TY - JOUR
T1 - The psychiatric sequelae of civilian trauma
AU - Brown, E. Sherwood
AU - Fulton, Mark K.
AU - Wilkeson, Adela
AU - Petty, Frederick
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - Much of the literature on the psychiatric consequences of stress has focused on wartime combat trauma. However, traumatic events also frequently occur in civilian life. Controlled studies on the psychiatric effects of noncombat trauma were reviewed and a meta-analysis of these data was conducted. Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), substance abuse, phobia, and major depressive disorder (MDD) were significantly elevated compared with a pooled control group, whereas panic disorder and dysthymic disorder were not significantly increased. These data suggest that the psychiatric effects of civilian trauma include both anxiety and depressive disorders. The results are strikingly similar to those reported in combat veterans, suggesting that severe trauma, even in very different populations, may be associated with similar psychopathology.
AB - Much of the literature on the psychiatric consequences of stress has focused on wartime combat trauma. However, traumatic events also frequently occur in civilian life. Controlled studies on the psychiatric effects of noncombat trauma were reviewed and a meta-analysis of these data was conducted. Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), substance abuse, phobia, and major depressive disorder (MDD) were significantly elevated compared with a pooled control group, whereas panic disorder and dysthymic disorder were not significantly increased. These data suggest that the psychiatric effects of civilian trauma include both anxiety and depressive disorders. The results are strikingly similar to those reported in combat veterans, suggesting that severe trauma, even in very different populations, may be associated with similar psychopathology.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0010-440X(00)90126-3
DO - 10.1016/S0010-440X(00)90126-3
M3 - Article
C2 - 10646614
AN - SCOPUS:0033976866
SN - 0010-440X
VL - 41
SP - 19
EP - 23
JO - Comprehensive Psychiatry
JF - Comprehensive Psychiatry
IS - 1
ER -