Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in a Community Sample of Former Prisoners of War: A Normative Response to Severe Trauma
David Baldwin's Trauma Information, Articles:
Engdahl, Dikel, Eberly & Blank (1997)
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in a Community Sample of Former Prisoners of War: A Normative Response to Severe Trauma
Originally published in the American Journal of Psychiatry, 1997, 154(11), 1576-1581.
Brian Engdahl and colleagues interviewed a community sample of former prisoners-of-war (N = 262; WWII & Korea) living in the midwestern United States, comparing the incidence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with other DSM Axis I disorders often found among trauma survivors. The most severely traumatized POW's had lifetime rates of 84% and current rates of 58% for PTSD; most of those with current PTSD were free from other Axis I disorders. Less than 10% of this sample was free of all PTSD symptoms. The authors conclude that PTSD is a normative and persistent consequence of exposure to severe trauma. "
Engdahl, Dikel, Eberly & Blank (1997)
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in a Community Sample of Former Prisoners of War: A Normative Response to Severe Trauma
Originally published in the American Journal of Psychiatry, 1997, 154(11), 1576-1581.
Brian Engdahl and colleagues interviewed a community sample of former prisoners-of-war (N = 262; WWII & Korea) living in the midwestern United States, comparing the incidence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with other DSM Axis I disorders often found among trauma survivors. The most severely traumatized POW's had lifetime rates of 84% and current rates of 58% for PTSD; most of those with current PTSD were free from other Axis I disorders. Less than 10% of this sample was free of all PTSD symptoms. The authors conclude that PTSD is a normative and persistent consequence of exposure to severe trauma. "
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