title: Assessment of life stress events: the etiology and measurement of traumatic stress disorder.
abstract: The impact of stressful life events on health has been of considerable interest from a cross-cultural perspective. Examined herein is the etiology and onset of post-traumatic stress disorder with careful review of the diagnostic criteria, current measures used and clinical dimensions of PTSD. Also examined from a cross-cultural perspective is how psychological trauma may be processed by victims of trauma and subsequent approaches both pharmacological and psychotherapeutic to the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical Center, Lexington KY 40511.
authors.forename: T W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kamenchenko
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Krasniasnski
mesh_terms: D003130:Combat Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D010552:Personality Assessment; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000523:psychology*