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Citation |
McFarlane AC, Bookless C, Air TM. J. Trauma. Stress 2001; 14(4): 633-645. |
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Copyright |
(Copyright © 2001, International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Publisher John Wiley and Sons) |
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Abstract |
This study examined the incidence of traumatic experiences and prevalence of lifetime posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in a sample of 141 general hospital psychiatric inpatients. Sixty-one percent of the patients reported at least one traumatic event during their lifetime and 28% met the formal DSM-III-R criteria for a lifetime diagnosis of PTSD. A high degree of comorbidity between PTSD and other psychiatric disorders was found, but PTSD was the incident disorder in at least 50% of cases. The experience of trauma and its associated complex patterns of symptomatology suggest that PTSD complicates the process of recovery from another disorder. |