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Table 3 Lifetime and childhood exposure to traumatic events among MSIC frequently attending clients

From: Mental health among clients of the Sydney Medically Supervised Injecting Centre (MSIC)

Trauma

% ever experienced

% experienced prior to age 16 years

Witnessed someone badly injured or killed

78

42

Seriously physically attacked or assaulted

72

56

Threatened with a weapon, held captive or kidnapped

68

32

Involved in a life-threatening accident

58

30

Molested

52

46

Raped

42

40

Involved in a fire, flood or natural disaster

34

24

Tortured or victim of terrorist

34

26

Direct combat experience in a war

12

6

  1. Events listed in the table are verbatim from the CIDI version 2.1 [20]