The Validity and Clinical Utility of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in Afghanistan

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2394714
AutoresK E Miller (0000-0002-4792-2681, Harvard School of Public Health, autor correspondente), Patricia A Omidian (0000-0003-4629-7391, Aga Khan University, autor correspondente), Patricia Omidian (Aga Khan University), Madhur Kulkarni (0000-0003-1564-3650, University of Michigan), Aziz Yaqubi (0000-0001-9951-7437, AFSC-Afghanistan, autor correspondente), Haqmal Daudzai (AFSC-Afghanistan, autor correspondente), Andrew Rasmussen (0000-0001-9149-4795, New York University School of Medicine,, autor correspondente)
Ano2009
Volume46
Fascículo2
Páginas219-237
Data de publicação2009-06-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoTranscultural Psychiatry (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1363-4615 • E-ISSN: 1461-7471
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1363461509105813
PMID19541748
OpenAlexW1981390423
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas17
Referências citadas24

This study examined the validity and utility of PTSD among 320 adults in Afghanistan. Findings support the validity of PTSD in this cultural context: PTSD symptoms were highly prevalent, shared common variance, and correlated as expected with exposure to traumatic stress. However, only limited support was found for the clinical utility of PTSD. Other types of psychiatric symptomatology, including depression and a culturally specific measure of general distress, correlated more highly with traumatic stress than did PTSD; and PTSD accounted for limited variance in functioning beyond that explained by depression and general distress. Implications for research and intervention are considered

Distress · Incremental validity · Posttraumatic stress · Psychiatry · Psychometrics · Test validity · Traumatic stress · Clinical Psychology · Health and Conflict Studies · Migration, Health and Trauma · Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research · Psychology