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To determine whether patterns of diagnostic comorbidity with chronic posttraumatic stress disorder observed in military veterans generalize to civilian disaster survivors.

December 1, 1992The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Chronic Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Diagnostic Comorbidity in a Disaster Sample

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BGBonnie L. GreenGeorgetown University JLJacob D. LindyBrown University MGMary C. GraceHarding University Main Campus

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Observational study reveals high psychiatric comorbidity with chronic PTSD in disaster survivors, suggesting trauma psychopathology patterns generalize beyond military veterans.

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To determine whether patterns of diagnostic comorbidity with chronic posttraumatic stress disorder observed in military veterans generalize to civilian disaster survivors.
Assessed N=193 survivors 14 years after the 1972 Buffalo Creek dam collapse.
Conducted diagnostic evaluations using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III (SCID) to evaluate past and current psychiatric disorders.
Past and present posttraumatic stress disorder occurred in a significant portion of survivors, with major depression being the most frequent and strongly related comorbid diagnosis.
Anxiety disorders occurred frequently, showing diagnostic overlap patterns comparable to combat veterans, though disaster survivors had lower rates of dysthymia, substance use disorders, and antisocial personality disorder.

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Green et al. (1992) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a15459579ff98d0de4e5b91 https://doi.org/10.1097/00005053-199212000-00004

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Observational study reveals high psychiatric comorbidity with chronic PTSD in disaster survivors, suggesting trauma psychopathology patterns generalize beyond military veterans.

Chronic Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Diagnostic Comorbidity in a Disaster Sample

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