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Adverse race-related events as a risk factor for posttraumatic stress disorder in Asian American Vietnam veterans.

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Loo, CM; Fairbank, JA; Chemtob, CM
Published in: J Nerv Ment Dis
July 2005

Few studies have explored the relationship between exposure to adverse race-related events and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This study examined whether adverse race-related events can give rise to symptoms that meet the criteria for a PTSD diagnosis as specified in the DSM-IV. Three hundred Asian American Vietnam veterans were administered a Mississippi Scale and a questionnaire that assessed exposure to adverse race-related events in the military and associated PTSD symptoms. A subsample was administered the Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale. A majority of the participants (77%) reported exposure to adverse race-related events. Depending on the number of events to which they were exposed, between 13% and 36% reported symptoms consistent with meeting full criteria for PTSD. Mississippi Scale scores increased significantly as a function of frequency of exposure to adverse race-related events. These results converge with the Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale findings to demonstrate that adverse race-related events can be traumatic and associated with PTSD. These findings support the construct and convergent validity of race-related PTSD.

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J Nerv Ment Dis

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0022-3018

Publication Date

July 2005

Volume

193

Issue

7

Start / End Page

455 / 463

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Veterans
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
  • Risk Factors
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Race Relations
  • Psychometrics
  • Psychiatry
  • Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
  • Personality Inventory
 

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Loo, C. M., Fairbank, J. A., & Chemtob, C. M. (2005). Adverse race-related events as a risk factor for posttraumatic stress disorder in Asian American Vietnam veterans. J Nerv Ment Dis, 193(7), 455–463. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.nmd.0000168239.51714.e6
Loo, Chalsa M., John A. Fairbank, and Claude M. Chemtob. “Adverse race-related events as a risk factor for posttraumatic stress disorder in Asian American Vietnam veterans.J Nerv Ment Dis 193, no. 7 (July 2005): 455–63. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.nmd.0000168239.51714.e6.
Loo CM, Fairbank JA, Chemtob CM. Adverse race-related events as a risk factor for posttraumatic stress disorder in Asian American Vietnam veterans. J Nerv Ment Dis. 2005 Jul;193(7):455–63.
Loo, Chalsa M., et al. “Adverse race-related events as a risk factor for posttraumatic stress disorder in Asian American Vietnam veterans.J Nerv Ment Dis, vol. 193, no. 7, July 2005, pp. 455–63. Pubmed, doi:10.1097/01.nmd.0000168239.51714.e6.
Loo CM, Fairbank JA, Chemtob CM. Adverse race-related events as a risk factor for posttraumatic stress disorder in Asian American Vietnam veterans. J Nerv Ment Dis. 2005 Jul;193(7):455–463.

Published In

J Nerv Ment Dis

DOI

ISSN

0022-3018

Publication Date

July 2005

Volume

193

Issue

7

Start / End Page

455 / 463

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Veterans
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
  • Risk Factors
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Race Relations
  • Psychometrics
  • Psychiatry
  • Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
  • Personality Inventory