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Screening for trauma history on an inpatient affective-disorders unit: A pilot study

✍ Scribed by Dr. Rodrigo Escalona; Larry A. Tupler; Carol D. Saur; K. Ranga R. Krishnan; Jonathan R. T. Davidson

Publisher: Springer
Year: 1997
Tongue: English
Weight: 376 KB
Volume: 10
Category: Article
ISSN: 0894-9867
DOI: 10.1002/jts.2490100210

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✦ Synopsis

Psychiatric inpatients (N = 343) admitted to an affective-disorders unit were administered a self-rating Trauma Questionnaire (TQ) to evaluate life histoy of traumatic experiences. Eighty four percent of the sample identified at least one traumatic-event category (M = 2.72 categories/patient). Symptoms consistent with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) were highly prevalent. However; only sir patients received a chart diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disordec Female patients evidenced more PTSD symptoms than males, in contrast to an equal number of event categories identified by the two saes. Age correlated negatively with number of Jymptoms endorsed. Implications for trauma screening in affective-disorder patients are discussed.

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