Preliminary findings on lifetime trauma prevalence and PTSD symptoms among adolescents in Sarawak Malaysia

Ghazali SR 1 , Elklit A 2 , Balang RV 3 , Sultan MA 4 , Kana K 5

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Psychological Medicine, University Malaysia Sarawak, Lot 77 Section 22 KTLD, Jalan Tun Ahmad Zaidi Adruce, Kuching, 93150 Sarawak, Malaysia. Electronic address: gsraudzah@fmhs.unimas.my
  • 2 National Centre for Psychotraumatology, University of Southern Denmark & University of Ulster, Campusvej 55, DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark. Electronic address: aelklit@health.sdu.dk
  • 3 Department of Psychological Medicine, University Malaysia Sarawak, Lot 77 Section 22 KTLD, Jalan Tun Ahmad Zaidi Adruce, Kuching, 93150 Sarawak, Malaysia. Electronic address: vbrekaya@fmhs.unimas.my
  • 4 Department of Paediatric and Child Health, University Malaysia Sarawak, Lot 77 Section 22 KTLD, Jalan Tun Ahmad Zaidi Adruce, Kuching, 93150 Sarawak, Malaysia. Electronic address: akmameenudeen@fmhs.unimas.my
  • 5 Department of Family Medicine, University Malaysia Sarawak, Lot 77 Section 22 KTLD, Jalan Tun Ahmad Zaidi Adruce, Kuching, 93150 Sarawak, Malaysia. Electronic address: kkamarudin@fmhs.unimas.my
Asian J Psychiatr, 2014 Oct;11:45-9.
PMID: 25453696 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2014.05.008

Abstract

The objective of this study is to determine the prevalence of lifetime exposure to traumatic events and its relation to PTSD symptoms.

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