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Risk of PTSD linked to Genes, Enviroment

Childhood adversity and trauma during adulthood appear to predispose individuals to post-traumatic stress disorders.
Researchers found the combination of insults were more predictive of PTSD than exposure to only one type of disturbance.
Furthermore, the risk was additionally accentuated among individuals with a certain genetic mutation.
The report is found in the November issue of Archives of General [...]

Grief and pain in Fort Hood after bitter betrayal of mass shooting

America’s biggest military base is a tight-knit community. In the aftermath of mass murder by an army psychiatrist, many feel the horror and trauma of war has invaded their homes. Paul Harris reports from Fort Hood, Texas
Private Marquest Smith thought the first sounds of gunfire sounded like popcorn being cooked. It was only when people [...]

Women combat vets isolate PTSD and themselves

For Vivienne Pacquette, being a combat veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder means avoiding phone calls to her sons, dinner out with her husband and therapy sessions that make her talk about seeing the reds and whites of her friends’ insides after a mortar attack in 2004.
As with other women in her position, hiding seems to [...]

Peak performance from soldiers and wives raises £20,000

Wives of soldiers from 1st Battalion, The Royal Welsh pictured at the top of Scafell Pike in the Lake District.
Chester-based soldiers bound for Afghanistan have climbed the three highest mountains in England, Wales and Scotland for charity. And keen not to outdone, many of their wives also undertook the same challenge.
The soldiers – from 1st Battalion [...]