Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Natalie Maxwell, Robert Sharp, Samarra Spears
Dr. Neil Stafford
PSYC 540: Research Methodology
December 12, 2010
Outline:
Natalie- Post-traumatic stress disorders following disasters: a systematic review
Natalie-The epidemiology of post-traumatic stress disorders after disasters
Samarra-
Samarra-
Robert-
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Post-traumatic stress disorders following disasters: a systematic review
Summarize
This article is about post-traumatic stress disorders. Post-traumatic stress disorders is probably the most commonly studied post-disaster psychiatric disorder. This review aimed to systematically assess the evidence about post-traumatic …show more content…
Method of Analysis
Galea, Nandi, & Vlahov (2004) evaluated the studies of epidemiology of PTSD after disasters, that the following methodological issues must be considered: (1) the definition and assessment of exposure; (2) the comparability of PTSD assessments across studies; (3) the assessment of PTSD prevalence and incidence; and (4) the cross-disaster comparability of correlates and course.
Major Findings
Galea, Nandi, & Vlahov (2004) stated that, “On the Epidemiologic Reviews website (http://epirev.oupjournals.org/), we present findings from human-made/technological disasters (web table 2) and natural disasters (web table 3) separately. Web table 4 is a summary table that presents, for easy reference, findings on the prevalence and course of PTSD from studies that presented data on these 2 parameters”.
Limitations
Our goal was to carry out a systematic review of the evidence regarding PTSD after disasters that might suggest a direction for research and intervention (Galea, Nandi, & Vlahov,