Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Physical Illness: Results from Clinical and Epidemiologic Studies

By J. Boscarino. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2004

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Posttraumatic stress disorder in veterans and military personnel: epidemiology, screening, and case recognition. (2012, background): “…individuals with PTSD are more likely to experience marital and family problems (Jordan et al., 1992), job instability (Smith, Schnurr, & Rosenheck, 2005), legal difficulties (Kulka et al., 1990), and physical health problems (Boscarino, 2004; O’Toole, Catts, Outram, Pierse, & Cockburn, 2009).”
Compassion Fatigue Among Social Work Students in Field Placements (2011, background): “Compassion fatigue often is conceptualized within a stress process framework that focuses on the physiological (alterations in hormonal and neuroendocrine systems) and psychological (cognitive functioning) reactions of individuals to stressors in their life (Adams et al., 2006; Boscarino, 2004; Pear”
Inflammation in Fear- and Anxiety-Based Disorders: PTSD, GAD, and Beyond (2017, background): “A proinflammatory state may serve as an underlying biological mechanism by which PTSD and other fear- and anxietybased disorders are highly co-morbid with CVD (Boscarino and Chang, 1999a) and metabolic syndrome (Weiss et al, 2011), as well as other physical illnesses (Boscarino, 2004).”
The Psychological Impact of Child Soldiering (2010, background): “in PTSD are observed as psychophysiological, neurohormonal, neuroanatomical, and immunological effects (Boscarino, 2004; Kolassa et al., 2007; Neuner et al., 2008; Schnurr & Jankowski, 1999).”