OBJECTIVE: This study assessed the lifetime prevalence of traumatic events among
consumers of a community mental health center by using a brief trauma screening …

Lifetime prevalence of traumatic events and current PTSD was assessed among 142 mental
health consumers with serious mental illness served by a psychosocial rehabilitation day …

Previous data show that trauma is highly prevalent in public sector consumers and is
associated with severe mental illness and high service use costs. Despite this, evidence …

There are few available data on how to accurately screen for and assess posttraumatic
stress disorder (PTSD) among severely mentally ill adults, a group with high rates of …

Abstract Psychiatric inpatients (N= 343) admitted to an affective-disorders unit were
administered a self-rating Trauma Questionnaire (TQ) to evaluate life history of traumatic …

Although the urban poor are at high risk for exposure to trauma, community mental health
clinics rarely diagnose clients with PTSD. Failure to diagnose PTSD may undermine the …

Background. Trauma is a necessary diagnostic criterion for post-traumatic stress disorder
(PTSD). However, the nature of traumas experienced (eg assaultive versus non-assaultive) …

Background The study estimates the relative importance of specific types of traumas
experienced in the community in terms of their prevalence and risk of leading to …

Background The posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) Checklist for DSM‐5 (PCL‐5) is
among few validated measures of PTSD severity in line with the DSM‐5. Validation efforts …

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of the study was to examine strategies for developing effective
interventions for clients who have both serious mental illness and posttraumatic symptoms …