Trauma and PTSD in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys
Harvard University · UC Davis Health · +39 more institutions
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Abstract
: Trauma exposure is common throughout the world, unequally distributed, and differential across trauma types with respect to PTSD risk. Although a substantial minority of PTSD cases remits within months after onset, mean symptom duration is considerably longer than previously recognized.
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32- RCRonald C. KesslerCorresponding
Harvard University
- SASergio Aguilar‐Gaxiola
UC Davis Health
- JAJordi Alonso
Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Hospital Del Mar, Municipal Institute for Medical Research, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Hospital del Mar Research Institute
- CBCorina Benjet
Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz
- EJEvelyn J. Bromet
Stony Brook University
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- Mental health
- Psychology
- Psychiatry
- Clinical psychology
UN Sustainable Development Goals
- Gender equality
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