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Brief Treatment and Crisis Intervention Advance Access originally published online on July 6, 2005
Brief Treatment and Crisis Intervention 2005 5(3):290-299; doi:10.1093/brief-treatment/mhi021
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Original Article

A Cognitive Model to Explain Gender Differences in Rate of PTSD Diagnosis

   Catherine A. Simmons, MSW
   Donald K. Granvold, PhD

From the School of Social Work, University of Texas, Arlington

Contact author: Donald K. Granvold, School of Social Work, University of Texas, Arlington, Box 19129, 211 S. Cooper St., Arlington, TX 76019-0129. E-mail: granvold{at}uta.edu.

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder that has been estimated to affect between 15% and 24% of individuals who are exposed to traumatic events (e.g., Breslau, Kessler, Chilcoat, Schultz, Davis, & Andreski, 1998). It is significant that (a) not all individuals exposed to traumatic events develop PTSD symptoms and (b) women are twice as likely as men to develop PTSD. Other factors play a role in the development of this disorder. In this conceptual article, we outline the problem of PTSD and, using a cognitive model, explain PTSD causal factors with a particular emphasis on the greater risk of women for developing PTSD.

KEY WORDS: posttraumatic stress disorder, cognitive model, gender differences, trauma, stress






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