Guerilla warfare triggers more PTSD than traditional fighting

Wednesday, December 30, 2015 - 11:05 in Psychology & Sociology

Guerilla tactics such as suicide attacks and roadside bombs may trigger more posttraumatic stress than conventional warfare, suggests a Veterans Affairs study of 738 men and women who served in Iraq. The findings appeared online Dec. 14, 2015, in the journal Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. The study authors are with the Behavioral […]

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