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Socio-demographic patterns of posttraumatic stress disorder in Medellin, Colombia and the context of lifetime trauma exposure.

Silvia Lucia GaviriaRenato D AlarcónMaria EspinolaDiana RestrepoJuliana LoteroDedsy Y BerbesiGloria Maria SierraRoberto ChaskelZelde EspinelJames M Shultz
Published in: Disaster health (2016)
Colombia, South America is currently transitioning to post-conflict status following 6 decades of armed conflict. The population has experienced extensive exposures to potentially traumatic events throughout the lifespan. Sources of trauma exposure include the prolonged armed insurgency, narco-trafficking violence, urban gang violence, violent actions of criminal bands, intra-familial violence, gender-based violence, and sex trafficking. Exposure to potentially traumatic events is related to a variety of psychiatric outcomes, in particular, posttraumatic stress disorder. Given this context of lifetime trauma exposure, socio-demographic patterns of posttraumatic stress disorder were explored in a sample of residents of Medellin, Colombia, the nation's second largest city and a nexus for multiple types of trauma exposure.
Keyphrases
  • posttraumatic stress disorder
  • mental health
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  • trauma patients
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