Summary: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in Kurdish Iranians
Mehdi Ghazinour1, Naser Mofidi1, Nader Esmail-Nasab2, Jörg Richter3
1 Department of Clinical Sciences, Division of Psychiatry, Umeå University, S-90187 Umeå, Sweden
2 Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran
3 Centre of Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Regions South and East, P.O.Box 23 Tåsen, N-0801 Oslo, Norway
Corresponding author:
Prof. Dr. Jörg Richter
Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Eastern and Southern Norway,
P.O.Box 23 Tåsen
N-0801 Oslo
Norway
Running head: PTSD in Kurdish Iranians
Key words: PTSD, general mental health, life events, Kurdish Iranian, general population
Abstract
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) represents …show more content…
Against this background, epidemiological research on exposure to traumatic events and PTSD in different areas of life increased dramatically with a major focus on PTSD in soldiers; for example Persian Gulf War veterans [7] or soldiers on active duty in Somalia [4,8]. In addition, PTSD caused by catastrophes and disasters like bush fires or air crashes [9-11]; following domestic violence, rape or sexual abuse [12-14]; or after ware related traumatic life events, torture and terrorist attacks [15-19] has been investigated in many …show more content…
The data collection was performed during April and May 2006 in collaboration with University of Medical Science in Kurdistan. Households were selected by a cluster random sampling process based on the 24 health care districts of Sannandaj city and dependent on their size. 100 clusters were derived in which ten households each were approached. Each data collector continued to approach households until they obtained ten respondents per cluster. The person that opened the door was invited to participate in the study if he or she was older than eighteen and none of the approached individuals refused to participate. Notwithstanding the random sampling procedure, individuals with higher education are substantially overrepresented in our sample and among women in
Mehdi Ghazinour1, Naser Mofidi1, Nader Esmail-Nasab2, Jörg Richter3
1 Department of Clinical Sciences, Division of Psychiatry, Umeå University, S-90187 Umeå, Sweden
2 Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran
3 Centre of Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Regions South and East, P.O.Box 23 Tåsen, N-0801 Oslo, Norway
Corresponding author:
Prof. Dr. Jörg Richter
Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Eastern and Southern Norway,
P.O.Box 23 Tåsen
N-0801 Oslo
Norway
Running head: PTSD in Kurdish Iranians
Key words: PTSD, general mental health, life events, Kurdish Iranian, general population
Abstract
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) represents …show more content…
Against this background, epidemiological research on exposure to traumatic events and PTSD in different areas of life increased dramatically with a major focus on PTSD in soldiers; for example Persian Gulf War veterans [7] or soldiers on active duty in Somalia [4,8]. In addition, PTSD caused by catastrophes and disasters like bush fires or air crashes [9-11]; following domestic violence, rape or sexual abuse [12-14]; or after ware related traumatic life events, torture and terrorist attacks [15-19] has been investigated in many …show more content…
The data collection was performed during April and May 2006 in collaboration with University of Medical Science in Kurdistan. Households were selected by a cluster random sampling process based on the 24 health care districts of Sannandaj city and dependent on their size. 100 clusters were derived in which ten households each were approached. Each data collector continued to approach households until they obtained ten respondents per cluster. The person that opened the door was invited to participate in the study if he or she was older than eighteen and none of the approached individuals refused to participate. Notwithstanding the random sampling procedure, individuals with higher education are substantially overrepresented in our sample and among women in