Symptom profiles and treatment status of older adults with chronic post-traumatic stress disorder
| Autor: | Nicolas Cimino, Carlen Zhu, Sigal Zilcha-Mano, Marika Chrisanthopolous, Bret R. Rutherford, Rachel Yehuda, Chloe Salzman, Yuval Neria, Steven P. Roose |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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030214 geriatrics
business.industry Traumatic stress Anxiety medicine.disease Health outcomes behavioral disciplines and activities Fight-or-flight response Psychotherapy Stress Disorders Post-Traumatic 03 medical and health sciences Psychiatry and Mental health Treatment status 0302 clinical medicine Pharmacotherapy Symptom profiles mental disorders medicine Dementia Humans Geriatrics and Gerontology Cognitive decline business Clinical psychology Aged |
| Zdroj: | International journal of geriatric psychiatryREFERENCES. 36(8) |
| ISSN: | 1099-1166 |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVE Failure to diagnose and treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may help explain the substantial disability, increased cognitive decline, and adverse health outcomes suffered by older adults with this disorder. To evaluate this possibility, we examined symptom differences among older and younger individuals with PTSD and measured the frequency with which older adults receive standard of care treatment. METHODS Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale for DSM (CAPS) scores were compared between younger and older adults with PTSD. Profiles were calculated for the most dominant CAPS symptom cluster reported by each participant, and the age cutoff best differentiating symptom clusters between individuals was determined. Clinical interview data (older adult sample only) were evaluated by trained raters to determine rates at which PTSD participants accessed treatment. RESULTS Among 108 individuals with PTSD, 69% of participants |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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