Karestan Koenen

Post-traumatic stress disorder: evolving conceptualization and evidence, and future research directions.

World Psychiatry February 1, 2025 Chris R Brewin, Lukoye Atwoli, Jonathan I Bisson et al. 73 citations

The understanding of responses to traumatic events has been greatly influenced by the introduction of the diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In this paper we review the initial versions of the diagnostic criteria for this condition and the associated epidemiological findings, including sociocultural differences. We consider evidence for post-traumatic reactions occurring in...