Childhood adversities and post-traumatic stress disorder: Evidence for stress sensitisation in the World Mental Health Surveys

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 211, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 280-288

  McLaughlin, Katie A ^a   Koenen, Karestan C ^b   Bromet, Evelyn J ^c   Karam, Elie G ^d,e,f   Liu, Howard ^g   Petukhova, Maria ^g   Ruscio, Ayelet Meron ^h   Sampson, Nancy A ^g   Stein, Dan J ⁱ   Aguilar Gaxiola, Sergio ^j   Alonso, Jordi ^k,l   Borges, Guilherme ^m   Demyttenaere, Koen ⁿ   Dinolova, Rumyana V ^o   Ferry, Finola ^p   Florescu, Silvia ^q   De Girolamo, Giovanni ^r   Gureje, Oye ^s   Kawakami, Norito ^t   Lee, Sing ^u   Navarro Mateu, Fernando ^l,v   Piazza, Marina ^w   Pennell, Beth Ellen ^x   Posada Villa, Jose ^y   Ten Have, Margreet ^z   Viana, Maria Carmen ^aa   Kessler, Ronald C ^f   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BALAMAND   (Lebanon)

^e SAINT GEORGE HOSPITAL UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Lebanon)

^f Institute for Development Research Advocacy and Applied Care Beirut   (Lebanon)

^g HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^l CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^m INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PSIQUIATRÍA RAMÓN DE LA FUENTE MUÑIZ   (Mexico)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^o National Center of Public Health Protection Bulgaria   (Bulgaria)

^p UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^q NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Romania)

^r IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

^s UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^t UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^u CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^v Servicio Murciano de Salud   (Spain)

^w NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^x UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^y Colombia   (Colombia)

^z NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

^aa FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD ABUSE; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIVORCE; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FAMILY VIOLENCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALADJUSTMENT; MENTAL DISEASE; PARENTAL DEATH; PHYSICAL ABUSE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; REVIEW; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; AGE; CHILD ABUSE SURVIVOR; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; CHILDHOOD TRAUMA SURVIVOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; GLOBAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOTRAUMA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ADVERSE EVENTS; AGE FACTORS; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 85033580988     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.116.197640     Document Type: Review

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