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The prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder among American Indian Vietnam veterans: disparities and context.
J Trauma Stress. 2002 Apr; 15(2):89-97.JT

Abstract

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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Beals J
Department of Psychiatry, National Center for American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver 80220, USA. jan.beals@uchsc.edu
Manson SM
No affiliation info available
Shore JH
No affiliation info available
Friedman M
No affiliation info available
Ashcraft M
No affiliation info available
Fairbank JA
No affiliation info available
Schlenger WE
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MeSH

Age FactorsCultureHumansIndians, North AmericanMaleMiddle AgedPrevalenceSeverity of Illness IndexStress Disorders, Post-TraumaticUnited StatesVeterans

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

Language

eng

PubMed ID

12013069

Citation

Beals, Janette, et al. "The Prevalence of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Among American Indian Vietnam Veterans: Disparities and Context." Journal of Traumatic Stress, vol. 15, no. 2, 2002, pp. 89-97.
Beals J, Manson SM, Shore JH, et al. The prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder among American Indian Vietnam veterans: disparities and context. J Trauma Stress. 2002;15(2):89-97.
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. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 15(2), 89-97.
Beals J, et al. The Prevalence of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Among American Indian Vietnam Veterans: Disparities and Context. J Trauma Stress. 2002;15(2):89-97. PubMed PMID: 12013069.
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