Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 15.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2011 May 21;47(6):893–902. doi: 10.1007/s00127-011-0397-1

Table 2.

Prevalence of psychiatric disorders among rape victims and non-victims

Psychiatric diagnosis FR (%) DAFR/IR (%) Combined (%) Non-victim (%)
Overall lifetime prevalence
 PTSD 34 30 52 13
 MDE 34 20 43 9
Overall current prevalence
 PTSD 21 16 36 6
 MDE 22 18 36 7
 AA 5 15 20 6
 DA 2 9 6 1
Noncomorbid lifetime prevalence
 PTSD only 10 15 14 6
 MDE only 9 5 5 2
Noncomorbid current prevalence
 PTSD only 2 4 5 2
 MDE only 2 4 5 2
 AA only 1 5 4 3
 DA only .3 2 0 .2
Comorbid lifetime prevalence
 PTSD + MDE 24 14 36 6
Comorbid current prevalence
 PTSD + MDE 18 13 28 4
 PTSD + AA 3 5 12 1
 PTSD + DA 1 5 5 1
 Any diagnosis 46 44 62 20
Comorbidity with lifetime PTSD
 Lifetime MDE 69 47 70 46
Comorbidity with current PTSD
 Current MDE 83 78 79 56
 AA 13 30 32 15
 DA 6 30 14 9

FR forcible rape, DAFR/IR drug-or-alcohol-facilitated/incapacitated rape, combined FR and DAFR/IR during the same incident, PTSD post-traumatic stress disorder, MDE major depressive episode, AA alcohol abuse, DA drug abuse