Wednesday, 4 November 2009

Nature versus nurture in PTSD

The combination of adverse events in childhood and traumatic experiences in adulthood raises the chances of developing Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) according to a study in the Archives of General Psychiatry journal. Furthermore the risk increases if there is a genetic mutation present. The American study was conducted on 1,252 people between the ages of 17 and 79.

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