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Survey Reveals That Renaming Post-Traumatic Stress ‘Disorder’ to ‘Injury’ Would Reduce Stigma

Background Self-stigmatization has an estimated prevalence of 41.2% among adults with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Since the name PTSD was introduced, arguments have been made that the term “disorder” may discourage patients from revealing their condition and seeking care. We hypothesize t...

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Autor principal: Lipov, Eugene
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10257468/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37303315
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.38888