@article{ref1,
title="Lifetime trauma and depressive symptomatology among older American Indians: the Native Elder Care Study",
journal="Community mental health journal",
year="2018",
author="Çayır, Ebru and Burke, Michael P. and Spencer, Mindi and Schure, Mark B. and Goins, R. Turner",
volume="54",
number="6",
pages="740-747",
abstract="We examined the association between lifetime traumatic events with or without trauma response symptoms and depressive symptomatology in American Indians aged ≥ 55 years from a tribe in the Southeastern US (N = 362). Twenty-three percent of the sample experienced a traumatic event without trauma-response symptoms, whereas 14% experienced a traumatic event with at least one trauma-response symptom. After adjustment for sociodemographic characteristics and social support, participants who experienced a traumatic event with one or more trauma-response symptoms had higher odds of clinically relevant depressive symptomatology compared to (1) those who never experienced a traumatic event [odds ratio (OR) 3.2, p < 0.05], (2) and those who experienced a traumatic event without further symptoms (OR 3.7, p < 0.05). Our results suggest that mental health providers who serve older American Indians should consider the experience of traumatic events followed with response symptoms as a potential risk factor for further disruptions in psychological functioning.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0010-3853",
doi="10.1007/s10597-017-0179-7",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10597-017-0179-7"
}