Posttraumatic stress disorder among homeless men and women.

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Tytuł:: Posttraumatic stress disorder among homeless men and women.
Autorzy:: North CS; Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110.
Smith EM
Źródło:: Hospital & community psychiatry [Hosp Community Psychiatry] 1992 Oct; Vol. 43 (10), pp. 1010-6.
Typ publikacji:: Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
Język:: English
Imprint Name(s):: Original Publication: [Washington] American Psychiatric Assn.
MeSH Terms:: Ill-Housed Persons/*psychology
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic/*psychology
Adolescent ; Adult ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Mental Disorders/diagnosis ; Mental Disorders/psychology ; Mental Disorders/rehabilitation ; Middle Aged ; Missouri/epidemiology ; Personality Assessment ; Personality Development ; Rape/psychology ; Risk Factors ; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic/diagnosis ; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic/rehabilitation ; Violence
Grant Information:: AA07549 United States AA NIAAA NIH HHS
Entry Date(s):: Date Created: 19921001 Date Completed: 19921123 Latest Revision: 20221207
Update Code:: 20240104
DOI:: 10.1176/ps.43.10.1010
PMID:: 1398564
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Six hundred homeless men and 300 homeless women in St. Louis were systematically interviewed using the revised Diagnostic Interview Schedule that includes a module for assessment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Most subjects with PTSD had an additional life-time psychiatric diagnosis. No consistent pattern of association was apparent, however, between individual diagnoses and either traumatic events or PTSD. In almost three-fourths of both men and women, the onset of PTSD had preceded the onset of homelessness. Childhood histories of abuse and family fighting were predictive of both traumatic events and PTSD. The results suggest that factors leading to PTSD in the study sample began long before the onset of homelessness and may overlap with factors operative in the genesis of homelessness.

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