Psychiatric News (12/8) reports, “Women with symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression are at an increased risk of death compared with women without trauma exposure or depression,” investigators concluded after analyzing “data collected from participants in the Nurses’ Health Study II,” which “involves 116,429 women who enrolled in 1989 at ages 25 to 42 years and are followed-up biennially.” The findings were published online in JAMA Network Open.
Related Links:
— “PTSD, Depression May Increase Risk of Death in Women, Psychiatric News, December 8, 2020