A prospective study of pre-trauma risk factors for post-traumatic stress disorder and depression.

CONCLUSIONS: Participants at risk of developing episodes of PTSD or depression could be identified within the first week of paramedic training. Cognitive predictors of episodes of PTSD and MD are promising targets for resilience interventions. PMID: 27348599 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27348599?dopt=Abstract

Source: Psychological Medicine - June 27, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Wild J, Smith KV, Thompson E, Béar F, Lommen MJ, Ehlers A Tags: Psychol Med Source Type: research