Childhood adversities and risk of posttraumatic stress disorder and major depression following a motor vehicle collision in adulthood.
H N ZiobrowskiB Holt-GosselinM V PetukhovaA J KingS LeeS L HouseF L BeaudoinX AnJ S StevensD ZengT C NeylanG D CliffordS D LinnstaedtL T GermineK A BollenS L RauchJ P HaranA B StorrowC LewandowskiP I MuseyP L HendryS SheikhC W JonesB E PunchesM C KurzR A SworL A HudakJ L PascualM J SeamonE HarrisC PearsonR C MerchantR M DomeierN K RathlevB J O'NeilP SergotL D SanchezS E BruceM W MillerR H PietrzakJ JoormannD M BarchD A PizzagalliS E HarteJ M ElliottK J ResslerS A McLeanK C KoenenRonald C KesslerPublished in: Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences (2023)
Although individuals who experience frequent emotional abuse and bullying in childhood have a heightened risk of experiencing APNS after an adult MVC, these associations are largely mediated by prior histories of PTSD and MDE.