Prevalence and predictors of postdisaster major depression: Convergence of evidence from 11 disaster studies using consistent methods.

ABSTRACT: The objective of this study was to examine predictors of postdisaster major depression in two separate datasets of survivors of various disasters. Postdisaster major depression was examined in two disaster databases using consistent research methodology, permitting combination of databases into a combined dataset including 1181 survivors of 11 disasters representing all major disaster typologies with full diagnostic assessment using structured diagnostic interviews from two databases. The first database includes 808 directly-exposed survivors of 10 disasters. The second includes 373 survivors of the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York City's World Trade Center, recruited from employees of eight organizations affected by the disaster. This rich dataset permitted comparison of predictors

SUBMITTER: North CS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6005742 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature