PTSD Tied to Accelerated Aging [PsychCentral.com]

Samantha Sangenito 5/14/154:00 AM

New research has found a link between post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and accelerated aging.

“This is the first study of its type to link PTSD, a psychological disorder with no established genetic basis, which is caused by external, traumatic stress, with long-term, systemic effects on a basic biological process such as aging,” said Dilip V. Jeste, M.D., of the University of California, San Diego, senior author of the study.

Previous research has found a potential association between psychiatric conditions, such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, and acceleration of the aging process.

[For more of this story go to http://psychcentral.com/news/2...ted-aging/84416.html

To read the supporting article from the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry go to http://www.ajgponline.org/arti...5%2900139-6/abstract]

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