%0 Journal Article
%T Prevalence of PTSD in a community sample of older adolescents
%J Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
%D 1998
%A Cuffe, S. P.
%A Addy, Cheryl L.
%A Garrison, Carol Z.
%A Waller, Jennifer L.
%A Jackson, K. L.
%A McKeown, R. E.
%A Chilappagari, S.
%V 37
%N 2
%P 147-154
%X 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>
%G en
%I Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
%@ 0890-8567
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00004583-199802000-00006