News What Are The Risks Of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder After An Accident?

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Many patients continue to suffer from symptoms (headaches, pain) several months after an accident. Now, a research team has studied the subsequent development of 1,300 people who were admitted to hospital for trauma. The researchers demonstrate that it is possible to identify people who will develop post-traumatic stress disorder, which generally occurs when the individual's life was put in danger.

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[Mystery]

Interesting data. I have often wondered why it is that women tend to suffer ptsd more than men. You would think evolution had primed us to handle trauma better because we give birth but apparently no, it hasn't. Or is it something inherent in being the physically and socially 'weaker' sex that makes us more primed? I don't know, just wondering what anyone else thinks.