Journal of Traumatic Stress Disorders & TreatmentISSN: 2324-8947

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Research Article, J Trauma Stress Disor Treat Vol: 2 Issue: 3

Gender Differences in Trauma and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms among Displaced Zimbabweans in South Africa

Erhabor S Idemudia1*, John K William 2, Klaus Boehnke3 and Gail Wyatt 2
1North West University, South Africa
2University of California, Los Angeles, USA
3Jacobs University Bremen, Germany
Corresponding author : Erhabor S Idemudia
Department of Psychology, North West University (Mafikeng Campus), PB X2046, Mmabatho, South Africa
E-mail:
sundayidemudia@yahoo.com
Received: June 21, 2013 Accepted: August 21, 2013 Published: August 27, 2013
Citation: Idemudia ES, William JK, Boehnke K, Wyatt G (2013) Gender Differences in Trauma and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms among Displaced Zimbabweans in South Africa. J Trauma Stress Disor Treat 2:3. doi:10.4172/2324-8947.1000110

Abstract

Gender Differences in Trauma and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms among Displaced Zimbabweans in South Africa

Posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) and posttraumatic stress disorders (PTSD) are syndromes recognized in clinical practice as a significant health problem because of their nature and diagnoses and the staggering costs that comes with it to the individual and society at large. PTSS is so named because of the symptoms that are experienced after a traumatic event. PTSS and PTSD are the same thing except psychiatry prefers to differentiate between symptoms (PTSS) and the fully activated disorder (PTSD).

Keywords: Gender differences; Trauma; PTSD/PTSS; Zimbabweans

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