title: [Relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder, personality disorders, and personal history in a postraumatic unit (descriptive study)].
abstract: In examining predictors of Posttraumatic Stress Disorders, researchers have focused on trauma intensity, symptoms severity, personality disorders and devoted less attention to other variables. This descriptive study examine how personality disorders, intensity of trauma and demographic variables (previous trauma and vulnerability) are related to the likelihood of experiencing a trauma, and to the severity of posttraumatic symptoms in a sample of 50 patients reporting a wide range of trauma.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Estrés Postraumático de Buenos Aires. spinettom@fibertel.com.ar
authors.forename: Marcela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Spinetto
authors.forename: Luciana
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Larregina
authors.forename: Cecilia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Benvenuto
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D008297:Male; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*