Boudreaux, Edwin Kilpatrick, Dean G. Resnick, Heidi S. Best, Connie L. Saunders, Benjamin E.
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Journal of Traumatic Stress
This paper provides information on the relation between victimization status, crime factors, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and several other psychological disorders among a community sample of women. Results indicated that victims of crime were more likely than nonvictims to suffer from PTSD, major depressive episode, agoraphobia, obsessive...
Ferrada-Noli, Marcello Asberg, Marie Ormstad, Kari Lundin, Tom Sundbom, Elisabet
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Journal of Traumatic Stress
The study comprises 149 refugees from various countries, reporting exposure to severe traumata, who were referred for psychiatric diagnosis and assessment of suicide risk. The stressors reported comprised both personal experience of and/or forced witnessing of combat atrocities (including explosions or missile impacts in urban areas), imprisonment ...
Riggs, David S. Byrne, Christina A. Weathers, Frank W. Litz, Brett T.
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Journal of Traumatic Stress
This study examined the quality of the intimate relationships of male Vietnam veterans. Heterosexual couples in which the veteran had posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD; n = 26) were compared to couples in which the veteran did not have PTSD (n = 24). Over 70% of the PTSD veterans and their partners reported clinically significant levels of relati...
Hadi, Foaziah A. Llabre, Maria M.
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Journal of Traumatic Stress
This study examined a stratified random sample of 233 Kuwaiti 8- to 12-year-old boys and girls, in order to assess their level of exposure to violence during the Iraqi occupation of Kuwait and its relation to psychological and cognitive performance 1 year after the crisis. Children were assessed on intelligence, posttraumatic stress, and depression...
Ferrada-Noli, Marcello Asberg, Marie Ormstad, Kari
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Journal of Traumatic Stress
The study reports on 65 refugees with diagnoses of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and manifest suicidal behavior (40% had suicide attempts; 29% detailed suicide plan; 31% recurrent suicidal thoughts). Our hypothesis was that the predominant kind of stressful experience in PTSD patients might be reflected in their choice of method when ponderi...
Scheck, Margaret M. Schaeffer, Judith Ann Gillette, Craig
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Journal of Traumatic Stress
To study the efficacy of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) with traumatized young women, 60 women between the ages of 16 and 25 were randomly assigned to two sessions of either EMDR or an active listening (AL) control. Factorial ANOVA interaction effects and simple main effects for outcome measures (Beck Depression Inventory, Sta...
Weaver, Terri L.
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Journal of Traumatic Stress
Carlson, John G. Chemtob, Claude M. Rusnak, Kristin Hedlund, Nancy L. Muraoka, Miles Y.
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Journal of Traumatic Stress
Despite the clinical and social impact of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), there are few controlled studies investigating its treatment. In this investigation, the effectiveness of two psychotherapeutic interventions for PTSD were compared using a randomized controlled outcome group design. Thirty five combat veterans diagnosed with combat-rel...
Swendsen, Joel David Norman, Sloan
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Journal of Traumatic Stress
This prospective investigation applied the Experience Sampling Method to examine the mood and behavioral responses of individuals facing the risk of community violence (in anticipation of the second Rodney King verdicts). Threatened participants experienced more negative affect and were less stable in behavioral involvement than individuals not und...
Weine, Stevan M. Becker, Daniel F. Vojvoda, Dolores Hodzic, Emir Sawyer, Marie Hyman, Leslie Laub, Dori McGlashan, Thomas H.
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Journal of Traumatic Stress
The authors used the SCID-DES (disorders of extreme stress) instrument to assess for personality change in Bosnian survivors of “ethnic cleansing.” Twenty four refugees underwent systematic, trauma-focused, research assessments, including the SCID-DES interview. Overall, this group of Bosnian survivors had been severely traumatized as a result of t...
