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Application of the paediatric medical traumatic stress model to the mental health experience of young people living with type 1 diabetes: a qualitative study

Despite the various traumatic events that a young person living with type 1 diabetes (T1D) may experience, little is known about the burden and manifestation of traumatic stress in this population. Though mental health outcomes have been explored generally, medical trauma-sensitive approaches to understanding these experiences remain limited. We utilised a qualitative descriptive approach to explore the impact of T1D on young people’s mental health through the paediatric medical traumatic stress model.

Citation:
Paciente R, Coombs S, Lombardi K, Milroy H, Bebbington K, Roby H, Taplin CE, Wickens N, Rose S, Woolard A. Application of the paediatric medical traumatic stress model to the mental health experience of young people living with type 1 diabetes: a qualitative study. BMC Psychiatry. 2026;26(1).

Keywords:
Type 1 diabetes; mental health

Abstract:
Despite the various traumatic events that a young person living with type 1 diabetes (T1D) may experience, little is known about the burden and manifestation of traumatic stress in this population. Though mental health outcomes have been explored generally, medical trauma-sensitive approaches to understanding these experiences remain limited. We utilised a qualitative descriptive approach to explore the impact of T1D on young people’s mental health through the paediatric medical traumatic stress model.