@article{ref1,
title="Comorbid depression and other predictors of PTSD severity in urban public transit employees",
journal="Community mental health journal",
year="2016",
author="Shah, Ravi and Nisenbaum, Rosane and Classen, Catherine C. and Eynan, Rahel and Links, Paul S.",
volume="53",
number="2",
pages="224-232",
abstract="The purpose of the study was to determine whether post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) among urban public transit employees who were exposed to a workplace traumatic event is associated with greater PTSD severity over the 6-month follow-up period compared to PTSD without MDD, and also to identify predictors of PTSD severity among these employees. Information about Axis-I diagnosis and PTSD severity were collected from the SCID-I and the Modified PTSD Symptom Scale (MPSS) respectively. PTSD without MDD (N = 29) and PTSD with MDD (N = 37) groups were not significantly different in terms of PTSD severity. The severity of depression (p = 0.01), female (p = 0.01), non-Caucasian (p = 0.01), perceived high workplace related stress (p = 0.02), and history of lifetime trauma (p = 0.01) were significantly associated with greater PTSD severity after controlling other variables. This study highlights the importance of modifiable variables for reducing PTSD severity after a workplace traumatic event in transit employees.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0010-3853",
doi="10.1007/s10597-016-0029-z",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10597-016-0029-z"
}