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. 2021 Apr:298:113775.
doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2021.113775. Epub 2021 Feb 3.

Risk and resilience factors associated with traumatic loss-related PTSD in U.S. military veterans: Results from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study

Ruth H Asch  1 , Irina Esterlis  2 , Steven M Southwick  1 , Robert H Pietrzak  2
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Risk and resilience factors associated with traumatic loss-related PTSD in U.S. military veterans: Results from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study

Ruth H Asch et al. Psychiatry Res. 2021 Apr.

Abstract

Purpose: Sudden death of a loved one is the most prevalent potentially traumatic event worldwide, yet little is known about risk and resilience factors associated with traumatic loss-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Methods: Data from a nationally representative sample of U.S. military veterans were analyzed to identify sociodemographic, military, health and psychosocial correlates of traumatic loss-related PTSD.

Results: Loneliness, somatic symptoms, and attachment style were the strongest correlates of PTSD symptom severity and positive screens for traumatic loss-related PTSD.

Conclusion: Loneliness, somatic symptoms, and attachment style may represent therapeutic targets to help mitigate traumatic loss-related PTSD in U.S. veterans.

Keywords: Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); Potentially traumatic event (PTE); Resilience; Risk; Traumatic loss; Veterans.

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