Regular Article/Psychological Consequences of the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

PTSD symptom increases in Iraq-deployed soldiers: Comparison with nondeployed soldiers and associations with baseline symptoms, deployment experiences, and postdeployment stress†

  1. Jennifer J. Vasterling1,*,
  2. Susan P. Proctor2,
  3. Matthew J. Friedman3,
  4. Charles W. Hoge4,
  5. Timothy Heeren5,
  6. Lynda A. King6,
  7. Daniel W. King6

Article first published online: 4 FEB 2010

DOI: 10.1002/jts.20487

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Journal of Traumatic Stress

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Special Issue: Psychological Consequences of the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

Volume 23, Issue 1, pages 41–51, February 2010

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Vasterling, J. J., Proctor, S. P., Friedman, M. J., Hoge, C. W., Heeren, T., King, L. A. and King, D. W. (2010), PTSD symptom increases in Iraq-deployed soldiers: Comparison with nondeployed soldiers and associations with baseline symptoms, deployment experiences, and postdeployment stress. J. Traum. Stress, 23: 41–51. doi: 10.1002/jts.20487

Author Information

  1. 1

    VA National Center for PTSD, VA Boston Healthcare System, and Department of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA

  2. 2

    VA National Center for PTSD, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Natick, and Department of Environmental Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA

  3. 3

    VA National Center for PTSD, White River Junction, VT, and Departments of Psychiatry, and Pharmacology, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH

  4. 4

    Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, Silver Spring, MD

  5. 5

    Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA

  6. 6

    VA National Center for PTSD, VA Boston Healthcare System, and Department of Psychology, Boston University, Boston, MA

*Psychology (116B), VA Boston Healthcare System, 150 S. Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02130

  1. †

    This work was supported by US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (DAMD 17-03-0020; HSRRB Log No. A-11815) and VA Clinical Sciences Research and Development awards. The work was also supported in part by resources provided by the VA South Central Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center and U.S. Army Research Institute for Environmental Medicine. The U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity (Fort Detrick, MD) is the awarding and administering acquisition office for DAMD 17-03-0020. We are especially grateful to the soldiers who donated their time to participate in the study and the efforts of the key military personnel who facilitated conduct of the study for their units. The study would not have been possible without the high level of support provided by the US Army Forces Command, Command Surgeon's Office in identifying and facilitating access to participating military units. We thank Dr. Brian Marx for his review of an earlier draft of the manuscript, Dr. Helen MacDonald for project management, Ms. Anna Graefe for her assistance with manuscript preparation, the many examiners who volunteered their time toward the conduct of the study, and Time 1 to Time 2 Study Coordinators, Ms. Gina Clausi, Ms. Deborah Arant-Daigle, and Dr. Amy Reggio. Some of the work was completed at the Southeast Louisiana Veterans Healthcare System, New Orleans, LA, the Department of Psychiatry and Neurology, Tulane University School of Medicine, and the Tulane University Department of Psychology. The content of this article does not necessarily reflect the position or policy of the government, and no official endorsement should be inferred.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 18 FEB 2010
  2. Article first published online: 4 FEB 2010

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