trauma and Post-traumatic stress symptoms among inmates. 13th Annual International Association of Forensic Mental; 2013-06-19 - 2013-06-21