@article{ref1,
title="Ataque de nervios and history of childhood trauma",
journal="Journal of Traumatic Stress",
year="2000",
author="Schechter, D. S. and Marshall, R. and Salmán, E. and Goetz, D. and Davies, S. and Liebowitz, M. R.",
volume="13",
number="3",
pages="529-534",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: Ataque de nervios is a common, self-labeled Hispanic folk diagnosis. It typically describes episodic, dramatic outbursts of negative emotion in response to a stressor, sometimes involving destructive behavior. Dissociation and affective dysregulation during such episodes suggested a link to childhood trauma. We therefore assessed psychiatric diagnoses, history of ataque, and childhood trauma in treatment-seeking Hispanic outpatients (N = 70). Significantly more subjects with an anxiety or affective disorder plus ataque reported a history of physical abuse, sexual abuse, and/or or a substance-abusing caretaker than those with psychiatric disorder but no ataque. In some Hispanic individuals, ataque may represent a culturally sanctioned expression of extreme affect dysregulation associated with childhood trauma. Patients with ataque de nervios should receive a thorough traumatic history assessment.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0894-9867",
doi="10.1023/A:1007797611148",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1007797611148"
}