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Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

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Acculturation, psychiatric comorbidity and posttraumatic stress disorder in a Taiwanese aboriginal population

verfasst von: Chau-Shoun Lee, MD, Jung-Chen Chang, PhD, Chia-Yih Liu, MD, Ching-Jui Chang, MD, Tony H. H. Chen, PhD, Chien-Hsiun Chen, PhD, Andrew T. A. Cheng, MD, PhD, DSc

Erschienen in: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology | Ausgabe 1/2009

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Abstract

Background

This study investigates acculturation and other antecedent psychiatric and socio-environmental risk factors for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in one aboriginal group (the Bunun) exposed to an earthquake disaster in Taiwan.

Method

Respondents (n = 196) were assessed 5 months after the disaster, using a Chinese version of the Schedules for Clinical Assessment in Neuropsychiatry and the Taiwan Aboriginal Acculturation Scale.

Result

Four risk factors exerted independent effect on the risk of PTSD, including magnitude of the earthquake, subsequent traumas, antecedent major depressive disorder and acculturation status.

Conclusion

Public mental health programs need to consider the liability to PTSD in populations with different ethnicity and socio-cultural environments.

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Titel: Acculturation, psychiatric comorbidity and posttraumatic stress disorder in a Taiwanese aboriginal population
verfasst von: Chau-Shoun Lee, MD
Jung-Chen Chang, PhD
Chia-Yih Liu, MD
Ching-Jui Chang, MD
Tony H. H. Chen, PhD
Chien-Hsiun Chen, PhD
Andrew T. A. Cheng, MD, PhD, DSc
Publikationsdatum: 01.01.2009
Verlag: D. Steinkopff-Verlag
Erschienen in: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology / Ausgabe 1/2009
Print ISSN: 0933-7954
Elektronische ISSN: 1433-9285
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-008-0405-2

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