PTSD Women Veterans’ Prevalence of PTSD Care

Treatment of Women Veterans with PTSD

Estimating PTSD prevalence in US veterans: considering combat exposure, PTSD checklist cutpoints, and DSM-5.

Despite the outstanding methodology, this study will no doubt generate questions and debate, like most veteran studies, concerning sample representativeness and interpretation in the context of other research related to the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, PCL validity, or diagnostic changes between DSM-IV and DSM-5. Questions concerning representativeness stem from the observation that veterans acco...

Sensitivity and specificity of the PTSD checklist in detecting PTSD in female veterans in primary care.

PTSD affects a substantial number of women in medical settings and is associated with significant distress and impairment. There are effective methods of treating trauma-related distress, but a minority seek such care. Thus, primary care is an important setting in which to identify individuals with PTSD. We sent questionnaires, including the PTSD Checklist--Civilian Version (PCL-C), to 419 fema...

Behavioral inhibition and PTSD symptoms in veterans.

Behavioral inhibition (BI), a temperamental bias to respond to novel stimuli with avoidance behaviors, is a risk factor for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). It is unclear whether BI accounts for additional variance in PTSD symptom severity beyond that accounted for by general anxiety. Here, 109 veterans (mean age 50.4 years, 9.2% female) provided self-assessment of PTSD symptoms, state and...

Latino Veterans with PTSD: A Systematic Review

Latinos have a long history of military service with recent service including combat conditions and multiple deployments, which are highly associated with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Clinical acumen underscores the importance of culture in assessment and treatment, but there has been little scientific literature that investigates the unique needs of veteran Latinos with PTSD. The prim...