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Long-Term Trajectories of PTSD in Vietnam-Era Veterans: The Course and Consequences of PTSD in Twins.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Magruder, Kathryn Marley Goldberg, Jack Forsberg, Christopher W. Friedman, Matthew J. Litz, Brett T. Vaccarino, Viola Heagerty, Patrick J. Gleason, Theresa C. Huang, Grant D. Smith, Nicholas L. |
| Copyright Year | 2016 |
| Abstract | We estimated the temporal course of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in Vietnam-era veterans using a national sample of male twins with a 20-year follow-up. The complete sample included those twins with a PTSD diagnostic assessment in 1992 and who completed a DSM-IV PTSD diagnostic assessment and a self-report PTSD checklist in 2012 (n = 4,138). Using PTSD diagnostic data, we classified veterans into 5 mutually exclusive groups, including those who never had PTSD, and 4 PTSD trajectory groups: (a) early recovery, (b) late recovery, (c) late onset, and (d) chronic. The majority of veterans remained unaffected by PTSD throughout their lives (79.05% of those with theater service, 90.85% of those with nontheater service); however, an important minority (10.50% of theater veterans, 4.45% of nontheater veterans) in 2012 had current PTSD that was either late onset (6.55% theater, 3.29% nontheater) or chronic (3.95% theater, 1.16% nontheater). The distribution of trajectories was significantly different by theater service (p < .001). PTSD remains a prominent issue for many Vietnam-era veterans, especially for those who served in Vietnam. |
| Starting Page | 5 |
| Ending Page | 16 |
| Page Count | 12 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1002/jts.22075 |
| PubMed reference number | 26764215 |
| Journal | Medline |
| Volume Number | 29 |
| Issue Number | 1 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://open.library.emory.edu/publications/emory:s931v/pdf/ |
| Journal | Journal of traumatic stress |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
