Attachment style moderates polygenic risk for posttraumatic stress in United States military veterans: Results from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study

Polygenic risk scores (PRS) derived from genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may inform risk for this disorder. To date, however, no known study has examined whether social environmental factors such as attachment style may moderate the relation between PRS and PTSD.

Source: Biological Psychiatry - September 29, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Amanda J.F. Tamman, Frank R. Wendt, Gita A. Pathak, John H. Krystal, Janitza L. Montalvo-Ortiz, Steven M. Southwick, Lauren M. Sippel, Joel Gelernter, Renato Polimanti, Robert H. Pietrzak Tags: Archival Report Source Type: research