Citation

Radnitz CL, Hsu L, Tirch DD, Willard J, Lillian LB, Walczak S, Festa J, Perez-Strumolo L, Broderick CP, Binks M, Schlein I, Bockian N, Green L, Cytryn A. J. Abnorm. Psychol. 1998; 107(4): 676-680.

Affiliation

School of Psychology, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Bronx, New York, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1998, American Psychological Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9830255

Abstract

The authors assessed effects of paraplegic and quadriplegic spinal cord injuries (SCIs) on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) by comparing severity and prevalence of PTSD in these groups to a sample of controls who experienced traumatic injuries other than SCI. The authors found that veterans with quadriplegia reported significantly less severe current PTSD symptoms than controls who were not significantly different from veterans with paraplegia. These results suggest that sustaining a quadriplegic SCI decreases risk of current PTSD, whereas sustaining a paraplegic SCI is associated with greater risk of PTSD, although the risk is no greater than that incurred from experiencing the trauma itself.

Language: en