Prospective examination of pre-trauma anhedonia as a risk factor for post-traumatic stress symptoms.

Dean T AchesonMeghan VinogradCaroline M NievergeltKate A YurgilTyler M MooreVictoria B RisbroughDewleen G Baker

Published in: European journal of psychotraumatology (2022)

Pre-deployment anhedonia may be a pre-trauma risk factor for PTSD, not simply a state-dependent effect of trauma exposure and PTSD symptom expression. Anhedonia may contribute to persistence and/or chronicity of re-experiencing symptoms after the emergence of PTSD symptoms.

Keyphrases

posttraumatic stress disorder
social support
trauma patients
sleep quality
poor prognosis
depressive symptoms
physical activity