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Title: | Epidemiology of posttraumatic stress disorder: prevalence, correlates and consequences |
Authors: | Lukoye Atwoli Stein Dan J Karestan C McLaughlin Katie A. |
Keywords: | DSM-5 criteria; Epidemiology; Posttraumatic stress disorder |
Issue Date: | 1-Jul-2015 |
Publisher: | ncbi.nlm.nih.gov |
Abstract: | his review discusses recent findings from epidemiological surveys of traumatic events and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) globally, including their prevalence, risk factors, and consequences in the community. number of studies on the epidemiology of PTSD have recently been published from diverse countries, with new methodological innovations introduced. Such work has not only documented the prevalence of PTSD in different settings, but has also shed new light on the PTSD conditional risk associated with specific traumatic events, and on the morbidity and comorbidities associated with these events |
URI: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4452282/ http://ir.mu.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/2517 |
Appears in Collections: | School of Medicine |
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