PTSD in mental health outpatient settings: highly prevalent and under-recognized

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 us...

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Main Authors: Herika C. da Silva, Maísa M. Furtado da Rosa, William Berger, Mariana P. Luz, Mauro Mendlowicz, Evandro S.F. Coutinho, Carla M. Portella, Pamela I.S. Marques, Daniel C. Mograbi, Ivan Figueira, Paula Ventura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP) 2018-10-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462018005007105&lng=en&tlng=en