Trauma type, gender, and risk of PTSD in a region within an area of conflict

• Published in: Journal of traumatic stress Vol. 22; no. 6; pp. 663 - 666
• Main Authors: Yasan, Aziz, Saka, Gunay, Ozkan, Mustafa, Ertem, Meliksah
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germantown Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 01-12-2009; Wiley
• Subjects: Adult; Adult and adolescent clinical studies; Anxiety disorders. Neuroses; Biological and medical sciences; Civil Disorders; Combat Disorders - epidemiology; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Humans; Life Change Events; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Personality Assessment - statistics & numerical data; Post-traumatic stress disorder; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychometrics; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Risk Factors; Sex Factors; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - epidemiology; Turkey; Young Adult; Asia; Turkey; Social environment; Human; Anxiety disorder; Mental health; Sex; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Trauma; Stress; Life events; Sociodemographic factor; Conflict; Cross sectional study; Risk factor; Typology; Public health
• ISSN: 0894-9867; 1573-6598
• DOI: 10.1002/jts.20459

The relation between trauma type, gender, and risk of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) still remains unclear. The authors investigated the association among gender and trauma type and risk of PTSD among people living within an area of conflict. Traumatic experiences and PTSD symptoms among 708 participants were assessed. It was determined that more men (53%) were exposed to traumatic events than women (44%). They also found no difference in PTSD prevalence according to gender. However, the authors found that there was a different risk of PTSD among men and women who experienced similar traumatic events: the risk of PTSD for those who experienced military conflict was higher among men than it was among women.