Revista médica de Chile
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Revista médica de Chile · Mar 2013
[Earthquake in Chile: acute stress and post traumatic stress disorder among women in treatment for severe depression].
Depression is a risk factor for developing secondary post-traumatic stress disorder. The earthquake on February 27th, 2010, destroyed the Hospital of Curicó. Despite the prevailing chaos, patients in treatment for severe depression actively maintained their treatment from the first post-earthquake working day ⋯ A high frequeney of PTSD was observed in this group of depressive patients, which was significantly associated with a history of previous AS and childhood trauma.