Local understandings of PTSD and complex PTSD among health professionals working with adolescents in violent neighbourhoods of São Paulo city, Brazil

Local understandings of PTSD and complex PTSD among health professionals working with adolescents in violent neighbourhoods of São Paulo city, Brazil

Background: Adolescents in low-resource urban settings in Brazil are often exposed to high levels of trauma that can result in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). However, preliminary evidence indicates that PTSD tends to be under-reported in Brazilian health services, despite the high prevalence...

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Main Authors: da Silva, R.T (Author), de Almeida, J.F (Author), Devakumar, D. (Author), Kiss, L. (Author), Lewis, G. (Author), Massazza, A. (Author), Peres, M.F.T (Author), Quinlan-Davidson, M. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central Ltd 2022
Subjects:
Adolescents
Article
awareness
Brazil
clinical effectiveness
clinical feature
clinical practice
Community violence
complex posttraumatic stress disorder
controlled study
CPTSD
exposure to violence
female
habituation
health auxiliary
health practitioner
Health professionals
homicide
human
ICD-11
knowledge
male
medical history
mental health
multiple trauma
neighborhood
nurse
occupational therapist
perception
physician
physiotherapist
posttraumatic stress disorder
primary medical care
psychiatric diagnosis
psychologist
PTSD
Sao Paulo (state)
semi structured interview
social worker
violence
work experience
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