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The role of trauma experiences, personality traits, and genotype in maintaining posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms among child survivors of the Wenchuan earthquake.
BMC psychiatry - 7 Sept 2020
Li Yuwei, Lv Qiuyue, Li Bin, Luo Dan, Sun Xueli, Xu Jiajun
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BACKGROUND: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is the most prevalent type of psychiatric disorder among children after an earthquake. This study investigated the role of trauma experiences, personality traits, and genotype in the maintenance of PTSD symptoms. METHODS: In a previous large-scale epidemiological investigation 1 year after the Wenchuan earthquake, 215 children with PTSD symptoms were selected at...
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