Purpose To assess (1) the lifetime prevalence of exposure both to trauma and post-traumatic
stress disorder (PTSD);(2) the risk of PTSD by type of trauma; and (3) the determinants of the …

The specificity of various wartime stressors for different posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
symptoms is inconsistently reported in the literature. Combat, wounding, and peritraumatic …

A diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been conceptualized as being
precipitated by a particularly traumatic stressor (eg, combat exposure, rape, and violent …

Background Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is characterized by heterogeneous
clusters of re-experiencing, avoidance, numbing, and hyperarousal symptoms. However …

Given the ubiquity of traumatic events, it is not surprising that posttraumatic stress disorder
(PTSD)–a common diagnosis following one of these experiences–is characterized as …

Abstract examine the current epidemiologic knowledge concerning% PTSD%, focusing on
the results of investigations conducted since 1980, because these studies largely conform to …

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) results from exposure to a traumatic event that poses
actual or threatened death or injury and produces intense fear, helplessness, or horror. US …

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is assumed to be an equivalent syndrome regardless
of the type of traumatic event that precipitated it. However, the Diagnostic and Statistical …

Exposure of community samples to levels of trauma capable of producing post-traumatic
stress disorder (PTSD) may be in the range of 30% to 40%, whereas PTSD in the community …

Readily defined as symptoms consistent with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), but that
occur earlier than 30 days after experiencing the traumatic event, posttraumatic stress …