title: Posttraumatic stress disorder in women: assessment and treatment in primary care.
abstract: The focus of this article is to provide primary care clinicians with a better understanding of women who have undergone sexual trauma and have related post-traumatic stress disorder. Victimization has adverse physical and mental health effects and affects a woman's clinical presentation, her coping skills, and the primary care intervention strategies needed to treat her. The article reviews issues of victimization and related PTSD among women, including the prevalence and sequel of victimization, and provides a theoretical framework for primary care intervention, treatment, and referral.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterans Affairs, Health Services Research, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27705, USA. mimi@acpub.duke.edu
authors.forename: Marian I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Butterfield
authors.forename: Mary E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Becker
mesh_terms: D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D015995:Prevalence; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D011619:Psychotropic Drugs