Acculturation, psychiatric comorbidity and posttraumatic stress disorder in a Taiwanese aboriginal population

Chau Shoun Lee; Jung Chen Chang; Chia Yih Liu; Ching Jui Chang; Tony H.H. Chen; Chien Hsiun Chen; Andrew T.A. Cheng

doi:10.1007/s00127-008-0405-2

Acculturation, psychiatric comorbidity and posttraumatic stress disorder in a Taiwanese aboriginal population

Chau Shoun Lee, Jung Chen Chang, Chia Yih Liu, Ching Jui Chang, Tony H.H. Chen, Chien Hsiun Chen, Andrew T.A. Cheng^*

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Abstract

Background: This study investigates acculturation and other antecedent psychiatric and socio-environmental risk factors for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in one aboriginal group (the Bunun) exposed to an earthquake disaster in Taiwan. Method: Respondents (n = 196) were assessed 5 months after the disaster, using a Chinese version of the Schedules for Clinical Assessment in Neuropsychiatry and the Taiwan Aboriginal Acculturation Scale. Result: Four risk factors exerted independent effect on the risk of PTSD, including magnitude of the earthquake, subsequent traumas, antecedent major depressive disorder and acculturation status. Conclusion: Public mental health programs need to consider the liability to PTSD in populations with different ethnicity and socio-cultural environments.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	55-62
Number of pages	8
Journal	Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
Volume	44
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-008-0405-2
State	Published - 2009

Keywords

Acculturation
Earthquake
PTSD
Psychiatric comorbidity

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