Associations between lifetime traumatic events and subsequent chronic physical conditions: a cross-national, cross-sectional study.

Associations between lifetime traumatic events and subsequent chronic physical conditions: a cross-national, cross-sectional study.

Associations between lifetime traumatic event (LTE) exposures and subsequent physical ill-health are well established but it has remained unclear whether these are explained by PTSD or other mental disorders. This study examined this question and investigated whether associations varied by type and...

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Main Authors: Kate M Scott, Karestan C Koenen, Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, Jordi Alonso, Matthias C Angermeyer, Corina Benjet, Ronny Bruffaerts, Jose Miguel Caldas-de-Almeida, Giovanni de Girolamo, Silvia Florescu, Noboru Iwata, Daphna Levinson, Carmen C W Lim, Sam Murphy, Johan Ormel, Jose Posada-Villa, Ronald C Kessler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3864645?pdf=render

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