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Exposure to Traumatic Events and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in France: Results From the WMH Survey.
Exposure to Traumatic Events and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in France: Results From the WMH Survey.
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Journal of traumatic stress [J Trauma Stress] 2015 Aug; Vol. 28 (4), pp. 275-82. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Jul 14. - Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- This study examined the prevalence of traumatic events and the conditional probability of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) associated with both specific and broad classes of events in a nationally representative sample from France. The sample (N = 1,436) was a part of the European Study of the Epidemiology of Mental Disorders Survey (ESEMeD), under the WHO World Mental Health Surveys-2000 initiative. Overall, exposure to any traumatic event was 72.7%, which appeared to be lower than what has been reported in Sweden (80.8%), similar to data from the Netherlands (71.1%), and higher than what has been reported in Spain (54.0%), Italy (56.1%), Northern Ireland (60.6%) or the U.S (55.9%). Lifetime prevalence of PTSD was 3.9%, lower than in the United States (7.8%), Sweden (5.6%), or Northern Ireland (8.8%), but higher than in Spain (2.2%) or Italy (2.4%). Being beaten up by a romantic partner (25.0%), having a child with serious illness (23.5%), and rape (21.5%) were associated with the highest risk of PTSD. The average duration of PTSD was 5.3 years (0.2-28.1). The burden of PTSD in France appeared to come from the consequences of violence and social network events suggesting that prevention efforts might focus on limiting the occurrence of exposure to avoidable events such as violence as well as provide support for persons exposed to social network events.<br /> (Copyright © 2015 International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies.)
- Subjects :
- Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Europe epidemiology
Female
France epidemiology
Humans
Interviews as Topic
Male
Middle Aged
Prevalence
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic etiology
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic psychology
Time Factors
United States epidemiology
Young Adult
Cost of Illness
Critical Illness psychology
Rape psychology
Spouse Abuse psychology
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic epidemiology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1573-6598
- Volume :
- 28
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Journal of traumatic stress
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 26179388
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.22020