Posttraumatic stress disorder in DSM-5: Estimates of prevalence and symptom structure in a nonclinical sample of college students

• Published in: Journal of anxiety disorders Vol. 26; no. 1; pp. 58 - 64
• Main Authors: Elhai, Jon D, Miller, Megan E, Ford, Julian D, Biehn, Tracey L, Palmieri, Patrick A, Frueh, B. Christopher
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2012; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Adult and adolescent clinical studies; Anxiety disorders. Neuroses; Biological and medical sciences; Classification; Confirmatory factor analysis; Depression; Diagnosis; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; DSM-5; Emotional trauma; Female; Humans; Life Change Events; Male; Medical sciences; Post-traumatic stress disorder; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Prevalence; Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - diagnosis; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - epidemiology; Students - psychology; Surveys and Questionnaires; Symptoms; Traumatic life events; Undergraduate students; Universities; Confirmatory factor analysis; Depression; Posttraumatic stress disorder; DSM-5; Diagnosis; Emotional trauma; Symptomatology; Prevalence; Healthy subject; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual V; Anxiety disorder; University environment; Student; Epidemiology; Public health; Stress
• ISSN: 0887-6185; 1873-7897
• DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2011.08.013

Highlights ► The prevalence of trauma exposure decreased from 67% when using DSM-IV PTSD criteria, to 59% using DSM-5 criteria. ► Estimates of PTSD's prevalence increased by about one-half to two percentage points when using DSM-5 PTSD criteria. ► The DSM-5 PTSD model fit the data well based on confirmatory factor analysis.