title: [Posttraumatic stress symptoms, dysfunctional attitudes and ways of coping in a clinical sample of PTSD patients].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  In the present study specific characteristics of PTSD patients were explored in a clinical sample with particular regard to dysfunctional attitudes and coping strategies. The purpose was to draw attention to this rarely investigated but presumably prevalent psychiatric disorder in the Hungarian population.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty-two PTSD patients' retrospective data was analyzed who presented at our clinic for outpatient psychotherapy treatment. Patients were assessed on depressive, anxiety, hopelessness, and posttraumatic stress symptoms, as well as dysfunctional attitudes and coping strategies.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Thirty-two percent (n=7) of the sample is male and 68% (n=15) is female, the mean age is 34.77 years. Based on trauma type 40.9% (n=9) had a motor vehicle accident, 18.2% (n=4) lost a close relative, 18.2% (n=4) was a victim of sexual or physical assault. There is great variance in the duration since the trauma (2 months to 10 years). The results suggest that posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSSs) are associated with the dysfunctional attitudes of need for achievement and external control, and with avoidant and conforming coping styles. Additionally, PTSSs were highly comorbid with depressive and anxiety symptoms.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results imply that PTSD patients in Hungary have similar characteristics as international findings indicate.
authors.affiliation: Semmelweis Egyetem, Altalanos Orvostudomanyi Kar, Klinikai Pszichologia Tanszek, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: Kinga Edit
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Fodor
authors.forename: Dóra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Perczel Forintos
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000523:psychology; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000453:epidemiology; D001290:Attitude; D015897:Comorbidity; D003643:Death; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011613:Psychotherapy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012742:Sex Offenses / Q000523:psychology; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy