@article{ref1,
title="Violence and PTSD in Mexico Gender and regional differences",
journal="Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology",
year="2005",
author="Baker, C. K. and Norris, Fran H. and Diaz, Dayna M. V. and Perilla, Julia L. and Murphy, Arthur D. and Hill, Elizabeth G.",
volume="40",
number="7",
pages="519-528",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: We examined the lifetime prevalence of violence in Mexico and how different characteristics of the violent event effect the probability of meeting criteria for lifetime post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). METHOD: We interviewed a probability sample of 2,509 adults from 4 cities in Mexico (Oaxaca, Guadalajara, Hermosillo, M�©rida) using the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI). RESULTS: Lifetime prevalence of violence was 34%. Men reported more single-experience, recurrent, physical, adolescent, adulthood, and stranger violence; women more sexual, childhood, family, and intimate partner violence. Prevalence was generally higher in Guadalajara, though the impact was greater in Oaxaca compared to other cities. Of those exposed, 11.5% met DSM-IV criteria for PTSD. Probabilities were highest after sexual and intimate partner violence, higher for women than men, and higher in Oaxaca than other cities. CONCLUSIONS: It is important to consider the characteristics and the context of violence in order to develop effective prevention and intervention programs to reduce the exposure to and impact of violence.",
language="",
issn="0933-7954",
doi="10.1007/s00127-005-0921-2",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00127-005-0921-2"
}