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Main traumatic events in Europe: PTSD in the European study of the epidemiology of mental disorders survey
Author(s) -
DarvesBornoz JeanMichel,
Alonso Jordi,
de Girolamo Giovanni,
Graaf Ron de,
Haro JosepMaria,
KovessMasfety Viviane,
Lepine JeanPierre,
Nachbaur Gaëlle,
NegrePages Laurence,
Vilagut Gemma,
Gasquet Isabelle
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of traumatic stress
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.259
H-Index - 134
eISSN - 1573-6598
pISSN - 0894-9867
DOI - 10.1002/jts.20357
Subject(s) - psychiatry , epidemiology , posttraumatic stress , psychology , mental health , cross sectional study , medicine , clinical psychology , pathology
A potentially traumatic event (PTE) contributes to trauma through its frequency, conditional probability of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and experience of other PTEs. A cross‐sectional survey was conducted, enrolling 21,425 adults nationally representative of six European countries. Using the WHO‐Composite International Diagnostic Interview, 8,797 were interviewed on 28 PTEs and PTSD. Prevalence of 12‐month PTSD was 1.1%. When PTSD was present, the mean number of PTEs experienced was 3.2. In a multivariate analysis on PTEs and gender, six PTEs were found to be more traumatic, and to explain a large percentage of PTSD, as estimated by their attributable risk of PTSD: rape, undisclosed private event, having a child with serious illness, beaten by partner, stalked, beaten by caregiver.