@article{ref1,
title="Prevalence of PTSD in a community sample of older adolescents",
journal="Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry",
year="1998",
author="Cuffe, S. P. and Addy, Cheryl L. and Garrison, Carol Z. and Waller, Jennifer L. and Jackson, K. L. and McKeown, R. E. and Chilappagari, S.",
volume="37",
number="2",
pages="147-154",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To examine prevalence and correlates of trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and diagnosis in older adolescents aged 16 through 22 years. METHOD: The second cycle of a longitudinal epidemiological study in the Southeast included a semistructured interview assessing PTSD symptomatology administered to 490 adolescents. RESULTS: Approximately 3% of female subjects and 1% of male subjects satisfied the DSM-IV criteria for PTSD. Females reported more traumatic events than males, and black subjects reported more events than white subjects. Being female (odds ratio = 12.32), experiencing rape or child sexual abuse (odds ratio = 49.37), and witnessing an accident or medical emergency (odds ratio = 85.02) were associated with increased risk of PTSD. CONCLUSIONS: While relatively few adolescents satisfy the criteria for PTSD, most subjects who experienced a traumatic event reported some PTSD symptoms. Specific types of traumatic events were associated with occurrence of PTSD.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0890-8567",
doi="10.1097/00004583-199802000-00006",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00004583-199802000-00006"
}