Open AccessRacial differences in posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms among African American and Caucasian male veterans.
Author(s) -
Jennifer A. Coleman,
Kathleen M. Ingram,
Christina M. Sheerin
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
traumatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.474
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1534-7656
pISSN - 1085-9373
DOI - 10.1037/trm0000201
Subject(s) - hypervigilance , clinical psychology , posttraumatic stress , psychiatry , african american , mental health , psychology , race (biology) , cluster (spacecraft) , medicine , anxiety , ethnology , botany , biology , computer science , history , programming language
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is one of the most prevalent mental health diagnoses for veterans. Previous research as well as the minority stress model and transgenerational trauma theories, suggest that race may be associated with PTSD, particularly in veterans. The current study examined whether there were racial differences in symptomology in a sample of combat veterans with PTSD (global and symptom cluster-specific).