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SUBMITTER: Zammit S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6457163 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science 20180101 1
<h4>Background</h4>Comorbid post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is associated with poorer outcomes of other disorders, but is treatable. Aims To estimate the frequency of clinically undetected PTSD in secondary care.<h4>Method</h4>A systematic review of studies that screened for PTSD and reported on PTSD documentation in clinical records. Frequency of undetected PTSD was estimated, and reasons for heterogeneity explored.<h4>Results</h4>The median proportion of participants with undetected PTSD ...[more]