PSYCH 212 Lecture Notes - Lecture 58: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Mental Disorder, Twin
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6. 8% of u. s. population have experienced ptsd at some point. Across u. s. , 61% of adults experienced traumatic stressor. 90% had suffered a trauma, 9% developed ptsd. Children are especially vulnerable (20 - 40% ptsd post- trauma) 22% of responding firefighters to hurricane katrina had. But emergency workers are less than half as susceptible as victims, likely due to hardiness. 10 - 12. 5% of women have been raped at least once in lifetime. Those victimized in youth are more likely to be assaulted as adults. Teen victims are 4. 4x more likely to be assaulted 1st year of college. Most victims show ptsd and depression symptoms, commonly including self-blame behaviors. Acquaintance rapes are not reported to authorities. Experiencing trauma is the main cause of ptsd. Of identical twins during vietnam war, when one twin entered combat and the other did not, the battle-worn twin had a 9x likelihood of developing ptsd. Victims more likely to develop ptsd when trauma is:
