The Trauma Craze: How the Expansion of Trauma Diagnoses Fueled Victimhood Culture
Mad in America
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
This represents a significant shift in PTSD diagnoses from predominantly affecting men in the 1980s, when men constituted about 70% of diagnosed cases, to now predominantly affecting women, who by 2020 made up 70% of diagnosed cases. Since 2010, trauma diagnoses among adolescents have surged, rising from about 3% in 2010 to over 8% by 2023.
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