Gender and Age Differences in Trauma and PTSD Among Dutch Treatment-Seeking Police Officers
| Autor: | Susanne van Buschbach, Christianne A. I. van der Meer, Annika S. Smit, Gré J. Westerveld, Miranda Olff, Melissa den Dekker, Renée C. Hutter, Berthold P. R. Gersons, Anne Bakker |
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| Přispěvatelé: | APH - Mental Health, APH - Global Health, ANS - Mood, Anxiety, Psychosis, Stress & Sleep, Adult Psychiatry, Other departments |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male 050103 clinical psychology medicine.medical_specialty Early detection behavioral disciplines and activities Life Change Events Stress Disorders Post-Traumatic Age and gender 03 medical and health sciences Sex Factors 0302 clinical medicine Sex factors mental disorders medicine Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Index trauma Psychiatry Netherlands Police psychology Treatment seeking 05 social sciences Age Factors Middle Aged Police 030227 psychiatry Occupational Diseases Psychiatry and Mental health Posttraumatic stress Stress disorders Female Psychology Stress Psychological Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of nervous and mental disease, 205(2), 87-92. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins |
| ISSN: | 0022-3018 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/nmd.0000000000000562 |
| Popis: | Little is known about how age and gender are associated with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and traumatic experiences in treatment-seeking police offers. In this study, we examined 967 diagnostic files of police officers seeking treatment for PTSD. Six hundred twelve (63%) of the referred police officers were diagnosed with PTSD (n = 560) or partial PTSD (n = 52). Police officers reported on average 19.5 different types of traumatic events (range 1-43). Those who experienced a greater variety of traumatic events suffered from more PTSD symptoms. Also, women reported more often direct life-threatening or private events as their index trauma than men and suffered from more PTSD symptoms than their male colleagues. Results indicate that police officers experience a considerable number of different traumatic events, which is significantly associated with PTSD symptoms. The results highlight the importance of early detection of PTSD symptoms in the police force. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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