Prior differences in previous trauma exposure primarily drive the observed racial/ethnic differences in posttrauma depression and anxiety following a recent trauma.
N G HarnettN M DumornayM DelityL D SanchezK MohiuddinP I MuseyM J SeamonSamuel A McLeanR C KesslerK C KoenenF L BeaudoinL A M LeboisS J H van RooijN A SampsonV MichopoulosJ L Maples-KellerJ P HaranA B StorrowC LewandowskiP L HendryS SheikhC W JonesB E PunchesM C KurzR A SworM E McGrathL A HudakJ L PascualS L HouseX AnJ S StevensT C NeylanT JovanovicS D LinnstaedtL T GermineE M DatnerA M ChangC PearsonD A PeakR C MerchantR M DomeierN K RathlevB J O'NeilP SergotS E BruceM W MillerR H PietrzakJ JoormannD M BarchD A PizzagalliJ F SheridanJ W SmollerB LunaS E HarteJ M ElliottK J ResslerPublished in: Psychological medicine (2022)
The present findings suggest prior differences in previous trauma exposure partially mediate the observed racial/ethnic differences in posttraumatic depression and anxiety symptoms following a recent trauma. Our findings further demonstrate that racial/ethnic groups show similar rates of symptom recovery over time. Future work utilizing longer time-scale data is needed to elucidate potential racial/ethnic differences in long-term symptom trajectories.