TY - JOUR
T1 - Subthreshold PTSD in primary care
T2 - Prevalence, psychiatric disorders, healthcare use, and functional status
AU - Grubaugh, Anouk L.
AU - Magruder, Kathryn M.
AU - Waldrop, Angela E.
AU - Elhai, Jon D.
AU - Knapp, Rebecca G.
AU - Frueh, B. Christopher
PY - 2005/10
Y1 - 2005/10
N2 - The purpose of this study is to determine the prevalence of subthreshold posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and its association with specific traumas, other psychiatric diagnoses, healthcare use, and functional status among 669 veterans in four VA Medical Centers. A cross-sectional, epidemiological design incorporating self-report measures, structured interviews, and chart reviews was used to obtain relevant information for analyses. Comparisons across three trauma-exposed groups (PTSD, subthreshold PTSD, no PTSD) revealed that veterans in the subthreshold PTSD group did not use mental health services more often than those in the no PTSD group despite the presence of additional mental health diagnoses and worse functional status. These data indicate that clinicians may be overlooking a subset of individuals suffering from subsyndromal PTSD, suggesting the need to detect and serve these individuals better within healthcare settings.
AB - The purpose of this study is to determine the prevalence of subthreshold posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and its association with specific traumas, other psychiatric diagnoses, healthcare use, and functional status among 669 veterans in four VA Medical Centers. A cross-sectional, epidemiological design incorporating self-report measures, structured interviews, and chart reviews was used to obtain relevant information for analyses. Comparisons across three trauma-exposed groups (PTSD, subthreshold PTSD, no PTSD) revealed that veterans in the subthreshold PTSD group did not use mental health services more often than those in the no PTSD group despite the presence of additional mental health diagnoses and worse functional status. These data indicate that clinicians may be overlooking a subset of individuals suffering from subsyndromal PTSD, suggesting the need to detect and serve these individuals better within healthcare settings.
KW - PTSD
KW - Partial PTSD
KW - Service use
KW - Subthreshold PTSD
KW - Trauma
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U2 - 10.1097/01.nmd.0000180740.02644.ab
DO - 10.1097/01.nmd.0000180740.02644.ab
M3 - Review article
C2 - 16208161
AN - SCOPUS:26944443060
SN - 0022-3018
VL - 193
SP - 658
EP - 664
JO - Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
JF - Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
IS - 10
ER -