Posttraumatic stress disorder in the World Mental Health Surveys

C. Koenen, Karestan; Ratanatharathorn, Andrew; Ng, L.; A. McLaughlin, Katie; J. Bromet, Evelyn; J. Stein, Dan; G. Karam, Elie; Meron Ruscio, Ayelet; Benjet, Corina; M. Scott, Kate; Atwoli, Lukoye; Petukhova, Maria; Lim, Carmen; Aguilar‐Gaxiola, Sergio; Al-Hamzawi, A.; Alonso, Jordi; Bunting, Brendan; Ciutan, Marius; de Girolamo, Giovanni; Degenhardt, Louisa; Gureje, Oye; María Haro, Josep; Huang, Yueqin; Kawakami, Norito; Lee, S.; Navarro‐Mateu, Fernando; Pennell, B.‐E.; Piazza, Marina; A. Sampson, Nancy; ten Have, M.; Torres, Yolanda; Carmen Viana, María; R. Williams, Daniel; Xavier, Miguel; C. Kessler, Ronald

doi:10.1017/s0033291717000708

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Posttraumatic stress disorder in the World Mental Health Surveys

Published in Psychological Medicine • Apr 7, 2017

Authors:

Karestan C. Koenen

Andrew Ratanatharathorn

L. Ng

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Traumatic events are common globally; however, comprehensive population-based cross-national data on the epidemiology of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), the paradigmatic trauma-related mental disorder, are lacking. METHODS: Data were analyzed from 26 population surveys in the World...

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Mental health

Psychiatry

Population

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