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    Exposure to violence and PTSD symptoms among Somali women

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    Authors
    de Jong, K
    van der Kam, S
    Swarthout, T
    Ford, N
    Mills, C
    Yun, O
    Kleber, R J
    Affiliation
    Médecins sans Frontières, Doctors without Borders, Amsterdam, Geneva, New York; Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, New Zealand; Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, Utrecht University, and Foundation Arq, Diemen, the Netherlands
    Issue Date
    2011-12-05
    
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    Journal
    Journal of Traumatic Stress
    Abstract
    Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, exposure to traumatic stressors, and health care utilization were examined in 84 women attending a primary health care clinic in Mogadishu, Somalia. The Somalia-Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale was used in this active warzone to measure symptoms. Nearly all women reported high levels of confrontations with violence; half described being exposed to a potentially traumatizing event. Nearly one third had significant PTSD symptoms. Compared to those who did not, women who reported exposure to a traumatic stressor reported more confrontations with violence (7.1 vs. 3.3; p < . 001), health complaints (3.8 vs. 2.9; p = .03), and nearly 3 times as much (p = .03) health service utilization. A potentially traumatizing event was found to be a simplified proxy for assessing mental health distress in women attending a primary health care facility in highly insecure, unpredictable, resource-limited settings.
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    Wiley-Blackwell
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10144/242356
    DOI
    10.1002/jts.20694
    PubMed ID
    22144120
    Additional Links
    http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jts.20694/abstract
    Type
    Article
    Language
    en
    ISSN
    1573-6598
    ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
    10.1002/jts.20694
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