Childhood adversities and post-traumatic stress disorder: evidence for stress sensitisation in the World Mental Health Surveys

Although childhood adversities are known to predict increased risk of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after traumatic experiences, it is unclear whether this association varies by childhood adversity or traumatic experience types or by age. To examine variation in associations of childhood adv...

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Published in:	British journal of psychiatry Vol. 211; no. 5; pp. 280 - 288
Main Authors:	McLaughlin, Katie A., Koenen, Karestan C., Bromet, Evelyn J., Karam, Elie G., Liu, Howard, Petukhova, Maria, Ruscio, Ayelet Meron, Sampson, Nancy A., Stein, Dan J., Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio, Alonso, Jordi, Borges, Guilherme, Demyttenaere, Koen, Dinolova, Rumyana V., Ferry, Finola, Florescu, Silvia, de Girolamo, Giovanni, Gureje, Oye, Kawakami, Norito, Lee, Sing, Navarro-Mateu, Fernando, Piazza, Marina, Pennell, Beth-Ellen, Posada-Villa, José, ten Have, Margreet, Viana, Maria Carmen, Kessler, Ronald C.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.11.2017 Royal College of Psychiatrists
Subjects:	Abuse Adolescents Adult Survivors of Child Abuse - statistics & numerical data Adult Survivors of Child Adverse Events - statistics & numerical data Adults Adverse childhood experiences Adversity Age Factors Anxiety Associations Child abuse & neglect Child of Impaired Parents - statistics & numerical data Child sexual abuse Childhood Children Columns Epidemiology Global Health - statistics & numerical data Health surveys Health Surveys - statistics & numerical data Humans Infants Life course Life events Mental depression Mental disorders Mental health Mental Health - statistics & numerical data Polls & surveys Post traumatic stress disorder Psychiatry Psychological Trauma - epidemiology Psychopathology Royalties Salut mental Sexual abuse Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - epidemiology Trastorn per estrès posttraumàtic Trauma Traumatic life events Victimization Violence Vulnerability Colombia France United States > US Japan Spain
ISSN:	0007-1250, 1472-1465, 1472-1465
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