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Chunk #6 — Method — Measures — Assessment of exposure to stressful events

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National estimates of exposure to traumatic events and PTSD prevalence using DSM-IV and DSM-5 criteria.
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participants were presented with an abbreviated list of 14 event-type categories (representing a summary of major event types assessed using the initial 28-item screen). This included nine event types that would meet Criterion A1 as described in the DSM-IV and Criterion A as defined in the DSM-5 (i.e., accident/fire, disaster, exposure to hazardous chemicals, combat or presence in a warzone, physical or sexual assault, witnessing physical or sexual assault, harm to a family member or close friend due to violence or accident, death of a family member or close friend due to accident or violence, witnessing a dead body or body parts), a 10th event type that would only meet DSM-5 Criterion A (i.e., repeated or extreme exposure to aversive details of a traumatic event(s) not including exposure through electronic media, television, movies, or pictures unless this exposure is work-related); an 11th event type that would only meet DSM-IV Criterion A (death of a family member or close friend that was not violent or accidental), and the three other types of stressful events (other events resulting in injury, perceived as potentially life threatening, or perceived as extraordinarily stressful). We combined physical or sexual assault for the purpose of symptom attribution