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Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz
2002
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- Trastorno por estrés postraumático: Una revisión del tema (Primera Parte) Lino Palacios Gerardo Heinze Medicina Post prevalence comorbidity functioning subdiagnosis Since early history, human beings have been closely exposed toseveral types of traumatic events. Although modern societieshave developed a more acceptable kind of convivence, thesetraumatic events have become increasingly present in the everydaylife of any individual in underdeveloped societies. This is due toextended problems, like a lower income per capita, which givesrise to such conducts as violent robbery, kidnapping, or murder.Similarly, family desintegration is a likely factor leading to thedevelopment of interfamily violence, and illegal substances trafficand abuse; even weather phenomena (e.g., El Niño) may triggera higher incidence of PTSD given the suffering brought aboutby hurricanes or tornados.At the Fourth Consensus Group International Meeting onDepression and Anxiety, held in Montecatini, Italy, in April 1999,PTSD was regarded as the main issue, because of its highprevalence, social impact, and financial burden on society. Forthese reasons, it represents an enormous public health problemin both underdeveloped and developed countries. During thelast three decades, biological guidelines for PTSD have beenstudied and proposed, together with the development of neweffective treatments... 2002 artículo científico 0185-3325 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=58232503 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=582 Salud Mental application/pdf Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz Salud Mental (México) Num.3 Vol.25