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Cross-Cultural Factors in the Treatment of Trauma-Related Disorders: Overview

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Decades of research on trauma and its accompanying effects have refined our conceptions of trauma, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and related symptoms, and the current DSM-5 recognizes trauma as the direct exposure, experience, or witnessing of a traumatic event. The symptoms of PTSD may range from intrusive recollections of the event to flashbacks that cause a reexperiencing of the trauma. It is common for trauma survivors to experience disruptions in sleep and appetite, along with a general sense of being on guard and distressed when exposed to cues that resemble the initial trauma (APA, 2013). Epidemiological data indicates that 6.8% of adults meet criteria for a diagnosis of PTSD (APA, 2013), although it is likely that many more are suffering but not presenting for diagnosis or treatment.

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