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2026 APS Annual Convention · 2026
Long-Term PTSD Trajectories: Predictors of Differential Vulnerability to Recurrent Life Stressors
- Maayan Doron
Sagol Brain Institute, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov) - Maayan Doron
Tel aviv university - Jackob Keynan
Sagol Brain Institute, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov) - Ziv Ben-Zion
Yale School of Medicine, Yale University - Ziv Ben-Zion
School of Public Health, Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences, University of Haifa - Guy Gurevitch
Gray Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, Tel Aviv University - Guy Gurevitch
Sagol Brain Institute, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov) - Roee Admon
School of Psychological Sciences and Integrated Brain and Behavior Research Center, University of Haifa - Shimon Shahar
Center for AI & Data Science (TAD), Tel Aviv University - Arieh Shalev
Department of Psychiatry, NYU Grossman School of Medicine - Talma Hendler
Sagol Brain Institute, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov) - Talma Hendler
Gray Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, Tel Aviv University - Talma Hendler
Sagol School of Neuroscience, Tel Aviv University - Talma Hendler
School of Psychological Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences,Tel Aviv University
Abstract
This seven-year longitudinal study post-trauma revealed chronic, recovery, and resilient PTSD trajectories and responses to renewed war-related stress. Although PTSD symptoms increased slightly across groups, depressive symptoms increased significantly within the recovery group. Early depressive symptoms and reduced mesolimbic reward activation predicted recovery membership, suggesting vulnerability despite apparent PTSD remission.
