While combat veterans have high rates of PTSD andsuicideand deserve ourattention, so do womensexual assaultand abuse survivors. This article will review the symptoms of PTSD, its prevalence in women and men, and factors that may contribute to sex differences in PTSD risk, including the typ...
Women have higher overall prevalence rates for than men. Women are also much more likely than men to meet lifetime criteria for each of the specific : (), ... Pigott,A Teresa - 《Psychiatric Clinics of North America》 被引量: 238发表: 2003年 Gender Differences in the Prevalence of Sympt...
womenThere is a great deal of speculation about why women are at greater risk than men for being diagnosed with PTSD. Among the plausible arguments are (1) differences in the types of trauma experienced, (2) inflated rates due to methodological gender bias, (3) socially defined social roles...
We studied this topic in a sample of 52 women with current posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and substance use disorder (SUD), using a cross-sectional design. Both PTSD and SUD tended to be chronic and severe, with the PTSD mostly arising from childhood repeated physical and/or sexual ...
In addition, astudyfrom 2011 further delineates that men have a higher cortisol level at baseline than women and that women do not emit the stress response as strong as men do—it’s fascinating, really. Of note, however, the stress response specifically builds on attachment caregiving processe...
Reasons why nurses are more at risks of suicide Several studies have revealed that the suicide rate is higher among nurses, and more studies were also conducted to understand the reasons why. Below are some reasons that are believed to be the cause of the high suicide rates among female nurse...
How and why does the pharmaceutical management of PTSD differ between men and women?Posttraumatic stress disorderantidepressantsclinical trialsdepressiongenderhealthcare utilizationinsomniapharmacotherapysubstance use disorderThe continued wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have brought an increased focus on posttraumatic...
Why is it important to have formal systems for classifying abnormal behaviors into specific psychological disorders? Why are certain communities at higher risk of developing mental health problems? How does culture affect PTSD and schizophrenia? Can gene (biological approach) be ano...
women who suffered from BT frequently endured intense grief, which heightened their experience of spiritual crisis. Another factor that contributed to the affected women’s estrangement from God, their ‘higher power’, or their faith-based communities was the experience of pressure to hastily forgive...
Changing behavior through awareness (above): Rock engravings on private farms in southern Africa have been permanently damaged over the past century or more by visitors. The scratches over the human gures on this rock were already there when the rock was photographed in the first decade of...