Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is one of the most common mental health disorders among Shidu parents. Identification of gray and white matter differences between persistence of PTSD (P-PTSD) and remission of PTSD (R-PTSD) is crucial to determine their prognosis. A total of 37 Shidu parents with PTSD were followed for five years. Surface-based morphometry and diffusion tensor imaging were carried out to analyze the differences in gray and white matter between P-PTSD and R-PTSD. Finally, 30 patients with PTSD were enrolled, including 12 with P-PTSD and 18 with R-PTSD. Compared with patients with R-PTSD, patients with P-PTSD exhibited lower fractional anisotropy (FA) in Cluster 1 (including body of the corpus callosum, superior longitudinal fasciculus, corticospinal tract) and Cluster 2 (including inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus, inferior longitudinal fasciculus, splenium of the corpus callosum) in the left cerebral hemisphere and higher cortical thickness in the right lateral occipital cortex (LOC). In patients with P-PTSD, FA values of Cluster 2 were negatively correlated with cortical thickness of the right LOC. These results suggest that among Shidu parents, differences were observed in gray and white matter between P-PTSD and R-PTSD. Moreover, some certain gray and white matter abnormalities were often present simultaneously in P-PTSD.

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