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The Aftermath of Combat-Related PTSDToward an Understanding of Transgenerational TraumaUniversity of Massachusetts, Boston, melissa.pearrow{at}umb.edu
University of Massachusetts, Boston The number of military personnel who are involved in combat situations continues to increase. As a result, researchers have identified risk factors associated with the development of combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The authors of this article review some of the characteristics of military personnel involved in these conflicts, factors unique to the current military actions, and symptom presentation and prevalence rates of PTSD among those serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. They discuss mechanisms for the transgenerational transmission of trauma symptoms and identify strategies for interventions.
Key Words: post-traumatic stress disorder transgenerational trauma veterans with PTSD
This version was published on February
1, 2009 Communication Disorders Quarterly, Vol. 30, No. 2,
77-82 (2009) |
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