APS
2024 APS Annual Convention · 2024
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder, and Psychosocial Functioning: A Network Analysis in a Nationally Representative US Veteran Cohort
- Haijing Hallenbeck
National Center for PTSD Dissemination and Training Division, VA Palo Alto Health Care System - Haijing Hallenbeck
Stanford School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences - Tobias Spiller
National Center for PTSD, Clinical Neurosciences Division, VA Connecticut Health Care System - Tobias Spiller
Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine - Tobias Spiller
Department of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine, University Hospital Zurich - Eric Kuhn
National Center for PTSD, Dissemination and Training Division, VA Palo Alto Health Care System - Eric Kuhn
- Marylene Cloitre
National Center for PTSD, Dissemination and Training Division, VA Palo Alto Health Care System - Marylene Cloitre
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine - Robert Pietrzak
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Yale School of Public Health - Robert Pietrzak
Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine - Robert Pietrzak
National Center for PTSD, Clinical Neurosciences Division, VA Connecticut Health Care System
Abstract
In a cross-sectional, nationally representative sample of trauma-exposed veterans (N = 3,847), network analysis revealed that psychosocial functioning had differential connections with PTSD and depression symptoms, with the strongest connections for anhedonia, depressed mood, and restricted affect. It may be beneficial to target these symptoms among Veterans experiencing functioning difficulties.
Psychopathology