Gender Differences in Patients With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in a General Psychiatric Practice

Abstract

Overall, male and female patients with current PTSD present with fairly comparable clinical profiles.

Posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in Bosnian refugees 3 1/2 years after resettlement

“…This finding is consistent with the findings from Holocaust survivor literature in which reexperiencing symptoms remain most prominent even after 50 years [20][21]. More recent evidence also exists that women report a greater number of reexperiencing symptoms than men [22].…”

Primary Trauma of Female Partners in a Military Sample: Individual Symptoms and Relationship Satisfaction

“…This "re-experiencing" of traumatic events may lead female partners to believe the relationship is an emotionally unsafe place, thereby decreasing the level of satisfaction experienced. Other reasons for the results of the current study could be due to the tendency for female trauma victims to report re-experiencing symptoms more often than other trauma symptoms (Breslau, Chilcoat, Kessler, Peterson, & Lucia, 1999;Zlotnick, Zimmerman, Wolfsdorf, & Mattia, 2001). Perhaps female partners in the current study were more sensitive to their re-experiencing symptoms, including the possible ways these symptoms negatively influenced their levels of relationship satisfaction.…”

Selective numbing and hyperarousal in male and female Bosnian refugees with PTSD

“…Surprisingly, the question of sex differences in PTSD symptoms has not received much attention. The recent report by Zlotnick, Zimmerman, Wolfsdorf, & Mattia (2001) appears to be the first study that systematically addressed this question in patients with PTSD. They report that, except for female patients with PTSD experiencing a greater number of reexperiencing symptoms than male patients with PTSD, ''the manifestations of PTSD common among male and female patients are more similar that different.''…”