Attachment style moderates polygenic risk for incident posttraumatic stress in U.S. military veterans: A 7-year, nationally representative, prospective cohort study

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) develops consequent to complex gene-environment interactions beyond the precipitating trauma. To date, however, no known study has used a prospective design to examine how polygenic risk scores (PRS) interact with social-environmental factors such as attachment style to predict PTSD development.

Source: Biological Psychiatry - October 5, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Amanda J.F. Tamman, Frank R. Wendt, Gita A. Pathak, John H. Krystal, Steven M. Southwick, Lauren M. Sippel, Joel Gelernter, Renato Polimanti, Robert H. Pietrzak Tags: Archival Report Source Type: research