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To assess the cross-national epidemiology, lifetime prevalence, persistence, and treatment-seeking patterns of posttraumatic stress disorder across diverse country income levels.

April 7, 2017Psychological MedicineOpen Access

Posttraumatic stress disorder in the World Mental Health Surveys

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To assess the cross-national epidemiology, lifetime prevalence, persistence, and treatment-seeking patterns of posttraumatic stress disorder across diverse country income levels.
Analyzed data from 26 World Health Organization World Mental Health population surveys involving N=71,083 respondents aged 18 years and older.
Assessed trauma exposure, 30-day, 12-month, and lifetime PTSD, along with past-year treatment using the Composite International Diagnostic Interview.
Cross-national lifetime prevalence of PTSD was 3.9% in the total sample and 5.6% among trauma-exposed individuals, with 50% of all cases exhibiting persistent symptoms.
Past-year treatment seeking was 53.5% in high-income countries, compared to 28.7% in upper-middle income and 22.8% in low-to-lower-middle income countries.
Trauma-exposed respondents facing social disadvantage—including female sex, younger age, unemployment, lower educational attainment, and low household income—showed elevated lifetime PTSD risk.

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Cross-national survey reveals high persistence and severe treatment disparities for posttraumatic stress disorder across diverse populations, highlighting critical global mental health inequities.

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Koenen et al. (2017) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a6fc3f126770c2b8de02850 https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033291717000708

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Cross-national survey reveals high persistence and severe treatment disparities for posttraumatic stress disorder across diverse populations, highlighting critical global mental health inequities.

Posttraumatic stress disorder in the World Mental Health Surveys

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