Depression, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, and Life Satisfaction in Greenlandic Adults
Suicide is a major public health problem in Greenland. Despitethe fact that suicide is highly associated with depression, posttraumaticstress disorder (PTSD), and life satisfaction there arevirtually no data about the extent to which Greenlandic individualsexperience these mental health problems or...
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ftsbaarhusojs:oai:ojs.tidsskrift.dk:article/100080 2024-06-23T07:53:19+00:00 Depression, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, and Life Satisfaction in Greenlandic Adults Zaragoza Scherman, Alejandra 2017-11-22 application/pdf https://tidsskrift.dk/psyke/article/view/100080 dan dan Dansk Psykologisk Forlag https://tidsskrift.dk/psyke/article/view/100080/149186 https://tidsskrift.dk/psyke/article/view/100080 Copyright (c) 2017 Psyke & Logos Psyke & Logos; Årg. 38 Nr. 1 (2017): Psykologiske perspektiver i Grønland; 90-101 Psyke & Logos; Vol. 38 No. 1 (2017): Psykologiske perspektiver i Grønland; 90-101 2246-2449 0107-1211 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2017 ftsbaarhusojs 2024-06-11T04:22:52Z Suicide is a major public health problem in Greenland. Despitethe fact that suicide is highly associated with depression, posttraumaticstress disorder (PTSD), and life satisfaction there arevirtually no data about the extent to which Greenlandic individualsexperience these mental health problems or a sense of wellbeing.In this study, a group of 137 Greenlandic adults completedmeasures of depression, PTSD, and life satisfaction. In addition,they also provided memories of traumatic or stressful and positivelife events they had experienced during their lives. No sexdifferences were found in any of the measures. Results showedthat 25.8 % of the participants reported symptoms of mild ormajor depression, while 13% reported high PTSD scores, and10% of the sample reported being dissatisfied with their lives.Keywords: depression, PTSD, life satisfaction, Greenlandicmiddle-aged and older adults, life events Article in Journal/Newspaper Greenland greenlandic Aarhus University: OJS at The State and University Library Greenland |
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Suicide is a major public health problem in Greenland. Despitethe fact that suicide is highly associated with depression, posttraumaticstress disorder (PTSD), and life satisfaction there arevirtually no data about the extent to which Greenlandic individualsexperience these mental health problems or a sense of wellbeing.In this study, a group of 137 Greenlandic adults completedmeasures of depression, PTSD, and life satisfaction. In addition,they also provided memories of traumatic or stressful and positivelife events they had experienced during their lives. No sexdifferences were found in any of the measures. Results showedthat 25.8 % of the participants reported symptoms of mild ormajor depression, while 13% reported high PTSD scores, and10% of the sample reported being dissatisfied with their lives.Keywords: depression, PTSD, life satisfaction, Greenlandicmiddle-aged and older adults, life events |
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Zaragoza Scherman, Alejandra Depression, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, and Life Satisfaction in Greenlandic Adults |
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Zaragoza Scherman, Alejandra |
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Depression, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, and Life Satisfaction in Greenlandic Adults |
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Depression, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, and Life Satisfaction in Greenlandic Adults |
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Depression, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, and Life Satisfaction in Greenlandic Adults |
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Depression, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, and Life Satisfaction in Greenlandic Adults |
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Depression, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, and Life Satisfaction in Greenlandic Adults |
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depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and life satisfaction in greenlandic adults |
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Dansk Psykologisk Forlag |
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Greenland greenlandic |
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Greenland greenlandic |
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Psyke & Logos; Årg. 38 Nr. 1 (2017): Psykologiske perspektiver i Grønland; 90-101 Psyke & Logos; Vol. 38 No. 1 (2017): Psykologiske perspektiver i Grønland; 90-101 2246-2449 0107-1211 |
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https://tidsskrift.dk/psyke/article/view/100080/149186 https://tidsskrift.dk/psyke/article/view/100080 |
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Copyright (c) 2017 Psyke & Logos |
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