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Is racism like other trauma exposures? Examining the unique mental health effects of racial/ethnic discrimination on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), major depressive disorder (MDD), and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD).

Year: 2024

Type: article

Study design: Observational Study

Abstract: = 4.47, 95% CI [1.77, 11.32]). Overall, rPTEs demonstrated stronger associations with PTSD, MDD, and GAD compared to conventional PTEs. Findings align with racial trauma frameworks proposing that racial/ethnic discrimination is a unique traumatic stressor with distinct mental health impacts on ethnoracially minoritized youth. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).

Source: American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

DOI: 10.1037/ort0000807

Authors: Chardée A. Galán, Lillian Polanco-Roman, Henry A. Willis, Emily N. Satinsky, Adrelys Mateo Santana, Chantel T. Ebrahimi, Elayne Zhou, Lorraine Y. Howard

Institutions: Pennsylvania State University, The New School, University of Maryland, College Park, University of Southern California, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Language: English

Topic: Racial and Ethnic Identity Research

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: hybrid

Funders: Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, National Institute on Drug Abuse

Award: Translational Research Training in Addictions: Pathways for Behavioral and Biomedical Scholars (TRACC).

OpenAlex ID: W4404140835

FWCI: 3.648

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