The current study is aimed to assess the prevalence of PostTraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Resilience among survivors of
Bacha Khan University Charsadda (BKUC) terrorist attack. A
comparison was made based on directly exposed/indirectly exposed
survivors and gender. It was hypothesized that: (1) directly
expose/affected survivors by the terrorist attack will exhibit more
prevalence of PTSD as compared to indirectly exposed ones (2) there
will be difference on the variable of PTSD and resilience with respect
to gender. Results indicate that PTSD was significantly high among
directly exposed individuals as compared to the indirectly exposed
survivors. Moreover, that males were found having greater
prevalence of PTSD as compared to the females. It is suggested to
mental health policy makers to organize mental health camps for the
public and university students to enable them to deal with the
traumatic situations in a healthy manner .
Noshi Iram Zaman, Pirzada Muhammad Munib. (2020) Post traumatic stress disorder and resilience: an exploratory study among survivors of Bacha Khan University charsadda, Pakistan, , Volume-14, Issue-2.
