CUMULATIVE TRAUMAS AND RISK THRESHOLDS: 12-MONTH PTSD IN THE WORLD MENTAL HEALTH (WMH) SURVEYS

2013439 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Elie G. Karam · St George's Hospital

Matthew J. Friedman · National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Eric Hill · Harvard University

Ronald C. Kessler · Harvard University

Katie A. McLaughlin · Boston Children's Hospital

Maria Petukhova · Harvard University

Laura Sampson

Abstract

A risk threshold was observed in this large-scale cross-national database wherein cases who associated their PTSD with four or more TEs presented a more "complex" clinical picture with substantially greater functional impairment and greater morbidity than other cases of PTSD. PTSD cases associated with four or more TEs may merit specific and targeted intervention strategies.

Topics & Keywords

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research Migration, Health and Trauma Child Abuse and Trauma

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Depression and Anxiety

Volume 31, Issue 2, pp. 130-142

DOI: 10.1002/da.22169

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