TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - Psychiatric Diagnoses, Trauma, and Suicidiality
JO  - Annals of general psychiatry
A1  - Elklit, Ask
A1  - Floen, Silje K.
SP  - 12
EP  - 12
VL  - 6
IS  - 1
N2  - ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: This study aimed to examine the associations between psychiatric diagnoses, trauma and suicidiality in psychiatric patients at intake. Method: During two months, all consecutive patients (n = 139) in a psychiatric hospital in Western Norway were interviewed (response rate 72%). Results: Ninety-one percent had been exposed to at least one trauma; 69 percent had been repeatedly exposed to trauma for longer periods of time. Only 7% acquired a PTSD diagnosis. The comorbidity of PTSD and other psychiatric diagnoses were 78%. A number of diagnoses were associated with specific traumas. Sixty-seven percent of the patients reported suicidal thoughts in the month prior to intake; thirty-one percent had attempted suicide in the preceding week. Suicidal ideation, self-harming behaviour, and suicide attempts were associated with specific traumas. Conclusion: Traumatised patients appear to be under- or misdiagnosed which could have an impact on the efficiency of treatment.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1744-859X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1744-859X-6-12
ID  - ref1
ER  -