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dc.contributor.authorHeir, Trond
dc.contributor.authorBonsaksen, Tore
dc.contributor.authorGrimholt, Tine Kristin
dc.contributor.authorEkeberg, Øivind
dc.contributor.authorSkogstad, Laila
dc.contributor.authorLerdal, Anners
dc.contributor.authorBredal, Inger Schou
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-21T08:37:46Z
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-23T11:05:03Z
dc.date.available2019-09-21T08:37:46Z
dc.date.available2019-09-23T11:05:03Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.citationHeir, T., Bonsaksen, T., Grimholt, T.K., Ekeberg, Ø., Skogstad, L., Lerdal, A. & Bredal, I.S. (2019). Serious life events and post-traumatic stress disorder in the Norwegian population. BJPsych Open, 5(e82),1-7. doi:10.1192/bjo.2019.62en
dc.identifier.issn2056-4724
dc.identifier.issn2056-4724
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10642/7561
dc.description.abstractBackground It has been suggested that countries with more resources and better healthcare have populations with a higher risk of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Norway is a high-income country with good public healthcare. Aims To examine lifetime trauma exposure and the point prevalence of PTSD in the general Norwegian population. Method A survey was administered to a national probability sample of 5500 adults (aged ≥18 years). Of 4961 eligible individuals, 1792 responded (36%). Responders and non-responders did not differ significantly in age, gender or urban versus rural residence. Trauma exposure was measured using the Life Events Checklist for the DSM-5. PTSD was measured with the PTSD Checklist for the DSM-5. We used the DSM-5 diagnostic guidelines to categorise participants as fulfilling the PTSD symptom criteria or not. Results At least one serious lifetime event was reported by 85% of men and 86% of women. The most common event categories were transportation accident and life-threatening illness or injury. The point prevalence of PTSD was 3.8% for men and 8.5% for women. The most common events causing PTSD were sexual and physical assaults, life-threatening illness or injury, and sudden violent deaths. Risk of PTSD increased proportionally with the number of event categories experienced. Conclusions High estimates of serious life events and correspondingly high rates of PTSD in the Norwegian population support the paradox that countries with more resources and better healthcare have higher risk of PTSD. Possible explanations are high expectations for a risk-free life and high attention to potential harmful mental health effects of serious life events.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherCambridge University Pressen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesBJPsych Open;5(e82)
dc.rightsArtikkelen er publisert under Creative Commons-lisensen Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectEpidemiologyen
dc.subjectPost-traumatic stress disorderen
dc.subjectTraumaen
dc.subjectEpidemiologien
dc.subjectPosttraumatisk stresslidelseen
dc.subjectTraumeen
dc.titleSerious life events and post-traumatic stress disorder in the Norwegian populationen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.typeJournal article
dc.typePeer revieweden
dc.date.updated2019-09-21T08:37:46Z
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen
dc.identifier.doi10.1192/bjo.2019.62
dc.identifier.cristin1727448
dc.source.journalBJPsych Open


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