Table 4 |
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PTSD symptoms |
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| Rate of PTSD symptoms on the K-SADS |
Rate of PTSD symptoms on the CATS |
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| symptom |
% |
symptom |
% |
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| Comparable Symptoms |
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| Recurrent thoughts or images of events |
28 |
I go over and over what happened in my mind |
40 |
| Efforts to avoid thoughts or images associated with the trauma |
28 |
I try not to think about what happened |
47 |
| Insomnia |
22 |
I sleep poorly |
26 |
| Irritability or outbursts of anger |
24 |
I am grouch and irritable |
36 |
| Distress at reminders of event |
16 |
When something reminds me of what happened I get tense and upset |
21 |
| Exaggerated startle response |
17 |
I am jumpy and nervous |
29 |
| Nightmares |
16 |
I have bad dreams about what happened |
9 |
| Difficulty concentrating |
19 |
I have trouble keeping my mind on things |
28 |
| Efforts to avoid activities or situations that arouse recollections of the trauma |
21 |
I try to stay away from things that remind me of what happened |
21 |
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| Non-comparable Symptoms |
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| Sense of foreshortened future |
3 |
I worry that what happened will happen again |
57 |
| Feelings of detachment or estrangement |
21 |
I get scared when I think about what happened |
38 |
| Inability to recall important aspects of the trauma |
10 |
I have unwanted thoughts about what happened |
21 |
| Restricted affect |
28 |
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| Hypervigilance |
17 |
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| Physiological reactivity upon exposure to reminders |
9 |
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| Dissociative episodes, illusions or hallucinations |
21 |
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| Diminished interest in activities |
22 |
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| Repetitive play related to event / reenactment |
2 |
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Suliman et al. Annals of General Psychiatry 2005 4:2 doi:10.1186/1744-859X-4-2 |
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