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PTSD in Women
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This chapter focuses primarily on the influence of female sex as a risk factor for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Prevalence rates suggest that women are especially vulnerable to developing PTSD. Despite changes in diagnostic criteria and examination across varied populations, the prevalence of PTSD remains consistently twice as high in women as men. This chapter examines sex differences in both incidence and presentation of PTSD. It then moves to a discussion of the neurobiological factors of PTSD in women, further examining stress and fear regulation mechanisms and the circuitry that may underlie the disproportionate vulnerability to PTSD development in women. The influence of gonadal hormones on PTSD symptomology is also explored in this chapter with a focus on estrogen and progesterone.
Title: PTSD in Women
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This chapter focuses primarily on the influence of female sex as a risk factor for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Prevalence rates suggest that women are especially vulnerable to developing PTSD.
Despite changes in diagnostic criteria and examination across varied populations, the prevalence of PTSD remains consistently twice as high in women as men.
This chapter examines sex differences in both incidence and presentation of PTSD.
It then moves to a discussion of the neurobiological factors of PTSD in women, further examining stress and fear regulation mechanisms and the circuitry that may underlie the disproportionate vulnerability to PTSD development in women.
The influence of gonadal hormones on PTSD symptomology is also explored in this chapter with a focus on estrogen and progesterone.
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