APS
30th APS Annual Convention · 2018
Men and Women Veterans Differ in PTSD Symptom Characteristics and Recovery
- Meghan Pierce
Harvard Medical School - Laura Levin
Boston VA Healthcare System - William Milberg
VA Boston Healthcare System, GRECC, TRACTS - Regina McGlinchey
Boston VA Healthcare System
Abstract
Symptom expression, severity, and frequency may underlie some of the sex differences observed in PTSD. Our study aims to characterize these differences in previously deployed Veterans. We found that men and women differed in pre-deployment intrusion and avoidance symptoms. Furthermore, early life trauma impacted symptoms in men but not women.
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