Toward understanding sex differences in the prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder: Results from the national epidemiologic survey on alcohol and related conditions

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2018, Pages

  Blanco, Carlos ^a,e   Hoertel, Nicolas ^a,b,c   Wall, Melanie M ^a,d   Franco, Silvia ^a   Peyre, Hugo ^b,c   Neria, Yuval ^a   Helpman, Liat ^a   Limosin, Frédéric ^b,c  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Paris Descartes University   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d Mailman School of Public Health   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DSM-IV; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION; HEALTH SURVEY; LIFE EVENT; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SEX FACTOR; SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85046885426     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.16m11364     Document Type: Article

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