Tell Me More About Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
5. How common is PTSD?
The lifetime prevalence of PTSD is found in 1% of men and 2% of women. Amongst people who have experienced a traumatic event such as war, rape or child molestation, roughly 8% of men and 20% of women develop PTSD.
Reference
"The Economic Burden of Anxiety Disorders", commissioned by the ADAA and published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.
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