SynthesisThe British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science2018
Undetected post-traumatic stress disorder in secondary-care mental health services: systematic review.
Synthesis in The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Cultural adaptation of a brief psychological intervention for PTSD in severe mental illness: a Botswana context.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2025Article
- Phenome-wide diagnostic comparison among suicide deaths and living individuals with chronic pain diagnoses.BMC medicine · 2024Article
- Heart rate variability wrist-wearable biomarkers identify adverse posttraumatic neuropsychiatric sequelae after traumatic stress exposure.Psychiatry research · 2024Observational
- Using Passive and Active Data to Predict Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms and Cannabis Use in Recently Discharged UK Veterans: A Protocol for the MAVERICK Feasibility Study.Mental health science · 2024Article
- Factor structure of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in persons with serious mental illness.Journal of mental health (Abingdon, England) · 2024Article
- Diagnostic profiles and trauma history among treatment-seeking young adults with positive post-traumatic stress disorder screens: Findings and implications for public mental health care.Early intervention in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Prevalence of Sexual Violence and Intimate Partner Violence Among US Military Veterans: Findings from Surveys with Two National Samples.Journal of general internal medicine · 2024Article
- A culturally congruent approach to trauma symptoms detection in first-episode psychosis.The South African journal of psychiatry : SAJP : the journal of the Society of Psychiatrists of South Africa · 2024Article
- Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A State-of-the-art Review.Current neuropharmacology · 2024Review
- THE PAINS OF PARAMILITARISM: The Latent Criminogenic Effects of Exposure to Paramilitary Violence Among Young Men in a Post-Conflict Society.Journal of child & adolescent trauma · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundComorbid post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is associated with poorer outcomes of other disorders, but is treatable. Aims To estimate the frequency of clinically undetected PTSD in secondary care.
methodA systematic review of studies that screened for PTSD and reported on PTSD documentation in clinical records. Frequency of undetected PTSD was estimated, and reasons for heterogeneity explored.
resultsThe median proportion of participants with undetected PTSD (29 studies) was 28.6% (interquartile range 18.2-38.6%). There was substantial heterogeneity, with studies conducted in the USA and those with the highest proportions of in-patients and patients with psychotic disorder reporting higher frequencies of undetected PTSD.
conclusionsUndetected PTSD is common in secondary care, even if the true value is at the lower limit of the estimates reported here. Trials examining the impact of routine screening for PTSD are required to determine whether such programmes should be standard procedure for all mental health services. Declaration of interest None.
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