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The prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder among American Indian Vietnam veterans: disparities and context.

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Beals, J; Manson, SM; Shore, JH; Friedman, M; Ashcraft, M; Fairbank, JA; Schlenger, WE
Published in: J Trauma Stress
April 2002
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This study employed data from two Congressionally mandated efforts (the American Indian Vietnam Veterans Project and the National Vietnam Veterans Readjustment Study) to examine differential prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among 5 ethnically defined samples of male Vietnam theater veterans. Lay interviews assessed individual experiences before, during, and after the war from 1,798 male Vietnam theater veterans. Clinical reinterviews using the SCID were conducted with subsamples (N = 487). The prevalence of both 1-month and lifetime PTSD was higher for the 2 American Indian samples than for Whites. Once logistic regressions controlled for differential exposure to war-zone stress, ethnicity was no longer a significant predictor of PTSD.

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J Trauma Stress

DOI

10.1023/A:1014894506325

ISSN

0894-9867

Publication Date

April 2002

Volume

15

Issue

2

Start / End Page

89 / 97

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Veterans
  • United States
  • Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Psychiatry
  • Prevalence
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Indians, North American
  • Humans
 

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Beals, J., Manson, S. M., Shore, J. H., Friedman, M., Ashcraft, M., Fairbank, J. A., & Schlenger, W. E. (2002). The prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder among American Indian Vietnam veterans: disparities and context. J Trauma Stress, 15(2), 89–97. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1014894506325
Beals, Janette, Spero M. Manson, James H. Shore, Matthew Friedman, Marie Ashcraft, John A. Fairbank, and William E. Schlenger. “The prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder among American Indian Vietnam veterans: disparities and context.” J Trauma Stress 15, no. 2 (April 2002): 89–97. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1014894506325.
Beals J, Manson SM, Shore JH, Friedman M, Ashcraft M, Fairbank JA, et al. The prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder among American Indian Vietnam veterans: disparities and context. J Trauma Stress. 2002 Apr;15(2):89–97.
Beals, Janette, et al. “The prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder among American Indian Vietnam veterans: disparities and context.” J Trauma Stress, vol. 15, no. 2, Apr. 2002, pp. 89–97. Pubmed, doi:10.1023/A:1014894506325.
Beals J, Manson SM, Shore JH, Friedman M, Ashcraft M, Fairbank JA, Schlenger WE. The prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder among American Indian Vietnam veterans: disparities and context. J Trauma Stress. 2002 Apr;15(2):89–97.
Journal cover image

Published In

J Trauma Stress

DOI

10.1023/A:1014894506325

ISSN

0894-9867

Publication Date

April 2002

Volume

15

Issue

2

Start / End Page

89 / 97

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Veterans
  • United States
  • Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Psychiatry
  • Prevalence
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Indians, North American
  • Humans