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Social maladjustment indicators in PTSD patients' families of origin
Author(s) -
Watson Charles G.,
Anderson Patricia E. D.,
Gearhart Lee P.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-4679(199601)52:1<21::aid-jclp3>3.0.co;2-z
Subject(s) - psychosocial , psychology , institutionalisation , psychiatry , social environment , clinical psychology , political science , law
We compared the frequencies with which PTSD patients, psychiatric controls, and hospital employee controls reported that their fathers, mothers, and oldest siblings of each sex had been incarcerated or had received psychiatric/psychological treatment. We also compared estimates of the number of psychiatric hospitalizations, incarcerations, courses of outpatient treatment, treatment sessions, and days of institutionalization undergone by the relatives. Only a chance number of significant differences appeared, which suggests that general psychosocial maladjustment in one's family of origin does not appear to increase trauma survivors' risk for PTSD. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.