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Full article here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5632782/
“Prevalence and type of trauma: The lifetime prevalence of PTSD is about 10–12% in women and 5–6% in men.
There are similar differences between the sexes for (comorbid) disorders such as major depression and anxiety disorders.
PTSD subcluster scores have been found to be increased in women, e.g. for re-experiencing and anxious arousal (Charak et al., 2014).
Men and women experience different types of trauma, both in private life and at work (e.g. police officers, Van der Meer et al., 2017), with women being exposed to more high-impact trauma (e.g. sexual trauma) than men, and at a younger age.
Trauma early in life has more impact, especially when it involves type II trauma interfering with neurobiological development and personality.
Traumatic stress affects different areas of the brains of boys and girls at different ages.
“Acute phase, stress-coping and psychotherapy: In the acute phase, women generally score higher than men on acute subjective responses, e.g. threat perception, peritraumatic dissociation and known predictors of PTSD.
Women handle stressful situations differently and have evolved differentially to support these different behaviours. For instance, women in stressful situations may use a tend-and-befriend response rather than the fight-or-flight response that is often assumed.
Emotion-focused, defensive and palliative coping are more prevalent in women, while problem-focused coping is higher in men.
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Women seek more social support, the lack of it being the most consistent predictor of negative outcome of trauma.
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Women have been shown to benefit more from psychotherapy then men in the reduction of PTSD symptoms.
Psychobiological reactions and effects of oxytocin: Although only 2% of psychobiological research has been conducted in females (mainly rats), sex differences have been shown.
Women appear to have a more sensitized hypothalamus–pituitary–axis than men, while men appear to have a sensitized physiological hyperarousal system.”
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My two cents: “Women seek more social support, the lack of it being the most consistent predictor of negative outcome of trauma.”
We men isolate, I do not trust men or women. My childhood had serious type two violence over 18 years.
Childhood abuse destroys trust, emotionally separates us men, our felt unworthiness reinforces the isolation.
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