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PSQ cases were more likely to reside in the urban area, experienced higher levels of trauma exposure and a greater prevalence of PTSD. The prevalence of PSQ screen-positive cases was 12 percent and these persons were more disabled. We defined PSQ screen-positive cases as those people reporting at least one psychotic- like symptom (paranoia, hallucinations, strange experiences, thought interference, hypomania). The Psychosis Screening Questionnaire and the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire (assessing trauma exposure and PTSD) were administered in an epidemiological survey of 1245 adults (response rate 80.6%) in a rural and an urban setting in Timor Leste. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of psychotic- like symptoms in conflict-affected Timor Leste and to examine whether symptoms were associated with trauma and PTSD.

No comparable studies have been undertaken in low-income, post-conflict countries. Studies in developed countries indicate that psychotic- like symptoms are prevalent in the community and are related to trauma exposure and PTSD. Soosay, Ian Silove, Derrick Bateman-Steel, Catherine Steel, Zachary Bebbington, Paul Jones, Peter B Chey, Tien Ivancic, Lorraine Marnane, Claire Trauma exposure, PTSD and psychotic- like symptoms in post-conflict Timor Leste: an epidemiological survey. The findings indicate substantial mental health problems in adolescents that are associated with various types of potentially traumatic exposure. Being exposed to multiple potentially traumatic events was associated with an increase in PTSD-like states. The odds ratios and 95% CI for PTSD-like states given a specific event are reported. Gender, mothers' education, and single-parenthood were associated with specific events. Following exposure, girls suffered from PTSD-like states almost twice as often as boys.

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The estimated lifetime prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder- like states ( PTSD DSM-IV, APA, 1994 1) was 16 percent, whereas another 12 percent reached a sub-clinical level of PTSD-like states (missing the full diagnosis with one symptom).

The most common events were the death of a family member, threat of violence, and traffic accidents.

Seventy-four percent of the girls and 79 percent of the boys were exposed to at least one event. In an Icelandic national representative sample of 206 9th-grade students (mean = 14.5 years), the prevalence of 20 potentially traumatic events and negative life events was reported, along with the psychological impact of these events. Victimization and PTSD-like states in an Icelandic youth probability sample.Īlthough adolescence in many cases is a period of rebellion and experimentation with new behaviors and roles, the exposure of adolescents to life-threatening and violent events has rarely been investigated in national probability studies using a broad range of events.

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