@article{ref1,
title="Posttraumatic stress disorder in a general psychiatric inpatient population",
journal="Journal of Traumatic Stress",
year="2001",
author="McFarlane, Alexander C. and Bookless, Clara and Air, Tracy M.",
volume="14",
number="4",
pages="633-645",
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.<p />",
language="",
issn="0894-9867",
doi="10.1023/A:1013077702520",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1013077702520"
}