TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1998//
TI  - Prevalence of PTSD in a community sample of older adolescents
JO  - Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
A1  - Cuffe, S. P.
A1  - Addy, Cheryl L.
A1  - Garrison, Carol Z.
A1  - Waller, Jennifer L.
A1  - Jackson, K. L.
A1  - McKeown, R. E.
A1  - Chilappagari, S.
SP  - 147
EP  - 154
VL  - 37
IS  - 2
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0890-8567
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00004583-199802000-00006
ID  - ref1
ER  -