News Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Linked To Accelerated Aging

[MyPTSD]

People with PTSD may also be at risk for accelerated aging or premature senescence, research suggests. The researchers noted that there has not been another study that links PTSD, a psychological disorder with no established genetic basis, to a basic biological process such as aging.
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[greenleaf]

Hmmm, exercise is supposed to increase the telomere length though; so maybe this is another reason for us to do our best to exercise regularly... I'd be happier if the researchers had been a little more specific in what mediated the relationship though, like cortisol or lack of sleep or whatever...

 

[anthony]

I don't pay attention to much of the nonsense academics study and theorise upon.

researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System suggest that people with PTSD may also be at risk for accelerated aging or premature senescence.

"This is the first study of its type to link PTSD, a psychological disorder with no established genetic basis, which is caused by external, traumatic stress, with long-term, systemic effects on a basic biological process such as ageing,"

Funnily enough, there are other studies about PTSD and aging... which contradicts their assertion that none exist. I got a return on my first search:

http://www.ucsf.edu/news/2011/04/9776/risk-accelerated-aging-seen-ptsd-patients-childhood-trauma

If you swap PTSD for stress... then there are crap loads. So is it PTSD or stress that aids ageing?