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Sex differences in the severity and natural recovery of child PTSD symptoms: a longitudinal analysis of children exposed to acute trauma.

Lucy V HiscoxSidney BrayAbigail FraserRichard Meiser-StedmanSoraya SeedatSarah L Halligan
Published in: Psychological medicine (2022)
Sex differences in PTSD symptoms become apparent during adolescence, due to opposing changes in susceptibility occurring in females and males with age. Understanding the factors contributing to these findings is likely to provide wider insight into sex-specific psychological vulnerability to trauma-related psychopathology.
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