TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2001//
TI  - Posttraumatic stress disorder in a general psychiatric inpatient population
JO  - Journal of Traumatic Stress
A1  - McFarlane, Alexander C.
A1  - Bookless, Clara
A1  - Air, Tracy M.
SP  - 633
EP  - 645
VL  - 14
IS  - 4
N2  - 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 /> 
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SN  - 0894-9867
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1013077702520
ID  - ref1
ER  -