Study of Former Child Soldiers Suggests Resilience Can Minimize PTSD Effects
Tuesday, July 26, 2016 - 11:01
in Health & Medicine
In a first-ever study to identify how trauma affects gene expression among child soldiers, assistant global health professor Brandon Kohrt and his colleagues found resilience to be a key factor in determining individual response at the molecular level. Previous research has shown that chronic exposure to trauma is associated with an increase in pro-inflammatory gene […]