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Citation

Warshaw MG, Fierman E, Pratt L, Hunt M, Yonkers KA, Massion AO, Keller MB. Am. J. Psychiatry 1993; 150(10): 1512-1516.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1993, American Psychiatric Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8379556

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this analysis was to examine quality of life and dissociation in anxiety disorder subjects with histories of trauma, some of whom met criteria for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). METHOD: Subjects came from a prospective, longitudinal study of anxiety disorders. Information was gathered on role, social life, suicide attempts, psychiatric hospitalization, alcohol and substance abuse, depression, and dissociation. RESULTS: Subjects with PTSD had the worst functioning on all of the measures examined except social life. Those with histories of trauma but no PTSD differed from subjects who reported no history of trauma, primarily in high rates of alcoholism and minor depression. CONCLUSIONS: PTSD has severe effects on quality of life in virtually all spheres of life. The high levels of depression, suicide attempts or gestures, and alcohol abuse are of particular concern and show that trauma can have long-lasting effects.


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