Can Genetic Perturbations of Inflammatory Response Contribute to the Risk of PTSD?

Research Paper Title Post-traumatic stress following military deployment: Genetic associations and cross-disorder genetic correlations. Background Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a complex psychiatric disorder that occurs with relatively high frequency after deployment to warzones (∼10%). While twin studies have estimated the heritability to be up to 40%, thus indicating a considerable genetic component in the… Read More

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Does Pre-deployment Lower Cognitive Ability Predict Post-Deployment PTSD?

Research Paper Title Cognitive ability and risk of post-traumatic stress disorder after military deployment: an observational cohort study. Background Studies of the association between pre-deployment cognitive ability and post-deployment post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have shown mixed results. The aim of the research was to study the influence of pre-deployment cognitive ability on PTSD symptoms 6-8… Read More