The emergence of sex differences in PTSD symptoms across development: evidence from the ALSPAC cohort.

CONCLUSIONS: Results indicate that females show higher levels of PTSS in adolescence but not during childhood. The emergence of this sex difference does not seem to be explained by overlap with depressive symptoms, while the influence of pubertal status requires further investigation. PMID: 31409434 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31409434?dopt=Abstract

Source: Psychological Medicine - August 13, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Haag K, Fraser A, Hiller R, Seedat S, Zimmerman A, Halligan SL Tags: Psychol Med Source Type: research