Article
Gene-environment interaction in posttraumatic stress disorder: review, strategy and new directions for future research.
European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience - 1 Mar 2008
Koenen Karestan C, Nugent Nicole R, Amstadter Ananda B
Abstract excerpt
The purpose of this article is to encourage research investigating the role of measured gene-environment interaction (G x E) in the etiology of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). PTSD is uniquely suited to the study of G x E as the diagnosis requires exposure to a potentially-traumatic life event. PTSD is also moderately heritable; however, the role of genetic factors in PTSD etiology has been largely...
Topics
- Environment
- Family Health
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genetics, Behavioral
- Humans
- Life Change Events
- Neuropsychology
- Phenotype
- Quantitative Trait, Heritable
- Sex Factors
- Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic