Psychiatric disorders endorsed by trauma-exposed premenopausal women enrolled in a cardiovascular research study: a 2-year report.

Introduction: Women are more likely than men to experience interpersonal trauma, with 1 in 3 women affected globally. This paper aims to give a 2-year report of the demographics, trauma history [i.e.

Blunted brachial blood flow velocity response to acute mental stress in PTSD females.

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is associated with increased cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. Compared with males, females are twice as likely to develop PTSD after trauma exposure, and cardiovascular reactivity to stress is a known risk factor for CVD. We aimed to examine hemodynamic responses to acute mental stress in trauma-exposed females with and without a clinical diagnosis of PTSD.