Interpersonal violence and its correlates in Vietnam veterans with chronic posttraumatic stress disorder

Beckham, Jean C.; Feldman, Michelle E.; Kirby, Angela C.; Hertzberg, Michael A.; Moore, Scott D.

doi:10.1002/(sici)1097-4679(199712)53:8<859::aid-jclp11>3.0.co;2-j

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“…PTSD is associated with serious sequelae, including health risk behaviors, such as unprotected sex 43 and involvement with interpersonal violence, 44 and physical sequelae, including dysregulated immune function, 45 cardiovascular risk indicators, 46 metabolic syndrome, 47 and chronic pain. 48 National surveys indicate that no more than half of people with PTSD seek treatment, 49 therefore identifying individuals at increased risk for PTSD is crucial for prevention of PTSD sequelae.…”

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Childhood Gender Nonconformity: A Risk Indicator for Childhood Abuse and Posttraumatic Stress in Youth

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WHAT'S KNOWN ON THIS SUBJECT: Childhood gender nonconformity has been associated with poorer relationships with parents, but it is unknown if childhood gender nonconformity is associated with childhood abuse or with posttraumatic stress disorder. WHAT THIS STUDY ADDS:We identify gender nonconformity before age 11 years as a risk indicator for physical, sexual, and psychological abuse in childhood and lifetime probable posttraumatic stress disorder in youth. abstract OBJECTIVES: Childhood gender nonconformity has been associated with poorer relationships with parents, but it is unknown if childhood gender nonconformity is associated with childhood abuse or risk of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in youth. METHODS:We examined whether gender nonconformity before age 11 years was associated with childhood sexual, physical, and psychological abuse and lifetime risk of probable PTSD by using self-report questionnaire data from the 2007 wave of the Growing Up Today Study (n = 9864, mean age = 22.7 years), a longitudinal cohort of US youth. We further examined whether higher exposure to childhood abuse mediated possible elevated prevalence of PTSD in nonconforming children. Finally, we examined whether association of childhood gender nonconformity with PTSD was independent of sexual orientation.RESULTS: Exposure to childhood physical, psychological, and sexual abuse, and probable PTSD were elevated in youth in the top decile of childhood gender nonconformity compared with youth below median nonconformity. Abuse victimization disparities partly mediated PTSD disparities by gender nonconformity. Gender nonconformity predicted increased risk of lifetime probable PTSD in youth after adjustment for sexual orientation. CONCLUSIONS:We identify gender nonconformity as an indicator of children at increased risk of abuse and probable PTSD. Pediatricians and school health providers should consider abuse screening for this vulnerable population. Further research to understand how gender nonconformity might increase risk of abuse and to develop family interventions to reduce abuse risk is needed.

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Childhood Gender Nonconformity: A Risk Indicator for Childhood Abuse and Posttraumatic Stress in Youth

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“…In addition to studies finding strong support for the relationship between anger and PTSD in military samples, studies have also shown that Veterans diagnosed with PTSD demonstrate higher levels of anger compared with Veterans without PTSD [12,[19][20][21][22][23]. For example, Chemtob et al conducted a study in which they compared 24 Vietnam war Veterans who had been diagnosed with PTSD to 23 non-PTSD Vietnam combat Veterans and 12 noncombat Vietnam-era Veterans with psychiatric diagnoses [12].…”

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Assessment and treatment of posttraumatic anger and aggression: A review

Taft¹,

Creech²,

Kachadourian³

2012

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Abstract-The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Department of Defense's (DOD) recently published and updated Department of Veterans Affairs/Department of Defense VA/ DOD Clinical Practice Guideline for Management of PostTraumatic Stress includes irritability, severe agitation, and anger as specific symptoms that frequently co-occur with PTSD. For the first time, the guideline includes nine specific recommendations for the assessment and treatment of PTSDrelated anger, irritability, and agitation. This article will review the literature on PTSD and its association with anger and aggression. We highlight explanatory models for these associations, factors that contribute to the occurrence of anger and aggression in PTSD, assessment of anger and aggression, and effective anger management interventions and strategies.

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“…Since that time, two combat-related risk factors, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), are receiving increased attention due to the high prevalence of PTSD and TBI among soldiers returning from deployment (Hoge et al, 2004;Warden, 2006). Given the relationship of combat-related PTSD and the perpetration of domestic violence that has been found among veterans from earlier conflicts, most notably Vietnam (Beckham, Feldman, Kirby, Hertzberg, & Moore, 1997;Carroll, Rueger, Foy, & Conahoe, 1985;Orcutt, King, & King, 2003), and the existing civilian research on the relationship between TBI and IPV perpetration (Cohen, Rosenbaum, Kane, Warnken, & Benjamin, 1999;Marsh & Martinovich, 2006;Rosenbaum et al, 1994), it is imperative that these risk factors, along with other combat-related risk factors, such as the timing and number of deployments, be included in future studies of the active duty female's IPV experience within the military.…”

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Patterns of Intimate Partner Violence and Associated Risk Factors Among Married Enlisted Female Soldiers

Forgey

Badger²

2010

Violence Vict

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A sample of 248 enlisted active duty females married to civilian spouses completed a self-report survey that asked about their own and their spouse's violence. The survey also asked about their sex-role attitudes, marital satisfaction, alcohol use, childhood trauma, and depression. Results identifi ed patterns of intimate partner violence and their relationship to the psychosocial risk factors. Females experiencing severe bidirectional violence were likely to be the most depressed and to have a history of child sexual abuse. Females experiencing minor bidirectional violence did not share any of the psychosocial risk factors found for severe bidirectional violence. Females perpetrating unilateral violence toward their spouses were found to be as satisfi ed in their marriages as nonviolent couples and less depressed than the females experiencing bidirectional violence.

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Interpersonal violence and its correlates in Vietnam veterans with chronic posttraumatic stress disorder

Cited by 121 publications

References 28 publications

Childhood Gender Nonconformity: A Risk Indicator for Childhood Abuse and Posttraumatic Stress in Youth

Childhood Gender Nonconformity: A Risk Indicator for Childhood Abuse and Posttraumatic Stress in Youth

Assessment and treatment of posttraumatic anger and aggression: A review

Patterns of Intimate Partner Violence and Associated Risk Factors Among Married Enlisted Female Soldiers

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