Women may face higher PTSD risk, and biomarker could help predict it

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Researchers at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine report that a particular stress-hormone pattern may indicate vulnerability to PTSD in female animal models. The findings could help explain why PTSD diagnoses are about twice as common among women as men, though their relevance to human prediction remains to be established.

Research from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine suggests a specific stress hormone pattern may signal vulnerability to post-traumatic stress disorder—at least in female animal models—and could help explain why women are diagnosed with PTSD at roughly twice the rate of men.