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625 – Prevalence of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in Iraq

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2020

M. Lafta
M. Lafta*
Affiliation:
Iraqi Ministry of Health, National Mental Health Advisor, Baghdad, Iraq

Abstract

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Iraq had been under sever stressful conditions for the last 4 decades. No previous national figures for the prevalence of whole mental disorders.

Objectives:

Estimate the prevalence of PTSD & its squeal among the whole country.

Method:

A national- wide survey with a sample size of 4500 had been done from Aug.2006 to March 2007. An International diagnostic instrument (CIDI) had been used to household persons & 4332 completed the questionnaire.

Results:

Prevalence of PTSD for life time was 3.59% & prevalence for 12 months was 1.63%. Elderly people were more prone to PTSD. The prevalence was much less than other countries with similar conflict situations.

Conclusions:

PTSD might be not the only squeal of the major traumas. People in different parts of the world might show different responses to traumatic events.

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European Psychiatry , Volume 28 , Issue S1: Abstracts of the 21th European Congress of Psychiatry , 2013 , 28-E172
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Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2013
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