Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học General Psychiatry cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: Assessing post-traumatic stress disorder in South African adolescents: using the child and adolescent trauma survey (CATS) as a screening tool. | Annals of General Psychiatry BioMed Central Primary research Open Access Assessing post-traumatic stress disorder in South African adolescents using the child and adolescent trauma survey CATS as a screening tool S Suliman1 D Kaminer2 S Seedat 1 and DJ Stein1 Address 1MRC Unit on Anxiety and Stress Disorders Department of Psychiatry University of Stellenbosch Tygerberg 7505 Cape Town South Africa and 2Department of Psychology University of Cape Town Private Bag Rondebosch 7700 Cape Town South Africa Email S Suliman - sharain@ D Kaminer - dkam@ S Seedat - sseedat@ DJ Stein - djs2@ Corresponding author Published 31 January 2005 Received 31 May 2004 Annals of General Psychiatry 2005 4 2 doi 1744-859X-4-2 Accepted 31 January 2005 This article is available from http content 4 1 2 2005 Suliman et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Several studies have demonstrated that South African children and adolescents are exposed to high levels of violent trauma with a significant proportion developing PTSD however limited resources make it difficult to accurately identify traumatized children. Methods A clinical interview K-SADS-PL selected modules and self-report scale CATS were compared to determine if these different methods of assessment elicit similar information with regards to trauma exposure and post-traumatic stress disorder PTSD in adolescents. Youth n 58 from 2 schools in Cape Town South Africa participated. Results 91 of youth reported having been exposed to a traumatic event on self-report CATS and 38 reported symptoms severe enough to be classified as PTSD. On interview K-SADS-PL 86 reported exposure to
