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A twin registry study of familial and individual risk factors for trauma exposure and posttraumatic stress disorder.
The Journal of nervous and mental disease - 1 Apr 2002
Koenen Karestan C, Harley Rebecca, Lyons Michael J, Wolfe Jessica, Simpson John C, Goldberg Jack, Eisen Seth A, Tsuang Ming
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This study examines the association of individual and familial risk factors with exposure to trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in male twins (N = 6744) from the Vietnam Era Twin Registry. Independent reports of familial psychopathology from co-twins were used to avoid the potential biases of the family history method. Risk for exposure to traumatic events was increased by service in Southeast Asia,...
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