http://www.apa.org/monitor/2008/05/ptsd
An innovative prospective risk study—called the Texas Combat-Related PTSD Project—is now under way to determine the factors that may predispose service members to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). While previous studies on combat PTSD-vulnerability have been mostly retrospective, researchers hope this study will help them understand how genetic, neurobiological and psychological/cognitive factors interact with a soldier's level of stress to predict the development of PTSD.
An innovative prospective risk study—called the Texas Combat-Related PTSD Project—is now under way to determine the factors that may predispose service members to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). While previous studies on combat PTSD-vulnerability have been mostly retrospective, researchers hope this study will help them understand how genetic, neurobiological and psychological/cognitive factors interact with a soldier's level of stress to predict the development of PTSD.
