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dc.contributor.author | McFarlane, A. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Van Hooff, M. | - |
dc.date.issued | 2009 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | British Journal of Psychiatry, 2009; 195(2):142-148 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0007-1250 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1472-1465 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2440/60329 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Background: Studies examining the impact of childhood disaster exposure on the development of adult psychopathology report increased rates of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other psychopathology. Aims: To examine the rates of PTSD and other lifetime DSM–IV disorders in adults exposed to an Australian bushfire disaster as children in 1983 using a matched control sample recruited at the time of the original study. Method: A total of 1011 adults recruited from an original sample of 1531 were assessed 20 years following the fires using the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI–2.1). Results: Results showed only a small direct impact of the fires on adult psychiatric morbidity. A higher proportion of bushfire survivors met criteria for ’any DSM–IV disorder’ and ’any anxiety’. Conclusions: Findings suggest that the long-term impact of a prominent trauma in childhood should be assessed in the context of other lifetime trauma in order to provide a more accurate account of PTSD prevalence rates. Declaration of interest: None. | - |
dc.description.statementofresponsibility | Alexander C. McFarlane and Miranda Van Hooff | - |
dc.language.iso | en | - |
dc.publisher | Royal College of Psychiatrists | - |
dc.rights | © 2009 The Royal College of Psychiatrists | - |
dc.source.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.108.054270 | - |
dc.subject | Humans | - |
dc.subject | Epidemiologic Methods | - |
dc.subject | Life Change Events | - |
dc.subject | Mental Disorders | - |
dc.subject | Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic | - |
dc.subject | Disasters | - |
dc.subject | Fires | - |
dc.subject | Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders | - |
dc.subject | Adolescent | - |
dc.subject | Adult | - |
dc.subject | Child | - |
dc.subject | Child, Preschool | - |
dc.subject | Australia | - |
dc.subject | Young Adult | - |
dc.title | Impact of childhood exposure to a natural disaster on adult mental health: 20-year longitudinal follow-up study | - |
dc.type | Journal article | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1192/bjp.bp.108.054270 | - |
pubs.publication-status | Published | - |
dc.identifier.orcid | McFarlane, A. [0000-0002-3829-9509] | - |
dc.identifier.orcid | Van Hooff, M. [0000-0002-9376-3714] | - |
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