Local understandings of PTSD and complex PTSD among health professionals working with adolescents in violent neighbourhoods of São Paulo city, Brazil

Local understandings of PTSD and complex PTSD among health professionals working with adolescents in violent neighbourhoods of São Paulo city, Brazil

Abstract Background Adolescents in low-resource urban settings in Brazil are often exposed to high levels of trauma that can result in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). However, preliminary evidence indicates that PTSD tends to be under-reported in Brazilian health services, despite the high pr...

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Main Authors: Alessandro Massazza, Juliana Feliciano de Almeida, Meaghen Quinlan-Davidson, Renata Teixeira da Silva, Delanjathan Devakumar, Maria Fernanda Tourinho Peres, Glyn Lewis, Ligia Kiss
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-03-01
Series:BMC Psychiatry
Subjects:
Community violence
Brazil
Adolescents
PTSD
CPTSD
ICD-11
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-022-03821-6

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-022-03821-6

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