PTSD in mental health outpatient settings: highly prevalent and under-recognized
Braz. J. Psychiatry (São Paulo, 1999, Impr.)
; 41(3): 213-217, May-June 2019. tab
Artículo
en Inglés
| LILACS
| ID: biblio-1011498
Biblioteca responsable:
BR1.1
ABSTRACT
Objectives:
To estimate the current prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and the diagnosis rate of this disorder ascertained by psychiatrists in training.Methods:
We interviewed 200 adults under treatment in a university mental health outpatient clinic. The PTSD diagnoses obtained using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV (SCID-IV) were compared with the patients' medical records.Results:
Forty-one patients (20.5%) were diagnosed with current PTSD, but only one of them (2.4%) had previously received this diagnosis. This study confirms that although PTSD is highly prevalent among mental health outpatients, it is remarkably underdiagnosed in teaching hospitals.Conclusions:
These findings suggest that psychiatrists in training may be failing to investigate traumatic events and their consequences and strongly indicate that trauma-related issues should be given more prominence in psychiatry curricula and psychiatrist training.
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Colección:
Bases de datos internacionales
Base de datos:
LILACS
Asunto principal:
Psiquiatría
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Trastornos por Estrés Postraumático
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio de prevalencia
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Investigación cualitativa
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Factores de riesgo
Límite:
Adulto
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Anciano
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Femenino
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Humanos
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Masculino
País/Región como asunto:
America del Sur
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Brasil
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Braz. J. Psychiatry (São Paulo, 1999, Impr.)
Asunto de la revista:
Psiquiatria
Año:
2019
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
País de afiliación:
Brasil
Institución/País de afiliación:
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz)/BR
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Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio)/BR
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Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)/BR