Race/ethnic differences in exposure to traumatic events, development of post-traumatic stress disorder, and treatment-seeking for post-traumatic stress disorder in the United States

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 71-83

  Roberts, A L ^a   Gilman, S E ^a   Breslau, J ^b   Breslau, N ^c   Koenen, K C ^a,d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnic groups; post traumatic stress disorder; race; traumatic events; treatment seeking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RACE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650309038     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291710000401     Document Type: Article

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