[Sociodemographic characteristics of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) patients].
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) represents a delayed response to stress events, which are catastrophic and likely to cause pervasive distress to almost everyone. This disorder is frequently associated with other psychiatric disorders. PTSD can be caused by many traumatic events, but the war related events are very important and significant. WHO assess that a million of BiH population suffers from one of the stress related disorder. The aim of this research is to show sociodemographic characteristics of PTSD patients during 2007.


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This research was conducted at the Psychiatric Clinic KCU Sarajevo. The study is epidemiological and retrospective analytical-descriptive. The final results show that there were 343 patients with PTSD admitted in Psychiatric Clinic. PTSD is the most common among male population in 45-64 age group. Majority (74%) had high school education. Most of them, that is 206 (60%), were unemployed and 274 (80%) were married.
Psihijatrijska klinika, Klinicki Centar Univerziteta u Sarajevu.
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D000328:Adult; D017522:Bosnia and Herzegovina; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D014857:Warfare; D055815:Young Adult