Association of DSM-IV Posttraumatic Stress Disorder With Traumatic Experience Type and History in the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Previous research has documented significant variation in the prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) depending on the type of traumatic experience (TE) and history of TE exposure, but the relatively small sample sizes in these studies resulted in a number of unresolved basic questions.

Objective

To examine disaggregated associations of type of TE history with PTSD in a large cross-national community epidemiologic data set.

Design, setting, and participants

The World Health Organization World Mental Health surveys assessed 29 TE types (lifetime exposure, age at first exposure) with DSM-IV PTSD that was associated with 1 randomly selected TE exposure (the random TE) for each respondent. Surveys were administered in 20 countries (n = 34 676 respond

SUBMITTER: Liu H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5441566 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature